Spent the last 2 afternoons hitting spots around the north end of Hoover Reservoir - water level very high so chances for waders & shorebirds are nearly nil. Waterfowl have yet to make much of an appearance. Best birds included: Gulls - long straggling flock of Bonaparte's Gulls from the Sunbury causeway north nearly to Galena, perhaps 300 birds total. Also some Ring-bills & Herring, especially around boardwalk Vultures - big roost at Twin Bridges on both days - yesterday I counted 140+ Turkey Vultures and 5 Black Vultures Waterfowl - hardly any, other than a few mallards & Canada geese Other waterbirds - still a few cormorants around, topped by 10 off Wiese Rd. Also had 3 Pied-billed Grebes, with 2 off Oxbow Island Winter Wren - had 1 along Big Walnut Creek in Area N Kinglets - a few Golden-crowns at Area N CedarWaxwings - 6+ searching for berries along the bike path near Wiese Rd Warblers - only Yellow-rumps, but they were at many different stops ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]