This morning I decided to invest an hour to chase Andy Rabin's redhead at Clopper Lake. I drove there to find that the lake had almost completely frozen over overnight. In the small patch of remaining open water, just around the shore from the boat center, I found: one drake ring-necked duck 8 ruddy duck 1 black/mallard hybrid 1 Am. black duck sev. mallard 15 or so Canada geese 2 pied-billed grebes Despite better judgment, and shirking lots of work, I pushed off for Black Hill to see if Andy's redhead flew north. Arrived at the Rte. 121 bridge to find loads of waterfowl on both sides of the reservoir. What follows are very rough estimates at what I saw: Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 6 Tundra Swan 30 Canada Goose 600 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 30 Gadwall 2 drakes American Wigeon 15, mostly drakes Canvasback 50 Redhead 3 drakes Ring-necked Duck ~2,000 Common Goldeneye 3 drakes Bufflehead 25 Hooded Merganser 9 (7 males) Red-breasted Merganser 1 female Ruddy Duck 40 Many ducks were distant. I'd guess some other treasures are drifting out there. I'd be interested to read what other folks see at this spot. Also, four tree sparrows at the Rte. 121 bridge pulloff. Thanks for the inspiration, Andy. Time to get back to work. Howard Youth hmyouth@erols.com Rockville, MD