Happy Thanksgiving, I visited the lakes in Amherst Co. yesterday 11-22-05 at 8:30AM. At Mill Creek Lake there were 65 Common Loons which was a high count for this area. They stayed for 45 min. and then they started to take off. It was an awesome sight to see that many in flight. There was also 8 Red Breasted Mergansers, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 8 Gadwall, 11 Green Winged Teal and 26 Ruddy Duck. I checked this morning and there was no sigh of Loons. The other 2 lakes had nothing. I am going to check the lakes tomorrow morning. Mark Johnson Mad. Hgts, Va birdmanj@xxxxxxxxxxxx