I spent the morning birding the Cave Run Lake area.There was a steady rain with lightening and thunder, making birding somewhat challenging.I visited the Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery,the Dam area and the Twin Knobs ponds.Some of the species seen were: Hatchery: Greater Yellowlegs-1 American Pipit-6 Killdeer-16 Bonaparte's Gull-4 Great Blue Heron-5 Tree Swallow-abundant Ring-necked Duck-28 Bufflehead-10 Mallard-14 Hooded Merganser-1 Lesser Scaup-7 Dam Area: Pied-billed Grebe-2 Great Blue Heron-1 Killdeer-3 Ponds: Coot-4 Gadwall-14 Ring-necked duck-4 Bufflehead-4 Phoebe-1 Great Blue Heron-1 David L. Patick,MD Huntington,WV 25701