We observed a good number of ducks on the Wellington Upground
Reservoir (Lorain County, DeLorme p. 40, C1) on Saturday, December 2
Info on this site is on the Ohio Ornithological Society web site
http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=95
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Canada Goose 600
Mallard 13
Canvasback 2
Redhead 13
Ring-necked Duck 62
Lesser Scaup 4
Bufflehead 25
Hooded Merganser 18 (First of season for us, beautiful birds!)
Ruddy Duck 700
Bald Eagle 1 (This is the first we have observed at this location)
American Coot 2000
Ring-billed Gull 1
Northern Flicker 1
A woman walking around the reservoir reported that there had been 12
swans on the reservoir when she arrived. We assumed that they were
Tundra Swans, but did not observe them ourselves.
We also stopped at Spencer Lake Wildlife Area in Medina County and saw
Ruddy Duck 8
Common Loon 1
http://www.ohiodnr.com/Wildlife/pdf/pub144.pdf has a map of this area.
Ken and Helen Ostermiller
Westfield Center
Medina County
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