Although today is Wed. August 2nd., this recording is from last Thursday. 
Drove east out of Fremont on Rt. 6 to Pickerel Creek WA, then the Castalia 
Pond in Castalia, Ohio. At Racoon Creek on Rt. 6 I turned onto CR 265. 
After several hundred feet, on the left there are two large wetland 
private marshes created. After checking out the marshes there, continued 
along CR 265 for a half mile, then road veers 90-degrees to the left. 
Newly-created marsh about a half mile past the turn to the left. Saw 
dozens of my favorite ducks there: Dozens of Pintails and over 40+ GW 
Teal! Then, checked out Pickerel Creek. Here's the list from these three 
spots:

Canada geese- 79
Bufflehead- 8
Ring-billed gulls- 1,004
Canvasback- 7
Mallards- 120
Tundra Swan- 4(Difficult to identify positively through marsh grass so 
             didn't eye yellow eye spot at base of bill. One had neck band 
             labeled M70)
Great Blue Heron- 4
Ring-necked duck- 60
Black duck- 8
N. Shoveler- 45
N. Pintail- 32
Blue-wing teal- 7
Green-wing teal- over 40+
Hooded Merganser- 9
Redhead duck- 16
Lesser Scaup- 19
Bald Eagle(immature)- 8
Bald Eagle (adult)- 2
Red-tail hawk- 4
Kestrel-3
Black Vulture- dozens
Turkey Vulture- dozens
N. Harrier- 2
Gadwall- 21
Wood Duck- 3
Kildeer- 2
Rock dove- 4
Mourning dove- 3
Belted Kingfisher- 1
Tree sparrow- 7
Blue jay- 2
Am. Crow- dozens
Horned lark- dozens
Black-capped chickadee- 3
Tufted Titmouse- 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 3
White-breasted Nuthatch- 2
Am. Robin- dozens
Starlings- dozens
Field sparrow- 3
Song sparrow- 2
Swamp sparrow- (heard one call)
Dark-eyed junco- 8
Cardinal- 7
Red-winged blackbird- hundreds
Common grackle- hundreds
Brown-headed cowbird- 2
House Finch- 4
Am. Goldfinch- 6
House Sparrow- 11
Downy Woodpecker- 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker- 1
Double-crested cormorant- 4

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