MARCH 31, 2013 - Waterfowl and other notable birds seen around the Portage Lakes area south of Akron, Ohio.

NESMITH LAKE 
Mallard - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3

LONG LAKE
Canada Goose - 38
Mute Swan - 7
Osprey - 2
Tree Swallow - 3

WEST RESERVOIR
Double-crested Cormorant - about 30 birds at the island nest site.

NORTH RESERVOIR
Canada Goose - 12
Mute Swan - 2
Mallard - 4
Lesser Scaup - 2 (males)
Ruddy Duck - 2
Horned Grebe - 1
Osprey - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1

"TAMARACK" SWAMP (at the corner of S. Main St. & Tamarack Ave.)
Canada Goose - 2
Mute Swan - 2
Mallard - 2
Northern Shoveler - 3 (2m,1f)
Ring-necked Duck - 9 (5m,4f)

NIMISILA RESERVOIR
Canada Goose - 16
Wood Duck - 4 (males)
Gadwall - 7 (4m,3f)
American Black Duck - 2 (1m,1f)
Mallard - 4 (2m,2f)
Northern Shoveler - 2 (1m,1f)
Ring-necked Duck - 2 (1m,1f)
Lesser Scaup - 3 (m)
Bufflehead - 14 (8m,6f)
Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f)
Red-breasted Merganser - 52 (mixed flock)
Ruddy Duck - 211 (mixed flock)
Common Loon - 5
Pied-billed Grebe - 7
Horned Grebe - 36
Great Blue Heron - 2
Osprey - 4 (1 doing mating flight offering fish to female)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 77
Killdeer - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Tree Swallow - 6

SUMMIT LAKE
Canada Goose - 12
Mallard - 8
Lesser Scaup - 6 (3m,3f)
Bufflehead - 14 (8m,6f)
Hooded Merganser - 7 (4m,3f)
Ruddy Duck - 18
Pied-billed Grebe - 4
Horned Grebe - 8
American Coot - 23
Bonaparte's Gull - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 3

Douglas W. & Michelle Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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