Definately a strong waterfowl movement ahead of this front.
A the Findlay reservoirs, I observed 4,000-5,000 gulls minimum. Very roughly 50% herrings, 48% ring-bills, and 2% "others" including a few Bonaparte's, glaucous, and some I couldn't get decent looks at.
For waterfowl, greater scaup (175), and red-breasted mergs (152) were in fair numbers. Also present in or near the reservoirs were lawn carp, wood ducks, gadwall, Am. wigeon, mallards, black ducks, canvasbacks, redheads, ring-necks, lesser scaup, c. goldeneye, common merganser, ruddy ducks, and a couple horned grebes, along with the ever-present bald eagles.
Not high numbers of duck, but good variety. THe reservoirs are at the most 20% open. Who knows what would have been present were it more so...
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