On sunny days the shorebird habitat is now a swimming/sunbathing area. All shorebirds are chased out by noon.

Bill Jones 

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Observer: William L Jones 
2012-07-13 10:40
Conneaut
Protocol: Traveling
3 Miles
3 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Sandspit and 1 mi. up Conneaut Creek by kayak. Exact count of 18 willets resting on sandbar 30 ft. offshore until woman walked through flock with dog.

    45    Canada Goose       
    5    Wood Duck       
    110    Mallard       
    2    Double-crested Cormorant       
    8    Great Blue Heron       
    1    Green Heron       
    5    Turkey Vulture       
    3    Bald Eagle  All Juvenile.   
    1    Cooper's Hawk       
    1    Killdeer       
    2    Spotted Sandpiper       
    18    Willets    resting on sand spit 100 ft offshore.   
    1    Semipalmated Sandpiper       
    1    Least Sandpiper       
    2    Short-billed Dowitcher       
    200    Ring-billed Gull       
    5    Herring Gull    1 had no marking on bill.   
    2    Caspian Tern       
    4    Rock Pigeon       
    2    Belted Kingfisher       
    2    Eastern Phoebe       
    2    American Crow       
    5    Purple Martin       
    10    Tree Swallow       
    35    Cliff Swallow       
    1    House Wren       
    2    American Robin       
    2    Gray Catbird       
    50    European Starling       
    2    Song Sparrow       
    2    Northern Cardinal       
    15    Red-winged Blackbird       
    3    Common Grackle       


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