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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Subject: BirdsEye-Conneaut-2012-7-13
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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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