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The "official" list for the day, without counts, was:
Canada Goose
Surf Scoter
Mallard
Black Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Bald Eagle (appear to be nesting pair)
Merlin
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Vulture
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow
Blue Jay
Mourning Dove
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinch
European Starling
House Sparrow
Andi
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A group of 5 went birding around Deer Creek Reservoir this morning. It was
> cold and rainy at first and cold and less rainy later. Some of the best
> birding of the day was during lunch at the lodge overlooking the lake.
> There
> was a merlin sitting on the top of an tree near the entrance. As we walked
> in a mature bald eagle flew by the windows that overlook the lake. When we
> sat down for at our table we saw a pair of common mergansers on the lake.
> At
> that point we started wondering why we had spent the morning out in the
> rain. Here's the list of what we saw, to the best of my recollection...
>
> Canada Goose 25
> Gadwall 1
> American Wigeon 1
> American Black Duck 7
> Mallard 200
> Lesser Scaup 1
> Surf Scoter 1
> Hooded Merganser 30
> Common Merganser 2
> Red-breasted Merganser 10
> Pied-billed Grebe 1
> Horned Grebe 9
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Black Vulture 4
> Bald Eagle 2
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Merlin 1
> Bonaparte's Gull 2
> Ring-billed Gull 50
> Herring Gull 2
> Mourning Dove 2
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Blue Jay 2
> American Crow 50
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
> American Robin 10
> European Starling 100
> Song Sparrow 1
> White-throated Sparrow 2
> Dark-eyed Junco 5
> Northern Cardinal 2
> House Sparrow 1
>
> Steve Wolfe
> Columbus
>
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