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Three hours is merely the time required
to simply drive around and through the Big
Island complex of properties, especially if one
chooses to take in the 4 major private wetland
developments surrounding Big Island that can
be viewed from the road (I know of another
to the southeast for which viewing is very difficult).
This then is far from a thorough survey, ignoring
entirely Unit G and only what is immediately visible
from the road on units D & F (along Rt. 95). Also,
of the three main wetlands along La Rue-Prospect,
I had to forgo entirely the easternmost. Heavily
vegetated, it nonetheless was full of water and
the few coot I saw were probably a fraction of what
was present.
Waterbird totals:
Canada Goose - 139
Trumpeter Swan - 2
Wood Duck - 2
Gadwall - 75
Mallard - 890
American Black Duck - 190
American Wigeon - 35
Blue-winged Teal - 65
Northern Pintail - 130
Northern Shoveler - 55
Green-winged Teal - 540
Canvasback - 8 (Unit H)
Redhead - 480 (almost all Unit H)
Ring-necked Duck - 1580 (almost all Unit B)
Lesser Scaup - 715 (almost all Unit B)
Bufflehead - 13 (almost all Unit B)
Hooded Merganser - 16 (Hoch Rd.)
Ruddy Duck - 90
>> virtually nothing left on Herr Rd. by contrast
>>> I am struck by the number of bay
duck in particular. I am left wondering
wht kind of waterfowl numbers would have
been present only a few weeks ago at the
peak for many of these species.
Pied-billed Grebe - 12
Horned Grebe - 16
American Coot - 1300 (almost all Unit B)
Killdeer - 58
Greater Yellowlegs - 23
Lesser Yellowlegs - 3
Wilson's Snipe - 5
plus ...
6 Bald Eagles (incl. pair at nest)
1 Osprey (Unit B)
pipits, longspurs, ...
Vesper and Savannah Sparrows
conspicuously in song.
cheers
Vic Fazio
Tiffin, OH
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