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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 15 Aug 2008 11:02:04 -0400652_US-ASCII On behalf of Larry Hunter and the Portage Lakes Purple Martin
Association, I pass along the following observation:

For the past week a pre-migratory roost of purple martins has developed
at Nimisila Reservoir near Green in southern Summit County. Larry
reports a minimum of 4,000 purple martins are staging there nightly and
going to roost in the cattails just south of the Portage Lakes State
Park campground. This is visible either from the launching ramp at the
campground or from the launching ramp at the southeast corner of
Nimisila Reservoir on Christman Road. Larry has approached the roost by
boat [...]48_15Aug200811:02:[log in to unmask]
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"Rarities" were still present as of 12 noon today:

    WILSON'S PHALAROPE - 1
    SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2
    AM. GOLDEN PLOVER - 2
    SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 2
    Lesser yellowlegs - many
    Solitary sp. - 3
    Semipalmated sp. - 5
    Least sp. - 3
    Pectoral sp. - 2
    Great egret - 1
    Green-winged teal - 3
    Great blue herons - many
    Wood ducks - many
    Cedar waxwings
    Eastern wood pewees
    Absolutely no swifts or swallows

Ed & Bev Neubauer, Kurt Stein



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