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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 16 Oct 2006 15:27:14 EDT629_US-ASCII Today I followed-up with the trash clean-up project from Saturday at Hoover Reservoir. I went back into Areas M & N which weren't covered Saturday. I got to combine birding with the clean-up. Shorebirds were somewhat slow this afternoon. On the mudflats and sand spits between Area N and the boardwalk at Area M there were 9 Greater Yellowlegs, 10 Dunlin, 3 Semipalmated Plovers and many Killdeer but nothing else. There were several Common Terns skirting about, 23 Great Blue Herons clustered about, Double-crested Cormorants on a far sand spit and an adult Bald Eagle perched off Wiese Road. [...]42_16Oct200615:27: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:43:21 -0500 |
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I probably should have posted this yesterday, but only thought to do so now, since I'm seeing such low gull totals from other reservoirs. The gull action in central Ohio is definitely at Deer Creek this year. Yesterday afternoon I went there and tried to scope through the massive numbers, but it was too windy to really pick much out. My rough estimated guess for gulls there yesterday (Oct. 29) was ~1200 Bonaparte's, ~1000 Ring-billeds, and ~10 Herrings. The Laughing Gull is probably still there, but it was too windy to pick out. There were also probably ~1500 Am. Coots in 4 large rafts on the reservoir. Noteworthy lingering birds seen at Deer Creek yesterday included 1 Barn Swallow, and 1 Indigo Bunting.
Robert Royse
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