Sometimes a day can make a great deal of difference. The last time I  checked
Hoover Reservoir for waterfowl activity the water was practically void  of
activity. Today I initially went to see if the Eared Grebe was still off the
boardwalk at Area M. It may be the only bird I didn't find as it managed to
elude me. It may still be there but it didn't make an appearance for me.
However, waterfowl are arriving en masse which probably didn't help to find the
Eared Grebe. The bay off the boardwalk had hundreds of ducks and later when
checking at Oxbow Road and on southward I observed waterfowl the length of  Hoover
Reservoir.

Birds observed included:

Common Loon    6
Pied-billed Grebe    17
Horned Grebe    43
Double-crested Cormorant    100+
Great Blue Heron    10
Turkey Vulture    7
Canada Goose    300+
Mute Swan    6
Wood Duck    2
Gadwall    5
American Black Duck    14
Mallard    111
Northern Shoveler    31
Ring-necked Duck    200+
Lesser Scaup    117
Hooded Merganser    500+
Red-breasted Merganser    19
Ruddy Duck    52
Bald Eagle    1
Northern Harrier    1
Red-tailed Hawk    3
American Kestrel    1
American Coot    24
Bonaparte's Gull    200+
Ring-billed Gull    400+
Herring Gull    2
Belted Kingfisher    1
Red-headed Woodpecker    2
Red-bellied Woodpecker    5
Downy Woodpecker    5
Northern Flicker    2
Pileated Woodpecker    1
Brown Creeper    2
Carolina Wren    4
Winter Wren    1
Golden-crowned Kinglet    2
Yellow-rumped Warbler    4
Swamp Sparrow    2
White-throated Sparrow    29
White-crowned Sparrow    4

Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)


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