Hi all -
This morning Ray Hannikman, Jerry Talkington, and Larry Rosche (and others?)
had an absolutely outstanding 'lakewatch' from Mentor Lagoons (west of
Headlands Beach State Park). Here's info regarding Mentor Lagoons:
http://www.cityofmentor.com/parks/lagoons.shtml
This is merely a 2nd hand report, and hopefully Ray will report more clear
totals later, but for now, check this out:
MENTOR LAGOONS (ML)
Among the highlights was at least one female KING EIDER and 'hundreds' of
SCOTERS of all three species, with Surf dominating, Black Scoters abundant
as well, and much lesser numbers of the more uncommon White-winged. A group
of 4 (four) HARLEQUIN DUCKS were observed in flight together, and eventually
dropped into the large scoter flocks. At least 20+ LONG-TAILED DUCKS were
observed, and I would suggest that that is a lower total than what was
really observed. Massive numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers were moving,
along with much smaller, but nonetheless interesting numbers of Northern
Pintail, American Wigeon, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, and Ruddy Duck. At
least one flock of 200 or so scaup were seen off ML. Also, at least 2
RED-THROATED LOONS were found. A single JAEGER species was observed at ML
also.
AGAIN, here's the highlights from Mentor Lagoons:
- at least 2 Red-throated Loons
- single JAEGER species
- female KING EIDER
- four HARLEQUIN DUCKS
- 20+ LONG-TAILED DUCKS
- large numbers of SURF SCOTERS, with BLACK SCOTERS, and fewer WHITE-WINGEDs
- massive numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers, along with lesser numbers of
Bufflehead, goldeneye, Ruddy Ducks, pintail, etc.
Quite a round-up.
FAIRPORT HARBOR
East of Mentor Lagoons, three (3) PURPLE SANDPIPERS were observed on the
breakwalls at Fairport Harbor. I do not have the proper names of the
observers who found these three purple jettie-lovers, so perhaps that will
be clarified later as well.
Ok then, good birding.
cheers
Jen
Jen Brumfield
[log in to unmask]
Akron, OH
_________________________________________________________________
Fixing up the home? Live Search can help
http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improve&locale=en-US&source=hmemailtaglinenov06&FORM=WLMTAG
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
|
