Following the directions of Robert Royce, Linda and I headed to Deer
Creek today (Thursday, 1-04) in search of the Pelican and the Shrike.
Thanks to the directions and time frame provided in the post by
Robert, we had no trouble finding both. The Shrike was amazing. We
arrived at the gate to the beach at about 3:30, parked and started
searching. The bird was actually a bit early, arriving about 3:35, but
I have no complaints about that, just thanks to Robert for the kind of
precise information that made this find very easy. It perched in the
taller locust trees to the right of the gate.
Along with the White Pelican, there were also Hooded and Red Breasted
Mergansers.
QUESTION: The water level of the lake was extremely low, exposing
miles of mud and rock. Do they let it get that low every year, or were
they doing repairs on the damn? I saw no evidence of that. A friend
suggested that they might be trying to control or eliminate an invasive
fish species. If anyone has an idea, please let me (us) know.
joe faulkner
Somerset, ohio
On Jan 1, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Robert Royse wrote:
> I headed over to Deer Creek again today to start off the year with the
> shrike and pelican on my 2007 list. The weather was pretty crappy
> today in central Ohio with heavy overcast, scattered drizzles, and
> intense winds, but I eked out a modest 44 species for the new year.
> The NORTHERN SHRIKE dutifully popped up, same time, same place around
> 3:45 near the gate to the beach despite the weather. I've been to
> Deer Creek at least 10 times since originally finding the shrike, and
> have never missed seeing it. I have always seen it around 4:00 p.m.
> give or take a few minutes. While I have occasionally seen it at
> other times too, only the late afternoon has been reliable. I hear
> about other people going there and not seeing the shrike. I'll bet
> they weren't there in the late afternoon. The Am. WHITE PELICAN was
> still present as well and was seen flying in several spots on the west
> side of the reservoir. Several BLACK VULTURES were aslo flying around
> in the area.
>
> Bob Royse
>
>
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