East Fork State Park, Clermont Co.

Got there around 4:30pm. Decided to stay until dark to
see waterfowl coming in. Come in they did. I don't
know how Bob Foppe does it - with XX,XXX numbers of
geese and hundreds of ducks coming in. Numbers are
only given for ones that stick out. There was more
waterfowl than I have ever seen in one spot away from
Lake Erie.

The SANDHILL CRANE came in with the thousands of
geese. It landed on the ice and stood there for a few
minutes and then took off to the west not to come
back. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE came in with the
Canadas. It stayed out on the ice in the middle of the
lake. There may have been another one, but it was too
dark by the time I found it. The BLUE PHASE SNOW GOOSE
came in with the geese also. It was hard to scan
through the thousands of birds. Also, many different
sizes and shapes of Canadas. I think it would have
been easier to pick out a small one with fewer. Birds
were still coming in as I was leaving. Also, quite a
few Herring Gulls were about.

Greater White-fronted Goose 1, Snow Goose 1, Canada
Goose 10,000, American Wigeon 6, American Black Duck,
Mallard, Northern Pintail, Canvasback, Redhead,
Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common
Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser 6,
Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe 1, Great Blue Heron 2,
Red-tailed Hawk 1, American Coot, Sandhill Crane 1,
Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Red-headed Woodpecker
1, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Crow, Carolina
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, American Robin, Dark-eyed
Junco, Northern Cardinal

--
Donald Morse Jr.
New Richmond, OH
http://users.adelphia.net/~morsedr/



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