Friday, March 16: Drove east on Rt. 6 and watched 3 adult and 1 immature 
Bald eagles sailing several hundred feet above the road. Turned onto CR 
265 off Rt. 6 to private marsh. Counted 16 Northern Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 3 
Canada Geese, 2 Hooded Merganzer, and 10 Mallards. Red-tail hawks flew 
over while Kildeer were singing in fields. Many Turkey Vultures seen all 
day long. A friend of mine, Tom Dye, reported Wolf Creek Bald eagle nest 
active, with each bird taking turns sitting on eggs. Saw two more Bald 
eagles at nest SW of Fremont.

Drove on to Pickerel Creek WL area. Took TR254 off Rt. 6 to west boundary 
of PCWL area and drove to dead end by private entrance to Ottawa Hunt 
Club. A Great-Blue heron flew up; another GB heron stood atop a muskrat 
house. Counted 22 Mallards, 2 Canada geese were sitting atop a muskrat 
house while 18 more fed in the shallows, another RT hawk flew over, 1 
adult Bald eagle flew over, coming from Lake Erie direction, 4 Ring-billed 
gulls, 1 Song sparrow sang excitedly, then 2 immature Bald eagles flew 
past. 

Saturday, March17: Took wife to Ottawa National WL Refuge Auto tour. We 
drove 7 miles into the remote area of the refuge. saw: over 100 Tundra 
swans, but swans in distance couldn't Id..Trumpeter? Saw many Northern 
Shovelers, Mallards, 7 Bald eagles with 4 doing the courting display in 
the air, 3 RT Hawks, 8 Buffle Heads, several dozen Ring-necked ducks, 
Black ducks, Common mergansers, Lesser and Greater Scaup, dozens of 
American Coot, Hooded merganser, 5 Ruddy ducks, Gadwalls, Northern 
Pintail, and Red-breasted Mergansers. It was an enjoyable 
experience...didn't know the Ottawa marshes were so extensive. 
   

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than 
airplanes. Charles Lindbergh (1902 - 1974), Interview shortly before his 
death, 1974 

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