This was going to be my Northern Reservoirs
  report as I also took in Willard, New London,
  and Wellington the day before but those figures
  are in a different notebook (nothing unusual;
  a good number of RBMergs from New London
  and good scaup numbers from Willard).

  Thur. morning 8:00 am along Rt. 224 just out
  of Tiffin(at TR 25), 4 Great Egrets beating NE
  into a brisk wind seemed odd.

  Fostoria Reservoirs rarely amount to much for me,
  and this day was no different. Combined tally for
  Lake LeComte and Veteran's Memorial ...

  Mute Swan - 1
  Lesser Scaup - 47
  Bufflehead - 13
  Red-breasted Merganser - 77
  Bonaparte's Gull - 21

  still I like to cover them when visiting Findlay
  as they help me put the latter numbers into
  context.

  Findlay Reservoirs 1&2

American Wigeon - 4
  Lesser Scaup - 85
  Bufflehead - 30
  Red-breasted Merganser - 560
  Ruddy Duck - 14
  Pied-billed Grebe - 1
  Horned Grebe - 11
  Common Loon - 27
  Bald Eagle - 1 immature
  American Coot - 3
  Killdeer - 2
  Bonaparte's Gull - 750
  Ring-billed Gull - 150
  Herring Gull - 15

  later headed down to southern OH

  stopped on Rt 104 in Franklin Co.
  to watch a pair of Cooper's Hawk
  in courtship flight (near the SW Compost plant)
  only to have a Gray Catbird pop up in the fence
  row next to the car.

  cheers

  Vic Fazio
  Tiffin OH


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