Due to my job obligation I was able to visit the sandspit in Ashtabula County at  4PM friday, and today, saturday at 9AM. It was an ornithological desert!  Not even the usual numerous gulls!

           The reason ?   Hunters and lots of decoys!
           
      Is it really necessary to allow waterfowl hunting at one of Ohio's premier, rare bird sighting locations ?
        
      One often wonders if this site is really a birdwatcher friendly enviroment, locals destroying the little remaining unprotected shorebird habitat with their vehicles, the hunting circumstance, and the regular drive thru hell raisers!

      Note: I have been a part time visitor to the site 4 to 5 days a week for the past twelve weeks.

      Note: Offshore there were 20+ Horned Grebes, 5 Common Loons, 10+ Red-breasted Mergansers, 100+ Coots, and 2 flyby flocks of 150+ each Cormorants heading southwest. Black-crowned Night-Herons remain at the platform lagoon.

                                  Bob Lane
                               Damascus,Ohio


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