The Fremont Water treatment plant has a nice spot to watch eagles, ducks 
and galls. If you get off Rt. 20 on the Rt. 53 exit, head south to 
Fremont. The first traffic light on North Street by the fairgrounds, turn 
left onto High St. It's about 600 feet from the Rt. 20 exit. Follow North 
Street for about 500 feet until you come to a stop sign. Go straight and 
the road takes you over RR tracks and into the water filtration plant 
grounds. A nice pond will be on your right, frozen over, but to the left 
is a large creek flowing out of the plant into the Sandusky River. 
Yesterday (Friday). The creek and section of Sandusky River the heated 
water flows into are open water, all winter long. Hundreds of Mallards and 
several dozen Black Ducks were feeding on rather large "shiners" with 
Herring and RB Gulls. The gulls dive into the open water and quickly gulp 
down these shiny fish, but the poor Mallards and Black Ducks struggle 
trying to position them right for a head first swallow, but are 
unsuccesful. A immature Bald Eagle glided over and took a dive into the 
melee, scaring all into a frenzy, then swooped upward, "empty-taloned" and 
continued gliding down the Sandusky River. I see Bald Eagle immatures and 
adults at this sight most of the time I visit. 
     Later on, drove to Pickerel Creek and saw 2 RT hawks, 2 N. Harriers 
an immature and an adult Bald Eagle. Robert

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