Shane Egleston and I birded some of the Great Miami River near and in
Dayton today. Also stopped at Germantown Reserve to look for the Merlin
that Shane found yesterday.

Highlights were 1 blue phase Snow Goose, 3 Greater White-fronted Geese
(Miamisburg
just south of the Linden Ave. bridge),
1 white Snow Goose, 3 Canvasback, 7 Goldeneye (W. Carrolton near the dam),
2 drake N. Pintail (3rd Street bridge).

And at Germantown at 4pm the Merlin was again present. Shane found the bird
yesterday around 4:30pm, and looked for it this morning without luck.
When we arrived back at the park this afternoon it was in the same big
dead tree near the Cottonwood shelter (second picnic area past the drive
to the nature center). It was still perched in the same tree when we
left around 5.

Rick Asamoto
Miamisburg

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