This evening from 5:45 until dark I birded the southern portion of Delaware Wildlife Area (Delaware County).  Delaware Reservoir and the surrounding marshes were loaded with waterfowl.

1350 Ring-necked Duck
517   Lesser Scaup
340   Redhead
78    Red-breasted Merganser
70    Canada Goose
40    Mallard
26    American Wigeon
22    Gadwall
20    Canvasback
20    Hooded Merganser
12    Bufflehead
8      American Black Duck
7      Wood Duck
7      Northern Shoveler
6      Ruddy Duck
5      Northern Pintail
5      Common Goldeneye
4      Green-winged Teal
4      Greater Scaup
1      Common Merganser

Other birds:

18    Horned Grebe
6      Pied-billed Grebe
1      Great Blue Heron
3      Turkey Vulture
1      Bald Eagle
27    American Coot
2      Killdeer
5      American Woodcock
2      Bonaparte's Gull
1800 Ring-billed Gull
1250 Red-winged Blackbird (all blackbirds came to roost at Pond 1B)
2      Rusty Blackbird
800  Common Grackle
400  Brown-headed Cowbird

~Jack Stenger
Ohio Wesleyan University





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