The Van Wert Reservoirs were alive with waterfowl about 5 PM today.
Probably 400-500 birds congregated on the east shore of the north
reservoir, including

Common Loons, 8 (all adult males in breeding plumage)
Pied-billed (a few) and Horned Grebes (many, some males already in
breeding plumage)
Coots, 15
Scaup species, probably 200-300 (I was on the west shore - hard to
tell which species, maybe both)
Common Merganser (maybe 20, males & females)
Red-breasted Merganser (about 30-40, males & females)
Redheads (20 or so, males & females)
Ring-necked Ducks (50+)
Ring-billed Gulls, 30
Herring Gulls, 5

South reservoir, new area:
Common Loons, 3 (males)
Double-crested Cormorants, 5
Ring-billed Gulls, 15
Red--breasted Merganser, several males
Horned Grebes, 6

Didn't have time to walk around and sneak up on them, so a scope was
necessary, especially on the enlarged south reservoir.

Jean & John Perchalski
1001 South Walnut
Van Wert, OH 45891
419/232-4108   419/231-0495 cell

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