While not uncommon in November, the location surely was.  While driving in Portage County, a small pond in front of a home contained a single loon in the only small area that was not iced over.  It was only 15 feet from my car, getting great views and watching its behavior.  It still had traces of its breeding plumage with the neckband still visible.
 
Mogadore Reservoir off of Dike Road produced 30 Ruddies and 6 Horned Grebes.
 
Denise Powers Kissel
Akron, Ohio


"Look at the birds..."  Matthew 6:26
 

I look at the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward to our Creator.   I look at them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day–the invocations and the benedictions to God Himself.  I look to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear.  And that God's eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me! 
 

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