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James Dolan <[log in to unmask]>
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James Dolan <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:10:43 -0500
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Renee <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 8:57 PM
> Subject: Cackling Geese and More at Summit Lake
> To: [log in to unmask]
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>
> Summit County 
>    5 minute stop at Chestnut Memorial Gardens (Cemetery on Chestnut 
> Blvd in Cuyahoga Falls):
>   The Black Swans are always there (wings are clipped). This is a great 
> place though has it's share of "mixed-    up" ducks (and geese). Though 
> migrants do stop over. 
>   There was one Greater White-fronted Goose today.

> 10 minute visit to Cascade Metropark:
>    Gray Catbird 1
>    Eastern bluebird  1F
>    White Throated Sparrow 1
>    Robins 15
>    Cardinals 2M 2F
>

> Summit Lake: Days like this make me think it's time to invest in a 
> scope, better binoculars, more memory cards, camera lenses.... Or else 
> I've just read to many post -Thanksgiving shopping ads. 

>    Small flock of Cackling Geese. Minimum of 11 birds. Wished them to 
> stand next to a fireplug or something to prove their size on photos. Do 
> have a couple of them backdropped against the large number of Canada 
> Geese. 
>

>   Pied Billed Grebe 7
>   Horned Grebe 2
>   Red Tailed Hawk 1
>   Sharp Shinned Hawk 1 
>   American Black Duck 3
>   Northern Shovelers 150 or so  M / F combined
>   Common Merganser 2 F
>   Hooded Mergansers hundreds of both M & F
>   Ring Necked Duck 175 Mostly F 
>   Ruddy Duck 2 M 15 or more F
>   Canvasback Duck 2 F 
>   Common Goldeneye 1 F 
>   Blue Winged Teal 1 
>   Great Blue Heron 1
>   American Coots and Mallards surprisingly outnumbered by many of the 
> aforementioned species.
>

>    Didn't look closely at the gulls today. Mostly ring billed.
>
>
>

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