Northern Pintails were also seen on the Quail Hollow CBC on the 27th at two different locations. Ronnie and I had 7 at Walborn Reservoir and Ben Morrison had a group either at Congress Lake or Wingfoot Lake (I don't remember which), but we were surprised to see?any at all. I am sure I have never seen a Pintail in this neck of the woods in December.

Shari Jackson


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From: Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:07 pm
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Northern Pintails


John Pogacnik mentioned having seen two flocks of Northern Pintails at?
Ottawa NWR, northwest Ohio, early today (Saturday 12/27), and passed along?
the report that 300 were across the lake at Pt Pelee today also. This?
afternoon I was looking at gulls at Port Clinton, just a few miles east of?
Ottawa refuge, and I also was surprised to see pintails -- I saw three?
flocks flying offshore, all heading east to west, the flocks consisting of?
about 15, 25, and 12 birds and including both males and females. These were?
pure flocks with nothing else mixed in. In my experience there generally?
aren't many pintails here in mid-winter and it was a surprise to see them?
after the extreme cold of last weekend.?
?
With the unseasonable warmth today the gulls at Port Clinton were more?
dispersed than they had been recently. One first-cycle Lesser Black-backed?
was the only species of note (last week I had three Lesser Black-backs here,?
one second-cycle type and two adults). While I was watching gulls on the?
waterfront, a flock of about 40 Snow Buntings came in from over the lake,?
flying directly into a stiff south-southwest wind.?
?
Kenn Kaufman?
Rocky Ridge, Ohio?
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