The "official" list for the day, without counts, was:


Canada Goose
Surf Scoter
Mallard
Black Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Bald Eagle (appear to be nesting pair)
Merlin
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Vulture
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow
Blue Jay
Mourning Dove
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinch
European Starling
House Sparrow

Andi

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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A group of 5 went birding around Deer Creek Reservoir this morning. It was
> cold and rainy at first and cold and less rainy later. Some of the best
> birding of the day was during lunch at the lodge overlooking the lake.
> There
> was a merlin sitting on the top of an tree near the entrance. As we walked
> in a mature bald eagle flew by the windows that overlook the lake. When we
> sat down for at our table we saw a pair of common mergansers on the lake.
> At
> that point we started wondering why we had spent the morning out in the
> rain. Here's the list of what we saw, to the best of my recollection...
>
> Canada Goose     25
> Gadwall     1
> American Wigeon     1
> American Black Duck     7
> Mallard     200
> Lesser Scaup     1
> Surf Scoter     1
> Hooded Merganser     30
> Common Merganser     2
> Red-breasted Merganser     10
> Pied-billed Grebe     1
> Horned Grebe     9
> Great Blue Heron     2
> Black Vulture     4
> Bald Eagle     2
> Red-tailed Hawk     3
> Merlin     1
> Bonaparte's Gull     2
> Ring-billed Gull     50
> Herring Gull     2
> Mourning Dove     2
> Belted Kingfisher     1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
> Downy Woodpecker     2
> Blue Jay     2
> American Crow     50
> White-breasted Nuthatch     1
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
> American Robin     10
> European Starling     100
> Song Sparrow     1
> White-throated Sparrow     2
> Dark-eyed Junco     5
> Northern Cardinal     2
> House Sparrow     1
>
> Steve Wolfe
> Columbus
>
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