Yesterday Rick and I did some birding along Rte 32 and at East Fork SP.
Most of the lake was open at East Fork where we had Common Goldeneye,
Black Ducks, Mallards, Canvasbacks, Ring-billed Gulls, Pied-billed
Grebe, Bufflehead, and Canada Geese. We were birding from the beach and
most of the birds were along the ice shelf on the opposite side of the
lake.

On the south side of Rte 32 and just west of Bodman Rd there was a pond
that had some open water. A safer place to observe from here is to go
south on Bodman and turn right onto Hess. The pond is less than a mile
down Hess. There we found at least 4,000 Canada Geese, 10 Greater
White-fronted Geese, 4 Snow Geese, 14 Pintails, 3 Redheads, and 100s of
Mallards.

At the southwest corner of Rte 32 at Rte 68 we found a frozen pond
behind the Wendy's. We would not have seen it except for all of the
geese flying in. There we found 2,000 Canada Geese, 4 Snow Geese, 14
Greater White-fronted Geese, 6 Cackling Geese, Pintails, and Mallards.
There were also two Savannah Sparrows along the chain link fence
surrounding the pond.

At the Cincinnati Nature Center we found 7 Pine Siskins at the feeders.

Most of the lake at Rocky Fork SP was frozen but there were some open
spots. When we arrived there it was getting dark and couldn't identify
everything there but could make out Canada Geese and Mallards. There was
an immature Bald Eagle on the ice farther down the lake eating
something.

John Habig
261 Lantis Dr.
Carlisle, Ohio 45005
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