Today was a remarkable birding day. A good start to the morning then on to the Guilford Lake / Salem Reservoir / Seven Springs Area in northern Columbiana County to add 16 more waterfowl species to our day, making a total of 18. There were small areas of open water at each of the three locations. Here is the list:
 
     Canada Goose     250+
     Mute Swan     6
     Gadwall     12
     American Widgeon     4
     American Black Duck     30+
     Mallard     20+
     Northern Pintail     8 males , 6 females
     Green-winged Teal     6 males , 2 females
     Canvasback     25+
     Redhead     40+
     Ring-necked Duck     10 pairs+
     Lesser Scaup     1 male
     Bufflehead     2 males
     Common Goldeneye     9 males , 2 females
     Hooded Merganser     3 males , 2 females
     Common Merganser     6 males , 2 females
     
     Compliments of a phone call from Jim Dolan at 3PM, we were able to add a wonderful finish to our day by seeing about 30 White-winged Crossbills and about
20 Pine Siskins in Carol Bretz's backyard in New Waterford.
 
                                   Bob and Denise Lane
                                      Damascus,Ohio
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