It was windy at Buck Creek State Park but we managed to identify 13
species of ducks and three species of gulls including at least 2 first
winter Glaucous Gulls this morning. The gulls were at the north end of
the reservoir accessed from Grant Road. There were over a thousand
Ring-billed Gulls on the lake and a number of Herring Gulls also. Many
of the gulls were sitting on the ice closely packed and difficult to
look through but the Glaucous Gulls towered over the smaller
Ring-billeds.

We also found 13 species of ducks on the lake. Included were Gadwall,
American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern Pintail (at
least 50), Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common
Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, and Common
Merganser. I also saw my first Horned Grebe of the year.

Doug Overacker
Springfield, Ohio

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