As Bob Royse reported yesterday, the Osprey have returned to Deer Creek
State Park. Early this afternoon, they were perched atop the nesting
platform. I observed them for about 15 minutes, and they remained in the
same place the entire time. I was able to get a number of digiscope photos,
one of which can be seen at http://genebirds.blogspot.com/ .



The number of Ring-billed Gulls was apparently way down from Bob's report
yesterday, but the Lesser Black-backed Gull was on the beach with a small
flock of RBGU. A digiscope photo of that bird is also at the above site.



The many ducks Bob reported also apparently have moved on, all I found were
about 15 Lesser Scaup. There were still good numbers of mostly dabbling
ducks at the wetland, however.



Gene Stauffer

Grove City








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