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Craig Holt <[log in to unmask]>
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I was curious enough to make the trip up to Conneaut yesterday.  Still mostly ice there, so only small numbers of ducks which included n. pintails and all 3 mergansers.  Among the modest numbers of gulls present was 1 first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL.  Killdeer and horned lark were heard passing overhead.  Next I went to Ashtabula harbor.  There was much more open water here, behind the power plant and at Lake Shore Park.  The lake adjacent to the Ashtabula Mall was also wide open.  Between these 3 sites I tallied Canada geese, mallards, Am. black ducks, canvasbacks, 60 redheads, 85 ring-necked ducks, 50 greater scaup, 30 lesser scaup, buffleheads, c. goldeneyes, 25 hooded mergansers, 200 common mergansers, 25 red-breasted mergansers, 10 double-crested cormorants, 4 great blue herons, killdeer, and great black-backed gulls.  I headed south to Pymatuning Res. next.  On the Ohio side were 20 n. pintails, redheads, common mergs, and a bald eagle.  From
 here I went southwest towards Orwell.  A nice male n. harrier was seen hunting a field in Wayne Twp.  Orwell Marsh was thawed, but didn't have a single duck.  So on down to Mosquito L/WA in Trumbull Co. next.  Waterfowl were impressive here: Canada geese, 28 tundra swans, hundreds of mallards, gadwalls, 40 Am. wigeon, 25 n. pintails, 200 redheads, 20 canvasbacks, 185 ring-necked ducks, 5 greater scaup, 50 lesser scaup, 20 c. goldeneyes, common & red-breasted mergansers, pied-billed grebe, and Am. coots.  Also in the area were bald eagle, Cooper's hawk, and red-tailed hawks.  Ring-billed and herring gulls were scattered liberally all over the place.  I was running out of daylight at this point, so I vectored back home to Mahoning Co.  I stopped at a trusty spot in Coitsville Twp. to listen for timberdoodles.  Jackpot!!  At least 5 Am. woodcocks were displaying like crazy.  Also heard killdeer in the darkness.  Shorebirds, finally near home! 
 On a last note, I saw plenty of c. grackles and red-winged blackbirds today all the way to the lakefront and back--but despite several promising searches through big flocks in perfect habitat, I couldn't find a single rusty blackbird.  Rats.  Later, Craig




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