I was traveling along I-76 yesterday and got to check a few lakes in Mahoning, Portage, and Summit Cos.  L. Milton has finally been lowered some, with nice mudflats/shallows at the south end.  Found there were 15 Am. black ducks, mallards, great egret (late), 30 killdeer, 7 dunlin, 100 Bonaparte's gulls, and belted kingfisher.  The north end of L. Milton had 13 tundra swans, 4 c. loons, pied-billed grebe, Cooper's hawk (hunting starlings), a few more Bonies, and another kingfisher.  E. bluebirds were fairly common in the area also.  Next I visited Berlin Res.  I looked from the Rte. 224 bridge and the Rte. 14 bridge, but found nothing other than a few gulls.  Next stop was at West Branch SP; the southwest portion had 20 wild turkeys, ring-necked pheasant, 21 killdeer, and 20 Bonaparte's gulls.  My last stop was at Summit L. in Akron.  It held 53 ring-necked ducks, 8 buffleheads, 30 ruddy ducks, 5 pied-billed grebes, and 70 Am. coots.  Later,
 Craig




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