The most notable sighting today was the 58 Double-crested Cormorants.  We
usually get a significant movement of cormorants once or twice each spring.
 This number is second highest I've had in the five years I have been making
these systematic counts, exceeded only by a count of 67 on 5 Apr 07.
 Today's birds were also remarkable for the fact that they were all in prime
breeding plumage with prominent crests and bright orange gular patches.

Ebird flagged the Northern Rough-winged Swallows as being early, but I seem
to think they follow pretty quickly on the Tree Swallows.

Cheers,

Bob


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Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/29/10
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Location:     Cowan Lake
Observation date:     3/29/10
Notes:     44F  Winds: 340/10  Sky: BKN  Water: 100% open  Lake level: +0.9'
 Boats: 3
Number of species:     24

Canada Goose     82
Mallard     7
Canvasback     1
Ring-necked Duck     8
Lesser Scaup     229
Bufflehead     27
Hooded Merganser     4
Ruddy Duck     65
Double-crested Cormorant     58
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     7
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
American Coot     2
Bonaparte's Gull     6
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     2
Northern Flicker     2
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     5
Tree Swallow     35
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     4
Tufted Titmouse     1
American Robin     3
Northern Cardinal     5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)



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Robert D Powell
Congress Farm Research Institute
Wilmington, OH, USA
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Nulla dies sine aves

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