Hello all,

After work today I drove down to Rocky Fork SP to look for the Common
Eiders that were reported earlier on this list. I was not able to locate
them. The lake is still 90% frozen. The only open water I found was the
marsh along Beldon Saur trail, the west end of the lake near the
campground, the marsh near the campground, a small opening off of the
north beach and a small area around the islands along East Shore Drive.

44 Species observed in 1.5 hours:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle 2 sub-adult (did not see one on the nest today. (There was
one there Saturday. It could have been lower in the nest today.)
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Wilson Snipe (one landed about 75 feet in front of me affording great
views)
Ring-billed Gulls
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Starling
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

John Habig

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