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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 12 Aug 2010 02:50:20 +0000613_iso-8859-1 Greetings - The Arctic Tern was easily found and observed at 6:30 p.m. this evening, the 11th, on the beach at Maumee Bay State Park. Many thanks to Kenn, and also to Greg for getting word out quickly via the listservs. A great bird. A few photos are up on my blog, giving the viewer a realistic semi-distant view of the bird (with good comparison of surrounding species)as it rested amidst the large grouping of Common, Forster's, and Caspian Terns, and Herring, Ring-billed, and Bonaparte's Gulls. When resting amidst the hoard, the Arctic preferred to centralize its location within the [...]47_12Aug201002:50: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:52:02 -0400 |
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This morning the shorebird activity on the mudflats on the east shore of Hoover Reservoir near Pelican Island was somewhat subdued compared to the last few days. Being Saturday there was more boat activity near the shore which probably was not helpful. Three of us gave the mudflats a good look-over and we were rewarded with decent results. No sign of the Peregrine Falcon today or the Dowitchers, but the Bald Eagles, Osprey, Buff-breasted Sandpipers and Marbled Godwit put I appearances for us. A list of the more interesting species we observed follows.
Charlie Bombaci
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Barn Swallow
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