This afternoon at Wellington Upground Reservoir, Ken and I found a Red-
throated Loon, in addition to the expected hundreds of Ruddy Ducks,
Coots, and Canada Geese.  We found about 10 Redheads, 3 Pied-billed
Grebes and several Ring-billed Gulls.

We then birded the new (to us, at least) restored wetlands on the
north side of Buckeye Woods County Park in Medina County (an entrance
to the wetlands is south of US 42 near Columbia Road).  In the pond on
the far south side of the loop trail were 6 Wilson's Snipe, a few
Killdeer, a Lesser Yellowlegs, and a Stilt Sandpiper, along with the
ducks.  In the various ponds there were many Mallard, 30-40 Green-
winged Teal, 15-20 Wood Ducks, several Shovelers and Coots, a few
Gadwall and American Wigeon, and to my surprise, a pair of
Canvasbacks!  The drier areas hosted 60 or more American Goldfinch
harvesting seeds.

Early this morning near the Krabill Shelter of Chippewa Lake County
Park (also Medina County) we saw a flock of about 30 Rusty Blackbirds,
new to us for this park which is our new favorite everyday birding
site not far from home.  The ducks we'd found on the lake Friday
morning--a number of Gadwall, Ruddy Ducks and Ring-necked Ducks--were
gone.  A couple Coot remained, as well as Bonaparte's and Ring-billed
Gulls and a Cormorant.  2 adult Bald Eagles perched in trees near the
inlet.  The woods and weedy areas yielded many Song and a few White-
throated Sparrows--yesterday Ken had mostly White-throated and White-
crowned.  There were still some Yellow-rumped Warblers, but not the
hundred or so we saw multiple times a few weeks ago.  I'm fascinated
by these glimpses of migration.

Helen and Ken Ostermiller
Westfield Center, Medina County

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