Hi Guys,
 Took a little cruise today to survey some of the flood damage and look 
for birds. Stopped at the bridge on Orweiler Road, the only part of 
Clearfork Lake that is not still frozen, and was rewarded with 40 or so 
Ring-necked Ducks, 120+ Canada Geese, half a dozen Mallards, 1 Red-tailed 
Hawk, 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, and a flyover of 12 Swans with one tag-along 
goose. They definitely were not Mute Swans, but could not tell if they 
were Tundra or Trumpeter, and could not nail down the goose, either. 
Either Greater White-fronted or Snow Goose, he looked pretty dark compared 
to the swans. Also in the flooded field, north of the baseball diamonds  
along Lex-Springmill Rd. there were at least 200 Herring Gulls, 60+ Canada 
Geese and maybe a dozen Mallards.
 Spring is sneaking up on us, it won't be long now!
Cheers,
Brian Hart
Richland County

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