LaDue Reservior in Geauga County is indeed loaded with loons,
cormorants, red-breasted merg's and other waterfowl.

> I counted about 50 loons on the reservoir this morning (Sat 3/26)
> I also had about 120 cormorants, 300-400 ring-billed gulls (more
> gulls than I've ever seen on LaDue), at least 200 red-breasted mergs
> and an imm. eagle.  Didn't have the time (had to hurry to work) for
> the detailed search that you obviously enjoyed, but darn glad you did.
>
> Dan Best
>
> On Friday, Mar 25, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Bonnie Fish wrote:
>>
>> Dan,I hope you got a chance to get over to LaDue. Nothing was as
>> close as when I was there earlier but we still got really good
>> looks with binocs and the scope and came up with about 100 loons
>> again (as earlier in the afternoon) .The red-breasted mergs were up
>> really close down by the boat house on my first trip--there had to
>> be close to 200.Also saw a pair of common
>> mergs,bufflehead,mallards,ruddies and grebes,an eagle and many
>> swallows.
>>
>> Bonnie Fish
>


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