3:30 today at Boat launch
46*, drizzle for 10 min, light
wind from the east
 
Grassy area between parking lot and Dike 14
Gulls 
     Herring - all 8 at edge of shore
     Ring-billed - 60+
Turkey Vultures - 3 (munching on the fish among the gulls)
Mallards - 3
 
In the water/air from launch north to the breakwall's point
eastward into open water to the shore of Dike 14 to the 
southeast corner of the bay and back to the launch
Red-breasted Mergansers - 125+
Great Crested Cormorants - 10+
Blue Winger Teal - 3
American Coots - 1
 
The following were either on the shore of Dike 14 or in the 
trees right along the shore
Great Blue Herons - 24
Great Egrets - 7 
 
At 3:45 I headed over to the west side of the Inner City
Yacht Club - the following was seen from the dock area 
all the way north to the breakwall
Horned Grebes - 4
Mallards - 4
Canada Geese - 6 (2 on nests for over a week now)
Mute Swan - 1
On the dockes were 50-ish Gulls (more Herring gulls than
     lately (4:1 RB:H today)
 
In the Northeast corner where the breakwall curves  
northward (and creates a nice little bay) were these 
jewels today - 
Horned Grebes - 11
American Coots - 4
Lesser Scaup - 6
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (fishing too!)
Eared Grebe - 1
Ruddy Ducks - 7 (BEAUTIFUL colors!)
 
3:55 - 4:00 look at open water north of breakwall - 
not as much out there today
60+ RBMs
20+ GCCs
less than 50 gulls
 
Head back to talk with another binoculared person
by launch - we found the following - 
Bufflehead - 3
Hooded Merganser - 1
Northern Shovelers - 4
Wood Duck - 
Eared Grebe - 1
American Coot - 5
 
buster
 
on the road i saw a "kettle" of 8 Turkey Vultures
just west of Eddy Rd over I-90 heading south
 
 
 
                                          
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