first venture to Conneaut Sandspit
(definatel twon't be my last) 72* light
breeze from west/slightly south
 
11:00 arrive @ Conneaut boat launch where
we (me and 2 of my former 7th grade cleve 
school students - ernest and Q)
started our walk out to the beach.
in the bay from the launch west until the 
end of the bay we saw
Pied-billed Grebes - 2
Belted Kingfishers - 2
Great Blue Herons - 5
Wood Ducks - 4
Canada Geese - 20+
Mallards - 30+
Blue-winged Teal - 4
Bald Eagle - 1 (imm)
Killdeer - 2
 
we arrived at the bay inside the breakwall @ 
11:40. there was a flock of gulls that contained 
the following
Ring Bills - 200-ish
Herrings - 10-ish
Caspian Tern - 1
 
farther east up the beach near the "interior bay"
we identifiesd the following either on/above said
part of beach or in the "bay"
200+ Ring Bills
20+ Herrings
50+ Bonaparte's
30-ish Caspians
10-ish Forster's
 
Sanderlings - 4
Great Blue Herons - 6
Green Heron - 1
Double-cresred Cormorants - 2
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Semipalmated Plovers - 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpipers - 3
Avoset - 1
Bald Eagles - 7 (all seen at one time!)
               2 adults and 5 imms munching 
               together on the breakwall!!
               seen in the same bino field was cool!!!
THANKS to Jerry Talkington and Susan (and Bill)
for helping with the IDs and sharing the scope!
 
leave at 1:30
 
 
we decided to give Headlands a quick check
on the way home after driving thru quite a rain
 
arrived at 2:30 - 76* same wind as Conneaut
walk started of Buckeye Trail marker out to
the breakwall
back the path to the gate, out
to fisherman's path back to parking lot - 1 1/2 hour walk
Magnolia - 6, 
House Wren - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Great-crested Flycatcher - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Flicker - 1
Catbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
 
buster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                          
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