Part of that group of Cormorants must have been what was flying overhead
yesterday evening over at East Liberty. :-D  I had well over a hundred
of them go overhead over at the Honda Plant in East Liberty.

At first I thought that they were ducks, but when I got my glasses on
them, they were much bigger than ducks, and the wings were all wrong.
and they were too dark to be geese. ;-D

It's good to see that the reservoir is starting to attract a variety of
birds.

Steve

  On 11/4/2011 12:19 PM, Blake Mathys wrote:
> I visited the Honda Wetlands part of Glacier Ridge Metropark this morning. The highlight was a MERLIN seen flying from west to east over the parking area. It didn't slow down, but kept going as far as I could follow it with the scope. Also seen were 2 migrating COMMON LOONS, about 450 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS (in 3 groups), and 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS. I then stopped at the reservoir on Raymond Road, just north of Marysville. I was surprised to find a nice collection of water birds, including 20 HORNED GREBES, 15 TUNDRA SWANS, 6 REDHEADS, LESSER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, GADWALL, 2 BUFFLEHEAD, and 12 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has birded this reservoir, it seems like it could be very productive.
>
> Blake Mathys
> http://blakemathys.com/
>
> Glacier Ridge Metro Park--Honda Wetlands, Union County
>
> Mallard  14
> Green-winged Teal  1
> Common Loon  2
> Double-crested Cormorant  450
> Turkey Vulture
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Merlin  1
> American Coot  2
> Rock Pigeon
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Downy Woodpecker
> American Crow
> Carolina Chickadee
> Tufted Titmouse
> Eastern Bluebird  15
> American Robin
> European Starling
> American Tree Sparrow  2
> Field Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Northern Cardinal
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Common Grackle
> American Goldfinch
>
> Marysville Reservoir - Raymond Rd., Union County
>
> Canada Goose  5
> Tundra Swan  15
> Gadwall  20
> Redhead  6
> Ring-necked Duck  10
> Lesser Scaup  15
> Bufflehead  2
> Ruddy Duck  15
> Horned Grebe  20
> Red-tailed Hawk
> American Coot  8
> Bonaparte's Gull  12
> Ring-billed Gull  2
> Blue Jay
>
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