Hardy Eshbaugh and I continued our search around the lake but found no gulls
other than the 3 species reported by Bob. We located 2 female surf scoters
from Harveysburg Road, in a cove to the north; and then relocated them from
a vantage point in the Mound Ridge Campground area (so identified on the
map; the sign gives it a different name . . .). They were hanging out with a
different species, a C. Goldeneye I believe; it made the ID challenging
(esp. in the rain) because it was showing white on the wings.
Thanks to a tip from Rebecca Elefante at the Visitor Center, we then got
good looks at a single female white-winged scoter in the lake directly below
the dam. It was hanging out with a couple of scaups. There's a nice viewing
area just off the left side of the road after you cross the dam coming from
the Visitor Center.
Jim Michael, Oxford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Powell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:08 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Caesar Creek: California Gull, no! Surf Scoter, si!
> Larry Gara and I went out to the Caesar Creek beach this morning to check
> on the California Gull reported yesterday. Hardy Eschbaugh and Jim Bishop
> were already there. We carefully scoped out the gulls with superb optics
> and found only ring-bills, herrings and Bonaparte's.
>
> Larry and I moved on to the observation platform at the Visitors Center
> and
> relocated the female Surf Scoter mentioned in the same report. It was
> foraging between the control structure and the dam in company with a
> Common
> Merganser. Through the scope it appeared to be a first winter female
> beginning to molt into first spring plumage. eBird contains 42 previous
> records of this species.
>
> We are grateful for this report, but would urge members of this list to
> include more detail in reports of rare species, especially birds on the
> Ohio Bird Records Committee's list of review species.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
>
> --
> Robert D Powell
> Congress Farm Research Institute
> Wilmington, OH, USA
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>
> Nulla dies sine aves
>
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