arrived @ Sandy Ridge this evening @ 5:15with a student from my class (his 2nd time out) nice early evening to be out and birding! Ring-necked Duck - 14+   ACoots - 100+   PBGrebe - 1   Ruddy Duck - 20+   Mallard - 15+ (lots of drakes)   NRWSwallow - 2   TSwallow - 30+   Great Egret - 3 (FOY)   Sand Hill Crane - 1 (possibly 2)   LIFER!   Wood Duck - 12+   Bufflehead - 6+   HMerganser - 4   Killdeer - 5+    GWTeal - 20+   BWTeal - 25+   NShoveler - 8+   Gadwall - 3   AWigeon - 3 (LIFER)   HGrebe - 1   BEagle - 2 (1 carrying racoon dinner home @ 7:45)   DWoodpecker - 2   HWoodpecker - 1   NFlicker - 1   PWoodpecker - 1   EBluebird  - 3   SSparrow - 15+   FSparrow - 5+   ARobin - 40+   EMeadowlark - 1   RWBbird - 50+   RustyBbird - 50+ (big, noisy flock as leaving - near forest entrance)    buster                                         
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