Notes from 12/26 --1/10 BDMP area.  Wetlands mostly frozen with few
waterfowl except occasionally at late afternoon.  NO Snowy Owls in spite of
hours of searching.   Lots of sparrows at times along Kulhwein Rd.
KR. Kulhwein Rd.
T/HW. Teal/Harrier Wetlands
BDMP = Battalle Darby MP entrance
OLOOK = BDMP Overlook trail
IR. BDMP Indian ridge

DCCormorant 1, 1/9 flying over KR
Common Loon. 1 flyover  12//26 KR
Duck. 453 12/26; 1/8-10 Max: 411, 12/26 T/HW
Canada Goose. 655; 545 1/9 KR-T/HW
mall. 100, 12/28
Black Duck. 75, 12/28
C Merganser 1 male 12/26 T/HW
BV. 1, 1/9 IR (first vulture we've seen since before Thanksgiving)
BAEA. 2 ad. 12/26 KR;  1 1st cycle 1/9 T/HW
NOHA. Daily, 1-4; Max: 9 1/8 T/HW (1 ad. male 1/1)
COHA  3 (singles)
RSHA. 1 12/28 KR
RTHA  8 (all imm); 2, KR, T/HW
RLHA. 6  12/26 - 1/10  (4 dark, 2 light; all imm), KR, T/HW; 2 (dark,
light) 1/2; 2 (dark) 1/9.  At least one dark apparently present since
11/18-20.
KEST. 1 1/9 T/HW

PIWO. 1 1/8 OLOOK
YBSA 5, 1/1-1/10 BDMP; 3 1/9

BRCR   2 1/4 BDMP
WIWR. 3 1/8 OLOOK

ATSP. Daily 890, 12/26 - 1/10; 421 1/2 KR; 223 1//8 KR
SASP. 1 1/2; 2 1/8 KR (Savannah fairly scarce winter
FOSP. 2 1/2 KR
WCSP. 60 KR;  54 1/8

PUPF. 1 male in hemlock 12/27 KR

David and Patty Tan
Columbus

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