Hi all,

I made a series of stops this afternoon along the Ohio River above Meldahl
Dam. All birds were observed from Ohio, but many of the birds were in
Kentucky waters.  This is by far the most active I've seen the river in
places away from the dam.  More detailed location info can be found in
eBird.

419 Canada Geese
5 Mute Swan - Meldahl Dam
20 American Black Duck
135 Mallard
2 Northern Shoveler - Ripley OH riverfront
76 Canvasback - scattered flocks
92 Redhead - about 60 at Chilo lock 34 park
191 Greater Scaup - Large group of about 110 between August KY and
Higginsport OH
1 Lesser Scaup - female with the large group of greaters, its been amazing
how few there have been in recent weeks.
18 White-winged Scoter - 14 between August KY and Higginsport OH and 4 seen
from Chilo lock 34 park
6 Long-tailed Duck - Ripley OH river front, 2 adult males.  distant photo
in eBird
7 Bufflehead
73 Common Goldeneye
386 Common Merganser - similar distribution to a birdky listserv report
yesterday, large flocks of 90-140 birds at the confluences of several
tributaries.  Most of these in OH
76 Red-breasted Merganser - Scattered throughout the Common Merg flocks
1 Ruddy Duck

Other birds of interest:
8 Double-crested Cormorants at various locations
133 Ring-billed Gull - about 70 at Meldahl
8 Herring Gull - 7 at Meldahl

I was at Meldahl dam around 6pm, and it looked like a small gull roost was
starting to form several hundred yards upstream.  By the time I left it had
about 50-60 birds.  This area has been surprisingly quiet all winter.


Good birding,
Brian Wulker

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