My 3rd recent trip to Jackson Bog.  40 degrees was pleasant except for the
rain.  When the wind kicked up, I had to go.  I could hear geese and some
ducks as I approached the boardwalk, but most were under cover in the tall
grasses or blocked by the island grasses.  A lot of the ice is melted today
and the birds are on the far side from the boardwalk.  A few ducks were
flying away. No geese flew in during this visit about 9-10:15a.



Numbers were a lot smaller than my last visit, types of birds seen were
more.  Six Canada Geese in view, but seemed to hear many more than that.
One Greater White-fronted Goose in view to the northwest of the better
viewing area on the catwalk on the edge of a grass island.  A few
Canvasback, Northern Shoveler, American Coots, American Wigeon, Ruddy ducks,
Green-winged Teal,  Gadwall, Common Mergansers,  Horned Grebes [a group of
coot-sized birds, white cheeks, winter plumage; saw a partial molt one with
the horns starting to grow in, dive, but couldn't find it again], a lot less
Ring-necked ducks in sight, one Bufflehead, one Pied-billed Grebe, one
Hooded Merganser landed right in front of my binocular view.



Birds from the walk in and out:  Red-winged blackbirds, Robins, 1-Northern
Flicker, 1-White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-capped Chickadees, Song Sparrows,
Northern Cardinals, American Crows and Blue Jays.

Cynthia Norris

Stark Co.


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