I tried posting this earlier, but it never showed up.  At 5:45, I had four black-bellied whistling ducks fly by at Metzger Marsh.  I was walking the lakefront dike and they flew by over the marsh heading east.  I watched them fly east until they were out of sight. It appeared they went into Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.  I also heard a report of two in Wayne Township in Ashtabula County tonight.  Keep your eyes open.

I also checked Huron for the Sabine's gull early this afternoon.  I didn't see it or even a single Bonaparte's gull.  There were a lot of larger gulls up the river.  I had 9 lesser black-backed gulls.  Six were on the gravel pile at the mouth of the river and the other three were upstream.  All were second to third year birds.  I also had a flyby Franklin's gull.

John Pogacnik



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