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Nancy Rudd <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:49:02 -0500
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We watched the mass of waterfowl at the patch of open water off the
Cheshire Rd. boat launch site on Alum Creek Reservoir (Delaware County)
from about 11:30-1:00 today (February 24).  The not-previously-reported
sighting was of a single long-tailed duck. Most of the time we were
there it was in the patch of water closest to the parking lot and though
often underwater, was clearly visible when up.  By the time we left it
had moved to a smaller bit of water further from the parking area and
was harder to spot.

Other birds included one bufflehead, three horned grebes, quite a few
lesser scaup, and large numbers of canvasbacks, redheads, common
mergansers, red-breasted mergansers, common goldeneyes, tundra swans,
and Canada geese.  When we first arrived several different species were
harrassing the grebes which was odd.  We also enjoyed watching a
substantial number of male goldeneyes gather around a female and
display.  They think it's spring....

Nancy Rudd and Bob Gold

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