Karin Tanquist and I had another good morning of waterfowling along Portage Lakes yesterday. The big flock of ducks that has been there all week has moved from the Tuscawaras River at Cove Blvd boat ramp to a slit of open water along the shore of Long Lake. Most all of the Portage Lakes are still completely ice-covered. Birds were seen on Long Lake from Portage Lakes Drive standing on the public sidewalk a couple hundred yards northwest of the inlet to Long Lake from North Reservoir. Scope is necessary from this spot. Full list follows. 



-Patrick Coy

Peninsula, OH



Portage Lakes--Long Lake, Summit, US-OH--Mar 21, 2015 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

29 species (+1 other taxa)



Canada Goose  X

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  8

American Wigeon  4

Mallard  11

Northern Shoveler  8

Canvasback  15

Redhead  120

Ring-necked Duck  350

Aythya sp.  10

Bufflehead  28

Common Goldeneye  14

Hooded Merganser  55

Common Merganser  35

Red-breasted Merganser  18

Horned Grebe  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

American Coot  25

Ring-billed Gull  X

Herring Gull  X

Mourning Dove  7

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

American Crow  5

American Robin  X

European Starling  X

Field Sparrow  3

Dark-eyed Junco  X

Northern Cardinal  X

Red-winged Blackbird  X

House Sparrow  X



View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22463220







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