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Pickaway County - Deer Creek State Park and Wildlife Area
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Melanie Shuter <[log in to unmask]>
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Melanie Shuter <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:05:31 -0400
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There is little to no shorebird habitat at Deer Creek right now.  But the
beach is always worth a stop.  During the last three days:

Tues. eve - The usual 100+ Ring-billed gulls, 6 Caspian Terns, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Osprey, Killdeer, Double-crested Cormorants,
Great Blue Herons.  The Dick Road wetland was a Wood Duck factory this
summer, Pied-billed Grebes, lots of swallows, 1 Belted Kingfisher.

Weds. morning at the beach - the usual RBGU and KILL, 2 Spotted Sandpipers,
9 Common Terns flew in, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1 Sanderling (first
year).  The middle wetland holds 100+ Wood Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes,
Blue-winged Teal.  Eastern Kingbirds are everywhere.  Swallows also -
Purple Martins, Barn, Cliff, Rough-winged for certain.  No shorebird
habitat.

Thurs AM at the beach - 2 Ospreys, 1 Sanderling, 1 Forster's Tern (first
year), 3 Least Sandpipers, plus the RBGU and KILL.

Melanie Shuter
Circleville, OH

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