I checked out the Deer Creek Reservoir this afternoon. The reservoir is as high as I've ever seen it. Vantage points were limited and it was brutally windy on the S end. Some of the rafts of ducks I never could really see well, but a large number of birds were present. It was more quantity than quality as far as rarities go, but I certainly could have overlooked something more interesting. Here are some of the birds present  :

Canada Goose - XXX
Wood Duck - X
Gadwall - X
American Wigeon - XXX
Am. Black Duck - XX
Mallard - XXXX
N Shoveler - XX
N Pintail - XXX
Green-winged Teal - XX
Canvasback - XX
Redhead - XX
Ring-necked Duck - XXX
L Scaup - XXX
Bufflehead - X
C Goldeneye - X
Hooded Merganser - XX
Red-br Merganser - XX
Turkey Vulture - XX
Killdeer - XX
Ring-billed Gull - XXXX
Herring Gull - X
Red-winged Blackbird - XXX
Rusty Blackbird - XX
Common Grackle - XXX

Bob Royse


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