Beg pardon, but where is Medusa Marsh? -----Original Message----- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:34:08 EDT >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Medusa Marsh > >Bill Whan recently inquired about possible shorebird habitat at Medusa >Marsh. The main impoundment seems to be at a high level this year and offers no >shorebird habitat. Phragmites now blocks the view of the tiny northeast >corner (close to the road) that can sometimes harbor a few birds. > >Immediately west of the main impoundment is a low lying cornfield that was >recently flooded (and harbored several species of duck). It now appears to be >being pumped down (but still had several small groups of shovelers in the >puddles). This is a rather hard spot to view since it is behind a dike and >full of tall corn stubble that could hide birds. If you do stop, please >remember that this is private property. View only from the side of the road. Do >not walk out on the dikes. > >A green-collared Trumpeter Swan has been in the area for a while now. It >was usually in the flooded corn field but yesterday it was in the main >impoundment and I tried to read its collar. I believe it is marked "64M" but if >anyone gets a clearer look and sees a different number, please correct me. > >A pair of Mute Swans are often seen in the water to the east of the main >impoundment this year. It seems they may be avoiding the main impoundment >(where they were usually present other years). > >A few small groups of Gadwall and a lone Ruddy Duck were the only other >waterfowl present yesterday around 5:00 PM. > >Sheryl Young > Ken Thompson, Moline Acres, North StLouis County, MO 63136 [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]