With duck hunting season at intermission, there was a good diversity of
waterfowl present here yesterday.  Highlights:

Snow Goose - 33 (18 white phase & 15 blues with 3 immatures of each)

Gadwall - 4

N. Shoveler - 5-10

Scaup (prob. Lesser - heads tucked in) - at least 2

LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 (female)

Bufflehead - 2 (both female)

Hooded Merganser - 100 +/-

Red-br. Merganser - 4 or more

Ruddy Duck - 50 +

Pied-billed Grebe - 5-10

Black Vulture - 3

Bonaparte's & Ring-billed Gulls - several hundred each

Herring Gull - a handful

probably others I missed!



Happy Birding!

Eric Reiner

Ashville, OH


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