We had about 10 for a day on our small lake down here in Lawrence county. They only stayed a day- I was hoping that they would want to make it their home. Hayward Chappell Lawrence County On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Wendy Wren <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We had a pair of Hooded Mergansers on our pond for about 30 minutes early > this evening. West of West Liberty in Northern Champaign county. > > > Wendy Wren > > The 3 R's to live by - Respect for yourself, Respect for others & > Responsibility for all of your actions. > http://www.wendelynsworld.blogspot.com > http://playingwithglass.blogspot.com/ > http://www.thewrenshouse.com > > --- On Tue, 3/1/11, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Delaware Wildlife Area and Delaware Lake in Delaware > County > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 7:31 PM > > > Linda and I birded at Delaware Wildlife Area and Delaware Lake in Delaware > County today. Although much of the water is still iced over, there is > plenty of open water and everywhere there was open water there were very > good > numbers of waterfowl. The large puddles created by the recent rain were > filled with activity from Canada geese and dabbling ducks to Killdeer. The > grassy fields to the side of Leonardsburg Road and Panhandle Road also > yielded > some nice finds including male Northern Harriers, Ring-necked Pheasant and > a Merlin. The Columbus Blue Jackets have new competition, immature Bald > Eagles. We watched a small group of them using an unidentified cadaver as > their hockey puck. Either that or they were trying to display bad table > manners. We began with Leonardsburgh Road, entering from Horseshoe Road > and > covering Area A. We next hopped up US 23 to the Delaware State Park > covering the > areas that extent to the water. Next we continued north on US 23 to SR > 229. > Going south on SR 229 we checked, in order, Areas M, G, F, E, D, C and B. > Every area we visited seemed to contribute a new species or two to our > tally. Assuming the Delaware Wildlife Area lives up to its past history > the > best is yet to come. > Charlie Bombaci > SPECIES LIST > Great Blue Heron 1 > Turkey Vulture 30+ > Snow Goose 3 > Canada Goose > Wood Duck 6 > Gadwall 8 > American Wigeon 21 > American Black Duck 45 > Mallard 200+ > Northern Shoveler 7 > Northern Pintail 211 > Green-winged Teal 17 > Canvasback 42 > Redhead 100+ > Ring-necked Duck 300+ > Lesser Scaup 50+ > Bufflehead 10 > Common Goldeneye 3 > Hooded Merganser 36 > Red-breasted Merganser 18 > Ruddy Duck 2 > Bald Eagle 6 (all immature) > Northern Harrier 2 (males) > Cooper's Hawk > Red-tailed Hawk > American Kestrel > MERLIN > Ring-necked Pheasant > American Coot > Killdeer 49 > Ring-billed Gull > Herring Gull 3 > Rock Pigeon > Mourning Dove > Red-bellied Woodpecker > Downy Woodpecker > Northern Flicker > Blue Jay > American Crow > Horned Lark > Carolina Chickadee > Tufted Titmouse > White-breasted Nuthatch > Carolina Wren > Eastern Bluebird > American Robin > Northern Mockingbird > European Starling > Yellow-rumped Warbler > American Tree Sparrow > Field Sparrow > Song Sparrow > Swamp Sparrow > White-throated Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Northern Cardinal > Red-winged Blackbird > Rusty Blackbird > Common Grackle > Brown-headed Cowbird > House Finch > American Goldfinch > House Sparrow > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]