Forgot, to put down that this was mostly over at Killdeer Plains...must have cut and pasted it out...:-D On 4/2/2011 11:32 PM, Steve wrote: > Wow what a day. After the big rush was over this morning, (and Sean > Williams swearing he heard a Cerulean Warbler [I forgot to put my phone > on vibrate:-D ]) I snuck away for some much needed Snipe hunting. :-D > Found one that I could have reached out and grabbed if I wanted over at > the maint. sheds. Also were Green and Blue-wing Teal, Mallards of > course, Pin-tail, Am. Wigeon, Ruddys, Ring neck, Hooded Mergs, and Coots > were present at pond 27 and CH 71 ponds..I didn't see the Eurasian, but > wasn't expecting to...I really need to get a scope...:-D. > > Drove around the rest of the ponds and saw more of the above. Went to > pond 30 and got some excellent shots of a male Ruddy duck. Also a bunch > of Ring-necks and a female Ruddy, and a Female Bufflehead were there. > > BIWA held Pin-tail, Mallards, Ring-necks, Coots and an Egret...Oh my! > > Then to Cap off the day, when I got home, the sun and the rain was just > right! Rainbow in LaRue...made me want to break out my Wizard of Oz > movie. > ----- > A couple of people have asked about the birder count so far for the > Hoary. > > Before today, there were: > > Birders that were confirmed through email and meet and greet plus me: > 36, physical count of others that just showed up: 13...and counting me > wife and kids, all three are budding birders, bring the total to 53. > Out of all, to my knowledge, only 3 or 4 didn't eventually see her. Both > Ben W. and Ken Shepherd made return trips to see her, for Ken it was a > lifer. > One of the 36 returned and brought a friend. > To my knowledge, out of the 53, it was a lifer in some stretch of the > term for all but 3...one of the lifers was the guy that really got me > into birding. :-D > --- > Add today another 12 and that brings it to 65. Plus two returns that > did not see it the first time, so that knocks that stat down to one or > two. People who's lists were improved were increased by 11 I think...I > didn't get to talk to the 12th. > > Tomorrow another 5 are coming that I know of. > > 116 emails are in my Hoary folder about one thing or another relating to > her, I have taken around 600-900 pictures (a lot of deletes)...yeah, I > got a little carried away. :-D > > I actually got a local birder today that was driving by to see what was > going on. He is coming back at another time. > > If anyone came and didn't send an email, and/or if I didn't see you, > please send me a quick email telling me time and date, and if you saw > her, just so that I can make a record of it. Thanks. > > It's been the most excitement, save the flooding that we have had in > this town in a while. :-D > > New pics added: > http://sjlarue.smugmug.com/Unsorted/OhioBirds/16108559_K6usy > > Steve J. > Psalm 19.1 > The heavens declare the glory of God, > and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]