Oops! Bad typing.  I ment  5 hooded mergansers not common...thank goodness I haven't sent that in yet. :-D

"Steve J." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>Sorry for late post, but I was having gull ID issues, so after figuring
>that one out, I finally have a list of what I saw yesterday at Killdeer
>Plains.  Most were at the Uplake (above ground reservoir).  The rest
>were at and around the remaining open water at pond 1.
>below is the eBird list.
>
>Have fun, stay safe,  God bless, and happy birding.
>Steve J.
>
>Observer: Steven Jones
>2013-12-01 15:00
>Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
>Protocol: Traveling
>5 Miles
>120 Minutes
>Observers: 1
>All birds reported? Yes
>    20    Canada Goose       
>    60    Trumpeter Swan       
>    30    Mallard       
>    5    Bufflehead       
>    4    Common Goldeneye       
>    5.   Common Merganser
>    3    Red-breasted Merganser       
>    2    Ruddy Duck       
>    10    duck sp.       
>    2    Common Loon       
>    2    Horned Grebe       
>    1    Great Blue Heron       
>    1    Turkey Vulture       
>    1    Northern Harrier       
>    1    Bald Eagle       
>    1    Red-tailed Hawk       
>    30    Ring-billed Gull       
>    3    Mourning Dove       
>    3    Northern Flicker       
>    1    American Kestrel       
>    2    Blue Jay       
>    4    American Crow       
>    1    Eastern Bluebird       
>    1    American Robin       
>    2    Northern Mockingbird       
>    20    European Starling       
>    20    American Tree Sparrow       
>    2    Dark-eyed Junco       
>    2    Northern Cardinal       
>    2    American Goldfinch       
>    2    House Sparrow