Paula and I are currently on a road trip to San Diego.  We left Tiffin
on January 20.  I guess we have missed some great weather.  Yesterday,
in Lake Havasu City, AZ it was a cool 74...

But that isn't the purpose of this email.  Ron Minard, of Seneca
County, sent me an email and photo yesterday of a bird that was found
by a farmer near McCutchenville on Wednesday.  The farmer found the
bird sitting in a snow covered field on the side of the road.  It is
currently in an animal rehab place in Upper Sandusky.  The photograph
shows a beautiful adult male White-winged Scoter in near breeding
plumage.  I don't have all my records with me but this maybe Seneca
County's third record and first winter record.

I believe the bird probably tried to land on an icy road thinking it
was a body of open water.  Hopefully it survives.

Tom
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H. Thomas Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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