Oberlin Reservoir had lots of waterfowl on it Sunday.  Surprisingly, despite the usual good numbers of Ring Billed, Herring Gulls and a few Great Blacked Backed, I had over 100 Bonaparte gulls diving bombing the reservoir to get the small fish.  

Despite the large number of Buffleheads and Ruddy Rucks, I think Scaups where tops in sheer numbers.  There were certainly Lesser and Greater, but I did not pick through the hundreds to get a breakdown.  There were the rest of the usual ducks, but no rarities.  

I am still looking at photos I took, but I believe all the Grebes I saw were Horned. There were at least 30 of them.  They all are different looking as they are transitioning into breeding plumage with a few completely in breeding plumage already.   

The Bald Eagles have rebuilt their nest, just a little bit South of the reservoir on West Road.

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