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Even though Ike's track took it north of us and I thought there would probably not be any hurricane birds till later this week, I decided to see if any birds were coming down with the strong northwest winds. I decided to check Conneaut in hopes of seeing some shorebirds. Although there were not a huge number of shorebirds, it was still pretty good this morning. I got there around 7:45 and stayed until 11:30. The three best birds all occurred during the first hour. An adult SABINE'S GULL and 2 adult POMARINE JAEGERS passed from east to west and each flew over the mudflat before disappearing over the breakwall. The jaegers got the shorebirds excited but didn't faze the gulls. I wonder if there may have been more as they were easy to miss. Adult Sabine's gulls and pomarine jaegers are uncommon in Ohio as we usually get immatures. I would imagine the hurricane was responsible for their presence. I just wonder if they were brought up from the gulf or were heading south with the strong northwest winds.There was some shorebirds moving, but not a lot of them. Here is what was seenSemipalmated plover 33Killdeer 6Black-bellied plover 4Golden plover 1Sanderling 41RED KNOT 1Semipalmated sandpiper 4WESTERN SANDPIPER 1Least sandpiper 7BAIRD"S SANDPIPER 13WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER 1RED-NECKED PHALAROPE 2Also seen were:LAUGHING GULL 1 adultLESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 4 (1 1st, 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 adult)Black tern 3Caspian tern 8Bald eagle 3While heading west along the lake between Conneaut and Ashtabula I counted 14 bald eagles, including eight in one "flock".
John Pogacnik4765 Lockwood RoadPerry, OH 44081(440) 259-2751
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