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This continues to be, as Bob Royce reported, a good spot for healthy numbers
of waterfowl. I believe that these numbers are beginning to decline a bit,
however. Most of the lower portion of the lake was still ice-covered today,
except one small bay across from the beach. Most of the action was in the
upper part of the lake, best visible from an access area off SR 207, south
of the marina. I was not able to visit the Egypt Pike wetlands Bob mentioned
in the two hours I was able to spend this morning. On the reservoir, there
were (very rough estimates on numbers):
Mallard - several thousand
Am. Wigeon - similar #s
N. Pintail - ~500
Green-winged Teal - 50-100+
Gadwall - <10 noted
Am. Black Duck - 50-100
Ring-necked Duck - 500-1000
Redhead - app.500
Lesser Scaup - app. 500 (no Greaters noted)
Canvasback - <10
Bufflehead - 2-4
Hooded Merganser - 100-300
Red-breasted Merganser - 100-200
Common Merganser - a few
Common Goldeneye - 4
Ruddy Duck - 5-10
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Horned Grebe - 10-20 (beginning to molt - I did double-takes on a few)
Canada Goose 300-500
Tundra Swan - 26 (flew in as I was leaving)
Ring-billed Gull - ~500
Happy Birding!
Eric Reiner - Ashville, Ohio
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