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| From: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 12 Aug 2010 02:50:20 +0000613_iso-8859-1 Greetings - The Arctic Tern was easily found and observed at 6:30 p.m. this evening, the 11th, on the beach at Maumee Bay State Park. Many thanks to Kenn, and also to Greg for getting word out quickly via the listservs. A great bird. A few photos are up on my blog, giving the viewer a realistic semi-distant view of the bird (with good comparison of surrounding species)as it rested amidst the large grouping of Common, Forster's, and Caspian Terns, and Herring, Ring-billed, and Bonaparte's Gulls. When resting amidst the hoard, the Arctic preferred to centralize its location within the [...]47_12Aug201002:50: [log in to unmask] |
| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 13 Aug 2010 09:47:57 -0400505_us-ascii Hello Everyone, If you're planning on making the trip to see if the Arctic Tern is still around at Maumee Bay State Park, (I haven't heard of any sightings of the bird since yesterday morning), you might want to plan enough time for a walk at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. I just received word from Mark Shieldcastle that while scouting for tomorrow's Hike The Dikes he spotted a Little Blue Heron on Refuge Unit 8a. The bird was with a group of 33 Snowy Egrets. [...]41_13Aug201009:47: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:50:59 EDT |
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Friday, August 6 - 10:30 a.m. - noon
Pectoral sp - 10
Solitary sp - 17
Spotted sp - 4
Semipalmated sp - 3
Least sp - 5
Baird's sp - 1
Lesser yellowlegs - 5
Semipalmated plovers - 2
Killdeer - 100+
Great blue herons - 50
Belted kingfishers - 2
Turkey vulture - 1
Song sparrow - 1 imm. slogging courageously through the mud to freedom
3 huge snapping turtles
15 soft-shelled turtles
AMOTUS
Ed and Bev Neubauer, Dean Porter
Englewood, Ohio
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