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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 24 Feb 2007 19:08:11 -0800561_iso-8859-1 Stunning ice crystal vistas, accentuated by gliding raptors made for a truly memorable trip to the Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area and surrounding vicinity today. My hopes for a shrike were not fulfilled, but I was not disappointed. Today's totals were: Bald Eagle - 4 Northern Harrier - 3 (all female) Red-shouldered Hawk - 7 Red Tail Hawk - 28 Rough-legged Hawk - 3 American Kestrel - 2 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Turkey - 37 Eastern Bluebird - 31 The area can be found in the Delorme map on pages 42-43 and is centered in A5. There is a rectangle formed [...]45_24Feb200719:08: [log in to unmask] |
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2/12
Scioto R below the Greenlawn Ave dam
Mallards and Hooded Mergansers as usual. Scattered, but well into the
double digits.
Common Goldeneye - 6 (3M & 3F) At first in a group below the dam a way.
They flushed & later I saw 1 pair below the old RR abutments, and 1 pair
+ a female in the spillway below the dam.
3 Bufflehead (F)
Black ducks were mostly by the sewage disposal area. Beyond this the
river was frozen over solid
Several Pied-billed Grebes in this area also.
Canvasback - male - same place
Numerous C. Geese came in during the late afternoon after none being
present when I first started about 2:30
A few Herring gulls with the Ring-billeds along the dam and in the
spillway below.
G.B.Herons - At least 10 or so along this stretch.
Not much seen along the path except for a pair of Carolina wrens.
Rich
Richard Cressman
Columbus OH
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