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This afternoon Linda and I made a quick sweep of Hoover Reservoir. I was
sitting at the computer working on preparations for the Hoover Reservoir
Christmas Bird Count (Saturday, December 17, 2011) when Linda shook my car
keys next to my ear. With the sun out for a change and cabin fever in the
wings, I put up little resistance to this idea.
We started at Oxbow Road where we observed nice rafts of Hooded Merganser,
Ruddy Duck and Redhead. A conservative estimate is 250+ Hooded Merganser,
150+ Ruddy Duck and 125+ Redhead. There were lesser numbers of Mallard and
Bufflehead. Smaller amounts of Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe and Common
Loon were also present at Oxbow.
Later we made quick stops at Dustin Road, Twin Bridges, Baldridge Boat
Ramp, Maxtown Boat Ramp, and at the dam. There were small groups of waterfowl
here and there on the lower portion of Hoover but the best activity was at
the north end. The highlights of the lower part of Hoover were Common Loon
with one group of 9 together, Horned Grebe with about 50 seen, Bonaparte’s
Gulls and a possible Franklin’s Gull. I didn’t get a good enough look to
make a positive call but the odd man out was definitely not a Bonaparte’s
Gull.
A list of species all seen follows.
Charlie Bombaci
SPECIES LIST
Common Loon (37)
Pied-billed Grebe (11)
Horned Grebe (56)
Double-crested Cormorant (2)
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Redhead (140)
Bufflehead (3)
Hooded Merganser (300+)
Ruddy Duck (200+)
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
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