At around 5:30 PM this evening, there was one male Long-Tailed Duck on the Muskingum River in Muskingum County. Best viewing was from Gene Cox Memorial Drive , about ½ mile east of N. Dresden Road. Other waterfowl located in the same area included:

2  - Trumpeter Swans
2 - American Widgeon
2 - Green Winged Teel
6 - Mallards
8 - Common Mergansers
10 - Ring Necked Ducks
30 - Common Goldeneyes - Mostly Males
1 - Coot
A few hundred Canada Geese - in corn fields along the river

And one adult Bald Eagle watching guard over the whole group from a nearby tree.

This area has been loaded this winter with geese and swans. There have also been a number of Scaup, Common Mergansers, Red Breasted Mergansers, Common Goldeneyes, and Pied Billed Grebes here over the past 3 weeks. There have also been a couple Snow Geese in the goose flocks. Got some great pictures of one here last night.

Brad Perkins
Nashport, Ohio


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