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Date: | Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:34:52 -0400 |
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Hi -
This morning I visited Maumee Bay State Park and spent most of my
time watching for waterfowl and raptors from the beachfront. While
there, I ran into Lee Garling and a few other local birders who were
conducting a hawk count for Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Although the
raptor flight was relatively weak, which was disappointing considering
the initial SW winds and warmer temperatures, we did have a few good
sightings. I departed at about noon, so it's likely that Lee et al
found the best birds immediately after my departure (i.e., the
'sacrificial birder' phenomena). Here's a brief synthesis of my
sightings from 9:30 a.m. to noon:
Trumpeter Swan 2
Northern Pintail 4
Lesser Scaup 178 (nearshore)
Aythya sp. 3000+ (a large raft running from the park towards
Bayshore Power plant - too far to discern number or species - and
probably a lot more)
Bufflehead 8
Common Goldeneye 42
Hooded Merganser 10
Common Merganser 17
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Great Blue Heron 1
GREAT EGRET 1 (my first of the season)
Cooper's Hawk 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Merlin 1
GREATER YELLOWLEGS 2 (a personal FOS)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER 5 (ditto)
Eastern Phoebe (sallying for insects near the campground entrance)
American Pipit 1
Lapland Longspur 2
Snow Bunting 12
Rusty Blackbird 7
Good birding,
James Cole
Carmel, IN
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