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[Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sloughs

16 March 2007
7AM to 2PM

37º rising to 48º partly cloudy, north wind
I visited Hardy Slough, Pond Creek Marsh, Gentle Pond, 268 slough,  
Horseshoe Road, Grassy Pond/Powells' Lake
Highlights:

Bald Eagle:  Pair 1 on the nest, 2nd in nearby tree, & an Imm. over  
Hardy Slough
Bufflehead Pair Grassy Pond/Powell's Lake
Turkey: 13 at Gentle Pond
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs at Hardy
Lesser Yellowlegs at Hardy


18 March 2007
9AM to 1PM

40º rising to 50º clear, east wind
I visited Hardy Slough, Pond Creek Marsh, Gentle Pond, 268 slough

Highlights:

Sora 1 at Pond Creek Marsh, it kept twitching and wading and walking  
not 10 feet from me for about 3 minutes -- Really cool.
Bald Eagle: 1 on the nest, later a pair soaring high over Pond Creek  
Marsh
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs at Hardy Slough
Lesser Yellowlegs at Hardy Slough
Pectoral Sandpipers at Hardy Slough
Yellow-rumped Warblers

probable Peregrine Falcon: 1 sitting on an oil well platform at 268  
slough
Charlie
Henderson Co.

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