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[David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Recent birding highlights are as follows:

11-1

Barren Reservoir 

C Loon 3
PB Grebe 8+
DC Cormorant 6+
GW Teal
BW Teal
Gadwall
Am Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck 110+ Mason's Island area
Greater Scaup 1         "
Lesser Scaup 20+
Least Sandpiper  Bailey's Point
Bonaparte's Gull 8+ 
RB Gull
Herring Gull adult  State Park area
  
Yard/Warren County

Purple Finch


11-2

Purple Finch  2 yard
Great Egret  fly-over Drakes Creek in yard
Blue-headed Vireo  Woodburn/Warren

Barren pm

DC Cormorant 2
C Loon 2
Cattle Egret 2 Grass Island 
GW Teal
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Herring Gull, RB, and Bonaparte's Gulls


11-4

Pine Siskin 3  yard

Barren

C Loon
PB Grebe
DC Cormorant
GW Teal
Mallard
N. Shoveler
Gadwall 
Am. Wigeon
Ring-necked
L. Scaup
Coots
RB and Bonaparte's Gulls
Pine Siskin  fly-over at State Park


11-5

Purple Finch 2  yard
Pine Siskin  yard

Peabody wma 

C Loon  juv Paradise
DC Cormorant
Ross's Goose  Union Hill Rd
Gr White-fronted Goose 2  Island Lake  Homestead
Wood Duck 
GW Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Ring-necked
Dunlin 6  Paradise
Gr Yellowlegs 
Least Sandpiper 3
Bonaparte's Gull
Gr Egret 6
Vesper Sparrow 2 Union Hill Rd
Purple Finch Sinclair


An impressive number of migrating hawks and Turkey
Vultures was evident with T Vultures numbering into
the hundreds.  Black Vulture, Red-tailed, Cooper's,
Sharp-shinned, Red-shouldered Hawks, and American
Kestrels were observed.

An adult Red-headed Woodpecker spent the 5th and 6th
feeding at the tray feeder on my deck.  What a nice
bird to watch leisurely and closely, always one of my
favorites.

11-7 Barren w/ Joanie

C Loon 4
Horned Grebe 2
PB Grebe 8+
DC Cormorant 6+
Mallard
N Pintail 2
Gadwall 7
Am Wigeon 4
Ring-necked 8
Bufflehead 
Ruddy 8+
Dunlin 18  Dry Creek area
RB Gull 100
Bonaparte's Gull 20+
Bald Eagle adult

The Selasphorus hummer is still present in the yard.

Nice late-season butterflies observed in the past few
days include:

Clouded, Orange, and Cloudless Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Variegated Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary
Mourning Cloak
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Buckeye
Eastern Comma
Goatweed Leafwing
Monarch

David L. Roemer
Bowling Green













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