FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Birds at Rural Retreat Lake

["Glen Eller" <geller@xxxxxx>]

Today, Thursday, Nov 7,  I made a morning trip to the lake and found
some good birds still there.  While I was watching 4 Dunlin and 3 Greater
Yellowlegs, suddenly they became very excited and flew off out over the
lake, they had spotted a Peregrin Falcon come in low from the woodlot
beside the lake.  There were still a good number of ducks on the lake:
Wood Duck 3, Lesser Scaup 12, Ruddy Duck 3, Green-wing Teal 15, Pied-bill
Grebe 4, Horned Grebe 1, along with the normal concentration of Mallard
and Canada Geese.  Turkey & Black Vultures and 1 Red-tail Hawk were using
a small thermal over the western edge of the lake.  Very few ground birds
were located due to the very windy conditions.

Glen Eller
Galax, Va 

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