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["Patricia" <larnersky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all
Today was a very good day for bird watching . Pat & I checked out the area 
ponds to see what waterfowl are on the move . Even tho some of our counts are 
low it added to number of species seen today. They are as follows .

Swoope area 

Smith's 
Wood Duck -- 6
Mallard -- 46
Hooded Merganser -- 5
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 1
Tree Swallow -- 1

Boy Scout Camp 
Wood Duck -- 6
Mallard -- 56
Blue -- winged Teal -- 3
Green - winged Teal -- 1
Redhead -- 2
Ring -- necked Duck -- 5
Greater Scaup -- 7
Hooded Merganser -- 2
Common Merganser -- 2  males in full breeding plumage & also 3rd spring record 

On Rt. 705 after crossing the little bridge a Loggerhead Shrike was seen on the 
wires in front of the flooded field .

Bells Lane 
Canada Goose -- many but did not see the Cackling geese today . The Canadas 
were spread out & some were behind knolls .
Wood Duck -- 12
Gadwall -- 2
Am. Wigeon -- 3
Mallard -- 20
Green -- winged Teal -- 5
Ring -- necked Duck -- 60
Hooded Merganser -- 13
Ruddy Duck -- 2
Am. Coot -- 7

McCune's 
Wood Duck -- 6
Gadwall -- 35
Am. Wigeon -- 6
Mallard -- 3
Blue -- winged Teal -- 1
No. Pintail -- 4
Green -- winged Teal -- 1
Ring -- necked Duck -- 18
Bufflehead -- 1
Ruddy Duck -- 1
Pied -- billed Grebe -- 1

Dupont 
Mallard -- 7
Am. Coot -- 1

China Clay Rd. -- flooded field 
Am. Wigeon -- 6
Mallard -- 5
Green -- winged Teal -- 11

Quillen's
Wood Duck -- 2
Am. Black Duck -- 1
Mallard -- 28
Ring -- necked Duck -- 3

To finish the day a total of 33 Ring -- billed Gulls on the Lowes parking lot 
in Staunton. Spring is sort of in the air but the next few days still belong to 
winter .

Happy birding to all

Pat & Allen larner
Staunton























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