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["Patricia" <larnersky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all

This afternoon after work I went over to Stuarts Draft next to Hollister's to 
see if the Gulls were still around . For the past few rainy days the only Gulls 
that were there were the Bonaparte's & Ring -- billed . Well today was a four 
species day . Grant on your two Gulls with the black heads , did they have a 
darker gray or a light gray back ?  Now the Gulls. 

Laughing Gull -- 1
Bonaparte's Gull -- 27
Ring -- billed Gull -- 29
Herring Gull -- 8

After that I went over to Bells Lane to see if the Canvasback's were still 
around but they were gone -- but a couple of new birds were there this 
afternoon . I returned with my nephew Daniel so he could see the different 
types of waterfowl that were there . While viewing the pond behind the barn a 
Caspian Tern flew in & another Osprey joined up with the one that has been 
hanging around this week . By the way Daniel got 10 life birds .

Gadwall -- 1  this bird looks injured
Blue -- winged Teal -- 5
Lesser Scaup -- 19
Long -- tailed Duck -- 1   first small pond from top of hill near Rt. 275
Bufflehead -- 6
Red -- breasted Merganser -- 5
Ruddy Duck -- 46
Osprey -- 2
COMMON MOORHEN -- 1  pond behind barn  -- look to the weedy side of pond near 
the edges 
Am. Coot -- 1
Caspian Tern -- 1
Forster's Tern -- 2

Only if I had the time this afternoon to finish my pond checks . No telling 
what is out there & tomorrow is another day .

Allen Larner

Staunton

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