[birdky] A Day on the Ohio River
- From: John Brunjes <john.brunjes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:05:33 -0500
I spent the day on the Ohio River yesterday (March 6) between Maysville and
Vanceburg. I was looking for concentrations of black ducks but managed to see
lots of other ducks in some pretty high numbers. The highlights were 13
red-necked grebes and 187 white-winged scoters. The lowlight was there were no
long-tailed ducks and almost no gulls. The number of divers was much higher
than I generally see on this stretch of river.
Red-necked grebe-13
Common Merganser-39
Red-breasted Merganser-2
Mallard-715
Black Duck-327
American Widgeon-10
Gadwall-2
Wood duck-34
Green-winged teal-16
Blue-winged teal-2
Canvasback-161
Scaup sp-555 (both present)
Common Goldeneye-210 (this is likely a substantial underestimate...they were
everywhere but I was trying not to double count birds and they were moving
around so much it was hard to tell)
Bufflehead-53
White-winged Scoter-187
Surf Scoter-1 (adult male mixed in WW flock)
Canada goose: 450
Other Birds:
Great blue heron-2
Cormorant-81
Bald Eagle-6
Golden eagle-1 (adult...this is the second time I've seen this bird in the area)
Ring-billed gull-2
John
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John Brunjes
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