[birdky] RPT: Great day on the Ohio River, Louisville to Warsaw (and just 1230 pm to 630 pm)

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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:44:35 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
The Ohio River is back in it's banks and the murky water is beginning to clear 
a little. After lunch I checked the river at Louisville and then after a quick 
stop at the Reformatory Lake in Oldham County, I decided to check the pool 
immediately above Markland Dam, Gallatin County, before it got dark. Many 
highlights ...

23 spp of waterfowl; 3 spp grebes; 4 spp gulls

All expected dabblers (still missing Bl-wg Teal)

Redhead ... most common duck at Louisville; largest group of 250+ just below 
Glenview

Scaup ... most flocks are now Lessers or mixed to the extent that counting 
Greaters is quite difficult

SURF SCOTER ... ad. male continues at upstream end of Cox's Park with W-wgs

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER ... 48 on river at Louisville (6+29+2+11 at same spots as 
they have been); 48 on river above Markland Dam (42+2+4; the male of a pair 
near the mouth of Craig's Creek had to have been an ad. male that some of us 
saw on the river at Louisville a couple of weeks ago; on the right side of its 
face, there is a relatively large albinistic patch that reminds one of the 
white on the face of a Canada Goose; pretty neat that these birds have simply 
moved upstream; at Louisville most of the ad. males have departed, but the big 
flock above Markland Dam had many ad. males.

LONG-TAILED DUCK ... 16 remain in the basin above the Falls; could have sworn I 
counted 17 a couple of times???? Also saw 7 off the Warsaw waterfront and a 
female (calling) below the mouth of Craig's Creek for 24 total.

Common Merganser ... 7 on the Reformatory Lake; several in vicinity of Craig's 
Creek

Horned Grebe ... 1 on the Reformatory Lake

RED-NECKED GREBE ... 3 in an open area the size of a football field on the 
Craig's Creek embayment.

Herring Gull ... about 10 at the Falls of the Ohio; at least *110* on the 
Craig's Creek embayment on ice and open areas

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL ... THREE adults all at and near the mouth of Craig's 
Creek

THAYER'S GULL ... 1 adult on ice in Craig's Creek then roosting next to the 
Oasis Restaurant for some so-so pics (this is a first record for upstream of 
Louisville, I think).

Hope to cover more of the river tomorrow. It will be really neat to see how 
many spots get Red-necked Grebes; in February 1994 a couple of the birds were 
on *very* small bodies of water (they frequently nest on marshy ponds), so 
don't hesitate to check smaller reservoirs. Certainly seems like EAST is better 
than WEST at least presently. Entry of observations into eBird will contribute 
to the data set already being amassed.

bpb, Louisville
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[birdky] RPT: Great day on the Ohio River, Louisville to Warsaw (and just 1230 pm to 630 pm)

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