[birdky] RPT: Shippingport Island, Sandhills

  • From: ddstriegel@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:08:28 -0600 (CST)

Birded areas along the Ohio River this morning.  The river is high and muddy, lots of debris floating downstream.
 
Shippingport Island:
 
Gadwall  45
Mallard   12
P-billed Grebe 2
Hooded Merganser  1
Coots  5
N. Shoveler  3
Ring-necked Duck  1
Ruddy Duck  1
D-C Cormorant  3
Sandhill Crane  200  in a single flock/flyover around 1200 hrs heading south.
 
Falls of the Ohio:
 
A few ring-billed gulls flying, no ducks.  Water is flowing over the fixed weir.
 
Big Four Bridge:
 
Ring-billed gulls  250+
Bufflehead  25
Gadwall  20
Canada Goose  10
 
Gadwalls were the most plentiful waterfowl observed, quite a few on lakes/ponds in Indiana.
 
Del Striegel
Floyd County, IN
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