[missbird] Re: Sardis lake
- From: JR Rigby <jr.rigby@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: billbobumpo@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:47:40 -0600
MissBirders,
Willa Sanders, Mardi Russell and I were also at Sardis yesterday around 4pm
and would add to Billy's list that we were able to find the White-winged
Scoter (near the dam), Lesser Black-backed Gull (Lower Lake, sitting on a
buoy), and a Common Loon (near the dam). An adult Bald Eagle was also
stirring up the Bonaparte's Gulls on the main lake. Also, when we were
there ~100 Canvasbacks and a few Redheads could still be found on Lower
Lake. I was not able to find the female Common Merganser previously
reported.
Willa and Mardi also had five swans (probably the same five Jason Hoeksema
saw recently) in the Holly Grove Rd area early yesterday afternoon. I tried
this morning to relocate them without success. There were, however,
approximately 700 Sandhill Cranes at the usual spot. More duck hunters than
ducks in the area.
At Enid Lake this morning a Laughing Gull continues to visit the beach by
the dam at the entrance to the overflow channel.
Good birding,
JR
Oxford
On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Billy Bump <billbobumpo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yesterday, we drove to Sardis dam to see waterfowl. The numbers were way
> down from previous reports this week. No sign of the scoters. Here is our
> list:
> Bonaparte's gulls 50
> Ring-billed gulls 75
> Blue jay. 6
> European starlings 100+
> Rock pigeon 15
> Black vulture 15
> Turkey vulture 2
> Red-shoulder hawk 1
> Eastern bluebird. 15
> American white pelican 150
> Pied-billed grebe 6
> Lesser scaup 50
> Dbl crested cormorant 1
> Forester's tern. 25
> Pine warbler 1
> American crow 50
> Common goldeneye 6
> American coot 5
> Killdeer 3
> Hooded merganser 20
> Bufflehead 45
> And on the drive down we saw 6 wild turkey.
>
> Billy Bump
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