Yesterday afternoon, while scanning the large numbers of No.Pintail
and Canada Geese at Knox-Marcellus marsh from East Road at Montezuma Joann
picked out an Osprey soaring directly above us then off to the SE. 2 Tree
swallows and a pair of Wood Ducks were there also. At around 4:30 all the
Snow Geese at the rte. 31 muck lands lifted off and about 5000 (basically 10
groups of 500) flew west over us leaving probably 10-15M landing back on the
muck lands. We couldn't see any smaller geese or White-fronted but there
were about 40 "Blue" Geese mixed in.
Large numbers of waterfowl especially Ring-necked Ducks were on the
Northern Complex flooded areas and ponds.
Up at the East Bay Marsh Unit along East Bay Road in Huron there were 5
Great Blue Herons working on their nests. First day of spring!! Mike and
Joann Tetlow
p.s. extensive mudflats developing on Tschache Pool with 1 killdeer ( I
don't know why they are drawing it down).
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