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Wellington & Oberlin
Reservoirs,
Carlisle Reservation, &
Sandy Ridge Reservation Local Trip
Sunday,
March 10, 2002
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cloudy, windy and bitterly cold!
Ten cold Kirtland Bird Club
members...

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49 Species
Seen |
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Wellington Upground Reservoir
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very cold, windy, waves white-capping |
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4 |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
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2 |
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Canada Goose |
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14 |
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Canvasback |
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43 |
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Redhead |
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100 |
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Ring-necked Duck |
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20 |
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Lesser Scaup |
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300 |
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Scaup spp. |
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1 |
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Bufflehead |
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1 |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
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1 |
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Ruddy Duck |
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1 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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150 |
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American Coot |
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3 |
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Rock Dove |
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2 |
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Common Grackle |
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Jones Road, West Road &
Caley National Wildlife Woods
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very cold, windy |
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50 |
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Canada Goose |
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2 |
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Mallard |
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3 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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2 |
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American Kestrel |
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2 |
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Killdeer |
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44 |
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Horned Lark |
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5 |
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Eastern Bluebird |
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6 |
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American Robin |
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1 |
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Song Sparrow |
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Oberlin Reservoir
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ducks at south end;
too bitterly cold to scope/count |
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1 |
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Great Blue Heron |
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1 |
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Herring Gull |
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Carlisle Reservation
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birded inside Visitor Center and at Duck Pond |
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Live birds on display:
Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel,
Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl |
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XX |
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Canada Goose |
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XX |
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Mallard |
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XX |
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Mourning Dove |
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2 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker (female & male) |
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5 |
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Downy Woodpecker |
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1 |
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Blue Jay |
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2 |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
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2 |
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Tufted Titmouse |
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2 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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1 |
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American Tree Sparrow |
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1 |
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Fox
Sparrow |
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2 |
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Song Sparrow |
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6 |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
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6 |
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Northern Cardinal |
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20 |
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House Finch |
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12 |
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American Goldfinch |
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Sandy Ridge Reservation
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still bitterly cold, windy, trees down on path and in
woods |
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XX |
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Canada Goose |
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XX |
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Gadwall |
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XX |
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Mallard |
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XX |
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Ring-necked Duck |
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2 |
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Hooded Merganser |
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1 |
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Bald Eagle - landed on muskrat house, picked-up
material & returned to woodlot |
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32 |
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American Coot |
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2 |
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Sandhill Crane - feeding in impoundment east of main
N/S path |
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6 |
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Killdeer |
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1 |
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Common Snipe |
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4 |
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Ring-billed Gull |
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1 |
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Great Horned Owl - in nest on eastern edge of
property; tree w/nest in woodlot blown |
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1 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker - female |
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1 |
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Downy Woodpecker - female |
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12 |
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American Robin |
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XX |
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European Starling |
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XX |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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1 |
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Rusty Blackbird |
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X |
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Common Grackle |
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12 |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Also seen:
American Crow in many locations. |
...and a cold Downy!
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Pictures courtesy of Joe Polevoi
Page last updated on Tuesday, December 18, 2001
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