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Author: Peter Kasper
Sunday, January 27
I had fairly good luck birding this morning. I started out
with a
Cooper's Hawk at the Ed Center feeders and continued
on to find the
Lesser Scaup sharing the main ring moat with
a couple of female Common Goldeneyes. Several
Common Mergansers were using the small patch of open water on Main Ring Lake and
Horned Larks were hanging around the bison
feeders. A Red-breasted Nuthacth turned up at some nearby
bird feeders and I found a
Great Horned Owl in some pines
along Eola rd. (Nearly missed him because he chose to sit
tight rather than fly off as he usually does.) A big flock
of
American Robins were feeding in some berry bushes along
Receiving rd. and I finished the day with an
Eastern Bluebird near the Ed Center feeders.
Sunday, January 20
It was bitterly cold today so we did very little birding out
of the car. Nevertheless we did manage to find a few good
birds.The female
Lesser Scaup was located on the main ring
moat and a
Wilson's Snipe was found behind the Industrial Buildings. A
Great Horned Owl was flushed from the woods at
the west side of the main ring and we got a great look at an
adult
Cooper's Hawk perched close to the car along the road
to the garden club.
Monday, January 14
Birds of note today during a birding session were
Lesser Scaup,
Hooded Merganser, and
Horned Lark. Denis Sunday, January 13
With the recent warm-up all of the lakes at Fermi have
opened up. There was a noticeable increase in geese
including two
Greater White-fronted Geese on Lake Logo and
at least one
Cackling Goose on Dusaf Pond. Duck variety
was not affected; the same
Common Mergansers and
Common Goldeneyes along with
Mallards were present but spread out.
A
Rough-legged Hawk was spotted inside the Ring, other
raptors seen were
Red-tailed Hawk,
American Kestrel, and
Cooper's Hawk. The
Peregrine Falcon seen earlier in the
week was not relocated. Joe and Dave Saturday, January 5
I had a very good late afternoon/evening birding session
at Fermi today. Before trying of Screech Owls I found a
fair list of birds. In Main Ring Lake were good numbers
of
Common Mergansers and
Common Goldeneyes. Other birds
of note inside the Ring were a couple of
Great Blue Herons, a
Northern Harrier and a light
Rough-legged Hawk flying out of the Ring toward Eola Road. Also, a
Great Horned Owl was found in the Center Ring Woods.
Owling for Screech Owls was tough but one
Eastern Screech-Owl was located along Road B.
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