Joe Soehnel

Northern Pintail  1
Canvasback  5
Redhead  4
Greater Scaup  2
Hooded Merganser  12
duck sp.  50000     

Yesterday, late afternoon, I drove out there to look for a glove and was surprised to see a fair amount of the bay was frozen from the previous day's outing.  The biggest take away was the dizzying numbers of waterfowl that were in open pockets of water way out on the bay.  I've been going out there for years and I've NEVER seen those numbers.  There was no way to determine species but I would place the number between 50K to 100K!!  I could not believe what I was seeing.  It's going to be one of those observations that I'll never forget.  Incredible..

Double-crested Cormorant  16  
Great Blue Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  7     
Bald Eagle  1
Ring-billed Gull  1200

Karn Plant, BA
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