IN-BIRD for Wednesday, January 9, 2002

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Lake Monroe   whitehea(AT)INDIANA.EDU   11:18am   Eagle Creek Park Sunday Jan 6, 2002   John Ulmer    3:00pm   Swans and White-fronted Geese,Eagle Creek Park,Indy   Larry Peavler    3:01pm   Mich City Harbor & Dump   brock    4:45pm

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Subject: Lake Monroe
From: whitehea(AT)INDIANA.EDU
Date: 9 Jan 2002 11:18am

I made a quick trip to both Paynetown and Cutright on Lake Monroe this
morning (1/9) - fair viewing conditions - clear, little heat
distortion, but a brisk WSW wind kicked up the surface, making it very
difficult to see things on the water. Present were:

     Canada Goose - 46
     Mallard - 24
     Common Goldeneye - 4
     Bufflehead - 2
     Hooded Merganser - 2
     Ring-billed Gull - 50
     Herring Gull - 2 (both first winter plumage)
     Bald Eagle - 5 (2 adults, 3 imm {Basic I and Basic II})

A little more open water on the E side of the causeway - about 50%
open


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Subject: Eagle Creek Park Sunday Jan 6, 2002
From: John Ulmer <remlu(AT)tds.net>
Date: 9 Jan 2002 3:00pm

A wet snow made the Park look like a winter greeting card.  Temps were mild
and now wind.  While it was very pretty to be out and about, we only came up
with 39 birds.

Pied-billed Grebe
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Bird walks begin at 9AM each Sunday at the Nature Center, everyone welcome!

John Ulmer


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Subject: Swans and White-fronted Geese,Eagle Creek
         Park,Indy
From: Larry Peavler <lpeavler(AT)HOME.COM>
Date: 9 Jan 2002 3:01pm

The four geese are behind the nature center. The two Tundra's were =
behind the nature center and flew south to an area across from the =
Cobblestone Apts. This is on Dandy Trail which is the closest road on =
the east side of the reservoir and is about four blocks south of 56th =
Street. There is a parking spot here.Further south is a Mute Swan. Turn =
on the road beside the bait shop which is next to the marina. None of =
these three species are at the park every year.

Larry Peavler
Indianapolis


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Subject: Mich City Harbor & Dump
From: brock <kj.brock(AT)ATTBI.COM>
Date: 9 Jan 2002 4:45pm

The 54 degree temperature lured me out today. I visited Michigan
City Harbor and the LaPorte County landfill.  Gull numbers were
up considerably compared to last Saturday. Herring Gull counts
were 1500 at the harbor and 1000 at the dump.

Despite the good gull numbers there were precious few "good" gulls.
Indeed, my singular highlight was a first-year Iceland Gull at
the dump. This bird displayed very light plumage, a small all black
bill, and pure white primaries.

Ken Brock
Chesterton, IN