IN-BIRD for Friday, January 25, 2002

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Winona Lake, Kosciusko County   David L. Eiler   10:47am   Sandhill Cranes   Cathy Meyer    1:59pm   Lake Monroe, Flatwoods area   whitehea(AT)INDIANA.EDU   4:36pm   Greater White-fronted Goose record count?   Don Gorney    6:32pm

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Subject: Winona Lake, Kosciusko County
From: "David L. Eiler" <dleiler(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 10:47am

IN-BIRD FRIENDS
Yesterday, January 24, about midday, I saw the following birds near the =
northeastern corner of Winona Lake in Kosciusko County. =20

American Coot - many
Canada Goose - 20+
Mallard - 10+
Bufflehead - 1 male
Ring-necked Ducks - 50+ males, 2+ females
Canvasback - 10 or 12 males
Ring-billed Gulls - 3+


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Subject: Sandhill Cranes
From: Cathy Meyer <arcpub(AT)INDIANA.EDU>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 1:59pm

At 12:30 PM today there were about 75 Sandhill Cranes circling Ski World
in Brown County and heading NORTH.

Cathy Meyer
Bloomington


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Subject: Lake Monroe, Flatwoods area
From: whitehea(AT)INDIANA.EDU
Date: 25 Jan 2002 4:36pm

My early morning venture to Paynetown and Cutright on Lake Monroe was
not very productive. The sharp drop in temperature generated a fair
amount of fog on the lake. Present were:

     Canada Goose - 6
     Common Goldeneye - 1
     Hooded Merganser - 2
     Ring-billed Gull - 90 (sitting on a thin film of ice off of
         the launch ramp at Cutright)
     Red-tailed Hawk - 1
     Belted Kingfisher - 2
     Killdeer - 2
     Am. Robin - 14

Since the morning was so spectacular I continued on W of Ellettsville
and birded the Flatwoods area. Rather quiet there as well. Present
were:

     Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light phase)
     Red-tailed Hawk - 2
     Am. Kestrel - 2
     E. Meadowlark - 6
     Horned Lark -


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Subject: Greater White-fronted Goose record count?
From: Don Gorney <dongorney(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 6:32pm

I birded a few places in Greene and Sullivan Counties on the morning of
25 January with a few highlights of note.  One highlight was one
Rough-legged Hawk, a species that seems less common this winter.

The big highlight was what may be a state maximum count for Greater
White-fronted Geese.  I counted 168 Greater White-fronted Geese on Duck
Lake at the Dugger Unit of Greene-Sullivan State Forest!  An amazing
sight to see so many of these geese together.  I am aware of records of
up to several dozen of these birds in Indiana but I don't recall a
count this high before.

Also on Duck Lake were a number of a smaller race of Canada Goose.

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Don Gorney
Indianapolis, IN
dongorney(AT)yahoo.com
www.dongorney.com

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