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Wake waterfowl update



Today I made the rounds for the first time since the week before Turkey
Day.  Pretty much the same group as before, but the numbers of Canvasback
beat my previous high count.  The results:

NCSU Dairy Pond- (Winner of the Western Square Dance award.  The shovelers
looked just like three squares of square dancers as they spun pinwheels
across the pond.)  13 Lesser Scaup, 21 Bufflehead, 48 Northern Shovelers.
I'm also pretty sure I had a Merlin.  The birds were all aflutter as I
arrived.  A medium sized falcon shaped appeared to be the cause of the
ruckus, but the bird moved off before I could get a better look.  A sleepy
looking Red-tail watched from one of the big trees in the first pasture.  A
few hundred cowbirds made their annoyance at the presence of the hawk in
their tree known by a constant scolding chatter.  Pretty soon they decided
the hawk really wasn't that big of a deal and returned to their business of
hanging around with the cows.

Lake Wheeler- (Winner of the "Best place to find Ruddy Ducks but not much
else" award)  68 Ruddy Ducks, not much else.

Greenview Pond- (Winner of the "Rarest Bird" award)  2 Tundra Swans, 3
Ring-Necks and a bunch of Canadas.  I debated between the Merlin and the
swans for the prestigious "Rare Bird" award.  Since I was sure the swans
were Tundra, but only 80% sure the dairy farm bird was a Merlin, I went
with the swans.

1010 Pond- (Winner of the "Farthest out of my way I went for 3 ducks
award") 3 Ring-Necked Ducks

West Lake Pond- (Winner of the "Most Bang for your Buck award")  Total of
311 individual fowl.  242 Ring-Necks, 34 Canvasback, 32 American Wigeon, 3
Gadwall.

Have a great week!

Steve Shultz
Cary, NC
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