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Lake Wheeler Area Ponds



Dear Birders,

Since Greenview was frozen over this morning, I decided to get my daily duck
fix by visiting some other ponds in the area.

Yates Mill Pond (Partially Frozen)
20 Hooded Mergansers
10 Ring Necked Ducks
3 Buffleheads (male)
1 Hyperactive Kingfisher

NCSU Farm Pond (Partially Frozen)
8 Greater Scaup
8 Bufflehead
(These were especially uncooperative ducks.  My counting was made very
difficult by their incessant diving!  There may have been as many as 256
ducks in the pond, but I only saw 16 at any given time.)

Lake Wheeler (From Penny Rd)
100+ Ruddy Ducks
32 Redheads (Okay, there might have been a few blondes mixed in.)
20 Hooded Mergansers
1 Great Blue Heron
0 Jet-skis - Help keep it that way by signing my online petition
http://www.mybirdlist.com/lakewheelerpetition.html

Yesterday I had a few white crowned sparrows visiting one of my platform
feeders.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

John Argentati
Raleigh, NC