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Great birding at Farmington Bay yesterday!

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Hello everyone,
My wife and I had a very successful day out at the two retention ponds =
out at Farmington Bay - they are actually North of Farmington bay =
located next to that large radar dome. On the second pond (furthest away =
from us of course) we were able to spot lots of birds. Our best find was =
the ROSS'S GOOSE!!! It was all by itself, and we had a very difficult =
time trying to distinguish it from the snow goose, but we were pretty =
sure it didn't have that "grin patch".
Here are other species that we found while we were out there:
  1.. Canadian Geese - we even saw one with a yellow band around his =
neck!
  2.. Starlings
  3.. Redwinged Black Birds
  4.. Coots
  5.. Northern Harrier
  6.. California Gull
  7.. White Pelican
  8.. Bald Eagle
  9.. Shovelers
  10.. Buffleheads
  11.. Pintails
  12.. Redhead
  13.. Golden Eye - both Barrows AND common
  14.. Green Winged Teal
  15.. Magpies
  16.. Avocets
  17.. Gadwall
  18.. American Wigeon
  19.. Ruddy Ducks - nice blue bills!
  20.. Eared Grebes
  21.. Cinnamon Teal
  22.. Greater Scaup
As you can see there were a lot to see out there. I hope that you can =
all get a chance to go out there and try to see that Ross's Goose! That =
was definitely one of our "life list" birds.
Take care,
Wes & Donna Segni


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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My wife and I had a very successful day =
out at the=20
two retention ponds out at Farmington Bay - they are actually North of=20
Farmington bay located next to that large radar dome. On the second pond =

(furthest away from us of course) we were able to spot lots of birds. =
Our best=20
find was the <STRONG>ROSS'S GOOSE</STRONG>!!! It was all by itself, and =
we had a=20
very difficult time trying to distinguish it from the snow goose, but we =
were=20
pretty sure it didn't have that "grin patch".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are other species that we found =
while we were=20
out there:</FONT></DIV>
<OL>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Canadian Geese - we even saw one with =
a yellow=20
  band around his neck!</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Starlings</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Redwinged Black Birds</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Coots</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Northern Harrier</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>California Gull</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>White Pelican</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bald Eagle</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Shovelers</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Buffleheads</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pintails</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Redhead</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Golden Eye - both Barrows AND =
common</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Green Winged Teal</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Magpies</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Avocets</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gadwall</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>American Wigeon</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ruddy Ducks - nice blue =
bills!</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Eared Grebes</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cinnamon Teal</FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Greater Scaup</FONT></LI></OL>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As you can see there were a lot to see =
out there. I=20
hope that you can all get a chance to go out there and try to see that =
Ross's=20
Goose! That was definitely one of our "life list" birds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Take care,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wes &amp; Donna Segni</FONT></DIV>
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