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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Acme Dam and Donegal Lake

I stopped at Acme Dam today and saw 9 waterfowl which I have tentatively identified as Red-Breasted Mergansers.  They were clear across the lake and it was snowing/sleeting and windy so I didn't get a good photo but I am posting a couple here. 


(WARNING- Awful pictures-the wind was blowing, it was snow/sleet/raining, I was freezing and the camera was at the very end of it's 12x zoom capabilities!)

After freezing there, I drove around Donegal lake and saw 3 Great Blue Herons. A picture of one of them is below.  Also saw that the Osprey nest has some fresh greenery decorating it! Either it's growing grass or that was an Osprey I saw flying high above the lake.  There was a small white waterfowl of some sort on the lake near 2 of the Herons- it appeared to be about the size of a Mallard but I couldn't see it well enough to pick out any markings or identifiable features.

And of course, this Canada Goose and several companions.
No pictures but a great number of American Robins and several Killdeer were also seen.

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