Friday at Little Black Lake

I spent two hours at Little Black Lake scoping the ducks looking for something unusual.  No luck.  I birded from the west side of the lake and the north observation platform on the east side.  There were hundreds of ducks on the lake.

This is what I saw:  Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Mallard, American Wigeon, Canada Goose, Horned Grebe, Gadwall, Bufflehead, Canvasback, Redhead, American Coot, Mute Swan, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Ruddy Duck and Common Goldeneye.  I also had Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbird and Belted Kingfisher. 

When I got home I had a Brown Creeper in the backyard, #89 for the year

- Charlie DeWitt