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This was a scene along the Olentangy River on Thursday afternoon. Ice aprons skirting all of the trees along the bank. Those are gone now.
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One of the harbingers of spring is the return of the Killdeer. We saw two at the Beach at Deer Creek State Park.
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We were hoping to see tundra or muted swans. We didn't see any in the water, but saw this flock flying in the distance. I can't determine which species we're seeing, but they were fun to watch.
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The reservoir had many horned grebes. Some were starting to show their breeding plumage. This one hasn't changed as of yet.
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The ducks were pretty far away from shore. It was hard to see exactly what was out there with the binoculars. We used a Televue telescope as a spotting scope and saw a lot more detail on the ducks.
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In this picture you can see a lot of ring-necked ducks, some lesser scaup and a canvas back there in the background. That's a new one for me.
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Redheads were in abundance, too and we saw pleny of mallards, Canada goose, a couple of Northern Pintails, Redbreasted merganser, American coots and some miscellaneous fowl. . .
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including a pied bill grebe.
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This is a pair of lesser scaup.
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American coot.
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A few American Wigeon there in the front.
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This horned grebe was eating a fish. It's also acquiring its breeding plumage now.
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We also saw a lot of buffleheads out there today. The males have a large patch of white, the females have a horizontal oval white patch on the face.
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