Date: 11/21/23 12:45 pm From: Gary Dorman <in-bird-l...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] eBird -- Eagle Creek Reservoir, Indianapolis US-IN (39.8744,-86.3031) -- Nov 21, 2023
Eagle Creek Reservoir, Indianapolis US-IN (39.8744,-86.3031)
Nov 21, 2023
2:15 PM
Traveling
1.00 miles
38 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.20.3 Build 2.20.27
2 Mallard
1 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Horned Grebe
65 Ring-billed Gull
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull -- Larger than dozens of RBGU nearby very dark mantle
10 Double-crested Cormorant
10 Great Blue Heron
1 Belted Kingfisher
Date: 11/21/23 10:16 am From: Gary Dorman <in-bird-l...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] eBird -- Fall Creek Trail at Geist Dam -- Nov 21, 2023
Fall Creek Trail at Geist Dam
Nov 21, 2023
12:45 PM
Traveling
0.50 miles
31 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.20.3 Build 2.20.27
4 Mallard
4 Bufflehead
3 Ruddy Duck
6 Pied-billed Grebe
100 American Coot
3 Ring-billed Gull
1 Common Loon
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
3 Blue Jay
6 American Crow
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
17 House Finch
Date: 11/19/23 6:30 pm From: \<zzedpowers...>\ <in-bird-l...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen County
Three weeks ago at Stockbridge Audubon Society's first field trip this fall, the weather was miserable but there were lots of waterfowl. Today the weather was perfect but the bird numbers were less than dazzling. This field trip closes the SAS fall field trip season.
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen, Indiana, US
Nov 19, 2023 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:Â Â 55 F, sunny, light wind
18 species
Canada Goose 100
Mallard 10
Lesser Scaup 4
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 5
Hooded Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 11
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Horned Grebe 4
American Coot 100
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 30
Common Loon 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
House Sparrow 1
American Tree Sparrow 4
Date: 11/15/23 7:33 pm From: \<zzedpowers...>\ <in-bird-l...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne
I went to Eagle Marsh expecting to find a lot of migrant ducks, but was disappointed. Nice walk, though.
Eagle Marsh, Allen, Indiana, US
Nov 15, 2023 1:50 PM - 3:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:Â Â 64 F, clear, light wind
12 species
Date: 11/10/23 4:01 pm From: leslie selden <lesliekromselden...> Subject: Re: [IN-BIRD-L] Illiana Birds: Swan deaths Hammond, Lake George
Thank you, Carolyn, for informing those of we Hoosier farther south of this sad situation.
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Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Illiana Birds: Swan deaths Hammond, Lake George
11.10.23 – Approximately 65 swans, including three species, congregated on the Lake George wetland today. A team of locals are again sadly confronted with dead swans in the wetland. Now, in the fifth consecutive year, we just collected 25 dead waterfowl, the majority 16 Mute Swans. We have turned over to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources 4 Tundra Swans, 3 Redheads and 1 Ring-necked duck for necropsies. (Previous years 2 Trumpeter Swans were collected.)
Now that George Lake is listed as a USEPA Superfund Site due to the former Federated Metals smelter contamination, we hopefully will get the attention deserved for the federally protected wetland.
This Whiting-Hammond-East Chicago, IN area is between two Confined Disposal Facilities and at the BP Whiting refinery and Cleveland Cliffs Indiana Harbor steel works. At the same time, we are in the zone of Lake Michigan, the bi-state Wolf Lake, and Lake George wetland.
It is difficult to do conservation here since Indiana and Illinois organizations receive oil and steel grants that hinder grassroots conservation. Please be aware of this situation when in the Calumet Area.
( Hammond Lake George is located on Calumet Ave. across from the bi-state Wolf Lake in SE Chicago, William W. Powers recreation area.
Date: 11/10/23 3:32 pm From: Carolyn A. Marsh <camarshbird...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Illiana Birds: Swan deaths Hammond, Lake George
11.10.23 – Approximately 65 swans, including three species, congregated on
the Lake George wetland today. A team of locals are again sadly confronted
with dead swans in the wetland. Now, in the fifth consecutive year, we
just collected 25 dead waterfowl, the majority 16 Mute Swans. We have
turned over to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources 4 Tundra Swans,
3 Redheads and 1 Ring-necked duck for necropsies. (Previous years 2
Trumpeter Swans were collected.)
Now that George Lake is listed as a USEPA Superfund Site due to the former
Federated Metals smelter contamination, we hopefully will get the attention
deserved for the federally protected wetland.
This Whiting-Hammond-East Chicago, IN area is between two Confined
Disposal Facilities and at the BP Whiting refinery and Cleveland Cliffs
Indiana Harbor steel works. At the same time, we are in the zone of Lake
Michigan, the bi-state Wolf Lake, and Lake George wetland.
It is difficult to do conservation here since Indiana and Illinois
organizations receive oil and steel grants that hinder grassroots
conservation. Please be aware of this situation when in the Calumet Area.
( Hammond Lake George is located on Calumet Ave. across from the bi-state
Wolf Lake in SE Chicago, William W. Powers recreation area.
