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Publication TYPE: Ohio-birds listserv posting
Date: 24 Nov 2004
Subject: Ashtabula 24 Nov: negative report

Ashtabula County, OH 24 Nov 2004

I had hope to beat the rain to Ashtabula for some shore study but not to be. This is more a negative report than anything regarding birds.

Walnut Beach (NOT an IBA due to lack of data):
  a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron was among the
very few birds here.

Lakeshore Park (west of the Ashtabula Power Plant)
  - nothing of note here; again very few birds evident

Sunset Park
  - always nice scenery from these 90ft cliffs but only about
150 Red-breasted Mergansers seen offshore.

Conneaut Township Park (immediately west of Conneaut);
three different units.
- there were about 950 Red-breasted Mergansers offshore
from the beach. 

Conneaut Harbor
- exceedingly few birds; only a few gulls

Unknown wetland
- there is likely a private wetland that is visible from I90
just west of the exit for Rt 45. Just thought I'd mention 
that is has held 150 geese the past couple of times I
have been by.

cheers

Vic Fazio
Shaker Hts, OH