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Spring Waterfowl



We checkout the local boat accesses on Lake Hickory and Lookout Shoals Lake
this afternoon and had pretty good luck.  Here is our list:

Lookout Shoals Lake access:
Double-crested Cormorant  17
Common Loon  4 (all in breeding plumage)
Pied-billed Grebe  7
Ruddy Duck  16
Lesser Scaup 31
Greater Scaup  23
Bufflehead  6
Purple Martin  6
Barn Swallow  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4

Oxford access (Lake Hickory):
Double-Crested Cormorant  8
Common Loon  5 (all in breeding plumage)
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Northern Shoveler  4
American Wigeon  15
Lesser Scaup  6
Osprey  1
Purple Martin  4
Ring-billed Gull  2

Dusty Ridge access (Lake Hickory):
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Common Loon  6 (all in breeding plumage)
Ruddy Duck  5
Osprey  1

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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net