Date:         Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:38:26 -0500
Reply-To:     "Marion M. Dobbs" <marion@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Marion M. Dobbs" <marion@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Separating the coots from the ducks
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7 Dec., Garden Lakes in Floyd Co. - mid-afternoon:
Persusal of the good numbers of waterfowl became much easier as the "bread
ladies" arrived.  All domestics, Ring-billed Gulls, Canada Geese, and
east-end American Coots cleared the lake in favor of the crumb-encrusted
shore.

American Coot - 100's
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Canada Goose - dozens
Gadwall - 3
American Wigeon - dozens
Ruddy Duck - 6
Redhead - 3
Ring-necked Duck - dozens
Bufflehead - 1

A dozen Ring-billed Gull.

Marion M. Dobbs
Rome  GA
marion@mindspring.com