Augusta-Aiken Audubon (www.augustaaikenaudubon.org) had a field trip this morning to Merry Bros. Brickyard Ponds. We first walked in from the paved road into the old ponds on the right. In the back pond, in a large flock of Canada Geese was a Greater White Fronted Goose. This is the same pond we had one in during the winter of 03/04.

In the shallower expressway pond we had 6 Redhead ducks as well as some Ruddy Ducks and several hundred Ring-necked Ducks.

We had 4 Bonaparte's Gulls fly over as well.

Other highlights:

An adult Bald Eagle snatching a meal from an immature Bald Eagle and plucking it while perched on top of a snag.

Ring-necked Ducks (hundreds), Widgeon, Gadwall, Shovelers, Bufflehead, Scaup and Hooded Mergansers. Also a couple of dozen Ring-billed Gulls and one Greater Yellowlegs.

The trucks were running today and they were working fairly close to the road so we did not get into the back to see if there's anything in that last pond.

Lois Stacey North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty) croakie@comcast.net

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