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or more ducks - mallards, goldeneyes,
scampes, eoste, ruddlys, and a few
Canada geese identified. One Sora
Rail seen and one Wilson Snipe.
The snipe identification is quite
certain, and is the first definite
seen in the park. White Lake
also Term (swan) very low this
year. July 2 marsh grass very
plentiful but the future swank
(white) growth at the south end of the
lake (where swans nested last year)
was out of the lake water and
now constitutes a mud flat. It
seems to me that the lack of
water may possibly have interfered
with the swan's nesting this
summer. At any rate, no
cygnets were seen on Term or White
this season, and all swans had
left these lakes by the time of
our visit today. Since 10 swans
were reported from here this
summer, and 2 from Mary's Bay
lagoon. It is possible that the
12 seen on Mary's Bay this
morning accounts for this lot.
As we returned down Pelican
Valley about sunset, hundreds