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Saturday, 31st March, 2007 was a beautiful moonlit night, temperature above zero, when Claire Diggins, Lillian Perry, Aileen Smith and I were on our way back from Rutter's inYarmouth to Claire's family home in South Ohio. One of my owl routes is #42, Tobeatic, so we decided to do the route together. We drove north and east for a long time, looking for my beginning stop at Indian Fields Airport. When we were almost in Shelburne, we knew that I (who claims to know the Tobeatic like the back of my hand) had missed the road! With much laughter and back tracking, we reached the cross roads. Claire manned the ghetto blaster, and I made the notes. This is what we found between 10:21 pm and 12:32 am.: 1 Woodcock (Indian Fields south) 2 Loons (presumably in Horseshoe Lake) 1 Black Bear (smelled and heard but not seen). We moved closer to the car. 1 Loon -distant (probably Clyde Lake) 1 Ruffed Grouse *2 Saw whet Owls *just west of Black Bull mine 1 Common Snipe 1 unidentified Duck quack It was a beautiful, still night- not a single vehicle, no barking dogs, no peepers! I usually do this route with a non-birder, or alone, and sleep in my car at the Tin Mine. It was great to do it like this. Four friends and a never to be forgotten night. Cheers, Joan
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