Spent about 90 minutes at Crooked Run Nature Preserve on the Ohio River (SW
Clermont County) this morning. Once I got out of earshot of the Cub Scouts who
were camping in the park next to the preserve, it was a beautiful morning.
Although I accidentally flushed 2 sets of ducks without IDing them, I had some
good birding - a "3 woodpecker day." A Great Blue Heron was first heard, then
seen, over the estuary. White-throated Sparrows were everywhere, responding
to pishing and singing everything from a full chorus of "Poor Sam Peadbody" to
a "chip" note that had a cardinal flavor. A single Eastern Bluebird was
perched high above the meadow, and Tufted Titmice and Eastern Towhees were heard,
not seen.
Great Blue Heron
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse (H)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee (H)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Along the roads, I saw 3 American Kestrels, many Blue Jays and Crows, and one
Red-tailed Hawk on the ground at the edge of the road, eating something.
Back home, in Felicity (5 miles north of Crooked Run), I had the following
feeder birds today:
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch (M&F)
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird (M&F)
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
~Kathi
Kathi Hutton
Felicity, Clermont Co.
Delorme pg 82, B3
Lat. 38.828, Lon. -84.063
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