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Here is the report from Jon Benedetti:
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 7:32 PM
Subject: Today's MBC outing - The Wilds
Today's Mountwood Bird Club outing to The Wilds in Ohio was attended by Sandy Albrecht, Grace Arnold, Lucine Wright, Mike Wine and I. We were driven back into the car four or five times in the morning, but then had pretty good weather. The birding was good to excellent all day.
A good number of species and good numbers of individuals as well.
Highlights: "**" of special note
Green Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 1
Osprey - 6 - (two were chicks)
American Coot - 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Chimney Swift
Eastern Phoebe
*Willow Flycatcher - >10
empidonax - sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird - >10
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
*Brown Thrasher - >20
Cedar Waxwing - >8
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - >15
Prairie Warbler - 5
Common Yellowthroat - >15
Yellow-breasted Chat - 6
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Field Sparrow
*Savannah Sparrow - 4 - a couple in great view for a minute or more.
*Grasshopper Sparrow - >10 - numerous great views singing and not singing.
*Henslow's Sparrow -3 - one in great view singing for 3-1/2 to 5 minutes.
Swamp Sparrow - 2 - one in great view and singing for two or three minutes.
** Lapland Longspur - 1 - winter plumage male. Wrong plumage and place for June. CR 20
Indigo Bunting
*Bobolink - lots and lots, and just about everywhere we went
Eastern Meadowlark - lots and lots and everywhere we went
Orchard Oriole - 6
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Other birds:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Jon Benedetti
Sent by:
Richard Esker
Wood County
West Virginia
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