Darke County Birders had a trip to Mercer Co. On Aug. 7, 2016.
This is the list from around Mount Mercer the local trash dump.   We found
the Blue Grosbeaks on Clover 4 road in the wildlife preserve area.  You
can't enter, but can bird easily from the road.


Mount Mercer 127 and Clover 4 Rd., Mercer, Ohio, US
Aug 7, 2016 9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
28 species

Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  4
Turkey Vulture  5
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  3
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  8
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Kingbird  20     on wires and fence along road.  at least 4 pairs
with young.
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  4
Cliff Swallow  2
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  6
Grasshopper Sparrow  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  1
Blue Grosbeak  2     Perched on small trees near road.   Large bluish beak
with some light blue on head.  Probably female and immature
Indigo Bunting  8
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
American Goldfinch  6
House Sparrow  12

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31030246

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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