Well, except for cutting my trip in half due to rain, and loosing a pair of bins to the Scioto River(next time I am storing EVERYTHING in the dry well when going over a rapid. :-D)...by and large it was a great day birding and boating along the Scioto River. I went from CR 265 (Pfeiffer Station) to La Rue Mt. Victory Rd (La Rue)and all went well till the last mile. Lots of flycatchers, lots of Solitary Sandpipers, great views of kingfishers, GBHs, and other river birds...Only bird I missed is a Green Heron, but usually they are more upstream from where I was. I put everything on eBird The report of everything is below.
Incidentally, a few months ago, I did a series of videos on the basics of using eBird for the Birding Ohio Facebook page. there are a couple of minor errors, that are noted in the videos, but if you are curious about eBird and want to learn how to both post your sightings and to mine the data for trip planning, then head on over to YouTube and check them out. Here is the link to the playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqB_ItJSE0UyQw7aPPSYDdgJeNdwyaPtq
Have a great week!
Steve Jones
aka SJLaRue
www.sjlarue.com
Find me on Facebook: SJLaRue Photography
eBird report:
Scioto River from Pfeiffer Station to La Rue, Hardin, US-OH
Jul 27, 2013 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments: Kayaking down the Scioto River from CR 265 to La Rue Mt. Victory
Rd
40 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Hidden, determined by vocals.
Acadian Flycatcher 2 By habitat, no vocals. Along river bank and wooded
areas.
Empidonax sp. 10 Moving around to much and no vocals.
Eastern Phoebe 2 Hidden, determined by vocals.
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 1
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 8
European Starling 20
Yellow Warbler 4
Field Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 10
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14799028
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
|
