I'll just add one to that list, Margaret, but it's a goodie; osprey with a
fish in its talons behind the nature center at the neighbors wetlands.
Manon VanSchoyck
www.ohionature.org
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Margaret Bowman
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 1:27 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Taft Reserve, Licking Co.
I've been asked to do some volunteer work at the Taft Reserve, so I used
this overcast morning to scout it out. There were a couple of real
surprises, but nothing extraordinary for central Ohio:
double-crested cormorant - a small flock of fly-overs, totally unexpected
great blue heron - another fly-over
Canada goose - 4 in a small pond along the horse trail
mallard - one male, same small pond
ring-necked ducks - 7, (4m, 3f) same small pond
turkey vulture
American kestrel - near the north (Flint Ridge) entrance
mourning dove
red-bellied woodpeckers - drumming
downy woodpeckers - drumming
northern flickers - at least 7 together, probably in migration
tree swallows - using bluebird nest boxes along horse trails
golden-crowned kinglets - several, both entrances in woods
northern mockingbird - at least 3, all singing heartily
brown thrasher - near Nature Center, also singing heartily
eastern bluebirds - also using nest boxes
American robins
Carolina chickadees
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
blue jay
American crow
European starling
purple finch - I don't see these here much, so this was a very pleasant
surprise. A neighbor near the north entrance has feeders, and the beautiful
male uses the trees in the reserve for his cover, apparently. Also a
female.
American goldfinch - near the Nature Center
The sparrows were out in force, all singing:
eastern towhee
chipping sparrow
field sparrow - LOTS
savannah sparrow - one
song sparrows - several
dark-eyed junco - in the woods near the "feeder" neighbor
northern cardinal
red-winged blackbird
eastern meadowlark - several singing heartily
common grackles - some carrying nesting materials
Margaret Bowman
Licking Co., OH
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