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Date: | Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:26:30 -0500 |
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With a few hours this morning, I hiked around several areas of this MetroPark southwest of Columbus. The creek was partly open, but any streams or ponds were frozen. Landbirds were mostly residents, but there were a few notables, including
E.Bluebirds - small flocks at Indian Ridge prairie and Indian Ridge picnic area. One group was associating with goldfinches, a switch from the house finches with which I often find them.
Redwinged Blackbird(s) - 1 was at Indian Ridge (and 2 more were in Grove City on the way there). All males, probably jumping the gun a bit on Spring.
Fox Sparrow - 1 bird along the creek at Indian Ridge. This was a brownish bird, likely the subspecies from Alberta rather than the reddish eastern form. Definitely not the slaty western Fox Sparrow or the Sooty Fox Sparrow of the Pacific coast.
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