Chasing after loose OBBA2 ends found me making a big arc through Canal Winchester to Chesnut Ridge to Pickerington Ponds. There were some unusual birds out and about, including one very out-of-place bird, despite the heat. The water levels in the creeks and wetlands, especially at Pick Ponds, were very high, so shorebirds were non-existant. Notables included:
Waterfowl - most were hiding in the reeds at Pick Ponds, but broods of Wood Ducks and Pied-billed Grebes were at Teal Pond there.
Herons - still some active Great Blue Heron nests at Pick Ponds, both at Ellis Pond and Teal Pond. 2 Great Egrets were also at Pick Ponds, as was a Green Heron, Another Green Heron was in a yard pond near Rt 33 at Canal Winchester.
Raptors - little aside from a few Cooper's hawks. A lucky Find was a Barred Owl along Sycamore Creek in Pickerington.
Yellow-billed Cuckoos - always I treat, I was doubly-treated, with calling birds both at Chesnut Ridge and Portmann Park
Purple Martins - quite a few 'family groups' in several different locations; they seem to be getting ready to go now.
White-eyed Vireo - so scare this summer here that it was nice to find a singer in Waterloo, the eastern part of Canal Winchester
Sedge Wren - a single bird was energetically calling along the trail to the Wood Duck marsh blind at Pick Ponds
Black&White Warbler - another stray singing male, this one at Chesnut Ridge
Hooded Warblers - 3 still singing at Chesnut Ridge was a healthy # for this site
Tanagers - both Scarlet (3) and Summer (1) were singing at Chesnut Ridge.
Savannah Sparrows - several were singing in weedfields between Chesnut Ridge & Pickerington
Vesper Sparrow - singers were also at several locations between Chesnut Ridge & Pickerington, one of their few local strongholds.
Orchard Oriole - a bird was still singing at Wood Duck picnic area at Pick Ponds
PINE SISKIN - a single bird was singing at Chesnut Ridge. When I first heard it, I thought, "Oh great! Now Goldfinches have learned to mimic siskins. This will make much more work for me in winter." But when I tracked down the singer, it was indeed a siskin. He sat there singing, happy to be near the only spruce trees with cones on them.
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