Today Linda and I took advantage of the good weather and headed north to
bird. We first birded at Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County and then we
birded at Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. We had a great day
tallying 67 species. We did not try for owls as the ground was saturated to
the point that a rowboat would be useful. What we didn't see was almost as
surprising as what we did during the day - not a single Downy Woodpecker, Blue
Jay, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, or American Goldfinch.
The highlights of the day included an Eared Grebe, Lapland Longspurs in
breeding plumage (spectacular), Common Snipe that came up around us like popcorn
or finding 1,200 Northern Pintail. I've listed the numbers below for species
of interest and indicated the breakdown, B- for Big Island and K- for
Killdeer Plains.
Common Loon (K-8)
Pied-billed Grebe (B-6, K-11)
Horned Grebe (B-7, K-5)
Eared Grebe (B-1)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (K-3)
Turkey Vulture
Trumpeter Swan (B-3, K-8)
Tundra Swan (K-223)
Canada Goose
Wood Duck (B-12, K-17)
Green-winged Teal (B-12, K-16)
American Black Duck (B-8, K-10)
Mallard
Northern Pintail (B-800+, K-400+)
Blue-winged Teal (B-38, K-40)
Northern Shoveler (B-127, K-108)
Gadwall (B-87, K-66)
American Wigeon (B-71, K-45)
Canvasback (B-8, K-16)
Redhead (B-13, K-23)
Ring-necked Duck (B-197, K-103)
Lesser Scaup (B-46, K-33)
Bufflehead (B-7, K-13)
Hooded Merganser (B-6, K-19)
Red-breasted Merganser (B-4)
Ruddy Duck (B-24, K-11)
Osprey (B-4)
Bald Eagle (B-1, K-4)
Northern Harrier (B-31, K-26)
Cooper’s Hawk (K-1)
Red-shouldered Hawk (K-1)
Broad-winged Hawk (B-1, K-2)
Red-tailed Hawk (B-3, K-11)
Rough-legged Hawk (B-2, K-8)
American Kestrel (B-3, K-13)
Northern Bobwhite (K-2)
American Coot (B-200+, K-400+)
Killdeer (B-2, K-14)
Greater Yellowlegs (K-2)
Lesser Yellowlegs (K-9)
Wilson’s Snipe (K-27)
American Woodcock* (K-1, heard only. About 15 feet away but couldn't
locate)
Ring-billed Gull (B-8, K-5)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Horned Lark (B-2, K-47)
Tree Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lapland Longspur (K-29, males in breeding plumage)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark (B-6, K-22)
Rusty Blackbird (K-6)
Common Grackle
House Finch
House Sparrow
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