Spent about 90 minutes at Crooked Run Nature Preserve on the Ohio River (SW
Clermont County) this morning.  Once I got out of earshot of the Cub Scouts who
were camping in the park next to the preserve, it was a beautiful morning.
Although I accidentally flushed 2 sets of ducks without IDing them, I had some
good birding - a "3 woodpecker day."  A Great Blue Heron was first heard, then
seen, over the estuary.  White-throated Sparrows were everywhere, responding
to pishing and singing everything from a full chorus of "Poor Sam Peadbody" to
a "chip" note that had a cardinal flavor.  A single Eastern Bluebird was
perched high above the meadow, and Tufted Titmice and Eastern Towhees were heard,
not seen.
       Great Blue Heron
       Red-bellied Woodpecker
       Downy Woodpecker
       Northern Flicker
       Blue Jay
       American Crow
       Carolina Chickadee
       Tufted Titmouse (H)
       White-breasted Nuthatch
       Carolina Wren
       Golden-crowned Kinglet
       Eastern Bluebird
       American Robin
       Northern Mockingbird
       Yellow-rumped Warbler
       Eastern Towhee (H)
       White-throated Sparrow
       Northern Cardinal

Along the roads, I saw 3 American Kestrels, many Blue Jays and Crows, and one
Red-tailed Hawk on the ground at the edge of the road, eating something.

Back home, in Felicity (5 miles north of Crooked Run), I had the following
feeder birds today:
       Mourning Dove
       Red-bellied Woodpecker
       Downy Woodpecker
       Blue Jay
       Carolina Chickadee
       Tufted Titmouse
       White-breasted Nuthatch (M&F)
       Carolina Wren
       Eastern Bluebird (M&F)
       Northern Mockingbird
       European Starling
       Song Sparrow
       White-crowned Sparrow
       Dark-eyed Junco
       Northern Cardinal
       House Finch
       American Goldfinch
       House Sparrow


~Kathi
Kathi Hutton
Felicity, Clermont Co.
Delorme pg 82, B3
Lat. 38.828, Lon. -84.063

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