Yesterday, my wife, Paula, and I drove to Columbus to attend the Black Swamp
Bird Observatory Annual meeting.  Along the way we stopped at Killdeer
Plains and Deer Creek State Park.  My goal was to hopefully see a pelican in
February.  I had heard that the White Pelican might still be at Deer Creek
State Park.  I didn't find it, so I assume it has departed.  However, we did
see a beautiful, breeding plumage male Long-tailed Duck in one of the three
small areas of open water.  We also observed 5 Black Vultures and a very
cold-looking Killdeer in the area.  For the trip we had 50 species and
didn't get out of the car.

Highlights:

Killdeer Plains:

Tundra Swan (40+)
Trumpeter Swan (2)
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (1 immature)
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk (2 light phase)
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rusty Blackbird
Lapland Longspur

Deer Creek State Park

Black Vulture(5)
Killdeer (along SR 207)
Pied-billed Grebe (6+)
American Coot (6+)
American Black Duck
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Long-tailed Duck (1 male)
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser


Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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