Hi all,
  Sorry for the tardy post. The group leader is having trouble posting.

  On Monday morning, 5/7, Columbus Audubon led a group through Whetstone park in Columbus. Birds seen were:

  Indigo Bunting
  Cardinal
  Catbird
  Carolina Chickadee
  Brown-headed Cowbird
  Crow
  BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO a lifer for most of the group including myself
  Mourning Dove
  Wood Duck 1 drake w/ 2 hens in a Sycamore
  Great Egret (flyover)
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  Goldfinch
  Common Grackle
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  Cooper's Hawk
  Blue Jay (nesting)
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  Red-breasted Nuthatch
  White-breasted Nuthatch
  Baltimore Oriole
  Robin
  House Sparrow
  Song Sparrow
  White-crowned Sparrow
  White-throated Sparrow
  Starling
  Scarlet Tanager (many)
  Swainson's Thrush
  Titmouse
  Veery
  Blue-headed Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  Turkey Vulture
  Northern Parula
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  Black & White Warbler
  Black-throated Blue Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  Yellow-rumped Warbler
  Yellow-throated Warbler
  Downy Woodpecker (nesting)
  Red-bellied Woodpecker
  Flicker
  House Wren
  Great-crested Flycatcher (many calling and gathering nesting material)

  Heard but not seen:
  Wood Thrush
  Black-throated Green Warbler

  As an addendum, I've returned to the park on subsequent mornings and seen:
  Ovenbird
  Black-throated Blue
  Tennessee Warbler
  B&W Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  Chestnut-sided Warbler
  Nashville Warbler

  Steve Pendleton
  Columbus

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