I too did not know C.Yellowthroats would use DD like a Killdeer. So when I
read Mr.Royse's observation, thought I'd pass mine on also. While Atlasing a
couple of weeks ago near Scioto Trail (Ross County), I had pulled my car off
the road, got out and was greeted by a Very, Very upset female
C.Yellowthroat. So much in fact that she was faking a broken wing in the
middle Three Locks Rd! And I feared she would get hit..so I went with AB for
a code and left in a hurry! And like Bob R.-I'd never seen anything like
it(save Killdeer of course).
Dave Hess
SVBNC
Chillicothe
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From: "Robert Royse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:44 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] misc. Deer Creek area birds
I did another morning of atlasing in the Deer Creek area today. I spent the
time in a block (67D6NE) that is largely private farm land in Fayette
County. This block had some fields that were mowed a few of weeks ago. There
isn't a Bobolink to be found anywhere in the block any more, but Grasshopper
Sparrows have recently returned to those fields in good numbers, and they're
much more numerous than before the mowing. Except for that one particular
field near New Holland that I mentioned in a previous post, there isn't a
single Grasshopper Sparrow to be found anywhere in the Deer Creek Wildlife
Area this year, but there sure are common west of the reservoir in Fayette
County. Hopefully they'll successfully nest before the next mowing.
Unfortunately I haven't seen or heard a Bobolink anywhere in the area for a
couple of weeks now. Vesper Sparrows seem to do well in that block, and can
be found in many places in hedge rows bordering corn fields. I'm finding
pretty much the same birds in the same places that I did a month ago. New
for that block today was a hen turkey with about 15 chicks, and another
singing male Blue Grosbeak in an area that I hadn't previously checked. I
was thinking that the grosbeak might possibly be the first Fayette Co.
record for them until I looked carefully at a map and a satellite image to
realize that it was in Pickaway Co. by about 100 feet.
This is sure a great time to get out for atlasing. There are young birds
everywhere, and this is the time to change to T7's into CF's and FY's. One
highlight today was getting a DD for Common Yellowthroat when a male hopped
right in front of me on the ground and did a broken wing display. I've never
seen anything like it before.
Bob Royse
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