Jeff Grabmeier and I spent part of the morning at Killdeer Plains
Wildlife Area. Near the Sportsman Center, swallows are beginning to
aggregate along the utility lines and fences. Most are barn and bank
swallows, with smaller numbers of cliff and tree swallows. In the
field behind the Sportsman Center we located about three bobolinks,
and heard about three, and saw one, sedge wren.

The wetlands along the east side of TH 108 north of the Sportsman's
Center have good margins for shorebirds and yielded some good birds.
Most dramatic was an adult bald eagle perched about 20 yards from the
road. I confess to having become quite blase about seeing these
birds, but seen up close, they are impressive beasts. (It helped that
it refrained from eating any rotting carp while I admired it).

Noteworthy birds:

Bald Eagle - 1 adult, 3 subadult
Common Moorhen - 1, wetland east of TH 108 and just south of CH 71
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe - 1, wetland east of TH 108 and just north of CH 77
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Sedge Wren
Bobolink

Happy Birding,



Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH

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