Sean Williams, Jed Burtt and I birded Kildeer Plains Wildlife Area (Wyandot Co.) this morning. Sean and I continued to Alum Creek and Hoover Reservoir (Delaware Co.).

  There is very little shorebird habitat at Kildeer.  Pond 27 and the wetlands near the sportsman's center are both full of water.  Alum Creek was the most productive for shorebirds.

  Some of the birds seen were:

  Killdeer Plains:
  2   Black Terns (Pond 27)
  7   Red-headed Woodpecker

  Alum Creek - Hogback Rd:
  150+ Killdeer
  6      Greater Yellowlegs
  25     Lesser Yellowlegs
  3      Spotted Sandpiper
  17    Pectoral Sandpiper
  1      Baird's Sandpiper
  20    Semipalmated Sandpiper
  6      Least Sandpiper
  1      Short-billed Dowitcher
  1      Wilson's Snipe

  Hoover Reservoir boardwalk:
  1   Little Blue Heron
  7   Blue-winged Teal
  3   Northern Shoveler
  8   Semipalmated Plover
  14 Lesser Yellowlegs
  1   Spotted Sandpiper
  1   Semipalmated Sandpiper

  Delaware Wildlife Area - Leonardsburg Rd:
  1 Northern Harrier
  2 Red-headed Woodpeckers


  Jack Stenger,
  Ohio Wesleyan University



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