This morning on my way to Kroger, I noticed a merlin perched on the 
electric wires running alongside Lazelle Road just east of Sancus Blvd. in 
northern Columbus.  I wish I had my camera with me at the time.  Of course 
it was gone by the time I was going home.  When I got home I grabbed my 
camera and my binoculars and went out looking for it.
I walked along Lazelle Road and then into Lazelle Woods Park looking for 
that bird.  I never found it but I did see some interesting birds in the 
park.

white breasted nuthatches
Carolina chickadees
tufted titmice
northern cardinals
blue jays
dark eyed juncos
house sparrows
red-bellied woodpeckers
hairy woodpeckers
1 downy woodpecker
1 pair of Carolina wrens
1 red-tailed hawk soaring overhead
1 northern mockingbird

Most of the birds I saw were in the back of the park at the edge of the 
woods.  There is a townhouse condiminium abutting the west side of the 
park which has a birdfeeder.  That is were I saw the sparrows, tufted 
titmice, and some of the Carolina chickadees.  The fencerow between the 
park and the nursery is a good place to look for birds.  That is where I 
saw the mockingbird.

Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

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