We had some free time today (projects going right) so we decided to go to
West Manchester, Preble Co. to look for the Eurasian Collared Doves (ECDO). Well
 we whiffed on them but did find over a hundred Tree Sparrows, a few Mourning
 Doves and 1 Song Sparrow utilizing some open water on a side road north and
west  of town.
Heading back home we observed a Red-tailed Hawk with nearly an all  white
tail, only about 1/3 of it was "red" so circling around to look for it off  Rt.
732 and on to Morning Sun we observed a large flock of Common  Grackle,
possibly a thousand birds or more.
We made a drive through Hueston Woods SP and observed the following:
7  Black Vulture
11 Turkey Vulture
2  Pied-billed Grebe
3  American Coot
1  Red-tailed Hawk
1  Red-shouldered Hawk
20+ Mallard
13 Common Goldeneye
5 Ruddy Duck
xxx Canada Goose
24 Ring-billed Gull
1 Downy woodpecker
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Chickadee
2 Dark-eyed Junco
10 Northern Cardinal
3 White-throated Sparrow
xxxx Common Grackle

Lori Brumbaugh
Lou Gardella



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