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Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:30:33 -0500
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After two successful days in southwest Ohio, I decided to continue
looking for birds most easily seen here in the south rather than heading
north.  After sleeping in, I started the morning rather late at Armleder
Park, which is not too far from my house.  First I found six Savannah
Sparrows (65) along the path that heads diagonally east from the Trail
Head.  Then I found a Swamp Sparrow (66) very close to the Trail Head on
the trail that heads toward the river in the area to the east before the
trail bends to parallel the river.  When I returned to my van, I met Dan
Kendrick and Andrea Schlagle (correct spelling?) who were looking for
the Short-eared Owls.  I met Andrea last year at the OOS Owl Symposium
and have met Dan in Adams County during International Migration Day on a
Big Day.  Dan had found White-crowned Sparrows along the main trail
toward the river, so I headed there and found five White-crowned
Sparrows (67) and a Yellow-rumped Warbler (68).  When I returned, Dan
and Andrea had not found the Short-eared Owls, but while searching near
where I told them I had seen the birds the previous evening, they had
found a flock of birds in the field.  We searched and found a flock of
about six Eastern Meadowlarks (69).  Then I headed to St. Joseph's
Cemetery to look for the Merlin reported there by Bill Zimmerman.  I
searched the new cemetery unsuccessfully, but found a Merlin (70) in old
St. Joseph's Cemetery on top of a tree in an open area in the back of
the cemetery in Section 25 and south of St. Stephen's Road.  Then I
headed north on I-75 hoping to visit Spring Valley and Caesar Creek SP
before dark.  I stopped at Union Center Boulevard at the field next to
McDonalds looking for the Horned Larks and Lapland Longspur reported
there.  I found a flock of about thirty Horned Larks (71) but could not
find the Lapland Longspur.  There was an American Kestrel, a Red-tailed
Hawk and several Ring-billed Gulls at the Allen Road retention basin,
which was mostly frozen.  Then I continued north on I-75 to Route 73 and
headed north to the Roxanna Gravel pit on Roxanna-New Burlington Road.
Finding nothing new there, only Canada Geese and Mallards and about six
Black Ducks, I stopped by the parking lot for the boardwalk, which is
still closed due to waterfowl hunting season.  When I got out of my car
to watch the feeders, I briefly heard a Sandhill Crane call.  On the
ground below the feeders I found an immature Brown-headed Cowbird (72).
In the field directly opposite the entry road to the boardwalk parking
lot, I found three SANDHILL CRANES (73).  I stopped at the beach and the
north boat ramp at Caesar Creek SP but found only the large resident
flock of Ring-billed Gulls.  Then I headed to the Melvin Gravel pits in
hopes for same late evening waterfowl.  I arrived at about 5 pm.  There
was nothing new for the year, but there were Canada Geese, Ring-necked
Ducks, a Pied-billed Grebe, and a large number of Mallards and Black
Ducks.  I stayed for about 30 minutes and watched the flocks of Canada
Geese returning for the evening.  One flock had a single blue phase Snow
Goose (74).  I left Melvin at about 5:30 pm because it was getting too
dark to see birds well.  I stopped at Caesar Creek SP to listen for
owls.  I heard nothing at the north beach, but there was too much noise
from Route 73.  At Furnas Boat Ramp, I heard a Barred Owl (75) calling
from across the lake.  I headed home at about 6:00 pm, satisfied with a
three day January in Ohio birding list of 75 species.

Jay

 

Jay G. Lehman

Cincinnati, OH

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