Today Rick Oxley, his son Richard and I took advantage of a clear calendar  
and went birding at Killdeer Plains WA and C112 in Wyandot County. Richard  
earned his Eagle Scout Rank last year with a project that helped extend my  
Prothonotary Warbler nest box trail at Hoover Reservoir. We mustered our way  
through snow squalls, overcast skies and fields filled with water and had a very  
good day for the conditions. 
 
At Killdeer Plains we located Short-eared and Long-eared Owls, Northern  
Harriers, Rough-legged Hawks, Eastern Meadowlarks and Horned Larks among others.  
At C112 the Snow Buntings were almost as common as the snowflakes and were  
accompanied by Horned Larks and some Lapland Longspurs. The gusty winds didn’t  
help the birding but we stuck it out and found most of Rick and Richard’s 
target  species for the day. Locating Short-eared Owls in the open during the day  
allowed us to head home before the weather got worse.
 
Species we recorded for the trip include:
Canada Goose
Swans (sp-  they never lifted their heads for a positive ID)  [2]
American  Wigeon    [8]
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern  Pintail    [23]
Hooded  Merganser    [17]
Northern  Harrier    [11]
Red-tailed  Hawk    [10]
Rough-legged  Hawk    [3]
American  Kestrel    [15]
Ring-billed Gull
Rock  Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Long-eared  Owl    [5]
Short-eared  Owl    [2]
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned  Lark    [50+]
American Robin
European  Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland  Longspur    [10+]
Snow  Bunting    [300-350+]
Northern Cardinal
Eastern  Meadowlark    [14]
American Goldfinch
 
Charlie Bombaci
 
 



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