The past four days have been great fun.  I saw a lot of new interesting 
things.  I participated in the GBBC by surveying all the common areas in 
my apartment complex (between Lazelle Rd, and Polaris Pkwy.) and Lazelle 
Woods Park. 
At my apartment complex I observed 20 species including 5 Northen 
Cardinals, 20 Mourning Doves, 47 European Starlings, 32 Goldfinches, 5 Red-
Tailed Hawks, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Sharp-Shinned Hawk, 3 Blue Jays, 30 House 
Sparrows, 7 House Finches, 1 Purple Finch, 32 Canada Geese, 6 American 
Crows, 1 Great Blue Heron*, 36 Mallards, 4 Redheads, 2 American Robins, 12 
Dark Eyed-Juncos, 2 Northern Mockingbirds, and 2 American Kestrels.

Most of these birds were just flying over but some of them including the 
hawks, geese, mallards, and kestrels breed here.  Two of the Red-Tailed 
Hawks were displaying courtship behavior.  The male Kestrel mounted the 
female right before my eyes.  I reported both of these species to the 
Breeding Bird Atlas.

On Sunday I could have sworn I heard some killdeer but it just seemed too 
unlikely for this time of February.  Then that evening I read on this list 
serve where Jim McCormac had seen some flying over at Killdeer Plains so 
maybe I did hear them.

In Lazelle Woods Park I observed 26 species including 2 Purple Finches, 6 
Blue Jays, 53 House Sparrows, 14 Mourning Doves, 4 White-Breasted 
Nuthatches, 4 Tufted Titmice, 6 Carolina Chickadees, 15 Dark-Eyed Juncos, 
8 Northern Cardinals, 16 House Finches, 9 American Crows, 1 Eastern 
Bluebird, 3 Downy Wodpeckers, 3 Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, 1 Hairy 
Woodpecker, 3 Mallards, 1 Coper's Hawk, 1 Turkey Vulture, 2 Song Sparrows, 
1 Red-Breasted Nuthatch, 17 Goldfinches, 28 American Robins, 14 Canada 
Geese, 32 European Starlings, 1 Common Grackle,and 1 Golden-Crowned 
Kinglet.

Two of the Red-Bellied Woodpeckers were visiting a probable nesting cavity.
Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

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