Fellow birders,
Birded Perry and Licking counties today with great success. The best
was a SHORT EARED OWL at the newly installed Dutch Fork Wetland on White
Chapel Road. This is part of the Dawes Aboretum. We got this bird up while
walking through the wetland. It landed on several different low snags,
allowing great looks during our entire walk around the wetland. The sun had
just come out around noon, perfect timing to give us such a great view. I
don't recall this bird having ben seen here before, as least not posted.
About 50 acres of prairie are being maintained as a buffer around the
wetland, so it could become a reliable location in the future.
If that wasn't good enough, also had two Norther Harriers, a Rough
Legged Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Coopers Hawk, and Kestrel, all at this wetland
site. At one point, one of the Harriers flew directly over the perched
Short eared Owl, but did not seem to notice it.
I was birding this site with Vicki Derr of Envirotech Consultants, the
company that designed and installed this wetland about two years. She was
quite pleased to see these birds at one of their sites.
Earlier in Perry County, we saw a flock of twenty Turkeys on Stone
Quarry Road, off Rt. 13, north of Somerset. Also saw Turkey Vultures, who
tend to maintain a holding pattern in this area, rather than arrive in
Hinkley before the pancakes are done.
Also, Clouse lake produced Redheads, Wigeons, Pintails, Black ducks,
and Mallards. All in all, a nice little birding drive.
joe Faulkner
Perry County, Delorme 69, B7
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