This morning I went up to Hoover Meadows.  I arrived there around 8:30 AM.

The highlights of the day were an Eastern Meadowlark, 2 Tree Swallows, and 
3 Eastern Phoebes.  I know the latter two have been back for a while but 
it's the first time this season I've seen them.  The Eastern Meadowlark 
was a life bird for me.

  American Robins were the most numerous followed closely by song 
sparrows, starlings, and red-winged blackbirds.

Numerous Turkey Vultures were either flying over or roosting in trees.  A 
couple were even roosting on top of bluebird boxes.

A Downy Woodpecker was drumming out his territory along the row of dead 
trees near the back.  A Northern Flicker was also heard drumming in the 
stand of trees north of the first pond.  A male northern flicker was also 
chasing another male away.

Also seen:Northern Cardinals, American Crows, Canada Geese, Mallards 
(flying over), Carolina Chickadees, Blue Jays, Rusty Blackbirds, 
Goldfinches, 1 Killdeer, and 1 Eastern Bluebird

Afterwards I went to the boardwalk at Galena.  The highlights were an 
Osprey and 14 Double Crested Cormorants.  I had never seen a cormorant 
before in all the times I've Been to Hoover.

A Carolina wren was hopping around the parking lot.  A Downy Woodpecker 
was drumming on the utility pole at the corner of front and Columbus Sts.  
Across the water from the boardwalk was a pileated woodpecker.

Also seen:
Ring-Billed Gulls, Ring-Necked Ducks, Lesser Scaups, Ruddy Ducks, Northern 
Pintails, Hooded Mergansers, Red-Breasted Mergansers, Mallards, Horned 
Grebe, American Coot, Great Blue Heron 


Al La Sala
Columbus, OH

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