Blendon Woods is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of I270
& Rte 161. Take the Little Turtle Way exit. Below is a few of the birds
seen today outside the Bird Viewing Window at the Nature Center & a list
of some of the birds seen at Thoreau Lake the last few days. Most of the
waterfowl are few in number but good looks can be seen.
 
    Nature Center Bired Viewing Window,
     Rusty Blackbird-4 males & a female
     Fox Sparrow-3
     Brown-headed Cowbird-3 males, female
     Cooper's Hawk
     American Tree Sparrows-15+
     Red-winged Blackbirds-30+(mostly males,but a few females)
 
 Thoreau Lake
    American Black Ducks-hundreds
    Ring-necked Duck-20+
    Redheads-5+ 
    Lesser Scaup-5+
    Greater Scaup-2 males
    American Widgeon-6+
    Wood Duck-6+
    Green-winged Teal-2
    Mute Swan-1
    American Coot-2
    Great Blue Heron
    Red-tailed Hawks-2 adults
    Red-breasted Nuthatch-male
    White-throated Sparrow-10+
 
 Lake Trail
   Pileated Woodpeaker-2
   Hairy Woodpecker-male & female
 
       Blendon Woods
            Hotline 614-895-6222
            Nature Center 614-895-6221
 
                   Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park
 
    

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]