Today I took Ned Foley and his son Robbie birding at Big Island WA in Marion
County and Killdeer Plains WA in Wyandot County. The weather was hot and
hotter and we went through plenty of water to stay hydrated. Fortunately the
birds cooperated enough to make the day worth the effort. We began at Big Island
Wildlife Area where some of the species we located were Bobolink, Eastern
Meadowlark, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Egret, Lesser Yellowlegs, Northern Pintail,
Hooded Merganser, Willow Flycatcher, Henslow's Sparrow and Dickcissel. We
then went to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area and the day got hotter but some good
birds kept our spirits up. A highlight was a stretch lined with cooperative
Dickcissels. We pulled over to the side of the road, put the windows down and
gazed up at them one by one as the sang in the sunlight. Other Killdeer
highlights included many Willow Flycatchers, Horned Larks, Yellow Warbler,
Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager, Orchard Oriole, Pied-billed Grebe, Trumpeter
Swan, Bald Eagle, Solitary Sandpiper and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Our list for the day:
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Sora (Heard only)
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
American Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow (Heard only)
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
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