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| From: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 11 Jul 2008 19:39:20 -0400602_UTF-8 I visited a series of sites along this Franklin County creek below where most people think to bird. Starting at the Confluence Area of 3-Creeks Park, I surveyed different stretches of the creek all the way down to its junction with the Scioto River. In this portion of greater Columbus, the riparian strip of the creek is often squeezed between warehouses, small farm fields, and quarries new and old. The diversity of birds was OK for such a well-trammeled area, but there were no jaw-dropping surprises like Night Herons. Best birds were concentrated in the few larger patches of riparian [...]44_11Jul200819:39: [log in to unmask] |
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| Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:15:15 EDT |
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After Saturday's results when Ned and Robbie Foley birded with me, Linda
suggested a second trip north as she had not seen any Dickcissels this year. We
started at Killdeer Plains where we were easily able to locate about a dozen
Dickcissels. They were located in many of the fields along CH-67 and CH-77.
Many of the Dickcissels perched atop shrubs right at the edge of the road,
while some were perched atop isolated shrubs in the fields. Many others could be
heard singing in the fields. Surprisingly though, we located no Bobolinks at
Killdeer Plains. Other notable observations were Bald Eagles, Great Egrets,
Eastern Meadowlarks, Scarlet Tanagers, and Common Yellowthroats.
We next stopped at Big Island where we again located cooperative
Dickcissels. Locations where we located them include Herr Road, off the viewing
platform on SR 95, and along Epsyville Road. There were a few Bobolinks along SR 95.
We also located a variety of shorebirds in the wetland areas at Herr Road
and SR 95 to the west of Herr Road. Shorebirds included Semipalmated Plover,
Killdeer, Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs, and Spotted Sandpiper.
Charlie Bombaci
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