As previously reported, Jack Stenger and I had an amazing morning. We
visited Hoover and Delaware Lake area and ended with 75 species on our
run. Google map of highlight birds and list below with comments:
http://tinyurl.com/6jou2s
Observation date: 10/26/08
Number of species: 75
Canada Goose X
Gadwall 15
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 1
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 20
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Merganser 2, female plumaged birds, north of the Sunbury Rd. causeway
Ruddy Duck 20
Ring-necked Pheasant 1, north end of Delaware Lake
Pied-billed Grebe 25
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 1, actively flying and feeding, north of
Sunbury Rd. causeway, then seen Hoover boardwalk
Double-crested Cormorant 55
Great Blue Heron 16
BLACK VULTURE 8, soaring high over Hoover boardwalk, one group of
four, one group of two, then separate birds
Turkey Vulture X
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 360
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 8, scattered birds on mudflats at Hoover boardwalk
Killdeer 280
Greater Yellowlegs 11
WILLET 1, Hoover boardwalk
HUDSONIAN GODWIT 2, Hoover boardwalk
SANDERLING 4, Hoover boardwalk
Least Sandpiper 2
DUNLIN 10, Hoover boardwalk
Bonaparte's Gull 270, large group north of the Sunbury Rd.
causeway, and some at Delaware Lake
FRANKLIN'S GULL 21, north of the Sunbury Rd. causeway. An
impressive number of birds in various plumages in large mixed flock of
Ring-billeds, Herrings, and Bonaparte's Gulls on a sandbar.
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull 3
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, north end of Delaware Lake
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Horned Lark 5
Tree Swallow 9
Carolina Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren X
Winter Wren 1, Delaware Run
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
LAPLAND LONGSPUR 1, Hoover boardwalk
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2500
Brown-headed Cowbird 225
House Finch X
PINE SISKIN 7, Delaware Run (6) and Hoover boardwalk (1)
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Sean
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Sean Williams
Ohio Wesleyan University
Lab of Dr. Jed Burtt
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