This morning Jackie & Tom Bain and myself were leading a walk for the
Delaware County Preservation Parks at Blue Creek Preserve near Ostrander.   Our
overall species list was somewhat short but during the program there was a
flyover of about 35 Sandhill Cranes.

Birds observed included:
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane    - flyover of about 35
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird        - nice  numbers, estimated at 25 to 30
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing        - nice group  feeding close and drinking at stream water
accumulations
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Later I got home and Linda had cabin fever, so we took a walk at Inniswood
Metro Park and stopped at the dam at Hoover Reservoir on the way home. Birds
observed include:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk

Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Charlie Bombaci

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