The Mountwood Bird Club braved the cold weather today to check the birds on what we call the Duck Route - along the Muskingum River from Marietta, OH to about 5 miles above Lowell, OH.  Those along were Barb Hohman, Eula Elliot, Allan Elberfeld, Pat Collins, Jon Benedetti, Gene and Jeanie Hilton, and Dick and Jeanette Esker.  We had a good selection of ducks but not a lot in numbers.  There were two Bald Eagles at the Devola Dam - one adult and one juvenile.  Some "unusual" sightings were a pair of Red-tailed Hawks perched side-by-side, almost touching, on a limb;  a nice flock of Horned Larks along with four Eastern Meadowlarks; and several flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers.

Here is the list for the day:
Canada Goose
Gadwal
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Meadowlark
House finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Dick & Jeanette Esker
Wood County
West Virginia
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