We have had a few purple martin scouts up here this past week. We will
be erecting 2 more purple martins houses this year, as the one we have
now was NO VACANCY last year .
Mary L. Warren
Wildlife Communications Specialist
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
13229 W. State Route 2
Oak Harbor, OH 43449
419-898-0960 #31
FAX: 419-898-4017
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Lee Underschultz
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:01 PM
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Subject: The Purple Martins are just across the river
Lee Underschultz
Firefly Hollow
Little Hocking,OH
I got a call from my birding buddy in Parkersburg, WV (just across the
Ohio
river) telling me that the Purple Martins are back at her house.
Probably just the first scouts but they were checking out her Martin
box.
I got out on the trails late again yesterday here but saw the
Yellow-Throated Warbler and a Yellow-Rumped Warbler. I saw an Ovenbird
in the usual hot spot for them. The Louisiana Waterthrushes have moved
deeper into the woods back by the waterfall. Watching the aoerobatics
along the creek after they first bobbed along the waters edge, flipping
leaves and then plunging their heads into the water after some miniscule
treat kept me entertained for a good 20 mins. before I had to move on.
The bluebirds have at least one egg in their nestbox.
Today brought a beautiful little Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher to see me as I
grabbed a few minutes to work in the garden. Dressed in his Easter best
I could see where they get the "blue" in their name. Fresh breeding
plumage and a black eyebrow with his bright white eye rings accentuated
his spastic flittering from branch to branch. Unfortunately I also saw
my first cowbirds of the season too.
I had all the dead trees cleared from the trails so if anyone wants to
come join us for a hike around the trails just e-mail me and we'll
arrange a time to get together. There are about 3.5 miles through the
woods. Or you can just spend time sitting by the creek. That's probably
where most of the activity occurs around here. Everything from Green
Herons to Hawks to warblers, tanagers, orioles, Song Sparrows, Indigo
Buntings, Phoebes and the regular feeder visitors (Cardinals,
Golfinches, Titmice, Chickadees, etc.). We are located 1 mile off of US
Rt.50 about 35 miles southeast of Athens. Our farm is in both Athens and
Washington counties (95 acres total). I will be participating in the
Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas 2 project and would appreciate any help with
the surveys here on our property. There has been no data to date
collected for this block of Ohio (for the OBBA2) so any info will be
helpful.
Lee Underschultz
Firefly Hollow
Little Hocking, OH
1.5 miles from the Ohio river
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