As predicted by the winds last night, today brought in some new
migrants. I had what I would call my strangest morning ever. It
started with a Great Horned Owl sitting prominently atop a tree,
completely exposed in the sun. Then I had a 7 ft long object scuttle
away, which turned out to be a random male peacock running around in
the woods. Finally, in a small grassland-type area I flushed an Upland
Sandpiper along the run. Weird. Full list below, species of interest
in caps:


Observation date:     4/18/09
Number of species:     56

Canada Goose     4
Mallard     12
Great Blue Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     3
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1, taking out a robin
Cooper's Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
UPLAND SANDPIPER     1, absolutely bizarre bird, in a small slightly
overgrown field behind some houses in Willow Brooks retirement
community
Rock Pigeon     6
Mourning Dove     12
Great Horned Owl     1
CHIMNEY SWIFT     1, flyover
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     5
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     3
Eastern Phoebe     4
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO     2, singing
BLUE-HEADED VIREO    1
Blue Jay     10
American Crow     7
Tree Swallow     2
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW     4
Carolina Chickadee     15
Tufted Titmouse     10
White-breasted Nuthatch     6
Brown Creeper     3
Carolina Wren     8
Golden-crowned Kinglet     22
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     11
Hermit Thrush     2
American Robin     45
European Starling     50
Cedar Waxwing     6
NORTHERN PARULA     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
Eastern Towhee     3
Chipping Sparrow     14
Field Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     20
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     30
Dark-eyed Junco     3
Northern Cardinal     25
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK     1, female
Red-winged Blackbird     15
Common Grackle     5
Brown-headed Cowbird     20
PURPLE FINCH     1, female
House Finch     4
PINE SISKIN     6, still singing and displaying
American Goldfinch     20
House Sparrow     35

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


Good birding,

Sean


-- 
Sean Williams
Ohio Wesleyan University
Lab of Dr. Jed Burtt

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