Hi birders,

My brother Greg and I found a male and female
pair of BLUE GROSBEAKS at the Huffman Pairie
this morning.  (Huffman Prairie is just east
of Dayton, links here:

http://www.aviationheritagearea.org/huffmanPrairie.htm
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4587

)


The male bird was singing regularly at about 7:30 AM,
and later a male and female bird were seen foraging
silently fairly high in an oak tree.  Other birds in the
area (complete eBird list below, also) included
Bobolinks, lots of Eastern Meadowlarks, and at least
6 Orchard Orioles.


Good birding
Tim Spahr
Fairborn (but back to Boston today)


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Location:     Huffman Prairie Flying Field
Observation date:     5/17/09
Notes:     Blue Grosbeak pair interacting--they are probably nesting here.
Number of species:     50

Mourning Dove     2
Chimney Swift     2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     3
Willow Flycatcher     2
Least Flycatcher     2
Eastern Kingbird     4
Yellow-throated Vireo     1
Warbling Vireo     6
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Blue Jay     1
Tree Swallow     2
Barn Swallow     9
Carolina Chickadee     3
House Wren     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     2
Eastern Bluebird     1
American Robin     3
Gray Catbird     2
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     5
Tennessee Warbler     1
Yellow Warbler     2
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
Blackpoll Warbler     3
American Redstart     1
Common Yellowthroat     10
Chipping Sparrow     3
Field Sparrow     7
Savannah Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     5
Lincoln's Sparrow     1
White-crowned Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     3
BLUE GROSBEAK     2
Indigo Bunting     2
Bobolink     5
Red-winged Blackbird     10
Eastern Meadowlark     5
Common Grackle     3
Brown-headed Cowbird     10
Orchard Oriole     6
Baltimore Oriole     5
American Goldfinch     10

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

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