This morning I spent a couple of hours (9-11 a.m.) at Darby Bend Lakes off Amity Road in Hilliard. I was amazed to see a pair of common loons on the south quarry lake. The male was there when I came into the park and the female landed just minutes later. They were on the lake for at least 30 min. Is this common this late in the year here?
 
I also saw at least 3 Baltimore orioles, eastern wood peewees, yellow warblers, a white-breasted nuthatch, killdeer, eastern meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, red-winged blackbirds, goldfinch, and of course robins and cardinals.Oh, and I watched two Savannah sparrows playing for quite some time. They would come up out of the grass, perch on a weed and squack at each other for a minute, then return to the grass, and they do it all over again. Fun to watch!
 
Also I need some expert help in identifying a bird I saw. It was the size of a robin and looked at first like a robin to me. It was, however, completely yellow on the breast. It had yellow on the tail middle section and acted much like a flycatcher would, flying out and back to the same branch and foraging into the tree for bugs. I watched it for about 10 min. but could not get an ID on it. It seemed too big for a yellow-bellied flycatcher and the head was not black like an oriole, but brown with brown feathers on the back. Any guesses from the birders out there?
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Verna Ansel
Galloway, OH




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