Yesterday shortly after noon, there was a male American Kestrel on
wires along Case Road, a couple hundred yards east of Sawmill Road, at
the south side of the OSU Farms/Don Scott Field in northwest
Columbus.  It's a shame Jim McCormac didn't add a little shopping to
his day so as to make it a three-falcon celebration!

Jim Glover
Northwest Columbus
http://www.jimgloverart.com

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> From: Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: February 13, 2010 9:10:46 PM EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Merlin - Columbus
> Reply-To: Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]>
>
> A quick early morning run through Green Lawn Cemetery, on the south
> side of Columbus, produced a Merlin for Gabe Leidy, Cheryl Harner,
> Bob Placier and I. The bird was hanging around the chapel building
> near the center of the cemetery, and was extremely conspicuous. At
> one point, it was perched prominently in the large tree just to the
> north of the chapel, which is the former state champion Cucumber
> Magnolia (a larger specimen has since been found).
>
> If you look for this Merlin and don't find it around the chapel or
> pond, try the area immediately south of the bridge. More info on the
> cemetery is here: http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=58
>
> About 4:00 pm, I saw a Peregrine Falcon shoot low over State Rte.
> 315 near Lane Avenue, making for a two-falcon day in Franklin
> County. Sad thing about this is the American Kestrel is seemingly on
> its way to becoming the hardest regularly occurring falcon to find
> in Columbus.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim McCormac
> Columbus, Ohio
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