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Sandhills heading N through W Van Wert/Paulding Counties on Sat afternoon
3/6/10.

WL Warren
Convoy, OH

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> There are 13 messages totalling 402 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
>
>  1. Eagles Lorain Sandy ridge
>  2. Redwing Blackbirds ,  Allen County , Lima, Ohio
>  3. Spotted Towhee- yes
>  4. Crows, Red-wing Blackbirds, Snow Buntings on South Bass
>  5. Butler County Great Miami River, March 6
>  6. Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds
>  7. Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs
>  8. DarbyCreek,3-06
>  9. Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6
>  10. Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co.
>  11. Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods
>  12. Columbus snow geese
>  13. Muskingum River Ducks
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:25:08 -0500
> From:    Scot Moscovits <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Eagles Lorain Sandy ridge
>
> Went by the eagles nest at Sandy ridge (Lorain County) on Friday. The fem=
> ale is on eggs and the=20
> male was hanging near by. Hopefully the results will be better this year.=
>  Also saw a nice American=20
> Kestrel sitting in a tree near the parking lot. I didn't go by the GHO ne=
> st but talked to a gentleman=20
> that said he's seen the female on the nest. I thought they had moved this=
>  year but maybe not.=20
> Finally watched a nice red head woodpecker and a bunch of titmice. Also s=
> aw a flock of crows fly=20
> over, probably about 10. Spring is slowly making it's way here.
>
>                                                                   Scot
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:45:32 -0500
> From:    Russowl <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Redwing Blackbirds ,  Allen County , Lima, Ohio
>
> At the feeder this morning we are being overran by redwing blackbirds.  =
> Something to hear their familiar call this morning. Warm weather is =
> coming !!  Also over at the nest in Rimer ,Ohio  the eagles are about to =
> go on eggs. Have had great views of them gathering  grasses and corn =
> stalk to line the nest. Russell   Lima, Ohio
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:55:15 +0000
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Spotted Towhee- yes
>
> Hi all-
> Just saw the spotted towhee near holmesville. The bird is foraging in the
> ravine across the road from the house (8018 tr 55). It was hiding in the
> brush for a while. But was seen quite well at 9:05 and again around 9:40.
> Good luck and good birding!
> Steve
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:59:13 -0500
> From:    =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lisa_Brohl?= <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Crows, Red-wing Blackbirds, Snow Buntings on South Bass
>
> On South Bass we have been seeing large numbers of American crows migrati=
> ng
> through, 25 Thursday morning, 20 the morning before. Yesterday
> (3/5/10)afternoon, I counted 92 crows in one large group moving north at
> about 3:00pm from my vineyard on South Bass Island.
> While fishing this morning (3/6/10), I heard and saw snow buntings singly=
>  or
> groups of two at a time heading north over the ice.=20
> Had a small flock of common grackles in my yard today. Susan Harrington
> reported 3 red-winged blackbirds at her feeders on February 22.
> Although, we still have alot of ice and snow, it is starting to look like=
>
> spring!
>
> Lisa Brohl
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:24:16 -0500
> From:    Mike Busam <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Butler County Great Miami River, March 6
>
> Greetings... Charlie Saunders and I checked a couple spots along the
> Great Miami River in Hamilton and Fairfield this morning. There was a
> Tree Swallow, one American Pipit, 4 Killdeer, 4 Greater Scaup and 5
> Lesser Scaup along the river in Hamilton.
>
> Roughly two miles south of Hamilton in Fairfield, we found a Least
> Sandpiper on the Tetanus Beach gravel bar. We assume it's the same
> bird that has been seen off and on this winter upstream on the gravel
> bars in Hamilton, though we haven't seen the sandpiper there in three
> weeks.
>
> Take care,
> ---Mike Busam
> Butler County
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:57:04 -0500
> From:    =?windows-1252?Q?Al_La_Sala?= <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds
>
> This afternoon I saw my first Turkey Vulture (definitely NOT a creagle)of=
> =20
> the year soaring over Lazelle Woods Park in northern Franklin
> County.=20=20=
>
>
> The Eastern Bluebirds haven't yet returned to Lazelle Woods but I did see=
> =20
> a couple house hunting at Emily Traphagen Nature Preserve in southern=20
> Delaware County.
>
> Also at Traphagen, I heard and saw downy and red-bellied woodpeckers=20
> drumming, saw a male northern flicker chasing away an interloper, and=20
> heard an American Woodcock and a Killdeer.
>
> Al LaSala
> Columbus, OH
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:27:41 -0500
> From:    Matt Valencic <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs
>
> I went back this morning to see if I could confirm the Eagle sitting on
> eggs.  It sure looks to me like this bird is incubating eggs - it stood up,
> moved around then plopped back down and just kept looking around.  Here are
> a few digiscoped pictures from the platform (estimated to be about 0.3mile
> from the nest on Google Maps)
> http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/TinkerSCreekEagleOnNest3610#
>
> I will try to get here once a week as the season progresses and keep you
> posted.  For those interested here is the location on Google Maps
> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en
> <
> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1163728096047377160
>
> 06.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z=
> 16>
>
> &ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116372809604737716006.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578
> ,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z=16
>
>
>
> Good Birding,
>
>
>
> Matt Valencic
>
> Chagrin Falls, OH
>
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:40:55 -0500
> From:    rob thorn <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: DarbyCreek,3-06
>
> The Columbus Audubon trip to areas along Darby Creek found the area still
> frozen in late winter, figuratively and literally.  All of the ponds along
> the creek, including the big former quarry lakes at Darby Bend Lakes were
> frozen.  Even most of the Hilliard ponds stretching between Spindler Park
> and the Heritage bikepath were also frozen.  Only the creek was open, and it
> had only small flocks of Canada Geese and Mallards.  We stopped at Darby
> Bend Lakes and Sycamore Plains in Prairie Oaks MetroPark and the Darby Dan
> wetlands and Cedar Ridge in Battelle-Darby MetroPark.  The notable birds
> were:
>
> Turkey Vulture - 1 was soaring over Cedar Ridge, slowly heading north
>
> Kildeer - 4 were calling forlornly from the icy pond edges at Darby Bend
> Lakes, probably wondering if they were at the right spot
>
> Pileated Woodpecker - 1 was calling in the old riparian woods at Sycamore
> Plains
>
> Horned Larks - a few were flying over at every stop.  Their migration is
> proceeding apace.
>
> Blackbirds - small numbers of Redwings were around the Prairie Oaks sites,
> while a flock of Grackles was foraging around the entrance to Darby Bend
> Lakes.
>
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:44:58 -0800
> From:    Steven Pendleton <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6
>
> Hi all,
> The Eurasian Wigeon was present between 3:30 and 4:00 this afternoon at TJ
> Evans Park in Newark. A lifer for me. In addition there were many Redheards,
> several Canvasbacks, 2 Ring-necks, and 2 male American Wigeons. A worthwhile
> trip even without the lifer.
> Steve Pendleton
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:02:55 -0500
> From:    Margaret Bowman <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co.
>
> I had a function to attend in Cambridge today, so I stopped briefly at =
> Dillon.  Except for a narrow ribbon of open water essentially following =
> the flow of the river through the reservoir, it is frozen solid.  Among =
> the 150 or so Canadas resting on the ice, I spotted a single=20
>
> blue-phase snow goose. =20
>
> Otherwise, a couple of singing=20
>
> song sparrows, a single=20
> cardinal, and a few=20
> starlings were the only avian life seen.  Driving back through, even the =
> song sparrows and Canadas had disappeared, but I did see a=20
>
> gull sp,=20
>
> not well enough to ID.  Disappointing day for birding, but a pleasant =
> drive in the sunshine.
>
> Margaret Bowman
> Licking Co., OH
>
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:59:56 -0800
> From:    Kathy Miller <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods
>
> The=A0 Red-shouldered Hawk was at the water tower at 2:45 today at Gahanna
> =
> Woods on Taylor Station Rd. in Gahanna. We have seen as many as two at
> this=
>  same location in the past. It was in the=A0 Cottonwood tree=A0south
> of=A0t=
> he water tower.
> =A0=0A=0A=0A
>
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:44:07 -0500
> From:    Randel Rogers <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Columbus snow geese
>
> At 6:30 this evening there were 7 snow geese feeding in an area of mowed
> gr=
> ass at the intersection of Georgesville and Norton roads in SW Columbus.
>  T=
> here are some large fields near here that often hold geese at night
> (retent=
> ion ponds still seem frozen over) - maybe they will spend the night.
>                =
>                  =
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:02:09 -0500
> From:    Becky Wright <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Muskingum River Ducks
>
> Saw 20 ring-necked ducks, 16 hooded mergansers in small groups, 10 =
> redheads, 5 pintails, 7 common mergansers, 1 pied-billed grebe, 2 black =
> ducks and the usual geese etc. between Beverly and Lowell along the west =
> side of the Muskingum River today. =20
>
> Becky Wright
> Marietta
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