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I spent this first real day of Spring, mucking around this tiny hamlet south of Columbus along the Scioto River.  Mostly I was trying to get a feel for where the Bald Eagle nest is along the river here, but I was also hunting for migrant waterfowl and early landbirds like Phoebes (no luck on either account).  I stopped at the quarries around the end of Parsons Avenue, the undeveloped Talbot Park (on the west side of the Scioto) and Com-Til, a City-run composting plant south of there. Notables included:

Waterfowl: While the river, and surrounding shallows were ice-free, the quarries were, perversely, mostly frozen.  Resident Mallrds, Geese, and Wood Ducks were plentiful, but migrants were largely absent here.

Bald Eagle - 1 adult flew west over the south end of Parsons Ave, but the nest remained elusive.  Workers at Com-Til mentioned it as being adjacent to the South Wastewater Treament Plant (across from it, on the east side of the Scioto), but I couldn't see it from there.  The Plant was not admitting visitors today.

Other raptors - Cooper's Hawks and Red-tails were at Com-Til, and Turkey Vultures were at several different places.

Kildeer - one of the most conspicuous birds of the morning, with multiple calling individuals at each stop

Blackbirds - many Redwings and Grackles at each stop; they've arrived in force.

E.Meadowlark - 1 was singing from the grasslands around the quarries at the end of Parsons Ave, my first for the Spring.

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