Greetings!
I had enough of working so in honor of a new working year at H., I
decided to take a mental wellness day and go birding.
I first started off at Greenlawn Cemetery...at dawn...almost as spooky
as dusk. The owls are doing great, When I was there, one of them was
out of the nest...It spent the entire time I was there trying to get
back in...it succeeded. :-) After it got back in, they settled down for
a nap.
I then decided to hit the bridge. While there I saw:
A hermit thrush or two. They were at different ends of the bridge so I
think that it was two separate birds.
At least four if not more Teeny Tiny little Winter Wrens...I thought at
first they were mice until they flew away. :-D
I FINALLY got to see a Sapsucker...two actually, male and female. Male
was drinking water from a puddle, Female was nipping at magnolia
blossoms. I think I got a decent picture of the female.
Brown Creepers were scattered throughout.
Towhees, male and female.
Robins
Flickers
Jays
Cardinals
Juncos
White Throated Sparrows
Carolina Chickadees doing the see bee-see bay song.
Another of my life birds with good picture was knocked off the list,
again FINALLY! A Golden Crowned Kinglet. ( I have two lists, those I've
seen, and those that I have gotten a good picture of.)
and a Pheobe.
So that is 3 lifers in the cemetery this morning.
Went to the pond/pit, nothing new to add to the list above. Except a Downy.
I then went over to Blendon Woods and got almost face to face with a
couple of Turkeys. They were at the nature center in the bird feeder
area, As I was coming in the observation room, I saw them and nearly
screamed...I wasn't expecting them. ;-D Got some good closeups though.
I then started to make my way home...I went to Innis Gardens, nothing
new to add, a titmouse or two, and a bluebird.
Then I hit both ends of Glacier Ridge as the sun was beginning to turn
orange...still haven't seen that Barred Owl...I think I heard it today
though.
The wetlands end is VERY wet. This is where I got baffled today.
Someone asked me to help in ID'ing a duck and I just couldn't figure it
out. They thought that it was a merganser of some sort, but the bill
wasn't right. So I got an ID picture and put it on the OOS website:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3748
I'm 90% sure that it is a Female Long-tailed Duck...which would be
another lifer for me.
Also while there I saw:
4 Coots
1 Pied Billed Grebe
Like I said...a Good Monday to end my long Good Friday weekend. :-D
See you out there!
Steve Jones
(sjlarue)
Psalm 104:16-17 (ESV)
16The trees of the LORD are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has her home in the fir trees.
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