Well almost 20 of us showed up for the warbler walk at Highbanks this
morning but Doc couldn't drag himself out of bed.  From all of us who showed
up to the warbler walk, a big thanks goes out to Doc Jordan.  His backup,
Charlie Bombaci couldn't make it either but that was understandable.

Those of us who did show up went out on our own to see some warblers.  One
little group of eight (including myself and Nadya Bennett) walked the Coyote
Run Trail in search of warblers.  We weren't disappointed.  The highlights
of the morning included yellow warbler, common yellowthroat, blue-winged
warbler, palm warbler, black and white warbler, yellow-rumped warbler,
scarlet Tanager, Baltimore oriole, and grasshopper sparrow.  The complete
species list follows.  Many of them are first of season for me.  An H in
parentheses follows if we only heard it.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-Tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (H)
Eastern Kingbird
Red-Eyed Vireo (H)
Warbling Vireo (H)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Wood Thrush (H)
Eastern Bluebird
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird (H)
European Starling
Palm Warbler
Blue-Winged Warbler (H)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Yellow Warbler (H)
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow (H)
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Finch
House Sparrow

I hope I got them all.

Al La Sala
Columbus, OH


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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Highbanks Metro Park & Oxbow Road, Delaware County

Linda and I took a walk at Highbanks Metro Park in southern Delaware County
this morning. Saturday the park is conducting a "Warbler Walk" that begins
at 8:00 AM at the Nature Center. Doc Jordan is scheduled to lead the walk.
Last year Doc being his enthusiastic "go at 110 percent self", double
scheduled himself and I was called out of the bullpen to cover. With that in
mind I decided to scout out a course just in case.

In spite of the busloads of kids at the park for filed trips, we were able
to walk the Coyote Trail, part of the Dripping Rock Trail and the Scenic
River Trail.

Birds of interest found during the walk included a Solitary Sandpiper [on a
sand spit along the river], Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Gray Catbird,
Tennessee Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Palm
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting, and Baltimore Oriole.

The weather prediction of warm winds from the south tonight should
(hopefully) bring in a wave of migrants and give a wider variety of "birds
of interest".

After lunch I went to Oxbow Road in the Hoover Nature Preserve with the
intention to police trash. There I was greeted by the sight of a multitude
of fishermen adding to the trash lining the edge of the causeway. Seeing a
winless situation, trash was being dropped faster than I would be able to
pick it up, I surrendered and went to the cove by Oxbow Island to watch the
Prothonotary Warblers. There I met Casey Tucker as he patiently waited for a
male Prothonotary Warbler to perch where he could get an ideal picture. True
to form it landed everywhere else. Casey and I watched as the male
Prothonotary, a pair of Tree Swallows and Carolina Chickadees has a brash
discussion regarding who was going to get the nest box. A few other birds
around us included Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Gray Catbird, and Eastern
Towhees.

Charlie Bombaci



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