It was a beautiful day to be birding, light winds and mostly sunny, with an
upper temperature of nearly 50 degrees.  The ponds were still all frozen
over - No open water anywhere at Killdeer Plains this weekend.  The
following birds were observed:

Snow Buntings - 15  (Excellent Looks - Just East of Harpster at golf course)
Horned Larks - 300 to 400
Bald Eagles - 4
Tree Sparrows - 25
Robins - 15
Northern Shrike - 1  (Excellent Looks by All Present) - Township Road 108
West Side of Road South of the Sportsman's Center)
Short-eared Owls - 3 (Excellent Looks - One perched in tree at 4PM)
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Starlings (Several Hundred - Got tired of seeing them)
Cardinals - 8
Bluebirds - 20
Northern Harriers - 5
Kestrels - 8
Rough-legged Hawks (25+) - (Many excellent views of these hawks)
Northern Flicker -1
American Robins - 20
Canada Geese - 200+   (Many were observed on the Olentangy River South of
Delaware)
Turkey Vulture - 1
American Crows - 20
Red-Tailed Hawks - 12
Mourning Doves - 30+
Brown Thrasher - 1
Dark-eyed Juncos - 6
Titmouse - 2
4 Bald Eagle Nests were observed (1 nest had an adult standing on the
nest) - East of the Ranger Station)
One Brown Weasel (No feathers, no beak, no wings - and an excellent view of
it up by the road on TH 108)

Rick Stelzer

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