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Yes, Franklin Co shorebirds, five species at the brand-new Darby Creek
wetlands, seen this morning in wind and rain:
35 pectoral sandpipers*
~20 greater yellowlegs*
2 lesser yellowlegs*
several Wilson's snipes
killdeers
also two Bonaparte's gulls coming into alternate plumage
harriers
both teals, pintails, gadwalls, mallards, not a goose to be seen. All
viewed from the two safe pull-offs on the road; many ponds are not yet
visible from there
(asterisks indicate species new to the Franklin Co year list, T=130)

Elsewhere, no Smith's longspurs seen along Seeds Rd, but some lovely
habitat near the northernmost right-angle bend.**

At Green Lawn Cemetery, randy Canada geese are keeping the feeders
mostly empty, but we had a nice flock of fox sparrows, with a couple
singing their oriolish song, by the bridge and a couple of pine
warblers, siskins, red-breasted nuthatch, etc. at the Pit.

Six great egrets, ~50 cormorants, six herring gulls, bald eagle at
Greenlawn Dam.

Apparently the yellow-crowned night-herons have not yet arrived.

A a bit farther north up the Creek, Jeffrey Park is quite birdy with
several winter wrens in full song.
Bill Whan

**for those interested, the county dump is, contrary to rumor, NOT the
county's highest elevation, mostly because it lies in the lowest part of
the area. The exact low spot is just where the Scioto crosses into
Pickaway County maybe five miles to the east.

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