My wife and I stopped by the Heins' residence just south of Woodsfield
around noon today. The Bullock's Oriole made his appearance just after we
arrived. Beautiful bird! Thanks to Martie and Bob for their hospitality!


Then, feeling lucky (and it having turned into a beautiful day), we decided
to take a long-shot trip up to NE Knox County to see if we could spot the
Common Raven reported by several observers last month.

We spent about 1-1/2 hours driving the general area of the roads named in
the previous reports (College Hill Rd., Koppert Rd. and Reed Rd.).

At about 5:30 I spotted the raven sitting in a tree at the edge of a pasture
lying between College Hill and Koppert Roads, just east of the
Y-intersection where the two roads join.

We had great looks at the raven through our scope. There were two crows
sitting in the same tree giving him grief. We watched him for about 10
minutes, then he flew off out of site to the south.

All in all, a great day of twitching!

Ken Beers

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