Dan Sanders and I had a most interesting day of atlasing. We spent
several hours in two non priority blocks in Region 58. A few days ago
we had discovered a 'rails to trails' path through a wooded area. We
returned this a.m. armed with insect repellent and wearing long pants
and shirts. What a delight this trail was. We heard and saw several
woodland species such as Scarlet Tanager and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Then, we came upon a pond that had many dead trees in it. Perfect
habitat for - wait a minute - there they were, a pair of Red-headed
Woodpeckers! Always a beautiful bird to see. Next we had 3 Great-
horned owls! Two and possibly all three were young ones. A Green
Heron was also calling this pond home. What a find and I'd like to
return even after atlasing.

In the next block we were looking mainly at farm fields - seeing a
Bobolink in one of them and also several grassland sparrow species.
And, then, there we were at a place called the Kathryn A. Sheedy
Sanctuary, which is part of the Morrow County Park system. We parked
our car and started walking the loop trail. We found ourselves in an
old pine plantation. I was hoping we might find a Pine Warbler, but
that didn't happen. But, we sure did hear and then see one very
vociferous male American Redstart. He just didn't shut up! I'm
thinking that he thought this wooded area was just like northern
Minnesota (my home state) and why fly any further north? There was
also a marsh with a wonderful observation platform. Unfortunately we
ran out of time before we could complete the big loop, but, we
certainly plan on returning. See the following link for the
sanctuary, if interested.

http://www.morrowcountyparkdistrict.org/sheedy.html

Now that June is here and almost all breeding birds are within 'safe'
dates, I'm hoping that everyone is helping out with this major
project in its very last year.

Good Birding,

Doreene Linzell

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