I also spent some time birding around Columbus today, but mostly in
southern Franklin Co.

A few highlights:
 - 6 CHIPPING SPARROWS along the east shore of Griggs Reservoir at the
Fishinger Rd. bridge mixed in with a large flock of juncos including,
 - 1 "Cassiar" junco,
 - 1 male Merlin in a tree at 1375 Dublin Rd. (seen twice today, and
presumably the same bird seen there on 26 December),
 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Brown-headed Cowbird and lots of junco
diversity in Greenlawn Cemetery (no luck searching for siskins),
 - and the previously reported 3rd year GLAUCOUS GULL at the SWACO landfill.

A few photos (6 chippies, "Cassiar" junco, the merlin and the cowbird) are
at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado

A SNOWY OWL was reported to have been seen around 3pm along the north side
of 665 (aka London Groveport Rd) somewhere near Grove City (presumably west
of the landfill).  Something to look for if you're in the area tomorrow!

Lastly, last night as it was starting to get dark, I saw a Peregrine
heading north over the medical center buildings towards the stadium --
perhaps the same bird Andy reported?  If so, perhaps one is roosting at the
stadium or at least spending some time over the OSU campus.

Good birding,
Paul Hurtado

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Andrew Sewell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I spent a couple hours birding this afternoon in and around Columbus.
> Highlights include:
>
> -2 rufous morph screech owls at the bridge over Alum Creek north of
> Schrock Road, along with a large murder of crows, perhaps 200 or more birds
>
> -12 Black-Crowned Night-herons and a Peregrine Falcon at OSU's Drake
> Union. Only one of the herons was a young bird.
>
> Otherwise, I dipped on the Greenlawn Merlin; and had a decent assortment
> of the usual suspects.
>
> Good Birding,
> Andy Sewell
> Columbus, Ohio
>
> Sent from my iPod
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