Cindy Host and I visited The Wilds yesterday. Besides the singing of
the Spring Peppers and Chorus frogs there was a good section of birds. We
were following a male Harrier and spotted a large raptor in a tree along a
tree line. The raptor went after the Harriwer. It was the Golden Eagle.
After the Harrier left the area, the Golden Eagle ascended to a great
height. The Golden Eagle suddenly drove and appeared to be chasing an E
Meadowlark. The Meadowlark veered off to the left and escaped from the
Eagle. Around 2:30 a Short-eared Owl flew over our head It was so close it
was too close to get the whole bird in a binocular view. Around 7:10 we
spotted a Short-eared owl on a fence post. When we got out of the car we
heard a Woodcock on the hilltop. We went up there and could not find the
Woodcock, but we had 9 Short-eared Owls flying around us. Below is a list
of some of the birds seen at The Wilds yesterday(March 11th)

   Amarican Kestral-2 males
   Eastern Meadowlark-26+
   Horned Larks-7+
   Ring-necked Ducks-85+
   Red-tailed Hawks-6
   Mallards-9
   Short-eared Owls-10
   Redhead Ducks-10
   Lesser Scaup-male, female
   Song Sparrows-10
   Pied-billed Grebe
   E Bluebird- 3 males, 2 females
   Harrier- 2 males, 2 females
   Golden Eagle-1- 3:35pm-Provty Rd
   Rough-legged Hawk-4
   Killdeer-1
   Belted Kingfisher
   C. Grackle-70+
   Red-winged Blackbird-25+
   A Tree Sparrow-8
   Pileated Woodpecker
   Woodcock


       Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon woods Metro Park in Columbus

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