3/20

0800 departed home

0820 Bixby Rd, Groveport nest observed one eagle on the nest one perched 
nearby

0845 Rt 104/Haul Rd Columbus nest one eagle on the nest on perched nearby. 
I also checked the osprey nest on the south side of Rt 104 and found one 
osprey perched nearby. There was no nesting material on the platform.

0910 Rt 315 across from the High Banks Metro Park. One eagle perched 
nearby but I did not see any movement on the nest. 

1000 North end of Alum Creek Lake. There was a pair of osprey on platform 
#1. I wonder if I was mistaken the last time I was here and reported two 
osprey dueling for rights to platform #1 and it was actually the pair 
reafirming their bonds after a winter in South America.

1030 Rt 229 at the north end of Deleware Lake. There were two osprey on 
the platform. 

1040 The eagle nest south of Prospect. One eagle on the nest.

1100 Big Island WA. The nest south of Larue-Prospect Rd. had an eagle on 
it. It's mate was feeding on an old deer carcase in the field between the 
road and the nest.

1130 Killdeer Plains WA. The newest nest on the island in pond 31 had an 
eagle on it. It's mate was perched in a tree south of CH-68. I moved on to 
the Area Hqs parking lot and looked east at the original nest. There was 
an eagle on it. I then moved to CH-71 and observed an eagle on the nest 
and it's mate perched in a tree way out in the field.
    A note of interest. When I was turning around in the western most 
parking lot on CH-68 I nearly ran over a Killdeer on her nest. She was not 
going to move. I was able to back up and then move alongside the nest and 
lean out the window and snap a few great photos of her. I hope nobody runs 
over her nest.

1225 CR-62 Wyandot Co. on the other side of Rt 23 from Killdeer Plains at 
the farm with the red barns. One eagle on the nest and one perched nearby.

1235 OH 199 Wyandote Co. One eagle on the nest and one perched nearby.

1310 TR 49 Wyandote Co. One eagle on the nest. This nest is hard to see.

1325 CR 44 Wyandote Co. One eagle on the nest.

1340 CR 29 Wyandote Co. One eagle on the nest and a juvenile nearby but 
not too close to the nest. This is the nest I saw two adult and six 
juvenile eagles at the same time this past winter.

1355 OH 53 Wyandote Co. One eagle on the nest.

1405 CR 19 Seneca Co. There were two eagles on the nest transfering the 
duty.

1425 Woodside Rd of Oh 100 Crawford Co. One eagle was on the nest and as I 
was talking with a couple that was also watching the nest the other eagle 
came into view, circled overhead a few times then made a very dramatic 
swoop to a perch near the nest. 

1450 OH 19 just north of the Senac/Crawford county line. One eagle on the 
nest and the mate perched nearby. 

I spent some time looking for a reported nest near OH 19 and TR 8 in 
Seneca Co. but was unable to locate a nest there.

1550 The Gallion nest in Crawford Co. One eagle on the nest.

1620 Clear Fork Reservoir OH 97. There was an eagle on the nest and just 
as I got there the mate flew in and dropped off food and left. The eagle 
on the nest got up and started tearing small bites off and feeding it to 
the chicks in the nest. From what I could see it looks like there are at 
least two chicks.

I spent some more time looking for nests that either are not there or I 
couldn't find.

1750 Pleasant Hill Lake Pleasant Hill Rd. Richland Co. One eagle was 
perched near the nest and the other was on the nest feeding chicks. From 
the movements of the adult it appears there are two chicks.

1820 Black fork of Mohican River (Honey Creek?) CR 775 just west of TR 
2744 Ashland Co. When I pulled up there were two eagles on the nest but 
one of them left just as I stopped the truck. Obviously food had been 
delivered and the remaining eagle started feeding a chick. AS near as I 
could tell it was giving food to only one location in the nest. Maybe only 
one chick has hatched and hopfully a second will hatch soon.

1845 Jeromesville nest south of CR 1975 7/10 of a mile west of CR 175 in 
Ashland Co. One eagle on the nest.

1900 Elyria Rd. 500 meters south of OH 95 in Wayne Co. The nest is west of 
the road. There was one eagle on the nest. 

1930 Holmes Co east of Loudonville CR 22 south of OH 3 just before CR 22 
crosses the Mohican River. The nest is south of the road. There was one 
eagle on the nest. 

At this point the eagle count was 38. I made a mad dash for another nest 
at Jelloway but got there too late. It was just light enough to see the 
nest (a new one for me) but way too dark to see any eagles. 

I packed it in and headed home. I got home at 2110 having traveled 426 
miles in 13 hours and 10 minutes viewing 24 nests (and one after dark). 

Total count for the day
Bald Eagles 37 adult and 1 Juv.
Osprey 5
Red Tail Hawk 9
Northern Harrier 3 female and 1 male
American Kestrel 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Turkey 4  

A very tired Don Stover

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