Darlene  Sillick, Leslie Sours and I went to Scioto Trails State Forest 
today hoping for  warblers and other spring arrivals. When we arrived the 
temperature was 43  degrees and it later fell to 41 degrees. What happened to our 
nice Spring? Like  tough little soldiers we grit our teeth and hung in 
there. Things were a little  slow. Rumor is that the birds were huddled around 
tiny bonfires. We did manage  to compile a decent list of species, some of 
which gave us splendid views. We  had especially good views of Hooded Warbler, 
Blue-winged Warbler and Louisiana  Waterthrush, all of which all but took a 
bow for their performances. There were  innumerable Yellow-rumped Warblers 
and off course whenever you tried to put out  a specific target you usually 
focused on a Yellow-rumped instead of the bird you  started with. 
In  the afternoon we headed north and checked the activity at Pickaway 
Plains. We  were greeted by several Ring-necked Pheasants as soon as we arrived. 
They seemed  to be all over the place and many additional pheasants were 
seen and heard. The  wetland area near the northwest had numerous Greater and 
Lesser Yellowlegs plus  a small group of Blue-winged Teal. We worked some of 
the fields where there were  multiple grassland birds including Field, 
Savannah, Grasshopper, Henslow’s and  Song Sparrows, plus Horned Larks and 
Killdeer.  
A  complete list of species follows. 
Charlie  Bombaci   
Overall Species  List 
Great  Blue Heron (PP)                           Key: STSF – Scioto Trail 
State Forest 
Turkey  Vulture (STSF & PP)                              PP  – Pickaway 
Plains    
Canada  Goose (STSF & PP) 
Mallard  (STSF & PP) 
Blue-winged  Teal (PP) 
Osprey  (US 23 near Chillicothe) 
Broad-winged  Hawk (STSF) 
Red-tailed  Hawk (STSF & PP) 
American  Kestrel (US 23 near Circleville) 
Ring-necked  Pheasant (PP) 
Killdeer  (PP) 
Greater  Yellowlegs (PP) 
Lesser  Yellowlegs (PP) 
Rock  Pigeon (PP) 
Mourning  Dove (STSF & PP) 
Red-bellied  Woodpecker (STSF) 
Downy  Woodpecker (STSF) 
Hairy  Woodpecker (STSF) 
Northern  Flicker (STSF) 
Pileated  Woodpecker (STSF) 
Eastern  Phoebe (STSF) 
White-eyed  Vireo (STSF) 
Warbling  Vireo (STSF) 
Red-eyed  Vireo (STSF) 
Blue  Jay (STSF) 
American  Crow (STSF & PP) 
Horned  Lark (PP) 
Tree  Swallow (STSF) 
Barn  Swallow  (PP) 
Carolina  Chickadee (STSF) 
Tufted  Titmouse (STSF) 
Red-breasted  Nuthatch (STSF) 
White-breasted  Nuthatch (STSF) 
Carolina  Wren (STSF) 
Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher (STSF) 
Eastern  Bluebird (STSF) 
Wood  Thrush (STSF) 
American  Robin (STSF & PP) 
Northern  Mockingbird (STSF) 
European  Starling (STSF & PP) 
Blue-winged  Warbler (STSF) 
Northern  Parula (STSF) 
Yellow-rumped  Warbler (STSF) 
Black-throated  Green Warbler (STSF) 
Yellow-throated  Warbler (STSF)  
Cerulean  Warbler (STSF) 
Ovenbird  (STSF) 
Louisiana  Waterthrush (STSF) 
Hooded  Warbler (STSF) 
Scarlet  Tanager (STSF) 
Eastern  Towhee (STSF) 
Chipping  Sparrow (STSF) 
Field  Sparrow (PP) 
Savannah  Sparrow (PP) 
Grasshopper  Sparrow (PP) 
Henslow’s  Sparrow (PP) 
Song  Sparrow (STSF & PP) 
White-throated  Sparrow (STSF) 
Northern  Cardinal (STSF) 
Red-winged  Blackbird (STSF & PP) 
Eastern  Meadowlark (PP) 
Common  Grackle (STSF & PP) 
Brown-headed  Cowbird (STSF) 
House  Finch  
American  Goldfinch  (STSF &  PP) 
House  Sparrow (STSF & PP)

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