Today I hosted Logan Kahle of San Francisco for the third time. Logan is
an enthusiastic 16 year-old with a passion for birding. We had a terrific
day with numerous great finds from early morning until we finished up in the
late afternoon. Logan had his camera and the birds seem to have their
passion to pose for pictures to the point of seeming like hams. Considering it
rained on us as we drove to our starting location, I wasn’t sure that we
wouldn’t be skunked this time out. It wasn’t to be as the final tally for the
day was 109 species.
We began the day at Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve in Licking
County. Highlights included up close views of Yellow-breasted Chats, Prairie
Warblers, Blue-winged Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers, Summer Tanagers among
others. .After giving Blackhand good coverage we continued at Blendon woods Metro
Park in Franklin County adding additional warblers. The activity was slow
but steady as we worked the Pond Trail, Brookside Trail, Overlook Trail and
Hickory Ridge Trail.
Next we headed to my home grounds, the Hoover Nature Preserve. There Logan
was treated to a show by a male Prothonotary Warbler that apparently
wanted a career in modeling as he posed, posed and posed some more. This bird
knew how to work the camera. We checked the boardwalk at Area M where there
were Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, plus Caspian, Forester and Common Terns,
and the day’s surprise, a Glaucous Gull. Logan’s camera got a workout.
Our final area of coverage was along Longshore Road in Delaware County
where we checked out flooded farm fields. This paid off with a field of
Black-bellied Plovers, Long-billed Dowitchers, Short-billed Dowitchers and a lone
Killdeer. My old bones feeling their age, we called it a day. A fun day
spent with a special and talented young man. Our list follows.
Charlie Bombaci, for Logan and myself
SPECIES LIST
1. Common Loon
2. Double-crested Cormorant
3. Great Blue Heron
4. Green Heron
5. Turkey Vulture
6. Canada Goose
7. Wood Duck
8. Mallard
9. Osprey
10. Sharp-shinned Hawk
11. Cooper's Hawk
12. Broad-winged Hawk
13. Red-tailed Hawk
14. American Kestrel
15. Wild Turkey
16. Black-bellied Plover
17. Killdeer
18. Short-billed Dowitcher
19. Long-billed Dowitcher
20. Bonaparte's Gull
21. Ring-billed Gull
22. Herring Gull
23. Glaucous Gull
24. Caspian Tern
25. Common tern
26. Forster’s Tern
27. Rock Pigeon
28. Mourning Dove
29. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
30. Chimney Swift
31. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
32. Belted Kingfisher
33. Red-bellied Woodpecker
34. Downy Woodpecker
35. Northern Flicker
36. Pileated Woodpecker
37. Eastern Wood-Pewee
38. Acadian Flycatcher
39. Least Flycatcher
40. Eastern Phoebe
41. Great Crested Flycatcher
42. Eastern Kingbird
43. White-eyed Vireo
44. Blue-headed Vireo
45. Warbling Vireo
46. Red-eyed Vireo
47. Blue Jay
48. American Crow
49. Purple Martin
50. Tree Swallow
51. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
52. Cliff Swallow
53. Barn Swallow
54. Carolina Chickadee
55. Tufted Titmouse
56. White-breasted Nuthatch
57. Carolina Wren
58. House Wren
59. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
60. Eastern Bluebird
61. Veery
62. Grey-checked Thrush
63. Swainson’s Thrush
64. Wood Thrush
65. American Robin
66. Gray Catbird
67. Northern Mockingbird
68. Brown Thrasher
69. European Starling
70. Cedar Waxwing
71. Blue-winged Warbler
72. Tennessee Warbler
73. Northern Parula
74. Chestnut-sided Warbler
75. Magnolia Warbler
76. Cape May Warbler
77. Yellow-rumped Warbler
78. Black-throated Green Warbler
79. Blackburnian Warbler
80. Yellow-throated Warbler
81. Prairie Warbler
82. Cerulean Warbler
83. Black-and-White Warbler
84. American Redstart
85. Prothonotary Warbler
86. Ovenbird
87. Louisiana Waterthrush
88. Kentucky Warbler
89. Common Yellowthroat
90. Hooded Warbler
91. Wilson’s Warbler
92. Canada Warbler
93. Yellow-breasted Chat
94. Summer Tanager
95. Scarlet Tanager
96. Eastern Towhee
97. Chipping Sparrow
98. Field Sparrow
99. Song Sparrow
100. White-crowned Sparrow
101. Northern Cardinal
102. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
103. Indigo Bunting
104. Red-winged Blackbird
105. Common Grackle
106. Brown-headed Cowbird
107. Baltimore Oriole
108. American Goldfinch
109. House Sparrow
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