Yesterday the Mountwood Bird Club of Parkersburg, WV visited the Crown City Wildlife Management Area in Galia & Lawrence Counties.  We had good views and multiple sightings of the target birds -- Blue Grosbeak, Dickcissel, Henslow's Sparrow and Grasshopper Sparrow.  The weather was great.  

On the way home we stopped to check the Bald Eagle nest at Long Bottom. The foliage has grown so much since the last visit three weeks ago that we could not see the nest.  We also checked the Osprey nest at Hockingport but it was empty.

Here is the list for the day:

Canada Goose
Northern Bobwhite
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Dick & Jeanette Esker
Wood County
West Virginia
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