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Aug. 17, 2012 -- Grain Elevator Wetlands
6 p.m. to 830 pm
Partly cloudy to clear, very breezy. Lots of shorebirds and habitat in the
pond. Well seen Black Vulture sitting on top of telephone pole, watched
for 10 min., still there when we left.
Wonderful looks at a tame juv. Henslow's Sparrow in the grassy path at the
south edge of the pond. Very nice....Several flocks of Mallards flying
over coming from the west and overhead
to the south east---a f. type N. Pintail in one flock and a albino Mallard
in another (same size, shape, flight, plumage virtually all white).
The follow seen in vacinity of the wetlands:
Wood Duck 11
Mallard 220 (about a dozen in the wetlands the rest flying over in flocks
of 12 to over 50)
Blue-winged Teal 3
N. Pintail 1
Great Blue Heron 1 ad.
BLACK VULTURE
N. Harrier 1 f/juv.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 imm.
Red-tailed Hawk 1 imm.
Semipalmated Plover 30 (incl. the first juv. -- 5)
Killdeer 220
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 70
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 85
Semipalmated Sandpiper 15
Least Sandpiper 55
Baird's Sandpiper 1 juv.
Pectoral Sandpiper 60
Stilt Sandpiper 25
Short-billed (hendersoni) Dowitcher 8
Wilson's Snipe 3
Mourning Dove 450
Common Nighthawk 1
C. Swift 150
American Crow 2
Starling 120
Savannah Sparrow 2
Henslow's Sparrow 1 juv.
Dickcissel 2 flybys
Bobolink 30, flock, flyby
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Gackle 2
BH Cowbird 2
House Finch 1
A. Goldfinch 30
Amphibians:
Green Treefrog 1 on windshield when we returned to car
Pickerel Frog 1 near pond in the middle of the grassy patch
Good Birding,
David Tan
Columbus
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