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Hello!

Ben Morrison and I had the two Eurasian Collared Doves (Life bird #178 for me) yesterday behind Kidron Pizza at around 3:30 pm.  When we arrived, they were not present, however they showed up after about 15 minutes.  In a move to create some positive feelings toward birders using Kidron Pizza’s parking lot, Ben bought a pizza to take home for dinner…although I bet his motives were also to enjoy some delicious pizza!

Ben and I started the day traveling down to the Wilds.  We had a distant look at an adult Golden Eagle fairly early on and then had a great look at what was clearly a sub-adult Golden Eagle as well.  We were surprised by the overall lack of Rough-legged Hawks during the morning, we only spotted 1.  There were numerous Eastern Meadowlarks fluttering about and singing throughout the area.  Many nice looks at them.  We saw more Red-tailed hawk pairs that you can shake a stick at and many Turkey Vultures.  We also saw a lot of American Kestrel of both sexes, often hunting in pairs.  

We headed north from there to work our way to Kidron.  We found a nice sized kettle of Turkey Vultures north of New Concord along Rt. 83.  Mixed in with them were several Black Vultures (Life bird #177 for me), who gave us a few very nice looks.  Ben also spotted a large flock of what were presumably Tundra Swans flying VERY high up and heading Northeast.  

We made a few more stops along the way in Holmes and Wayne counties looking at waterfowl to see if we could shake out a Eurasian Wigeon, but did not have any luck.  We also took at shot at seeing the Virginia Rail that has been in the area of Holmesville, but did not have any luck.  We did see a LOT of northern pintails along County Line Rd., which has been consistent in that area lately.  Several Green-winged Teal were sighted, but no Blue-winged as of yet.  We struck out on an attempt at the Harris’s Sparrow and an on-a-whim shot at a Barn Owl at a farm nearby.

On the road home along Rt. 30 by Alabama Ave. in Stark county we saw a pretty good sized flock of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackle.  This could be the flock associated with the recent sightings of the Yellow-headed Blackbirds, but we did not have time to stop and scan it for possibilities.  

Just about everywhere we stopped, we heard and saw Eastern Bluebirds singing away and we also heard and saw a great many Song Sparrows living up to their name…singing away with their bills pointed toward the sky.  What a sweet sound indeed!

It was a great day with weather that kept a smile on our faces all day long.  Great birding and great conversation made the day steal away all too soon...

Happy Birding!

Jon Cefus


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