Today I birded what is considered the Middle Wetland of Deer Creek Wildlife
Area off of Egypt Pike in Pickaway County. After a walk down a road to a
dike, there are two ponds, one on either side of the dike. The north pond
has extensive mudflats with some open water. Seen today were 100 +
Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpipers, Least
Sandpipers (there were probably some Semipalmated Sandpipers, too), Great
Blue and Green Herons, one Great Egret, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 3 Dowitchers
(Short-billed I think), and one Semipalmated Plover. There were also
Canada Geese, Mallards, and 2 Blue-winged Teal.
The south pond is all open water surrounded by cattails and willows. There
I saw one adult Common Gallinule with two young, one Mallard female with 8
small youngsters, 2 Green Herons which I was scoping when a Least Bittern
popped out and flew over open water into some cattails.
This area should be good as shorebird migration revs up.
Melanie Shuter
Circleville, Ohio
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