Hello all,
Darby Dan sod farm on Darby Creek Rd. provided some nice
shorebirding--we were there for several hours early, very windy, slate
gray skies, very fall like! Killdeer were abundant, strewn
throughout. Many Horned Lark ('prairie' -- central OH often abuntant
breeding race). MEGA - RED KNOT -- a well seen cooperative bird (a
juv.), it lingered most of the time near a large shallow rain pool
near a patch of short grass, about 100 ft. away (digiscoping meet with
poor results).
Black bellied Plover 6 ad.
American Golden plover 19, incl. several breeding plumage ad.
Killdeer 422
Semipalmated Plover 22
Solitary Sandpiper 8
Lesser Yelllowlegs 11
Upland Sandpiper 1
Red Knot
Sanderling 3
Least Sandpiper 26
White rumped Sandpiper 1 ad
Baird's Sandpiper 4 juv., 1 ad.
Pectoral Sandpiper 20
Stilt Sandpiper 5
Buff breasted Sandpiper 11 incl. 2 ad.
Long billed Dowitcher 1, molting ad.
Wilson's Snipe 2
Wilson's Phalorope 1
Darby Creek MP (39.90346 -83.20914), 3 miles south off Broad off Big
Darby Creek Rd. From ranger station, we hiked several trails incl.
overlook without seeing a warbler, before finding a few, then many
along Hawthorn, a paved path, that loops through a variety of habitat,
open mixed pine/decidous woodlands,second growth decidous
thickets/broad leaf tree lines and grass/shrub edge and mature
deciduous forest margins. At least 100 flycatchers, mostly empidonax
that wouldn't be identified (because of wind), and nearly 200 warblers
were present, nearly a third left unidentified becuase of wind.
Olive sided Flycatcher 2
Eastern Wood pewee 41
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 11
YB/Least 5
Alder Flycatcher 13 (calls) at least twice I was checking searching
for a calling Hairy Woodpecker only to find a calling ALFL
Least Flycatcher 10
empid. sp.22+
White eyed Vireo 12
Yellow throated Vireo 3
Warbling 12 incl. at least 4 juv. that were stongly washed yellow
over entire underparts, especially across the breast
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher -- 33
Veery 10
Swainson's Thrush 15
Northern Waterthrush 9
Blue winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 21
Nashville Warbler 10
Northern Parula 4
Chestnut sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 12
Cape May Warbler 17
Black throated Blue Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 10
Cerulian Warbler 3
Yellow throated Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1 ad. m.
Bay breasted Warbler 18
Blackpoll 1, early
Black and white Warbler 3
American Redstart 8
Mourning Warbler 1, imm. m.
Yellowthroat 5
Hooded Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 5
Canada Warbler 2
Nice to be able to get out during the week, hope some of you did
too.....Good birding,
David Tan
Columbus
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David Tan
Columbus
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