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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:27:10 -0400
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Saturday I stopped at several areas along the west edge of Columbus and Hilliard, starting with several areas of Prairie Oaks MetroPark, then moving east to the parks along Clover-Groff Run (Franks, Clover-Groff, Spindler).  Water level was lower then prior weeks, but birding was spotty, and mosquitos were bad in spots.  Notables included:

Egrets - 2 Great Egrets were hunting the shallows along Clover Groff Run, quite a ways from the Marble Cliff colony
Pied-billed Grebe - a single bird was at Darby Bend Lakes, where they don't have a history of nesting
cormorants - none at Darby Bend Lakes, but 4 were sunning in a snag by a pond along Clover-Groff north of Roberts Rd.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 was calling along the Sycamore Plains trail, in good nesting habitat
Red-headed Woodpecker - an adults was calling from the snags along the River Rock Trail at Darby Bend Lakes
Willow Flycatchers - good #s were in overgrown fields at nearly every stop, even the small fields along Clover-Groff
Vireos - the expected Warblings were joined by Red-eyed at several spots and even Yellow-throated at Sycamore Plains
Purple Martins - a small roost of 32-34 birds was in snags along the River Rock Trail, single flyovers were at many locations
Thrushes - the lone Wood Thrush was at Sycamore Plains, probably the largest block of woodland I visited all morning
Warblers - nothing other than the expected Yellows (few), Yellow-throated (few), and Common Yellowthroats (many)
Orioles - not a single one at any of these riparian strips, where they're regular nesters, so they're on the move now.

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