We had a good day birding at Gallagher Fen Nature Preserve this morning.
This preserve is on Old Columbus Road near Buck Creek State Park. We found
14 species of warblers there including about 4 Blue-winged Warblers which
are not nesting birds here. We also heard a couple Ovenbirds and had lots of
Yellow-rumped Warblers. We also had 5 species of vireos. Then at Buck Creek
State Park on the beach we had 2 Caspian Terns and 2 Common Terns. Then we
found a female Blue Grosbeak near the bathhouse. We moved to the Prairie
View parking lot and walked to the Crabill House. We added two more
warblers, Yellow-throated Warblers and a chat for 16 species overall. Then a
Sandhill Crane flew over us while calling which seems really late for one
here. We ended up with 89 species by 12:30 PM.

Doug Overacker

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