Pine Sisken, so maybe I wasn't crazy, I could have sworn I spotted one today in Columbus outside of my apartment (a bit north of Campus) with a random flock of Goldfinches. I should visit 3 Creeks myself again, since I worked there all spring/summer and all, to see how the ol' Cardinals are doing. Angela Petersen On 11/2/07, rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I visited this south Columbus Park for several hours this morning, > focusing on 3 of its best 'migrant traps': Heron Pond, Turtle Pond(Bixby > Access), and the Groveport Blacklick Bikepath (GBBP). There was quite a bit > of activity, but nothing terribly unusual. Highlights included: > > Raptors - Turkey Vultures at all 3 spots, but no big #s. GBBP had a > Sharp-shinned Hawk, while Bixby had a Cooper's. > > Woodpeckers - apparent Flicker movement, with overflying birds at all 3 > spots, including 3-4 at Heron Pond. A Pileated was calling at Bixby, where > they are not unusual, but no sapsuckers was surprising here. > > Thrushes - modest flocks of Robins (20-40 birds) feeding on honeysuckle > berries at each of the locations. A late Brown Thrasher was also in the > berries along GBBP. The berry crop looks spotty here, so it'll take a warm > early winter to stretch it out to the Christmas Count. > > Warblers, Kinglets - Yellow-rumped Warblers and Golden-crowned Kinglets > were widespread, but numbers were rarely more than 3-4 per location. > > Pipits, Larks - Steady trickle of pipits flying overhead to the south all > morning, perhaps 3-4 at each location. Horned larks, however, were much > less common, with only 2 for the entire morning. > > Sparrows - many flocks of White-throats at every stop, and good numbers of > Song Sparrows, but all other sparrow species were scarce. A Fox Sparrow was > lurking around the Bixby trails. > > Blackbirds - started slow, but picked up steam during the morning. GBBP, > which was the last spot I hit, had 160+ redwings and 40+ grackles in small > flocks. The other two spots had much fewer, but Heron Pond did have a > single Rusty Blackbird. > > Finches - many Goldfinches at each site, but only GBBP had a stray Pine > Siskin. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]