Spent the afternoon at Hoover Area S looking for the Purple Finches they found
during the Xmas Count.  No Purples, but this is a very birdy spot.   Lots of
American Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, White-throated Sparrows, Red-Bellied and
Downy Woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatches, etc.

A Hermit Thrush jumped into a bush to check me out and gave me a thrill over in
the woods at the north-west corner.  He looked especially rufous, but that might
be because he's the first I've seen in the winter.  I also had a Golden-crowned
Kinglet dance around me in the pine forest.  Another first for me in the winter.

RaySilvey
North Columbus

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