The Darke Co. Park District opened a new park this morning starting with a very wet and muddy bird walk at 8 a.m. Also, Darke County 2011 bird list now stands at 2011 with addition of :Swainson's Thrush. > Location: Eidson Preserve > Observation date: 4/16/11 > Number of species: 26 > > Wood Duck 5 > Mallard 1 > Great Blue Heron 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Northern Flicker 1 > Pileated Woodpecker 1 > American Crow 2 > Carolina Chickadee 2 > Tufted Titmouse 4 > White-breasted Nuthatch 1 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 > Swainson's Thrush 1 > American Robin 6 > European Starling 2 > Yellow-throated Warbler 1 > Field Sparrow 2 > Song Sparrow 2 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 4 > Eastern Meadowlark 4 > Common Grackle 2 > Brown-headed Cowbird 6 > American Goldfinch 2 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]