This morning as I exited my car at the Wright Road parking lot at
Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, Franklin County, I heard a catbird calling
from the brush at the east end of the lot. I took a few steps in that
direction and immediately saw the bird foraging in a small tree.

Also of note were 9 Sandhill Cranes in Arrowhead Marsh, seen from the
viewing deck in that area.

A complete list of birds seen follows.

Canada Goose  21
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  200
Ring-necked Duck  9
Lesser Scaup  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Great Blue Heron  2
American Coot  4
Sandhill Crane  9
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  2
American Tree Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  2
White-crowned Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  5
House Finch  15
House Sparrow  22

Gene Stauffer
Grove City

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