The following report is from Margaret Bowman. Notice the Henslow's sparrows. Some boy scouts also found a Meadowlark nest on Saturday. No signs of Bobolinks yet but will report back when they return. Falconry program and demonstration this Saturday. Check out the website at www.ohionature.org Manon VanSchoyck Ohio Nature Education From: Margaret Bowman [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:18 PM To: Manon Van Schoyck Subject: Bird list, Taft Reserve, Sunday 4-29-2012 From the parking lot, I walked along the creek to the metal bridge, which I crossed. Then I turned left and walked along the horse trail past the woods, toward the neighbor's wetland. I took the mowed shortcut back to the bridge and then walked up the hill along the woods toward the upper bluebird boxes. At the gate, I turned right and walked that horse trail all around the field. I didn't find any bobolinks or meadowlarks today, the latter a surprise miss. Also the mockingbird that was hanging around didn't put in an appearance this afternoon - would have swept the mimids category if he had. Still no hummingbirds, but they're on the way if not already arrived. mallard - 1 male, on pond in upper field. (Female on a nest?) great blue heron - 1 (flew up from creek) turkey vulture - 10 osprey - perched on a snag along to wood edge nr wetland red-tailed hawk - 3 killdeer - 1 mourning dove - 8 red-bellied woodpecker - 3 white-eyed vireo - 2 blue jay - 9 American crow - 11 tree swallow - 8 barn swallow - 5 Carolina chickadee - 1 tufted titmouse - 2 Carolina wren - 2 house wren - 4 blue-gray gnatcatcher - 3 eastern bluebird - 1 American robin - 8 gray catbird - 2 brown thrasher - 1 European starling - 13 common yellowthroat - 9 yellow warbler - 6 yellow-throated warbler - 1 ( in pine grove) prairie warbler - 1 yellow-breasted chat - 1 eastern towhee - 6 chipping sparrow - 5 field sparrow - 8 savannah sparrow - 1 Henslow's sparrow - at least 3, possibly more. song sparrow - 12 scarlet tanager - 1 northern cardinal - 9 red-winged blackbird - 13 common grackle - 11 brown-headed cowbird - 6 house finch - 2 American goldfinch - 16 Mid-day on a sunny, warm day isn't the best time to bird, so I was pretty pleased with the day's results. Margaret Bowman Newark, Licking Co., OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]