Forgot to add this for Big Island Wildlife Area: Big Island Wildlife Area--North of Larue-Prospect Rd., Marion, US-OH Oct 25, 2014 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 24 species Trumpeter Swan 5 1 with yellow neck band 7A3. Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 4 Northern Shoveler 4 Green-winged Teal 1 Pied-billed Grebe 50 Great Blue Heron 5 Turkey Vulture 1 American Coot 200 Killdeer 20 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Dunlin 10 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 American Kestrel 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 20 Song Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 30 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20334791 On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Steve Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings! > > Below are summaries of my trip to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area. My > surprises of the days were the Marbled Godwit at pond 27. I had seen it > last month...and it is STILL THERE! :-) And spotting an American Bittern > before it spotted me at pond 3...to far away for pictures though. > Disappointment...no loons yet. :-( > As far as conditions go, most ponds are showing a lot of uncovered > islands...or in pond 27's case, almost completely dry/muddy. There is a > lot of turnover in species going on. Shorebirds, though still present are > few unless we are talking about Killdeer. Ducks are starting to trickle > in. Coots are like their own little islands in places. > > I also swung by Big Island...lots of hunting going on there all over the > place...wear orange...The ponds along LaRue Prospect are holding a little > of everything...except Coots and Pied-billed Grebes...LOTS of those. :-) > Shorebirds are still present in the East pond of the three ponds. Along > with a few ducks. The middle pond held all the Coots and Grebes. The west > pond was lacking in visible activity...but there was a lot of hunting going > on in there. > > Just realized...we are less that a month away from Short-eared Owls! > Yay!..I usually will see them at Big Island around Thanksgiving. > > If you are looking for some fun activities to do in the upcoming months, > the Birding Ohio Scavenger Hunt "Calender" is still in my Dropbox. It has > been suggested that if you are a part time birder...meaning you still have > a full time job, that maybe 60-70 is a good number to shoot for. The kids > will be going for the top 50 for Marion County... > Anyhew, you can download it below. Enjoy!: > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/3220c8dw2w6czwu/Ohio%20Scavenger%20Hunt%202014-2015.pdf?dl=0 > > Happy Birding and God Bless! > > Steve J. > > Bird Summaries: > > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Reservoir, Wyandot, US-OH > Oct 25, 2014 11:07 AM - 11:27 AM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: NO LOONS! :-( > 7 species > > Canada Goose 25 > Mallard 10 > Ruddy Duck 25 > Red-headed Woodpecker 1 > Blue Jay 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 300 > American Goldfinch 5 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20332498 > > > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Harold Roe Wetland, Wyandot, US-OH > Oct 25, 2014 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 > 16 species > > Canada Goose 20 > Mallard 10 > Ruddy Duck 2 > Pied-billed Grebe 4 > Great Blue Heron 1 > Turkey Vulture 2 > Northern Harrier 1 > Bald Eagle 1 > American Coot 10 > Killdeer 20 > Lesser Yellowlegs 1 > Long-billed Dowitcher 4 > Mourning Dove 2 > American Kestrel 1 > Blue Jay 1 > American Crow 2 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20332561 > > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area, Wyandot, US-OH > Oct 25, 2014 10:56 AM - 11:58 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 10.0 mile(s) > Comments: Observations made while driving between hotspots. Submitted > from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 > 28 species > > Great Blue Heron 2 > Turkey Vulture 3 > Red-tailed Hawk 2 > Mourning Dove 2 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Red-headed Woodpecker 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Northern Flicker 1 > Pileated Woodpecker 2 > American Kestrel 1 > Blue Jay 2 > American Crow 4 > Horned Lark 2 > Black-capped Chickadee 1 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 > European Starling 30 > Song Sparrow 2 > Swamp Sparrow 1 > White-throated Sparrow 1 > White-crowned Sparrow 2 > Dark-eyed Junco 3 > Northern Cardinal 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 200 > Eastern Meadowlark 2 > Brown-headed Cowbird 30 > Pine Siskin 2 > American Goldfinch 5 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20334845 > > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 3, Wyandot, US-OH > Oct 25, 2014 12:30 PM - 12:42 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 > 6 species > > Mallard 3 > Ruddy Duck 4 > Pied-billed Grebe 20 > American Bittern 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20332493 > > Marseilles, T-108, Wyandot, US-OH > Oct 25, 2014 12:40 PM - 12:50 PM > Protocol: Stationary > Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6 > 8 species > > Canada Goose 2 > American Black Duck 6 > Mallard 4 > Pied-billed Grebe 6 > Killdeer 15 > Pectoral Sandpiper 1 > Wilson's Snipe 5 > > View this checklist online at > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20332489 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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