Yesterday I decided to bird the Big Meadows area of  Highbanks Metro Park -- it had been a while since I did that area so I was curious to see what I could find.  I did the area from the Olentangy River to the edge of the woods; I decided not to go into the woodland habitat, but focused on the riparian, meadow and woodland edge habitats.  I did this from 2:00pm-5:00pm; not the most ideal time, but you take what you can get!  I got 29 species total:
Female Baltimore Oriole (2)Barn SwallowsTree SwallowsRobinsBlue JaysBlack Vulures (flying)Turkey Vultures (roosting)Golden Crowned KingletBlue Gray Gnatcatcher (4)Gray Catbird Yellow WarblerDowny WoodpeckerMourning DoveEuro StarlingBlack Throated Green WarblerRed Wing BlackbirdsHouse SparrowRed Bellied WoodpeckerTufted TitmouseCarolina ChickadeeCarolina Wren Eastern PhoebeGoldfinchesSong SparrowNorthern CardinalCowbirdField SparrowChipping SparrowBluebird


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