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I had a great morning at the Darby Creek Wetlands, arriving at daybreak as
Ben Warner suggested. There were hundreds of ducks on the pond that took
off almost as soon as I saw them (and they saw me). I managed to identify
Mallard, Blue-winged Teal and Shoveler, plus flyovers of Canada Goose. A
large raft of Coots was accompanied by at least two Pied-billed Grebes.
I caught a glimpse of a Nelson’s Sparrow in the cattails east of the pond,
and soon after a second one popped out onto a weed in front of the cattails,
sitting there for a minute or two and allowing me to check out all of its
field marks! There were also numerous Savannah and Swamp Sparrows.
Shorebird diversity was good: Killdeer, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs,
Least, Pectoral and White-rumped Sandpiper, Dunlin, Sanderling, and American
Golden Plover. Also of note were two Northern Harriers.
Avi Eitam
Gahanna
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