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getting late, and have to get off this computer, so ...
late afternoon yesterday had Yellow-throated Warblers
(one each) in Scioto (Pond Lick Rd. in Shawnee SF)
and Adams Co. (along Ohio Brush Creek).
This morning there were few more in Lawrence County
Lake Vesuvius - 5
Hanging Rock ORV Park - 8
with the northernmost on the day at Tycoon Lake W.A.
in northern Gallia County.
Otherwise, fairly typical list for late March.
Hanging Rock was also good for a Ruffed Grouse
strutting in the middle of the road (blurry photo
through windshield just to say I photographed
one in OH). Had 9 Pine Warblers there.
Found a Blue-headed Vireo in song, only to
discover he was actively engaged in metronomic*
pre-copulatory display with another Blue-headed
Vireo.
I have never seen this before in the Blue-headed
Vireo, where the male rocks his head (and later
with more vigor his entire body) back and forth
in the manner of a metronome. First described
in the Bell's Vireo by Barlow (probably online
- google Metronome Display in Bell's Vireo).
And described fully by myself in 1988 with the
Black-capped Vireo.
Pileated Woodpeckers were numerous on the day.
Had all the woodpeckers, with a Red-headed
Woodpecker found near the hamlet of Vinton
(in Gallia Co.) while photographing dragonflies.
Failed to capture (digilly) the Green Darner pair egg-laying
but shot some Ischnura ... Fortail spp.
Fueling up in Oak Hill I was treated to a well-rounded
mockingbird that went straight from a nice rendition of
Great Crested Flycatcher to a passable Virginia Rail.
Canada Geese were on nests at various roadside
wetlands, of which there are a remarkable number
in Lawrence County. Tree Swallows were in and around
most ... the species was poorly documented in the
south during the first OBBA.
Found my 2nd site for Mistletoe in northern Gallia
County ... not the northernmost in OH but I still
am surprised when I find it.
Not good with butterflies ... some yellowish swallowtail
was uncommon but widespread. Have a photo if
that proves unusual. Something else like a Hairstreak
was locally common.
and despite being seen elsewhere nary a Louisiana
Waterthrush .. and I must have traced 150 miles
or streams today.
cheers
Vic Fazio
Tiffin, OH
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