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This morning I made a repeat trip to?property in Porter Township, Delaware County?for the OBBA. The day began with comfortable temperatures and low humidity. Then in a flash the temperature and humidity shot up and made it much less enjoyable to be trekking around. The humidity make my notepad dank, soft and writing in it became a problem. When I was soaked with sweat I decided that enough was enough and headed for shade and?water.
This site impressed me on my first OBBA visit and although I recorded fewer species today I am still impressed by the magnitude of variety for both birds and other fauna and flora. The Brown Creepers I discovered building a nest beneath the loose bark on my last visit appear to be on nest incubating. Two pairs of Red-headed Woodpeckers are making constant runs back and forth to the nest cavities to feed their brood who must be very close to fledging. The Pileated Woodpeckers have fledge their brood from the nest but not from seeking free handouts. I watched a Wild Turkey hen with her young in tow. There were seven of them and they are still fairly small. On June 5th I watched a pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks constructing their nest and now the female is sitting on the nest and the male, while staying nearby is much quieter than before. The Barred Owl is still perching in the tree I spotted it in before, but the owlet is now just about as big as the adult. I located the gener
al area of two pairs of Cerulean Warblers although spotting the nest for this species would take a lot of luck, more than I had today. For those worrying about where the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are, I watch 8 to 10 buzz the landowners feeders and he informed me that in the evening he has seen over 20 at his feeders.
After I finished up at this location and was headed for home I made a brief stop along Big Walnut Creek for the resident Yellow-throated Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush and Northern Parula. Then as I passed grassy fields I spotted a Bobolink perched on a Teasel stalk.
The list of species observed included:
Wood Duck hens with ducklings
Wild Turkey hen with chicks
Great Blue Heron (flyover)
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl and very big owlet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 pairs feeding young at nest hole
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush with fledglings
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
Charlie Bombaci
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