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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 11 Jul 2008 19:39:20 -0400602_UTF-8 I visited a series of sites along this Franklin County creek below where most people think to bird. Starting at the Confluence Area of 3-Creeks Park, I surveyed different stretches of the creek all the way down to its junction with the Scioto River. In this portion of greater Columbus, the riparian strip of the creek is often squeezed between warehouses, small farm fields, and quarries new and old. The diversity of birds was OK for such a well-trammeled area, but there were no jaw-dropping surprises like Night Herons. Best birds were concentrated in the few larger patches of riparian [...]44_11Jul200819:39: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:53:53 -0400 |
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While I was leading a bird walk at the Cincinnati Nature Center this morning we found some very interesting birds, but by far the most interesting was an orange variant Scarlet Tanager. We heard a Scarlet Tanager singing near the welcome shack at the entrance to CNC. When we first found the bird it appeared so orange we thought that we were looking at a Baltimore Oriole, but the bird kept singing like a Scarlet Tanager. Upon closer inspection the larger tanager bill could be seen as well as the tanager body shape (more compact than a Baltimore Oriole). The bird also had black wings(no wing-bars) and a black tail. I had heard about orange variant Scarlet Tanagers, but I hadn't seen one before.
We also found a chipping sparrow building a nest near the parking lot. Yellow-breasted Chats were sitting high in the bushes and singing. Numbers of birds seen were estimated after we were finished with the walk.
Location: Rowe Woods Nature Center
Observation date: 7/12/08
Number of species: 44
Wood Duck 14
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Acadian Flycatcher 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 6
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 24
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 24
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Scarlet Tanager 4
Eastern Towhee 10
Chipping Sparrow 24
Field Sparrow 12
Northern Cardinal 35
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 50
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 15
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 12
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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