4/11/2010 The highlight this morning at Clear Creek Metro Park, Hocking County, was a Winter Wren carrying nesting material. Other recent arrivals included territorial Hermit Thrushes, Blue-headed Vireos, Black-and-white Warbler, Pine Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrushes, Yellow-throated Warblers, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow. A complete list is below. Good birding, Dave Slager Columbus OH ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:49 PM Subject: eBird Report - Clear Creek Metro Park (Hocking Co.) , 4/11/10 To: [log in to unmask] Location: Clear Creek Metro Park (Hocking Co.) Observation date: 4/11/10 Number of species: 38 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 2 pair with 1 on nest Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 5 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 5 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 1 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 2 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 4 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 6 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 7 Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius 2 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 5 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 1 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 5 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 10 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 2 Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes 4 at least 4 birds; at least 3 singing birds and one bird carrying nesting material (several 2-3 inch long pieces of fibrous material); Hemlock Trail Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 3 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis 1 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 8 including 2 birds singing; probably on territory in hemlock habitat American Robin - Turdus migratorius 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 3 Yellow-throated Warbler - Dendroica dominica 2 Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 2 Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 1 Louisiana Waterthrush - Seiurus motacilla 3 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 10 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 3 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 6 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 3 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 2 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 2 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 20 American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]