Englewood MetroPark, Montgomery, Ohio, US Jul 11, 2020 9:30 AM - 12:10 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: TIME: 0930 - 1210 CONDITIONS: T 76 - 84F, clear with few cumulus clouds and sunny, becoming partly cloudy, wind W 10 - 15 mph gusting to 20 mph COVERAGE: Main lake (south observation point, and north view point) and 1/2 mile along Green Trail to Stillwater River MAMMALS: 1. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1 (out on a mudflat!) REPTILES: 1. Midland Painted Turtle - 4 2. Northern Map Turtle - 1 AMPHIBIANS: 1. Blanchard's Cricket Frog - 6 (H.O.) NOTE: 30 - 40% of the north end of the main lake is now mudflats compared to < 5% last weekend OBSERVERS: Karen A. Shrader, John A. Shrader 48 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 49 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 43 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 47 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 2 H.O. Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 140 Actual count! Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 2 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 4 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 7 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 89 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 21 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2 Barred Owl (Strix varia) 1 H.O. Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1 Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 1 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1 H.O. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 Several passes at the north end, which sent all the Killdeers into the air. Many ended up on the very edge of the lake under willows and other bushes, and quite a few settled on the mudflats lying down, and almost completely camouflaged. The Peregrine caught something and carried it up to a tree out of sight. Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1 Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 3 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 2 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 7 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4 Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 5 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 5 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 4 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 3 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 5 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 3 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 3 Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1 H.O. American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 6 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 9 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 4 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 2 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 11 [Kettering Health Network] <http://www.ketteringhealth.org> **KHN Confidentiality Notice** This email may contain legally privileged and confidential information from Kettering Health Network intended only for the individual or entity named above as the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify us by email and promptly delete the original message. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]