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An afternoon walk yesterday at the Denison Biological Reserve in Granville provided my first scarlet tanager of the year, a male singing and calling from the treetops along the east edge of the Swallow Trail. There were plenty of swallows (mostly tree; at least two barn), and the air was filled with the songs of goldfinches, blue-winged warblers, white-eyed vireos, and towhees. Saw just one ruby-throated hummingbird in some honeysuckle. A barred owl called four times over about 5 minutes, but I did not locate the bird. A yellow-throated vireo was singing near the bridge on the Hyacinth Trail, perhaps the same bird I watched there about this time last year.
When I returned home to Pataskala, my non-birding husband was excited about a "fantastic bird" he'd seen on our feeders - and then described a male rose-breasted grosbeak. He showed me pictures had taken out the kitchen window of the bird gracing our platform feeder. We generally get 2 to 4 grosbeaks this time of year, but someone a couple of miles from here often reports huge numbers - 60 grosbeaks that stay for weeks. I think I'll walk past their house today to see if their flock has returned.
Heather Nagy
Harrison Township
Licking County
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