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Today Al LaSala and I headed north to do grassland birding with some wetland birding thrown in for good measure. Darlene Sillick was originally supposed to go with us, but she instead was being the “Saintly” lady that she is and agreed to present a program for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. Al and I started north to go to Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County and as we were driving along Rome Corners Road we started our day with a Wild Turkey hen with her youngsters in tow. Hopefully a good omen. We birded at Big Island, then we were off to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. A quick brown bag lunch and on to the grasslands along the county roads in Wyandot and Hardin Counties. My highlight of the day was probably a field with 60 plus Bobolinks in Hardin County . The same location also had over 30 Dickcissels, Vesper Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, Grasshopper Sparrows, and Eastern Meadowlarks. We thought we heard one or two Henslow’s Sparrows calling but had no success in locating them. Too many birders skip grasslands as they think they are unproductive or don’t produce the “right” birds. Every time I see fields filled with these delightful sparrows, Dickcissels with their crisp call or Bobolinks as thick as flowers I know otherwise.
Here is a list of the species we saw, or if heard only indicated with an “H”. I’ve coded some of the areas as follows:
BI = Big Island Wildlife Area
KP = Killdeer
Plains Wildlife Area
WC = secondary roads in Wyandot County
HC = secondary roads in Hardin County
DWA = Delaware Wildlife Area
AC = Alum Creek Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe (KP Pond 3)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (HC)
Green Heron (DWA)
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (BI)
Wood Duck (KP Pond 3 with ducklings)
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (HC)
Hooded Merganser (KP Pond 3)
Osprey (AC- two pair. Watch young being fed)
Bald Eagle (BI) (KP)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin0A
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Pied-billed Grebe (KP Pond 3)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (HC)
Green Heron (DWA)
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (BI)
Wood Duck (KP Pond 3 with ducklings)
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (HC)
Hooded Merganser (KP Pond 3)
Osprey (AC- two pair. Watch young being fed)
Bald Eagle
(BI) (KP)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H
- HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimor
e Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Here is a list of the species we saw, or if heard only indicated with an “H”. I’ve coded some of the areas as follows:
BI = Big Island Wildlife Area
KP = Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
WC = secondary roads in Wyandot County
HC = secondary roads in Hardin County
DWA = Delaware Wildlife Area
AC = Alum Creek Reservoir
Pied-billed Grebe (KP Pond 3)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (HC)
Green Heron (DWA)
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (BI)
Wood Duck (KP Pond 3 with ducklings)
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (HC)
Hooded Merganser (KP Pond 3)
Osprey (AC- two pair. Watch young being fed)
Bald Eagle (BI) (KP)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - th
ere were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolin
k (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American G
oldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Pied-billed Grebe (KP Pond 3)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret (HC)
Green Heron (DWA)
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (BI)
Wood Duck (KP Pond 3 with ducklings)
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (HC)
Hooded Merganser (KP Pond 3)
Osprey (AC- two pair. Watch young being fed)
Bald Eagle (BI) (KP)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted=2
0Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Wild Turkey (Rome Corners Road, Del Cty)
Sora (H - BI) - there were 3 calling near us but they stayed deep in the vegetation
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper (BI - obvious territorial behavior when we were near)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker (KP)
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo (H - KP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark (all areas)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-legged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow (bridge at US 23 and OH 37)
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch (KP at nest)
House Wren
Marsh Wren (H - BI)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (KP at nest)
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
Common Yellowthroat (KP)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (HC)
Savannah Sparrow (HC)
Grasshopper Sparrow (BI) (WC) (HC)
Henslow‘s Sparrow (H - HC)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (BI)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (BI) (KP) (WC) (HC)
Bobolink (BI) (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Char
lie Bombaci
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Charlie Bombaci
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