Since I birded most of the morning with Bob McNulty and a couple other birders, my list is essentially the same as what he posted altho I missed his heard only Blackpoll as he heard it before I met up with him.
My list also included a Com YT which I believe he heard as well but probably just forgot to list. In any case, I was happy to see or hear 17 warblers today including FOY sightings of Magnolia, Redstart ( a beautiful male) and a very unsatisfying look at a Cape May. One moment of amusement was while we were trying to get better looks at the Cape May warbler, Merlin confirmed hearing a Cape May warbler, but then shortly after that it listed hearing a Yellow-crowned Night-heron, so that was pretty funny.
Veeries and Swainson’s thrushes were easy to find, along with, of course, Wood Thrushes. Warblers with the most numbers were N Parula, ovenbird, Tennessee. Fair number of RB Grosbeaks around.
I don’t bird Blacklick as often as I do Denison and it was very nice to hear a lot more bird song this morning than what I’ve been hearing at Denison and Morris Woods. Denison continues to be disappointing as far as numbers of birds. I rarely see more than a single bird of each species and as I just alluded to, not much birdsong. I still blame it on the wholesale clearing of “invasives” & widening of most of the paths. I see no indication of any native plantings being done to restore undergrowth/cover.
Peggy Wang
Granville
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