Date: 5/12/25 10:24 am From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Red Barn Blue Grosbeak & Toboso Wetlands Monday morning
I chased after the Blue Grosbeaks Matt Mason saw yesterday at Red Barn reserve. I was a bit dismayed when I arrived as they were mowing the tall grass areas which also made it very hard to hear. Merlin finally picked up the grosbeak which I didn’t catch at first but then the bird sang again and it sounded like it was closer to the main road so I headed that direction. I was able to find one male perched & singing in a small tree in a grassy field viewed from the road. I got some record photos. I listened for others but only heard the one. With all the mowing and coming and going of arboretum vehicles, I decided to move on to Toboso Wetlands.
There were several warblers singing there and I was able to see a few of them. A Prothonotary started singing and I got great looks as it came to forage near the water. According to another birder I met there, they have nested at Toboso and he thinks they’re nesting now even though they may have lost their first nest hole to chickadees. Certainly it is singing frequently.
The trumpeter swans were there, and one of them seemed to be tending to the nest. A Spotted SP was nice to see.
After walking the trail past the iron gate, I walked the Lock Trail but the only warbler species I added was Yellow-throated. Added E Wood Peewee there as well. The area from the tunnel on is now closed and posted as private property. The main trails at Blackhand Gorge are still closed.
Warblers
Prothonotary
TN
Cerulean—actually got decent looks at one! It was singing an alternate song which Merlin didn’t recognize.
Blackburnian male
N Parula
Blackpoll heard
Com YT
Yellow
Yellow-rumped 3 birds foraging together
Yellow-throated heard Lock Tr
YT, Warbling & RE Vireos
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Acadian FC
Great Cr FC
E Wood Peewee Lock tr
Green Heron
Spotted SP
Peggy Wang
Granville
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