Date: 6/9/25 3:27 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton big years
Went slow today! The weather. And the cicadas are starting to get old….
I have a hard enough time hearing without the constant cicada hum! I am
Still hoping for a kite….. the laughing gull and black terns at Caesar Creek
From yesterday we’re on the back of my mind. Never dreamed they would
Stick! I started at Cowan lake in Clinton. Nothing new. I really enjoyed that
Spillway trail at Cowan. Good lake views. A nice dense woods. Just very
Loud with cicadas! I still need kingfisher and Cliff swallow for the Clinton
Big year! Very strange…….
After dealing with rain cells all morning, I decided to head west to Caesar creek.
The storms weren’t tracking west. Ha! They knew I was coming! So I waited
One out at the picnic pavilion at south beach. And Lo and behold…. The laughing
Gull was still there. And 2 of the four black terns from yesterday. And purple
Martins. Three new for Warren big year. Up to 142 for the year. The terns and
Martins were new for Warren life. Up to 191 life! Closing in on that magical 200
Life number!
I was going to hit fort ancient on the way home, but a horrible crash on Rt.
71 northbound had those lanes closed. And traffic backed up on side roads
For miles. Sad. I kept heading south.
Ode notes - not many. Too cold. And no sun. Sigh…..
I forgot to mention the grasshopper sparrow and dickcissels I got on my
Way home from Kinnikinik fen on Saturday. Clinton county. I started recording
The dickcissels with Merlin. I like this audio! And to my surprise, it kept
Registering Grasshopper sparrow too! The key being it kept registering it.
I have no idea how many singing because I can’t hear that one if not really
Close anymore! So I started scanning. And there’s one perched up on
A grass stalk! Yea! Clinton birds! 147 for the Clinton big year. And 179 for life.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
Sent from my iPad mini
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