Things were interesting in these areas east of Columbus this morning. I started around the Mudsock Trail, birding along Clover Groff stream from Spindler Road Park up to the Franks Park pond, then stopped at Alton Place ponds and Hilliard Bradley HS wetland, before hitting several areas of Prairie Oaks MetroPark (Darby Bend lakes, Sycamore Plains). The common denominator of the morning was Robins, with flocks everywhere feasting on a good crop of honeysuckle berries. Other notables included:
Trumpeter Swan - 1 was feeding in the south quarry lake at Darby Bend Lakes Pied-billed Grebes - at least 4 were scattered around the quarry lakes at Darby Bend Lakes Cooper's Hawks -- seen at multiple sites, they seemed more active in the cold wet weather N.harrier - 1 was hunting in the fields along Patterson Road, east of Prairie Oaks BlackVultures - 4 were flying around the Mudsock Trail just south of the Franks Park lake Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 was foraging in the shrubbery around the south quarry lake at Darby Bend lakes Hermit Thrush - 1 was calling along the edge of the small woodlot at Hilliard Bradley wetland CedarWaxwings - a flock of 15 were feeding with Robins along the forest edge at Sycamore Plains SwampSparrows - 2-3 were calling in the Hamilton Run marsh adjacent to the Alton Place development Blackbirds - nothing but a few Redwings, but they were at several different sites
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