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From: jahayes@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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Date: 14 Apr 91 23:39:53 GMT
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Well, the migrants are here in some force in SW Ohio. Wife and I
went for a walk this noontime as it was gray and muggy, figuring
the birds might be active, and sure enough. Nothing really unusual
or anything, it's just always a relief to see the migrants come
back. Here's a list as I remember it...oh, by the way, we walked
about three miles of trail at Hueston Woods State Park, a great
place for woodpeckers.

And sure enough, we saw four species: hairy, downy, flickers, and
two wonderful looks at pileateds. They were unusually tame; usually
very wary birds.

Also saw the usual residents: starlings, grackles, chickadees, 
titmice, and white-breasted nuthatches. Turkey vultures, a probably
red-tail, but it was holding its tail in a peculiarly narrow manner
if it was, making it look quite elongate.

Quite a few yellow-rumped warblers, several goldfinches, a quick
glimpse of what I think was a yellow-throated warbler, several
white-throated sparrows -- one startled up from the path to a
branch not five feet from where we stood, and perched motionless,
apparently convinced that it was in the brush and we couldn't see it.
A very loud rufous-sided towhee wheeped and peenked about. One 
northern rough-winged swallow; there are undoubtedly more about,
but this is the only one we saw, startling it out from the nesting
bank. A fairly large number of blue-gray gnatcatchers. A couple pair
of mallards (oh, boy) and several Canada geese, and the prize of the
day, a mature osprey hunting over Acton Lake in the park. Glorious.

Let's get out there and see some MIGRANTS! And spread it about on the net.

Cheers,

Josh Hayes, Zoology, Miami of Ohio
jahayes@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu