CA bird walk at Blendon

Early every month, at Blendon Woods Metro Park, the Columbus Audubon hosts a public birdwalk. Fun for all ages. The guide is Naturalist Bruce Simpson, and it averages 25 people or more. So on the cold Sunday morning of February 2nd, we bird! The group walked out Lake Trail to the blinds to see waterfowl.  Not much in the woods along the way. But the view at Lake Thoreau did not disappoint!!

"Birds eye view" on the blind

Most of it was frozen, but the center was open water, and lots of ducks, and what is that big white thing? A good amount of Mallards, American Black Ducks, but nice views of Redheads, American Wigeon and a pair of Gadwall.

Mute Swan(pinkish bill)

The lone white wolf is called a Mute Swan. We can get four countable Swans in the ABA, and the three common ones can all be seen in Ohio. The hardest swan to see is a Whooper Swan(code4) and is only considered countable in the wild in Alaska, and guess who has seen a Whooper? Red&Louise Gambill(6/4/91 Nome,AK#754)

Inside blind

After all the waterfall gets identified, we get to take a special trip into the pine woods behind the lake. We only get to do this in the winter and that's because we are looking for the Red-Breasted Nuthatch, a winter bird. But no luck this time. Some of the group did get to see and hear a Brown Creeper though.

Bird Walk!

Team SnowBlunting_2014

March 9th, 9am meet HERE

Back in the parking lot, and its SNOWING. What an end to great a mourning. Getting to see some friends, walk and talk, see wildlife and learn about nature. GOD is good. I ended up with 41 species for the day, but that included my screech owl(prior post) and a stop at the Hoover spillway for new ducks, merganers and GBH. Next walk is March 9th, 9am.


Next up: Life bird part Duex!?!