Date: 4/18/25 3:23 pm From: Steve Jones <sjlarue1...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hardin County Hooky Day
Greetings!
With the warm southern breeze pushing everything in Kentucky up to Ohio, I figured I should spend the day birding instead of working. ;-)
I decided at the beginning of the year to do all of my main birding in Hardin County this year. There are several birders in Hardin County, but the county could always use more eyes. My goal is to beat my PB year of 145 species by going for 150+. The end of March I had 85, and after today, I am at 103. I also want to do it by mostly hitting all the hotspots. There are only 13, so it isn't that difficult. We added the Wildlife area across from Lawrence Woods since it is now open every day, and is not restricted. Lots of water and woods there. Official name is Lawrence Woods Wildlife Area.
Following is my trip report for the day. It includes Lawrence Woods Boardwalk, Prairie, and Wildlife Areas, Otterbein Cemetery, Saulisberry Park, and Andreoff Wildlife Area. THere is also a pre-dawn run along one of the river roads to search for Owls.
Have a blessed Easter Weekend, and Happy Birding Steve Jones aka sjlarue
Trip report: 74 Canada Goose 5 Trumpeter Swan 3 Wood Duck 31 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 20 Mallard 6 Northern Pintail 2 Lesser Scaup 1 Wild Turkey 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 23 Mourning Dove 10 American Coot 2 Sandhill Crane 4 Killdeer 5 American Woodcock 7 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Egret 4 Great Blue Heron 28 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Great Horned Owl 1 Barred Owl 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 20 Red-headed Woodpecker 15 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue Jay 19 American Crow 9 Carolina Chickadee 9 Tufted Titmouse 7 Tree Swallow 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Winter Wren 2 Carolina Wren 23 European Starling 3 Brown Thrasher 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 Hermit Thrush 70 American Robin 2 House Sparrow 3 House Finch 36 American Goldfinch 13 Chipping Sparrow 30 Field Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 10 White-crowned Sparrow 16 White-throated Sparrow 21 Song Sparrow 3 Eastern Towhee 10 Eastern Meadowlark 28 Red-winged Blackbird 16 Brown-headed Cowbird 11 Common Grackle 2 Northern Parula 3 Pine Warbler 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler 25 Northern Cardinal
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