Sightings 2005

Date: Saturday, December 17, 2005
Location: Oxbow, Lost Bridge
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Joe Bens
These are partial sighting from the winter count of the Ohio River area.
Trip List: Snow Goose 5, Canada Goose 1400, Mallard 9, Great Blue Heron 3, Northern Harrier 1, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 1, American Kestrel 1, Ring-billed Gull 31, Mourning Dove 10, American Crow 17, Carolina Wren 2

Date: Saturday, December 17, 2005
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Joe Bens
These are partial sightings from the winter bird count.
Trip List: Canada Goose 15, Mallard , Great Blue Heron 2, Northern Harrier 1, Red-tailed Hawk 3, Sandhill Crane 4, Ring-billed Gull 3, Rock Pigeon 3, Mourning Dove 3, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Downy Woodpecker 4, Northern Flicker 2, Blue Jay 1, American Crow 3, Horned Lark 80, Carolina Chickadee 10, Tufted Titmouse 5, Carolina Wren 10, Golden-crowned Kinglet 10, Eastern Bluebird 3, American Robin 80, European Starling 9, Yellow-rumped Warbler 8, Eastern Towhee 1, American Tree Sparrow 400, Song Sparrow 100, Swamp Sparrow 50, White-crowned Sparrow 3, Dark-eyed Junco 12, Northern Cardinal 25, Red-winged Blackbird 35, Rusty Blackbird 38, House Finch 1, American Goldfinch 50

Date: Friday, December 16, 2005
Location: Lawernceburg Rd. at Powell Gravel Pit
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders: none
There were five snow geese (three white adults, one white immature, and one dark immature) on the gravel pit lake along with about 200 Canada Geese. Among the Canadas was one goose with a white cheeks and brow. From my review of Sibley, I would call it a Barnacle x Canada Hybrid.

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none
Passing through the Oxbow and counted only a few of the species present but wanted to record the observations. 40+ Great Blue Heron, 27 Green-winged Teal, 46 Mallards, 5 Eastern Bluebirds. Local Oxbow Lake and Lawrenceburg Conservancy District only.

Date: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Reporter: Wayne Wauligman
Other Birders: Oxbow Inc Hike
4 Snow Geese (Osprey Lake), 1 male Pintail (Mercer Lake), 1 Bufflehead, 8 Green Winged Teal (Oxbow Lake), 1 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Great Horned Owl, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Pipit, 13 Horned Lark, 2 G C Kinglet, 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Rusty Blackbird, 1 Canada Goose, 14 Mallard, 60 Ring-billed Gull, 20 Great Blue Heron, 40 Killdeer, 3 Turkey Vultures, 60 Mourning Dove, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 6 Downy, 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 3 Crow, 1 W B Nuthatch, 4 Carolina Wren, 20 Robin, 8 Red-winged Blackbird (all female), 1 Junco, 2 Cardinal, 6 Goldfinch, 1 Towhee, 3 Song Sparrow, 8 White Throated Sparrow and 1 flying Red Fox.