Sightings 2006

Date: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Location: Larwenceburg Road @ Great Miami River
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders: Donna Rowe
Two snow geese on the gravel pit with Canada Geese. One white phase and one blue phase.

Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Dave Lintz
300+ American Coots, 7 Hooded Merganser, 4 Canvasback, 25 Wood Duck, 40 Mallard, 3 Northern Shoveler, 1 Canada Goose, 3 Great Blue Heron, 25 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Carolina Wren, 7 Song Sparrow, 2 House Finch, 1 Carolina Chickadee.

Date: Saturday, November 18, 2006
Location: The Oxbow & Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Oxbow Inc. Field Trip, 9 participants
Due to recent rains, the roads in the Oxbow were pretty wet and muddy and the Ohio and Great Miami River are on the rise and already beginning to flood the lowest areas. So we all agreed it was best not to attempt to drive very far into the Oxbow proper but rather bird various areas around the periphery. While we had pleasant weather and company, the birding was for the most part slow and most of the following species were pretty much scattered over a wide number of locations. Some interesting species found today included; Wood Duck 4, Gadwall 3, Bufflehead 4, Wild Turkey 4, Pied-billed Grebe 6, Great Blue Heron 7, Turkey Vultures 4, Cooper’s Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 7, Peregrine Falcon 1 (at the Miami Fort plant), American Coot 210, Ring-billed Gull 2, Belted Kingfisher 3, Horned Lark 3, Brown Creeper 3, Golden-crowned Kinglet 5, Eastern Bluebird, Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 and Swamp Sparrow 3+. We also saw a beaver in the entrance (cement plant) pond.

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Kani Meyer, Barry Dalton
300+ American Coot, 50 Mallard, 15 Wood Duck, 2 Horned Grebe, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 25 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Northern Shoveler, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 11 Killdeer, 3 Canada Goose, 5 Ring-billed Gull, 13 Great Blue Heron, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Northern Harrier, 4 Northern Cardinal, 25 Song Sparrow, 13 Carolina Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch

Date: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Kani Meyer, Denis Conover
Had a great first hand encounter with a Least Bittern that flushed from grass 10 feet in front of us and went back down in the grass 25 feet away and disappeared. This is a VERY rare sighting for the Oxbow since we lack the marsh areas that the bird normally habitats. The bird was in a tall grass, wet prairie restoration north of Osprey Lake. This is only the third sighting I could find record of for the Oxbow area. Also the sighting is later than any sighting I found in Ned Keller's data base. The bird flew well, manuvered in the air well and otherwise appeared healthy in our brief encounter. Other sightings in the Oxbow this afternoon were 1 American Bald Eagle, 6+ Double-crested Cormorants, 8 Ring-billed Gull, 3 Turkey Vulture, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 6 American Crow, 10+ Great Blue Heron, 3 Killdeer, 3 Hooded Merganser, 25 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 3 Pied-billed Grebe, 3 Ring-necked Duck, 15+ Wood Duck, 35+ Canada Goose, 2 Cardinal, 75 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 10 American Robin, 3 Carolina Chickadee, 1 Carolina Wren, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 4 Song Sparrow

Date: Friday, October 6, 2006
Location: Oxbow 6-8 pm
Reporter: Wayne Wauligman
Other Birders: 18 Oxbow Hike attendees
1 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 diving Osprey, 70 Double-crested Cormorants, 15 Great Egrets, 40 Great Blue Herons, 2 Black-crowned Night Herons, 3 Pied-billed Grebes (Juno Pond), 2 Kingfishers, 6 Wood Ducks, 2 Canada Geese, Mallards, 30 Black Vultures and 40 Turkey Vultures (over the Miami Fort smokestacks), 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 80 Red-winged Blackbirds, and one beaver.

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Mack Garden Club
20 Great Blue Heron, 1 Great Egret, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 1 Green Heron, 17 Canada Goose, 45 Double-crested Cormorants, 5 Crows, 12 Turkey Vultures, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 5 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Tennessee Warblers, 1 Winter Wren, 10 Carolina Chickadee, 1 Eastern Wood Pewee, 2 Carolina Wren, 50 Red-winged Blackbirds, 2 Mourning Dove, 2 Killdeer.  After the Garden club had gone home I sat eating lunch on the benchs at the overlook.  I was rewarded again with about a 5 minute long sighting of 4 otter moving across Oxbow Lake.

Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: The Symmes Late Bloomers Garden Club
45 Double-crested Cormorants, 14 Great Blue Heron, 5 Great Egrets, 14 Black Vulture, 5 Turkey Vulture, 2 Pied-billed Grebe, 3 American Crow, 35 Brown-headed Cowbirds

Date: Monday, October 2, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none
40 Double-crested Cormorants, 22 Great Blue Heron, 6 Great Egret, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 1 Osprey, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 3 American Crow, 3 Turkey Vulture, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Killdeer, 1 Canada Goose, 2 Palm Warblers, 1 Yellow-rumped warbler, 7 Carolina Chickadee.  All 5 Otter showed up in Oxbow Lake again and were visible for nearly 10 minutes.  I took photos but all you can see are single heads that are not well defined.  I will keep trying.

Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: None
Short visit to the Oxbow before the rains closed in again. 31 Great Blue Heron, 8 Great Egrets, 37 Double-crested cormorants, 5 Wood Duck, 4 Canada Geese, 1 Turkey Vulture, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 1 Killdeer.

Date: Sunday, September 24, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Steve Pelikan, Kani Meyer
Second Day of the Great Outdoor Weekend dawned clear and bright but the forecast still kept the numbers down. We had a muddy walk to the Oxbow Lake over look but had good sightings, 10+ Great Blue Heron, 3 Great Egret, 3 Black-crowned Night Heron, 1 Green Heron, 4 Wood Ducks, 35+ Double Crested Cormorants, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 20+ Purple Martins (immature), 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Carolina Chickadee, 3 Carolina Wren, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Turkey Vulture. As we were walking out 5 River Otter appeared in the middle of Oxbow lake and for about 3 minutes offered excellent viewing to all members of the party. Driving Home a Northern Harrier crossed I-275 in front of me coming from the Oxbow consevation easements adjacent to the State Line. As I crossed the Whitewater bridge near the Kilby exit an Osprey flew down the Whitewater toward Lost Bridge.

Date: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Kani Meyer, Steve Pelikan, Darlena Graham
First Day of the Great Outdoor Weekend dawned wet and dreary. Four brave souls came for the morning tour even though our announcement had indicated we would cancel if it rained. Due to muddy conditions we only descended as far a Juno Pond and the northwest end of the causeway. At the end of the causeway we could see 20+ Double-crested Cormorants in the trees adjacent to Mercer Pond. A Perigrine Falcon made a low almost lazy pass across the farm fields. On Juno Pond we saw all four resident herons, Great Blue, Green, Black-crowned Night Herons, and Great Egret. A Belted Kingfisher splashed down for dinner and, as we were wrapping up and the rain was getting a bit harder, an Osprey drifted right over our heads and landed in the open directly opposite us. Not too bad for a rain and mud restricted outing.

Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none
Picking up fisherfolk trash along Oxbow Lake today ahead of the Great Outdoor Weekend. Oxbow Lake area alone, 15 Great Blue Heron, 11 Great Egret, 1 Green Heron, 3 Black-crowned Night Heron, 4 Blue-winged Teal, 3 Mallards, 2 Wood Duck, 68 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Killdeer, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Northern Flickers, 400+ Tree Swallows, 1 Rough-winged Swallow, 5 Barn Swallow, 1 Mourning Dove, 3 Carolina Chickadee, 5 Indigo Bunting, 3 Turkey Vulture, and 3 American Crow.

Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Marge Seymour|
I Took my 90 year old mother to the Oxbow on Monday. We did not count and only had binoculars to look through so the following are estimates of some of the birds seen. 20 Great Blue Heron, 15 Great Egret, 100 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 1 Osprey, and FIVE OTTERS. This is the fourth otter sighting and the second this summer. Three of the four sightings have been in the same location, just south of the Oxbow Lake overlook in Oxbow Lake. Today's sighting involved seeing two swim toward the center of the lake followed by another about 40 feet back. Within a minute the trailing single otter was joined by two others and for a few seconds all five heads were visible above the surface. On reaching the center of Oxbow Lake all five dove and I did not see them surface within the field of my vision. This time of year these 5 should represent a family group.

Date: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Location: Shawnee Lookout & The Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: CBC Field Trip, 20 Participants
Twenty members and friends of the Cincinnati Bird Club participated on today’s field trip to Shawnee Lookout and the Oxbow. Very pleasant weather helped make up for the less than hoped for assemblage of migrant warblers (only 11 species and not many individuals) although as a group we did manage a total of 81 species for the trip. We recorded 62 species at Shawnee Lookout where we began in the bottoms around the boat ramp parking lot before moving up the hill, where we walked about 1.25 miles along the park road from the Meadow Shelter to the Fort Trail parking lot. We then spent some time at Lost Bridge over the Great Miami and ended up in the Oxbow around 1:00 p.m. adding 19 more species from those combined locations. Osprey Pond in the Oxbow only had a Lesser Yellowlegs, a Solitary Sandpiper and several Killdeer, but the water is beginning to recede again, and if we don’t get too much rain, it may attract more shorebirds in the weeks to come.

Some of the more interesting species we found today included; Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant 125~, Great Blue Heron 15+, Great Egret 7, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Osprey 2 (Lost Bridge), Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk 5, Semipalmated Plover 4 (Lost Bridge), Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 15~, Belted Kingfisher 2, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee 4, Acadian Flycatcher 3, Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax species 3, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo 8, Yellow-throated Vireo 6, Warbling Vireo 2, Red-eyed Vireo 7, late Purple Martins 4, Tree Swallow 3, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 40 +, Barn Swallow 15~, House Wren 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Swainson’s Thrush 4, Wood Thrush 4, Gray Catbird 5, Cedar Waxwing 5, Tennessee Warbler 6, Nashville Warbler 2, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided Warbler 2, Magnolia Warbler 4, Cape May Warbler 2, Blackburnian Warbler 2, Yellow-throated Warbler 2, Bay-breasted Warbler, American Redstart 2, Common Yellowthroat 2, Summer Tanager, Scarlet Tanager, eastern Towhee 7, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5, Indigo Bunting 12+ and 2 fairly late Baltimore Orioles.

Our list was rounded out by the following more common species; Canada Goose ++, Wood Duck +, Mallard +, Turkey Vulture +, Killdeer ++, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove +, Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker +, Downy Woodpecker +, Northern Flicker +, Blue Jay 30+, American Crow +, Carolina Chickadee +, Tufted Titmouse +, White-breasted Nuthatch 5, Carolina Wren 25+, American Robin +++, European Starling, Field Sparrow 4, Song Sparrow +, Northern Cardinal ++, Red-winged Blackbird +, Common Grackle +++, Brown-headed Cowbird 5, House Finch +, American Goldfinch ++ and House Sparrow.

Two other interesting species were independently seen by two seperate participants, A Bald Eagle along the Great Miami River, and a very early Brown Creeper in the Oxbow.

Date: Monday, September 4, 2006
Location: Elizabethtown Bridge, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: None
I stopped here before going to Shawnee Lookout. Highlights included a Great Egret, a dozen Wild Turkeys, an adult Bald Eagle, a lone Sanderling (among the Killdeer), and all of the swallows (thousands were sweeping over the Great Miami River).

Date: Sunday, September 3, 2006
Location: Shawnee Lookout Park and Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Mike Busam, Joe Bens
Joe, Mike and I birded Shawnee Lookout Park from 8:00-11:30 a.m. this morning. Afterwards Joe and I took a brief look at the Oxbow. The beginning of fall songbird migration was apparent this morning as we had 10 species of warblers as well as several other migrants and 73 total species overall. Our best find was an Olive-sided Flycatcher, which gave us a long and decent look, including the two white oval tufts on it’s back, as it perched in classic olive-sided fashion at the extreme tip of the uppermost snag on a dead tree. We saw this bird from about 8:30 to 8:45 a.m., but it was not there when we checked on our way out at 11:30. To find this spot, go down the driveway to the boat ramp and turn right into the large parking lot and stop. Look due east at the tree line at the east edge of the parking lot and as close to the driveway you just came down and you should see a dead tree/snag with several bare branches. The Olive-sided was perched at the top of this snag.
    Some other interesting species we had at Shawnee this morning included; Wild Turkey 4, Great Blue Heron 6, Great Egret 5, Black Vulture 2, Broad-winged Hawk 1, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, Eastern Wood-Pewee 7, Least Flycatcher 1, Empidonax flycatcher species 12+, Eastern Phoebe 3, White-eyed Vireo 3, Yellow-throated Vireo 4, Red-eyed Vireo 6, Northern Rough-winged, Barn and Tree Swallows numbering about 50 total (over the Great Miami), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2, Swainson’s Thrush 4, Wood Thrush 4, Gray Catbird 1, Cedar Waxwing 20+, Blue-winged Warbler 1, Tennessee Warbler 6, Northern Parula 1, Chestnut-sided Warbler 7, Magnolia Warbler 6, Blackburnian Warbler 3, Yellow-throated Warbler 2, Bay-breasted Warbler 3, American Redstart 3, Common Yellowthroat 8, Scarlet Tanager 1, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 and Indigo Bunting 20~.
Shorebird conditions are currently poor in the Oxbow and we saw none other than Killdeer. Some species that were present there included many Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets 8, Green Heron, Blue-winged Teal 5, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorants 65~ and Cooper’s Hawk.

Date: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Location: The Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Ned Keller, Debra Hausrath & Mary Ann Barnett
Good shorebirding continues in the Oxbow, particularly the north edge of Osprey Lake. This morning we found an adult winter plumaged Wilson’s Phalarope there and saw the previously reported juvenile plumaged Sanderling as well as a first year Black Tern over Oxbow Lake. We could not find the previously reported Willets, Baird’s or Stilt Sandpipers. In fact there were fewer shorebirds overall than reported during the past week, maybe a total of 45 birds, down from 75.
A list of our more interesting species in the Oxbow today includes; Double-crested Cormorant 35, Great Blue Herons, Great Egret 12, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron 4, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 8, Solitary Sandpiper 2, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Sanderling 1, Semipalmated Sandpiper 5, Least Sandpiper 5, Pectoral Sandpiper 15, Wilson’s Phalarope 1, Black Tern 1, Warbling Vireo and a Purple Martin.
Only a few species were present on the Great Miami River at Lost Bridge over the Great Miami River. Birds seen there included; Great Egret 4, Great Blue Herons, Killdeer 12, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Pectoral Sandpiper 2, Least Sandpiper 1, and a very long billed Semipalmated Sandpiper that flew off before we could turn it into a Western Sandpiper.

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lost Bridge, Allen Road (West Chester)
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Bob LackerOxbow: There were a few other birders there at 8:00 a.m. when we arrived, and their lists might be different. We missed Baird's Sandpiper, for instance, but a couple from Indiana said they saw at least one, between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. 12+ Killdeer, + Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Willet, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 1 Sanderling, 6+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 12+ Least Sandpipers, ~12 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Stilt Sandpipers.
The Lost Bridge area was a bit slow. 12 Killdeer, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Sandpipers.

Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
After seeing Jay's post I realized that I forgot Baird's Sandpiper. That brings the count up to the 13 like I had mentioned.

Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Location: The Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders:
I visited the Oxbow this evening from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. As Jon and Bill previously reported, the north edge of Osprey Lake was alive with shorebirds. To view an Oxbow Inc. map of the Oxbow, including Osprey Lake, go to the following website. http://www.oxbowinc.org/images/pocket-map.jpg
    I only found 1 of the 3 previously reported Willets and could not find the Sanderling, but there were 2 Baird’s Sandpipers and 3 Stilt Sandpipers present during my visit. It is hard to say how many total birds were present, as there was much movement and coming and going while I was there, but around 80 shorebirds sounds right. In addition to the above shorebirds I also saw Killdeer 20~, Greater Yellowlegs 8, Lesser Yellowlegs 10, Solitary Sandpiper 3, Spotted Sandpiper 4, Semipalmated Sandpiper 6, Least Sandpiper 12, and Pectoral Sandpiper 12~, for a total of 11 shorebird species. Semipalmated Plover was conspicuous by its absence. There were a few shorebirds at the extreme south end of Oxbow Lake but all I could make out were a few Killdeer and a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs. Other species I found included; Wood Duck 25+ (including 2 broods), Blue-winged Teal 4, Double-crested Cormorant 15, Great Blue Heron 25+, Great Egret 27, Green Heron 1, Black-crowned Night-Heron 2, Red-tailed Hawk 2, Peregrine Falcon (1 immature, most likely one of the four young birds which fledged from the Miami Fort Plant below Shawnee Lookout last spring, but maybe not), Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2, and many Indigo Buntings 20~, and American Goldfinches 25~.
    I also saw several shorebirds on sandbars on the Great Miami River at Lost Bridge. From the car, and stopped for a minute on the bridge, I could only make out Killdeer and unidentified yellowlegs and peep species. As I was late for a meeting I had no time to pull over and look them over. The sandbars are quite large and inviting right now and are probably worth checking.

Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2006
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
This morning I stopped by the spot that Jon Seymour mentions below (Osprey Lake). The shorebird habitat is looking very nice and the species list had grown from his Monday report. There were now 13 shorebird species.
    Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe, Willet, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper

Date: Saturday, August 19, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: None
Oxbow Lake, Osprey Lake, and Juno Pond alone: 15 Great Egret, 12 Great Blue Heron, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 1 Green Heron, 2 Lesser Yellow Legs, 2 Semi-palmated sandpipers, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 3 Killdeer, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 12 Double-crested Cormorants, 8 Wood Duck, 15 Mallards, 1 Canada Goose, and several other species that I did not count today.

Date: Monday, August 14, 2006
Location:  Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger, Joe Bens
The Oxbow: Water conditions were pretty high in the Oxbow on Sunday and there was hardly any exposed shoreline. Killdeer and a couple of distant peeps were the only shorebirds we found. Lots of Great Blue Herons, 5 Great Egrets and a few Double-crested Cormorants were present.

Date: Monday, July 24, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Dave Styer 
I met Dave and Jane Styer in the Oxbow to show Dave the progress we are making at developing the Oxbow area. Jane accompanied us part of the trip and unfortunately had to conduct some business so could not join us for the whole walk. While not strictly bird watching we were able to see and hear several things. 2 Canada Goose, 10 Wood Duck, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 15 Double Crested Cormorant, 20+ Great Blue Heron, 10+ Great Egret, 5 Green Heron, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 2 Turkey Vulture, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 Red-tailed Hawk, 5 Killdeer, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Mourning Dove, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (calling), 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 2 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Red-bellied Wp, 1 Northern Flicker, 1 Eastern Wood Peewee, 1 Willow Flycatcher, 1 Great-crested Flycatcher, 1 Warbling Vireo, 4 American Crow, 1 Horned Lark, 2 Carolina Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Carolina Wren, 2 House Wren, 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 2 American Robin, 1 Prothonotary Warbler, 3 Common Yellowthroat, 10+ Song Sparrow, 2 Northern Cardinal, 1 BLUE GROSBEAK (singing), 3 Indigo Bunting, 100+ Red-winged Blackbird, 25+ Common Grackle, 1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 6 American Goldfinch.

Date: Sunday, July 23, 2006
Location: Miamiview Road
Reporter: Christopher Sandman
Heading toward Shawnee Lookout Park , before the bridge over the Great Miami, 2 Wild Turkeys and 9 offspring crossed the road in front of me. Last year, at this spot, a similar sized flocked did the same. Gobbler expressway? I don’t know, but I’ve seen lots of them out here, especially in the large, low cut field just to the east, grazing.

Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none
Working in the Oxbow today, only on the West side of Oxbow Lake. Counted 25 Great Blue Heron, 12 Great Egret, 2 Black-crowned Night Heron, 5 Wood Duck, 3 Mallards, 2 Canada Geese, 3 Turkey Vulture, 2 American Crow, 3 Killdeer, 3 Tree Swallows, 200+ Red-winged Blackbird, 3 Cardinal, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 2 Tufted Titmouse, 6 Song Sparrow, 3 Indigo Buntings, and 2 Prothonotary Warbler.