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10/7/26 4:58 am Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> [Ohio-birds] Delaware State Park-15 Warblers 5 Vireos Raptors Woodpeckers Songbirds
10/6/26 2:24 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods metro park
10/5/26 6:17 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] Alum-Hoover,10-04: migrants
10/5/26 5:26 pm Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
10/4/26 1:32 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
10/3/26 5:03 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
10/3/26 12:00 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Clinton county solar farm birding
10/3/26 10:32 am Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census
9/30/26 1:36 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside green Park gahanna
9/29/26 1:40 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/29/26 4:30 am Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> [Ohio-birds] Delaware State Park-20 Warblers 5 Vireos Woodpeckers Raptors Spngbirds
9/27/26 1:23 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/26/26 5:40 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/25/26 6:03 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/24/26 2:18 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/23/26 9:55 am Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/23/26 7:51 am Robert Evans <benbovas...> [Ohio-birds] Hummingbirds, Muskingum County
9/22/26 6:21 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
9/22/26 2:04 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside green park, Gahanna
9/21/26 2:26 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/21/26 2:48 am Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] AcademyPark,BlendonWoods,9-20: migrants
9/20/26 11:31 am Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/20/26 5:25 am Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> [Ohio-birds] Delaware State Park-19 Warblers 5 Vireos Songbirds Raptors
9/19/26 1:22 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park,, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/18/26 2:06 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/17/26 11:01 am Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/16/26 10:59 am Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
9/15/26 3:51 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/15/26 10:47 am Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Fall migration Hamilton county
9/14/26 1:43 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
9/13/26 2:31 pm Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods metro Park
 
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Date: 10/7/26 4:58 am
From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Delaware State Park-15 Warblers 5 Vireos Raptors Woodpeckers Songbirds
I visited this area Sept 30 Oct 1 and Oct 3 and 4
The Warbler and Vireo activity decreased while the Seed-eating Songbirds increased
Bluebirds-saw them Flocking up to Migrate while having a Feeding Frenzy in a Honey Locus
I had 11 Warblers on the 30th, 10 on Oct 1st,
9 on Oct 3rd and 5 on Oct 4th
On the 4th I had Songbirds everywhere-Kinglets, Thrushes, Sparrows, and many others I also saw more BHVI that day than I have ever seen in one day

Killdeer Flocking up-A Behavior I have seen where they Group up in the parking lot A few appear to be Dancing They take there turn Dancing then Fly away South

Blackbirds- In the Woods-Hundreds-Favorite food-Poison Ivy Berries

Bald Eagle-As I’m about to leave Delaware St Pk-I look up and see an Adult BAEA circling
It is probably a Great Grandchild of a pair of BAEA I monitored years ago in Delaware Wildlife Area
The BAEA has made a Amazing comeback in the state of Ohio as well as other States They breed in every County in Ohio

Warblers
Residents
C Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Migrants
N Parula
Bay-breasted
Black-throated Green
Yellow-rumped
Magnolia
Black-and-white
Blackpoll
Cape May
Blackburian
Orange-crowned
Tennessee
Pine
Black-throated Blue

Vireos
Bell’s- Third Fall I have found this bird in the Breach area
PH
BH
RE
YT

Woodpeckers
Pileated
Hairy
N Flicker

Raptors
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Osprey-with Fish
Bald Eagle.

Wrens
Carolina
House

Sparrows
E Towhee
White-throated
American Tree
Chipping
Song
Field
Fox

Kinglets
Ruby-crowned
Golden-crowned

Flycatchers
Yellow-bellied
EAWP
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Killdeer-35+
DCCO-75+
Sandhill Cranes
Great Blue Heron
Swallows
Great Egret
Gray Catbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Swainson’s Thrush
Trumpeter Swans
Summer Tanager
American Goldfinch
Wood Ducks
House Finch
Grackles

Bruce Simpson-Nature Photographer

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Date: 10/6/26 2:24 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods metro park
1. yellow rumped warblers (2)
2. common yellowthroat
3. ruby crowned kinglets
4. golden crowned kinglets
5. rose breasted grosbeak
6. Catbirds
7. house wren
8. yellow bellied sapsucker
9. Swamp sparrows
10. eastern towhees
11. eastern phoebes
12. winter wren (heard)

Had a blue headed vireo in backyard.

Bob McNulty

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Date: 10/5/26 6:17 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Alum-Hoover,10-04: migrants
The Columbus Audubon trip to these 2 hotspots north of the city found late
migration still strong, except for shorebirds. We started at Alum Creek
State Park, first at the spillway, then the beach, and finally at the New
Galena boat ramp area. Then we drove the 3 miles east to Oxbow Island at
Hoover, where a decent fallout held us captive for the rest of the trip.
You might want to visit some of these areas over the next week while
they're still good. Notables included:

Waterfowl -- spotty as we're a bit early, but Oxbow had a pair of Pintail
in eclipse plumage, and Alum still hosted lots of cormorants and a
surprising 6 Pied-billed Grebes around the inlets at New Galena
Herons -- Great Egrets were at the Alum spillway and Oxbow Island, which
also had a Green Heron
Raptors -- pretty minimal, with flyover Sharp-shinned at New Galena and
Osprey & Red-tail at Oxbow. One highlight, though, were the very
adaptable Vultures at the Alum beach area -- we even watched a few
dumpster-diving and vandalizing cars!
Shorebirds -- nothing but Killdeer
Gulls -- good numbers of Ring-bills at both the Alum beach and Oxbow
island, but little else other than a few Herring Gulls on the beach with
the Ring-bill throng.
Woodpeckers -- all the expected ones, including sapsuckers at several spots
and a Red-headed out on Oxbow Island
Flycatchers -- nothing but E.Phoebes
Swallows -- 2 Barn Swallows were flycatching around the dam at Alum Creek
State Park
Vireos -- 1 eluded our efforts to ID it at New Galena
Jays -- lots of jays at every stop, but no massive movement noted yet.
With a large mast crop this year, they may not move much at all.
Creeper,Wrens -- Brown Creeper was at New Galena, while Winter Wrens were
at several locations
Kinglets -- both species were at New Galena
Thrushes -- Swainson's were at most locations, but strangely we couldn't
pull out any Hermit Thrushes or Gray-cheeked.
Mimids -- Mockingbirds and Brown Thrasher were at New Galena, while a
Catbird was calling near the beach at Alum Lake
CedarWaxwings -- a few were around New Galena, a very reliable spot for them
Warblers -- we struggled to find a few species at New Galena, but hit a
windfall at Oxbow, including Nashville, Tennessee, Magnolia, Redstart, Cape
Mays, Blackburnians, Bay-breasted, Blackpolls, Yellow-rumps,
Black-thr.Greens, Black-thr.Blues, and N.Waterthrush
Cardinalids -- lots of Cardinals, but New Galena also had a Rose-br.Grosbeak
Sparrows -- surprisingly scarce, with only Song and White-throated noted
Blackbirds -- Redwings were around several spots at Alum, while Grackles
were at New Galena
Finches -- nothing but the expected House Finches and Goldfinches

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Date: 10/5/26 5:26 pm
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
OCTOBER 05, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Katie Clink, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, David &
Kim Myles, George Novosel,
Holden Peller, Chris Pierce, Mark Swelstad, Tony Szilagye, Tracy Wiczer.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus.
OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jim Koppin, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, Jim Reyda,
Mark Swelstad, Douglas W. Vogus, Tracy Wiczer.
TIME: 7:20am - 12:45pm; 1:50pm - 4:00pm TIME AFIELD: 7:35 TEMP.: 50F ~ 73F
COND.: Cool early, turning sunny and breezy.

I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES, 42 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Cottontail - 5
2. Woodchuck - 11
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 14
4. Common Raccoon - 3
5. White-tailed Deer - 9 (1 spike buck,5 does,1 yearling,2?)


II. BIRDS: 111 SPECIES, 7,446 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
(HISTORICAL - HIGH: 125 SPECIES (1978) LOW: 83 (1970 & 1992) AVG.: 102.5)

1. Canada Goose - 364
2. Mute Swan - 2
3. Trumpeter Swan - 88
4. Wood Duck - 57
5. Blue-winged Teal - 11
6. Northern Shoveler - 1
7. Gadwall - 32
8. American Wigeon - 7
9. American Black Duck - 7
10. Mallard - 319
11. Northern Pintail - 3
12. Green-winged Teal - 297
13. Ring-necked Duck - 11
14. Ruddy Duck - 22
15. Pied-billed Grebe - 3
16. Mourning Dove - 103
17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
18. Chimney Swift - 5
19. Sora - 1
20. Common Gallinule - 4
21. Sandhill Crane - 23
22. Black-bellied Plover - 4
23. Killdeer - 99
24. Semipalmated Plover - 1
25. Long-billed Dowitcher - 11
26. Wilson's Snipe - 5
27. Solitary Sandpiper - 1
28. Greater Yellowlegs - 7
29. Lesser Yellowlegs - 13
30. Bonaparte's Gull - 149
31. Ring-billed Gull - 348
32. American Herring Gull - 7
33. Caspian Tern - 3
34. Double-crested Cormorant - 22
35. American White Pelican - 61
36. Great Egret - 91
37. Great Blue Heron - 47
38. Turkey Vulture - 16
39. Osprey - 1
40. Northern Harrier - 4
41. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
42. Cooper's Hawk - 2
43. Bald Eagle - 16 (13 adult,3 immature)
44. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (Fifth October Record on Census)
45. Red-tailed Hawk - 5
46. Belted Kingfisher - 4
47. Red-headed Woodpecker - 15
48. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18
49. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5
50. Downy Woodpecker - 23
51. Hairy Woodpecker - 6
52. Northern Flicker - 22
53. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (Second October Record on Census)
54. American Kestrel - 2
55. Eastern Kingbird - 1 (Sixth October Record on Census)
56. Willow Flycatcher - 1
57. Least Flycatcher - 2
58. Eastern Phoebe - 9
59. Blue-headed Vireo - 4
60. Blue Jay - 83
61. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
62. Tufted Titmouse - 4
63. Horned Lark - 6
64. Tree Swallow - 542
65. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
66. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 45
67. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 55
68. White-breasted Nuthatch - 10
69. Brown Creeper - 2
70. Carolina Wren - 6
71. Northern House Wren - 3
72. Winter Wren - 5
73. Sedge Wren - 1 (Second October Record on Census)
74. Marsh Wren - 1
75. Gray Catbird - 20
76. Brown Thrasher - 1
77. European Starling - 1,947
78. Eastern Bluebird - 4
79. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
80. Swainson's Thrush - 6
81. Hermit Thrush - 14
82. Wood Thrush - 1
83. American Robin - 119
84. House Sparrow - 20
85. House Finch - 3
86. American Goldfinch - 40
87. Chipping Sparrow - 2
88. Dark-eyed Junco - 4
89. White-crowned Sparrow - 8
90. White-throated Sparrow - 105
91. Song Sparrow - 34
92. Lincoln's Sparrow - 9
93. Swamp Sparrow - 26
94. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,513
95. Brown-headed Cowbird - 18
96. Rusty Blackbird - 22
97. Common Grackle - 181
98. Tennessee Warbler - 9
99. Nashville Warbler - 3
100. Common Yellowthroat - 8
101. American Redstart - 1
102. Cape May Warbler - 2
103. Northern Parula - 2
104. Bay-breasted Warbler - 15
105. Blackpoll Warbler - 19
106. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
107. Pine Warbler - 1
108. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 43
109. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
110. Northern Cardinal - 27
111. Indigo Bunting - 2

???. Unidentified Duck Species - 30
???. Unidentified *Catharus* Thrush - 2
???. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 5
???. Unidentified Warbler Species - 9

III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, (1 DEAD), 40 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Northern Map Turtle - 26
2. Red-eared Turtle - 1
3. Midland Painted Turtle - 10
4. Northern Water Snake - 3 (one caught a small Eastern Gizzard Shad)

X. Eastern Garter Snake - 1 (dead on Stange Rd.)

IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES, 3 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Northern Leopard Frog - 3


V. FISHES:3 SPECIES, 12 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Gizzard Shad - 4
2. Blackstripe Topminnow - 6 (Fourth October Record on Census)
3. Bluegill - 2


VI. BUTTERFLIES: 12 SPECIES, 136 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Cabbage White - 52
2. Clouded Sulphur - 28
3. Orange Sulphur - 15
4. Bronze Copper - 12
5. Pearl Crescent - 3
6. Question Mark - 1 (First October Record on Census)
7. Red Admiral - 1 (Fifth October Record on Census)
8. Painted Lady - 1 (Third October Record on Census)
9. Common Buckeye - 8
10. Viceroy - 6
11. Monarch - 8
12. Least Skipper - 1 (Second October Record on Census)


VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 1 SPECIES, (1 FIRST CENSUS RECORD), 1 TOTAL.
(Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Bristly Cutworm Moth - 1 (Grimm Prairie - New Species on Census -
currently at 35 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002)


VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 5 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)

1. Common Green Darner (Fifth October Record on Census)
2. Eastern Pondhawk (Fourth October Record on Census)
3. Ruby Meadowhawk (Third October Record on Census)
4. Autumn Meadowhawk (Third October Record on Census)
5. Black Saddlebags (Second October Record on Census)


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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Date: 10/4/26 1:32 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
1. Orange crowned warblers (2)
2. black throated green warblers
3. yellow rumped warblers
4. Nashville warblers
5. Tennessee warblers
6. Chestnut sided warbler
7. American redstart
8. common yellowthroats
9. Swamp sparrows (3)
10. Lincoln’s sparrows (2)
11. Song sparrows
12. Field sparrows
13. White throated sparrows
14. golden crowned kinglets
15. Ruby crowned kinglets
16. Hermit thrush
17. Gray cheeked thrush
18. Swainson’s thrush
19. Red eyed vireo
20. Blue headed vireos
21. Red headed woodpecker
22. red bellied woodpeckers
23. yellow shafted flickers
24. Hairy woodpeckers
25. Downy woodpeckers
26. pileated woodpeckers
27 yellow bellied sapsuckers (lots)
28. cedar waxwings
29. Indigo buntings
30. rose breasted grosbeak
31. House wrens
32. Brown creeper
33. eastern Phoebe
34. eastern wood pewee
35. pied billed grebe

Bob McNulty
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Date: 10/3/26 5:03 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods
1. Black throated green warblers
2. yellow rumped warblers
3. common yellowthroats
4. bay breasted warbler
5. Tennessee warblers
6. Magnolia warbler
7. black throated blue warblers
8. Nashville warbler
9. American redstart
10. winter wrens, saw 3 , heard 1
11. rose breasted grosbeaks
12. ruby crowned kinglets
13. golden crowned kinglets
14. red eyed vireo
15. blue headed vireos
16. field sparrows
17. song sparrows
18. white throated sparrows
19. House wrens
20. catbird
21 eastern towhee
22. Eastern bluebird

Woodside green (used my bugzapper a lot)
1. Blackburnia warbler
2. northern parulas, male and female
3. Magnolia warbler
4. black throated green warblers
5. golden crowned kinglet
6. Eastern wood pewee

Backyard: female parula

Bob McNulty

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Date: 10/3/26 12:00 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton county solar farm birding
Well, we need our electric! But boy was that a massive construction zone. Shorebirds
Have been taking advantage of the wet and flooded fields and ponds there. I only had golden plover, But it is late in the shorebird season. I probably won’t be back there til next spring. I wish
There were more managed shorebird spots down here in SW Ohio! This is a different
Year too with all the rain. The rivers are flooded. And other areas like pond edges.
We are relying on construction zones……

Hopefully I find a shorebird spot down here for my brown county big year next year!

East fork riparian area in Clinton was slow. Or there wasn’t much around! The butterflies
There were great though! My fos checkered skipper.

I haven’t been thinking salamanders for awhile. Maybe I should be! There’s a stream crossing
There that could be productive for that.

Good birding all.


Sandra Keller

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Date: 10/3/26 10:32 am
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census
OCTOBER 01, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.
ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Stanford Trailhead parking lot, back to
the Towpath Trail and
south to Boston, detour the Stumpy Basin boardwalk via the Buckeye Trail to
the Valley Trail to
old Akron-Peninsula Rd. down into Peninsula. Lunch at Trail Mix in
Peninsula. Towpath Trail
south from Peninsula to Botzum Trailhead (Botzum Trailhead to Merriman
Valley not finished due
to time constraints).
TIME: 6:55am - 4:30pm TIME AFIELD: 9:35 TEMP.: 66F ~ 82F ~ 81F
COND.: Mostly cloudy most of the morning, turning partly sunny and warmer.
TRAIL COND.: Good; Peninsula south to Bolanz Rd. was recently leaf-blown;
newly paved
section from Hunt Farm Visitor Center to Ira Beaver Marsh boardwalk now has
rock chips.
RIVER COND.: Low and cloudy.
FT. MI.: 13.00 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, 125 TOTAL.

1. Eastern Cottontail - 1 (Fifth October Record on Census)
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 53 (plus one dead - Towpath Trail casualty)
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 28 (7 black morph) (New Census High -
previous was 21 on 11/2025)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4
5. Red Squirrel - 27
6. White-footed Mouse - 5 (adult with 4 nursing, blind and naked young
under a piece of cardboard under the Ohio Turnpike bridge - Second Record
on Census, First October Record on Census & New Census High - previous was
1 on 11/2025)
7. Common Muskrat - 1
8. Coyote - 1 (First October Record on Census)
9. American Mink - 1 (Third October Record on Census)
10. White-tailed Deer - 4 (does)


II. BIRDS: 59 SPECIES, 1,008 TOTAL. (HISTORICAL - HIGH: 71 SPECIES (2016 &
2024) LOW: 48 SPECIES (2018) AVG.: 60.6)
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)

1. Canada Goose - 36
2. Wood Duck - 38 (17m,18f,3?)
3. American Black Duck - 4 (2m,2f)
4. Mallard - 20 (11m,6f,3?)
5. Northern Pintail - 1 (f) (Ira Beaver Marsh - First October Record on
Census)
6. Green-winged Teal - 1 (m) (Ira Beaver Marsh - Fourth Record on
Census, Second October Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2010,
11/2021 & 11/2022)
7. Rock Pigeon - 7
8. Mourning Dove - 18
9. Chimney Swift - 31
10. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (f) (First October Record on Census)
11. Killdeer - 3
12. Great Blue Heron - 4
13. Turkey Vulture - 56 (50 in one flock over Merriman Valley)
14. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (f)
15. Bald Eagle - 4 (adult)
16. Red-tailed Hawk - 11 (2 immature)
17. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1m,1?,1*)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 20 (5m,1f,1?,13*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 13 (5m,2f,2?,4*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (1m,1?,3*)
21. Northern Flicker - 11 (1f,5?,5*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 11 (5?,6*) (New Census High - previous was 10
on 09/2020)
23. Merlin - 1 (f)
24. Eastern Phoebe - 9
25. Blue Jay - 35
26. American Crow - 54
27. Black-capped Chickadee - 11
28. Tufted Titmouse - 15
29. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (f)
30. Cedar Waxwing - 68
31. White-breasted Nuthatch - 13 (2m,1f,4?,6*)
32. Carolina Wren - 14
33. Gray Catbird - 11
34. European Starling - 57
35. Swainson's Thrush - 1
36. American Robin - 146
37. House Sparrow - 14
38. House Finch - 9 (1m,1f,5?,2*)
39. American Goldfinch - 9
40. Chipping Sparrow - 1
41. White-throated Sparrow - 9
42. Song Sparrow - 21
43. Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
44. Swamp Sparrow - 8
45. Red-winged Blackbird - 50 (26m,18?,6*)
46. Rusty Blackbird - 1 (m)
47. Common Grackle - 69
48. Tennessee Warbler - 1 (m)
49. Orange-crowned Warbler - 4 (New Census High - previous was 3 on
09/2023 & 10/2025)
50. Nashville Warbler - 1 (m)
51. Common Yellowthroat - 4 (1m,3f)
52. Cape May Warbler - 1 (f) (First October Record on Census & Tied
Census High from 05/2013, 05/2014, 05/2019, 05/2020, 09/2020 & 09/2024)
53. Magnolia Warbler - 1 (f)
54. Bay-breasted Warbler - 5 (3m,2f)
55. Blackpoll Warbler - 5 (New Census High - previous was 4 on 10/2016
& 09/2024)
56. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 (m) (Third October Record on Census)
57. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12
58. Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (1m,1f)
59. Northern Cardinal - 28 (6m,7f,13*,2 immature*)

??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 3
??. Unidentified Warbler Species - 4 (fly-overs)
??. Unidentified Passerines - 9

III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES, (1 DEAD), 63 TOTAL.

1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Red-eared Turtle - 1
3. Midland Painted Turtle - 61

X. Northern Brown Snake - 1 (dead - Towpath Trail casualty)

IV. AMPHIBIANS: 7 SPECIES, (2 NEW TO CENSUS, 1 DEAD), 52 TOTAL.

1. Red-backed Salamander - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 11
Amphibian Species since 01/2010)
2. Northern Dusky Salamander - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at
12 Amphibian Species since 01/2010)
3. Northern Two-lined Salamander - 1 (Fourth Record on Census & First
October Record on Census)
4. Northern Spring Peeper - 36 (heard only)
5. Gray Treefrog - 2 (heard only)
6. American Bullfrog - 3
7. Green Frog - 8 (1 tadpole)

X. American Toad - 1 (dead - Towpath Trail casualty)

V. FISHES: 9 SPECIES, 122 TOTAL.

1. Eastern Gizzard Shad - 4 (Second October Record on Census)
2. Central Mudminnow - 54
3. Grass Pickerel - 3 (Fourth Record on Census, Second October Record
on Census & New Census High - previous was 2 on 10/2024)
4. Common Carp - 1
5. Golden Shiner - 30 (Second October Record on Census)
6. Creek Chub - 1
7. Bluntnose Minnow - 20
8. Common White Sucker - 2 (Second October Record on Census)
9. Bluegill - 7


VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL.

1. Cabbage White - 4
2. Clouded Sulphur - 2
3. Pearl Crescent - 2


VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.

1. Isabella Tiger Moth - 1 (caterpillar) (Fifth Record on Census, Third
October Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2024, 10/2025, 11/2025
& 09/2026)


VIII. DRAGONFLIES: 2 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL.

1. Shadow Darner - 4
2. Autumn Meadowhawk - 4


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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Date: 9/30/26 1:36 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside green Park gahanna
Blendon Woods
1. Tennessee warblers, may have been the most numerous warbler today
2. American redstarts
3. Bay breasted warblers
4. Black and white warblers
5. black throated green warbler
6. Magnolia warblers
7. common yellowthroat
8. Lincoln’s sparrow
9. Song sparrow
10. White throated sparrows
11. yellow bellied sapsucker, immature
12. cedar waxwings
13. catbird
14. brown thrasher
15. blue headed vireos
16. ruby crowned kinglets
17. golden crowned kinglets
18. Indigo buntings, young males starting to get some color

Woodside green sun went in, mosquitoes came out
1. Bay breasted warblers
2. blackpoll warbler
3. Swainson’s thrush
4. yellow bellied sapsucker, immature
5. Winter. Wren, heard

Still have a hummingbird in the backyard.
Bob McNulty

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Date: 9/29/26 1:40 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
1. Black throated green warbler
2. Bay breasted warblers
3. Common yellowthroat
4. Tennessee warblers, small group in the goldenrod
5. Blackpoll warbler
6. Nashville warblers one was showing his burnt orange cap while preening after a leaf bath.
7. American redstarts
8. Winter wrens
9. golden crowned kinglets
10. ruby crowned kinglets
11. yellow bellied sapsucker, male
12. cedar waxwings
13. Veery
14. rose breasted grosbeak
15. catbirds
16. white throated sparrows
17. field sparrows
18. song sparrow
19. red shouldered hawk
20. Cooper’s hawk
21. chimney swifts
22. eastern towhee
23. eastern bluebirds

Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/29/26 4:30 am
From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Delaware State Park-20 Warblers 5 Vireos Woodpeckers Raptors Spngbirds
I visited this area Sept 22, 24-26 There was up to 16 Warblers per day and up to 6 Flocks per day and up to 11 Warblers in a Flock
There was Feeding Activity in Honey Locust, Black Walnut, and Grapes
There was a Feeding Frenzy in a Honey Locust lasting 12 minutes The Warblers were capturing Insects in the Wing I ID’s at least 6 Warblers and 2 Vireos but there were more unidentified

Warblers
Residents
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Hooded
C Yellowthroat
Migrants
Magnolia
Black-and-white
Blackpoll
Black-throated-green
Bay-breasted
Wilson
Tennessee
Chestnut-sided
Canada
Orange-crowned
Cape May
N Parula
Connecticut
Black-throated Blue
Blackburian

Vireos
RE
WE
PH
WA
BH

Woodpeckers
Pileated
N Flicker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Raptors
Hawk
Cooper’s
Red-tailed
Red-shouldered
Bald Eagle
Osprey

Thrushes
Wood
Swainson’s
Gray-cheeked
Veery
E Bluebird
American Robin

Wrens
House
Carolina

Sparrows
E Towhee
White-throated

Flycatchers
Yellow-bellied
EAWP
E Phoebe
Least


Killdeer
DCCO
Great Blue Heron
Gray Catbird
C Grackle
American Goldfinch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Scarlet Tanager
Chimney Swift
Sandhill Cranes
Brown Thrasher

Beach area- There is sand in the water at the Beach The Osprey and Bald Eagle can see the Fish easier They can be seen circling the Beach area Also there is a Tree south of the Beach which they Perch often

Bruce Simpson-Nature Photographer

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Date: 9/27/26 1:23 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
A little busier today.
1. Nashville warblers
2. Tennessee warblers
3. Northern parula
4. black throated green warblers
5. American redstarts
6. Magnolia warblers
7. Black an white warbler
8. Ovenbirds
9. Blackburnian warblers
10. bay breasted warblers
11. rose breasted grosbeak
12. ruby crowned kinglets
13. cedar waxwings
14. Lincoln’s sparrow
15. summer tanager (heard)
16. Wood thrush (heard)
17. pileated woodpeckers
18. Catbirds
19. white throated sparrows

Two requests to ID birds on folks’ cameras: black throated blue warbler, blue headed vireo
Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/26/26 5:40 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
Much fewer birds today, with only one good wave of migrants
1. Common yellowthroats
2. Magnolia warblers
3. American redstarts
4. Bay breasted warbler
5. Chestnut sided warbler
6. Black throated green warbler
7. Northern parula
8. Ovenbird
9. Lincoln’s sparrow
10. summer tanager (heard)
11. rose boasted grosbeak (heard)
12. house wren
13. ruby crowned kinglets
14. catbirds
15. red headed woodpeckers
16. brown thrashers
17. least flycatcher
18. gray cheeked thrush
19. Swainson’s thrush
20. Barred owl (heard)

Bob McNulty

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Date: 9/25/26 6:03 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods
1. American redstarts
2. Magnolia warblers
3. Tennessee warbler
4. Chestnut sided warblers
5. Black throated green warblers
6. Nashville warblers
7. Bay breasted warblers
8. Black and white warblers
9. northern parulas
10. hooded warbler (heard)
11. ruby crowned kinglets
12. white throated sparrow
13. Swainson’s thrushes
14. Wood thrush
15. summer tanager, male
16. ruby throated hummingbirds
17. blue headed vireo
18. brown thrashers

Woodside Green Park. 2-4pm
1. magnolia warblers
2. American redstarts
3. bay breasted warbler
4. yellow bellied sapsucker
5. yellow bellied flycatcher
6. Swainson’s thrush
7. Veery
8. ruby throated hummingbird

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Date: 9/24/26 2:18 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods - big push of warblers today
1. American redstarts
2. Bay breasted warblers
3. Magnolia warblers
4. Black throated green warblers
5. Blue winged warbler
6. Chestnut sided warblers
7. Northern parulas
8. Blackpoll warbler
9. Black and white warblers
10. Common yellowthroats
11. Canada warbler
12. Nashville warbler
13. Tennessee warblers
14. Black throated blue warblers
15. yellow throated vireo
16. Philadelphia vireo
17. red eyed vireo
18. summer tanager
19. brown thrashers
20. rose breasted grosbeaks
21. Swainson’s thrushes
22. gray cheeked thrush
23. catbird
24. house wren
25. yellow bellied flycatcher
26. Indigo buntings

Woodside Green 2-4pm
1. American redstarts
2. Magnolia warblers
3. Bay breasted warblers
4.. Blackpoll warbler
5. Black and white warblers
6. black throated blue warbler
7. red eyed vireo
8. Eastern Phoebe

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Date: 9/23/26 9:55 am
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
Blendon Woods Metro Park

1. American redstart
2. Bay breasted warblers
3. Magnolia warblers
4. Black and white warblers
5. Common yellowthroat
6. Northern parula
7. Ovenbirds
8. Black throated blue warblers
9. Pine warbler
10. Hooded warbler
11. Rose breasted grosbeaks
12. Swainson’s thrush
13. Gray cheeked thrush
14. Red eyed vireo
15. catbird
16. House wren
17. Ruby throated hummingbirds
18. Belted kingfishers
19. Brown thrasher
20. Red shouldered hawk
21. Pileated woodpecker
22. Great crested flycatcher (heard)

Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/23/26 7:51 am
From: Robert Evans <benbovas...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hummingbirds, Muskingum County
Here in rainy Hopewell Township, western Muskingum County, there were two
non-adult-male ruby-throated hummingbirds still zipping around the feeders
and the salvia last evening.

They have been dwindling of late, but a few persist, or perhaps drop in on
our rural experiment on their southward journey.

Bob Evans, Geologist, etc.
Hopewell Township, Muskingum County

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Date: 9/22/26 6:21 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Stuck on 219! I had some good warblers today - it can be tricky at times tracking them
Down in overcast conditions. I like a sunny edge. Well, a lot was feeding out along the
Road edge at Glenwood Gardens. Yea! But no Golden winged. Boo. That and Bairds
Sandpiper are probably missed……

Black tern? White Pelican? Cackling Goose?? Etc.

I was at the Headlands festival over the weekend. Fantastic! Migrants everywhere!
I love migration. No shorebirds though. I hit Ashtabula to get on the ebird map. Yea!
That was my last county! Walnut beach was great! Struck out with Whimbrel at
Conneaut. Someday I will tick that for Ohio!

I do hope to get up there again. I want to try the spring also.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 9/22/26 2:04 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside green park, Gahanna
Blendon Woods - light drizzle , birds were spread out
1. American redstarts
2. Black throated blue warblers, male and female
3. Bay breasted warblers
4. Magnolia warblers
5. Black and white warblers
6. Common yellowthroat
7. Ovenbirds
8. Hooded warblers
9. Black throated green warbler
10. Northern parula
11. Blackpoll warbler
12. Chestnut sided warbler
13. Pileated woodpecker
14. Indigo buntings
15. Rose breasted grosbeaks
16. Gray cheeked thrush

Woodside green Park 3-4:30pm
1. Wilson’s warbler
2. Tennessee warbler
3. American redstarts
4. Magnolia warblers
5. Chestnut sided warbler
6. black and white warblers
7. Black throated green warbler
8. blue headed vireo
9. white eyed vireo
10. Philadelphia vireo
11. red eyed vireo
12. gray cheeked thrush
13. Swainson’s thrushes
14. eastern Phoebe
15. eastern wood pewee
16. rose breasted grosbeaks

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Date: 9/21/26 2:26 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods. Some rain and drizzle
1. Bay breasted warblers
2. American redstarts
3. Magnolia warblers
4. Chestnut side warblers
5. Northern parula
6. Nashville warbler
7. Tennessee warblers
8. common yellowthroat
9. Black throated green warblers
10. Black throated blue warbler
11. cedar waxwings
12. rose breasted grosbeaks
13. Indigo buntings
14. house wren
15. ruby throated hummingbirds
16. yellow bellied flycatcher
17. least flycatcher
18. gray cheeked thrushes
19. Swainson’s thrushes
20. wood thrush
21 Veery
22. yellow throated vireo (heard)
23. Summer tanager (heard)
24. Belted kingfisher
25. yellow billed cuckoo

Woodside green 2-4pm
1. American redstarts
2. magnolia warblers
3. Bay breasted warblers
4. Black and white warblers
5. Chestnut sided warbler
6. Gray cheeked thrush
7. Swainson’s thrushes
8. Acadian flycatcher. (Saw him eat a berry)

Bob McNulty

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Date: 9/21/26 2:48 am
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] AcademyPark,BlendonWoods,9-20: migrants
The few hardy souls who braved the rain squalls to hit this trip to these
NE Columbus hotspots found a good fallout punctuated by rain. We started
at Academy Park, whose edges offered a good variety of migrants and
residents, then went up to nearby Blendon Woods to try to pick up some of
Bob McNulty's sightings, with limited success, before another rainstorm
closed us out for the morning. I stayed through the rainstorm and birded
the early afternoon there, adding only a few things. Notables for the
morning included:

Raptors -- Red-shouldered hawks calling at both places; Merlin perched
along Creek at Academy Park, so fluffed out trying to dry off that I
initially mistook it for a Broad-winged Hawk.

Barred Owls -- 1 flew across the playfields at Academy Park, while another
was calling along the Park Road in Blendon Woods

Sapsucker -- 1 was calling west of the Nature Center parking lot at Blendon
Woods in both the morning and the afternoon
Pileated Wpr -- 1 bird was on a snag at Academy, while 1-2 were calling at
Blendon
Flycatchers -- multiple Pewees at both spots; also had a Least Flycatcher
at Academy and a Willow at Blendon Woods
Vireos -- Red-eyed were at both spots, and a Philadelphia and a Warbling
were at Academy
Thrushes -- Swainsons were numerous at both spots, especially in the forest
at Blendon
Waxwings - small flocks of Cedar Waxwings were at both sites
Warblers -- both sites had multiple small flocks, but poor light made IDing
birds tricky. List included Tennessees, Magnolias, Nashville, Bay-breasted
(many), Redstarts (Blendon), Black&Whites, Ovenbird (Blendon), and
CommonYellowthroats

Sparrows -- surprisingly scarce, with only Songs and Towhee noted, both at
Blendon
Buntings -- Blendon had multiple Indigo Buntings
Blackbirds -- Grackles at both spots, with a flock at Academy.
Finches -- nothing beyond the usual House Finches and Goldfinches

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Date: 9/20/26 11:31 am
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
Intermittent rain, not so intermittent mosquito attacks
1. common yellowthroats
2. American redstarts
3. Magnolia warblers
4. Bay breasted warblers
5. Black throated green warblers
6. chestnut sided warbler
7. black and white warblers
8. Tennessee warbler
9. Northern parula
10. Rose breasted grosbeaks
11. Philadelphia vireos
12. Red eyed vireo
13. summer tanager (heard)
14. Red headed woodpecker
15. ruby throated hummingbird
16. cedar waxwings

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Date: 9/20/26 5:25 am
From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Delaware State Park-19 Warblers 5 Vireos Songbirds Raptors
I visited this area on the 11, 13, 14, 15,
and 19
Most spots where I stopped were active Up to 6 flocks per day, up to 11 Warblers in a flock
Feeding Activity in Black Walnut, Honey Locust, and Grapes

Warblers
Residents
American Redstart
Hooded
Blue-winged
Kentucky
C Yellowthroat
Ovenbird

Migrant Warblers
Magnolia
Tennessee
Bay-breasted
Cape May
Blackburian
Black-and-white
Pine
Orange-crowned
N Parula
Blackpoll
Black-throated Green
Chestnut-sided
Connecticut

Vireos
WA
PH
RE
YT
WE

Thrushes
Wood
Swainson’s
Gray-cheeked
E Bluebird

Flycatchers
EAWP
ACFL
ALFL
LEFL
EAPH

Wrens
House
Winter
Carolina

Raptors
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged
Red-tailed

Sparrows
White-throated
Field
E Towhee

Finch
House
Purple

Woodpeckers
N Flicker
Red-headed

Blackbirds
C Grackle
Red-winged Blackbirds-1200+ in a flock

Belted Kingfisher
Brown Thrasher
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Cedar Waxwings-40+ in a flock
Gray Catbird
DCCO
Scarlet Tanager
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Goldfinch
Great Blue Heron
Killdeer-40+ flying around the beach
Swallows
Sandhill Cranes
Chimney Swifts

Bruce Simpson-Nature Photographer

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Date: 9/19/26 1:22 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park,, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods Lots of warblers today. Nature center parking lot, Lake trail, goldenrod trail, Hickory ridge trail
1. Magnolia warblers
2. Bay breasted warblers
3. Black throated green warblers
4. Black throated blue warblers
5. American redstarts
6. Chestnut sided warblers
7. Black and white warblers
8. Blackburnian warbler
9. Nashville warbler
10. Common yellowthroat
11. Pine warbler adult, male
12. yellow throated vireo
13. Philadelphia vireo
14. red eyed vireo
15. Yellow billed cuckoo
16. Brown thrashers
17. eastern wood pewee
18. cedar waxwings
19. rose breasted grosbeaks
20. ruby throated hummingbirds
21. gray cheeked thrush
22. Swainson’s thrushes
23. Wood thrush

Woodside Green. 2pm to 4 pm
1. Magnolia warblers
2. American redstarts
3. Chestnut sided warbler
4. Black throated green warbler
5. Philadelphia vireo
6. Swainson’s thrush

Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/18/26 2:06 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods
1.. Bay breasted warblers
2. Northern parulas
3. American redstarts
4. Magnolia warblers
5. Common yellowthroat (heard)
6. Tennessee warblers
7. Blackpoll warbler
8. black throated green warblers
9. yellow throated vireo
10. blue headed vireo
11 Cedar waxwings
12. Rose breasted grosbeak
13. Brown thrasher
14. summer tanager (heard)
15. Red breasted nuthatch (heard)
16. blue gray gnatcatcher
17. pileated woodpeckers

Woodside Green. 2-4pm
1. black throated green warblers
2. magnolia warblers
3. american redstarts
4. Wilson’s warbler
5. Chestnut sided warbler
6. northern parulas
7. Bay breasted warblers
8. Swainson’s thrushes
9. red eyed vireo

Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/17/26 11:01 am
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
1. Magnolia warblers
2. American redstarts
3. Black throated green warbler
4. Bay breasted warblers
5. Black and white warbler
6. Tennessee warbler
7. red eyed vireo
8. yellow throated vireo seen, Seen, SEEN, finally at 11:35 am when he was NOT singing. Couldn’t find him in the parking lot when he was singing.
9. yellow billed cuckoo. Incredibly close view while he just sat there.

Bob McNulty

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Date: 9/16/26 10:59 am
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
1. Bay breasted warblers
2. Chestnut sided warblers
3. Black throated green warblers
4. Common yellowthroats
5. American redstarts
6. Magnolia warblers
7. Wilson’s warbler
8. Black throated blue warblers, male and female
9. Ovenbird
10. Cedar waxwings
11. red eyed vireo
12. yellow throated vireo (heard)
13. pileated woodpecker
14. Lincoln’s sparrow
15. House wren
16 Veery
17. Indigo buntings
18. summer tanager (heard)

Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/15/26 3:51 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods
Frenzy of warble activity in nature center parking lot around 7:20 to 8am
1. Nashville warblers
2. Tennessee warblers
3. Black throated green warblers (lots)
4. Black throated blue warbler
5. Bay breasted warblers (lots)
6. Northern parulas
7. American redstarts
8. Magnolia warblers
9. Blackburnai warblers
10. Black and white warblers
11. Chestnut sided warbler
12. Common yellowthroat
13. white eyed vireo
14. red eyed vireo
15. Philadelphia vireo
16. Rose breasted grosbeak (heard)
17. Cedar waxwings
18. gray cheeked thrush
19. turkey

Woodside Green Park. 2:30 to 4 pm
1. blackburnian warblers
2. Black throated green warblers
3. American redstarts
4. Magnolia warblers
5. black and white warblers
6. Chestnut sided warbler
7. Philadelphia vireo

Bob McNulty

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Date: 9/15/26 10:47 am
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Fall migration Hamilton county
Has been great! And there’s no geography here stopping or concentrating. I am
Used to coasts from NJ. But most times out I have experienced good diversity
And numbers! I can’t track down a Golden winged for my big year to save my life!
I have sort of resigned myself to the fact I won’t get it. And just enjoy what’s around!
This isn’t a big miss for me. It’s a normal miss……!

I don't understand the lack of shorebirds on the Great Miami at Lost Bridge.
Conditions look perfect with the water level there. I am still missing Bairds. And
Might miss completely! At 219. I finally picked up Bobolink for the county. Life!
Fernald. Luke’s walk. A great spot!

I will be up at the Headlands festival this weekend. That’s going to be fun!

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 9/14/26 1:43 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park, Woodside Green Park Gahanna
Blendon Woods
1. Golden winged warble, female (back loop of Golden rod trail)
2. Bay breasted warblers
3. Magnolia warblers
4. Blackburnian warbler
5. Northern parulas
6. American redstarts
7. Common yellowthroats
8. Nashville warblers
9. Tennessee warbler
10. Wilson’s warblers
11. Black throated green warbler
12. yellow bellied flycatcher
13. Philadelphia vireo
14. red eyed vireo
15. yellow throated vireo (heard)
16. rose breasted grosbeak (heard)
17. Indigo buntings
18. Cooper’s hawk
19. Swainson’s thrush

Woodside Green
1. Chestnut sided warbler
2. American redstarts
3. Magnolia warblers
4. Bay breasted warblers
5. Black throated green warblers
6. White eyed vireo (I was serenaded by the bird for a few minutes)
7. Scarlet tanager
8. red eyed vireo
9. Eastern phoebe
10. red shouldered hawk
11. Swainson’s thrush

Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/13/26 2:31 pm
From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods metro Park
1. American redstarts
2. Bay breasted warblers
3. Black throated green warbler
4. Magnolia warblers
5. Chestnut sided warblers
6. common yellowthroats
7. Palm warbler
8. Black and white warblers
9. Gray cheeked thrushes
10. Swainson’s thrushes
11. Red eyed vireo
12. Ruby throated hummingbirds
13. Eastern Phoebe
14. Eastern Wood pewee
15. least flycatcher
16 Acadian flycatcher
17 Green Heron
18. Great blue heron
19. Belted kingfisher
20 Wood ducks

Bob McNulty
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