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We had an
outrageously fun-filled overnight
campout at a private nature preserve
near Marysville, Ohio. Our hosts and
property owners, Donna and Tim Daniel
were very gracious. The Young Birders'
activities included a scavenger hunt, a
photography workshop, black-lighting and
baiting for moths, stream studies, and
bat studies. |
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We started
our two day adventure with a hayride to
see the entire property. |
A Gray
Catbird taking a bath. |
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We saw all
sorts of insects. |
Here is a
cicada next to its exoskeleton. |
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And we saw
over 20 species of butterflies,
here is a Question Mark... |
...and a Pipevine Swallowtail. |
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We came a
cross a few dragonflies, here is an
Eastern Amberwing... |
...and a
Common Whitetail. |
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Here we
are checking out... |
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Meadow Vole. |
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Before
dinner we did stop to set up camp. |
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We found a
Leopard Frog. |
We heard
and saw Eastern Bluebirds, |
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a lot of
House Wrens, and... |
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handsome Indigo Bunting |
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We cooked
dinner over a campfire... |
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checked out the fruit station
looking for moths. |
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We spent a
few minutes with the chickens
then at dusk watched... |
...the Little
and Big Brown Bats leaving
their attic
roost in the barn. |
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Before
dark Kenn had painted the sides of trees
with this fermented banana liquid... |
...which
later we found was successful in
attracting all sorts of moths! |
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On Sunday
morning Kenn led us in search of
breeding birds on the property. |
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We
recapped all the neat stuff we saw at
the end of our stay. |
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Thank
you Donna and Tim for a wonderful
weekend campout! |
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Species List
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (H)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Unknown Flycatcher:
Possibly an Acadian
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Butterfly Species
Giant Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Monarch
Viceroy
Question Mark
Comma
Red Admiral
Red Spotted Purple
Spicebush Swallowtail
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Cloudless Sulphur
Wood Nymph
American Snout
Hackberry Emperor
Tawny Emperor
Meadow Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
Cabbage White
Silver Spotted Skipper
Mourning Cloak
Summer Azure
Eastern Blue
Banded Hairstreak
Least Skipper
Unidentified Skipper
6 Mammal Species
White Tailed Deer (two fawns too)
Meadow Vole
Grey Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Little Brown Bat
Big Brown Bat
1 Reptile
Eastern Gartnersnake
2 Amphibians Were Found:
Northern Leopard Frog
Green Frog
Fish Caught Included:
Johnny Darter
Rainbow Trout
Hog Sucker
Creek Chub
Some other minnow-like fish?
Sunfish |
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Species
list courtesy Lukas Padegimas |
