Great Egret and Heron

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45. Great Egret
In Olentangy river

and in flight

Also, here is a reddish Great Blue Heron. I had seen another one before in Tennessee. Check this older post.

44. Common Raven

43. Tree Swallow

42. Chipping Sparrow

More Blue Jays

 Breeding cackling goose

Photos taken in the Olentangy river area .

Spring is here!

25. Song sparrow

(Second one is from a trip to Erwin - Tennessee)

24. Dark-eyed Junco

23. Lesser Scaup

 22. Northern Flicker

21. American Goldfinch (winter)

Some nice photos of common visitors:

female Northern Cardinal

Red-bellied Woodpecker

House Sparrow

From the Olentangy River Trail, Columbus, OH

More sparrows !

 Here 's number 14! House sparrows in the bushes

The brighter brown ones with the black markings on the throat are males, while the pale brown and grey are females.

And another white-throated sparrow

13. White-crowned sparrow

8. White throated sparrow