Central Ohio NatureHome in December
A sunny day provided a great opportunity to see what birds were calling Greenlawn Cemetery home in the days before Christmas. Reports of White-winged Crossbills were what got us down there, but in a place as big as Greenlawn, they might be easy to miss.
For the first hour or so not many birds were spotted. However, the many mature Oaks and Evergreens were at least beautiful to look at even if they weren’t appealing to the birds.
Continuing to appreciate the trees, we spotted an interesting Oak in the distance that was worth investigating. Approaching it we found that it was full of White and Red-breasted Nuthatches! The Red-breasted Nuthatches, like the White-winged Crossbills, are winter visitors in this area.
A little while later we finally found the Crossbills in some Sweet Gum trees but not before we had nice views of Downy Woodpeckers, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Chickadees, Brown Creepers, and a Carolina Wren.
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All in all a good day. Thanks for stopping by.
I enjoy seeing how active the birds are this time of year. We have Bradford pears in our yard that have small fruit still attached and there are many birds feasting on them. If I had a good camera, I would take photos. Yours are very good.
I too have been down to Greelawn looking for Crossbills- no luck yet, but the other birds are fun to see!