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3 Jul Blue Creek Preserve, Delaware County and Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Union County [] 3 Jul Columbus yellow-crowned night-herons [Bill Whan ] 3 Jul ravens, kites, and Charlie's Pond [Craig Caldwell ] 3 Jul Re: Nighthawks [Al La Sala ] 3 Jul Nighthawks [James Thurston ] 3 Jul Black Terns/ St Mary's Fish Hatchery [Russowl ] 3 Jul Ohio Statewide RBA - July 2, 2009 [Leidy Gabe ] 3 Jul Common Nighthawks [Marc Schroeder ] 3 Jul One down handful to go [Steve ] 2 Jul 7/2 - Brown Pelican flew west [Leidy Gabe ] 2 Jul Re: Backyard Coopers Nest - Hilliard [Bob Baran ] 2 Jul Pelican Photos [John Pogacnik ] 2 Jul Re: Where are the Nighthawks? [Renee ] 2 Jul Brown Pelican update [John Pogacnik ] 2 Jul Brown pelican, Lake County 7/2 [John Pogacnik ] 2 Jul Re: Where are the Nighthawks? [] 2 Jul Conneaut, Mosquito 6/30--7/1 [Craig Holt ] 2 Jul Re: Where are the Nighthawks? [Nancy Howell ] 2 Jul Re: Where are the Nighthawks? [Bill Whan ] 2 Jul Where are the Nighthawks? [Terri Martincic ] 1 Jul Re: Common Nighthawks,etc. [gary moon ] 1 Jul Western meadowlark, Butler County [Bill Whan ] 1 Jul Sheldon's Marsh, Erie Co. [Bob Beason ] 30 Jun Backyard Coopers Nest - Hilliard [Bob Baran ] 30 Jun Shawnee Prairie Preserve-Greenville, Ohio [] 30 Jun Mon. 6/29 - Geauga County [Sean Artman ] 30 Jun Hocking Hills State Park 06/29 [Chris Pierce ] 30 Jun 6/30 - White-faced Ibis - YES [Leidy Gabe ] 30 Jun Hoover Nature Preserve, Delaware County [] 30 Jun Homing pigeon question [Dwight Chasar ] 30 Jun Today at my house [Russowl ] 30 Jun Mississippi Kite in Cincinnnati [Bill Whan ] 30 Jun Re: Falcon Downtown Columbus [Steve ] 30 Jun Re: Official bird name changes coming [Bob Beason ] 30 Jun Official bird name changes coming [Bill Whan ] 30 Jun Shorebirds, Lake County 6/29 [John Pogacnik ] 30 Jun Spring Valley Least Bittern [Bob Powell ] 30 Jun Falcon Downtown Columbus [Bob Keener ] 29 Jun Berlin Res. this afternoon [Craig Holt ] 29 Jun Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 26 Jun 2009 to 27 Jun 2009 (#2009-179) [Paula Vargo ] 29 Jun There's still time to Atlas! [Aaron Boone ] 29 Jun OBBA Birding in Trenton Twp, Delaware Cty [] 29 Jun Muskingum County atlasing highlights [Dave Slager ] 29 Jun Brown Pelican & lack thereof [Laura Dornan ] 29 Jun Clay's Park Pelicans still there? [] 29 Jun Not-so common ravens in Harrison County [Bill Whan ] 29 Jun FW: [Ohio-birds] Clay's Park W Pelican photo/story link ["Kramer, Dan" ] 29 Jun Clay's Park W Pelican photo/story link ["Kramer, Dan" ] 29 Jun pelicans in the news [Craig Holt ] 29 Jun More nesting juncos [Hildegard Bingen ] 29 Jun Castalia trip [Lee Grover ] 29 Jun White-faced Ibis at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge [Rebecca Hinkle ] 29 Jun fledgling juncos [Barbara Zaas Partington ] 29 Jun Scaup at Mogadore Reservoir [Darlene Snuffer ] 29 Jun automated response [Mark Skinner ] 28 Jun Conneaut Harbor ["Andrew J. Morrison" ] 28 Jun Upland Sandpiper - Madison County [Doug Overacker ] 28 Jun Little Blue Heron, Geauga County, 6/28 [John Pogacnik ] 28 Jun Central Ohio Road trip from East to West [Steve ] 27 Jun Licking County Peaches and Birds [] 27 Jun Re: Barn Owl [Aaron Boone ] 27 Jun Re: 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights [Leidy Gabe ] 27 Jun 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights [Leidy Gabe ] 27 Jun Resthave, Pickerel Creek, Willow Point, Pipe Creek Saturday [Craig Caldwell ] 27 Jun Re: Barn Owl ["Donald Morse, Jr." ] 27 Jun Barn Owl [JOHN TROYER JR ] 27 Jun Greater Mohican Audubon map to Upland Sandpipers in Mansfield [Penny OConnor ] 27 Jun Birding the future [Bill Whan ] 26 Jun 6/26 - northeastern OH wanderings [Leidy Gabe ] 26 Jun Mansfield upland directions [Steve ] 26 Jun OBBA2 in Geauga County [Karen Morgan ] 26 Jun More info on nesting conditions in Arctic [Andy Sewell ] 26 Jun American Kestrel [Renee Tressler ] 26 Jun Re: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 [Renee Tressler ] 26 Jun Re: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 [Renee Tressler ] 26 Jun 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 [Su Snyder ] Subject: Blue Creek Preserve, Delaware County and Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Union County From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:43:44 -0400 Linda and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and beat the July 4th crush. We started with a visit to Blue Creek Preserve, a Delaware County Preservation Park located off Fontanelle Road near Ostrander. Blue Creek Preserve is a gem I the rough. It combines multiple habitats within its 139 acres, including grasslands, forest, wetlands, riparian creek and more. Some of the species we observed this morning were Red-shouldered Hawk, Willow Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Brown Thrasher, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat (they were everywhere), Yellow-breasted Chat (on territory), Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Orchard Oriole, and Baltimore Oriole. We next headed south to visit Glacier Ridge Metro Park located off Hyland Croy Road in Union County. Although it was 1:30 went we arrived at the park there was ample activity to keep us occupied. We walked the Savannah Trail and then made a quick stop at the Honda Wetland Education Area. Some of the species we observed at Glacier Ridge were a Red-tailed Hawk with a snake I its talons, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpipers, Eastern Kingbird, Horned Lark, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Grasshopper Sparrow, Dickcissel, Bobolink, and Eastern Meadowlark. Everyone have a safe and enjoyable Independence Day and good birding. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Columbus yellow-crowned night-herons From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00:02 -0400 This morning two healthy-looking juveniles were flying to and from the single nest site; the third was not seen, but could easily have been around. This is once again Ohio's only reported nest of this species. No adults seen, and no sign of any progress on a second nest. It will soon be time for the birds to leave. I couldn't help wondering if the pair that couldn't build a nest might hang around and use the complete one for a late clutch--they could be done by September--but I suspect that is way out of whack with the normal schedule. Will they return next year? Will they once again flunk the nest-building test? Stay tuned. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: ravens, kites, and Charlie's Pond From: Craig Caldwell <craig_caldwell AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:51:19 -0700 Now that I've tempted you, here's the truth - I never saw the ravens at Fernwood State Forest despite about 10 hours of wandering and sitting 6/30 and 7/1.  Also missed the kite at the Brass Ring golf course in 4 hours on 7/1 and 7/2  It was cool and rainy there so maybe it wasn't out hunting.  Poo.   BUT - the privately-owned grasslands adjoining Fernwood (see Gabe Leidy's April 4 post for directions) abounded with Grasshopper, Vesper, Savannah, and Chipping Sparrows; Boblinks, and Eastern Meadowlarks.  Also heard Bobwhite, though never saw them.  Be advised, though, that the road Gabe describes is now rough right from its start at C-26 due to heavy truck traffic to and from a drilling site.  Be on the lookout for Wild Turkey families and, of all things, Chukar.  The latter aren't countable in Ohio but they're fun to see nevertheless.   In the Forest, the trail to the raven nesting area of two years ago is closed to due logging activity; Department of Forestry folks I talked with said they see the ravens irregularly (an apparent family group of five) and the logging doesn't seem to have bothered them.  The woods are full of Wood Thrushes, Eastern Towhees, and lots of other woods birds.  There's a Kentucky Warbler at the Little Round Top picnic area.   Thanks to Rob Lowry for his May 31 post about the fields near Charlie's Pond (Pickaway Co.).  I found Grasshopper Sparrow and Dickcissel (no Henslow's - perhaps the wind drowned them out).  Rob's "several" Horned Larks have become dozens, with large numbers of youngsters.  They're partial to the areas of newly-mown straw.  The gravel road to the Scippo wastewater treatment plant is now gated and posted, so I couldn't get in to the Blue Grosbeak area.  However, there's plenty of room between Jefferson Rd. and the gate where you can park and scope along much of the road.   So, no additions to my State list but eight new for the year.   Craig Caldwell Westlake ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Nighthawks From: Al La Sala <ALaSala AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:26:14 -0400 There are also common nighthawks at Polaris Town Center. Al LaSala Columbus, OH -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of James Thurston Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:15 AM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Nighthawks We have a pair in downtown Westerville. There are also several down at Easton and the Kroger in the Brewery District also has a few pairs. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Nighthawks From: James Thurston <jthurston AT OHIOBANKERSLEAGUE.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:15:05 -0400 We have a pair in downtown Westerville. There are also several down at Easton and the Kroger in the Brewery District also has a few pairs. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Black Terns/ St Mary's Fish Hatchery From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:38:24 -0400 Went to the St Mary's fish hatchery yesterday and there were 3 Black Terns there ,, one a non breeding adult plummage ,, at first i thought it was a White winged tern .. got pics of them . Was a new bird for me. Some Forster's there also. Russell Lima, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Ohio Statewide RBA - July 2, 2009 From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:30:07 -0700 - RBA * Ohio * Statewide * July 2, 2009 * OHST0907.02 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) American White Pelican BROWN PELICAN American Bittern Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret WHITE-FACED IBIS MISSISSIPPI KITE King Rail Upland Sandpiper Black Tern EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE WHITE-WINGED DOVE Barn Owl COMMON RAVEN Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for July 2, 2009. Compiler: Gabe Leidy. Email: nparula AT yahoo.com Species in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE REVIEW LIST SPECIES. Details of these sightings are desired by the Ohio Bird Records Committee. Careful observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification for submitting your data. For details and pointers see: http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/documentation.php American White Pelican: On 25 June, 12 were reported at Clay’s Park Resort near Canal Fulton in Stark Co, fide Dan Kramer. The number of birds quickly escalated to 21 later that afternoon (Jack Perry) and a whopping 28 the following day (Gabe Leidy, Su Snyder). Reports quickly died off, with only nine reported later that day (Renee Tressler). It is possible that there are still birds present here. See http://CLAYSPARK.COM/09-directions.html for directions, or perhaps call ahead to 330-854-6691 to see if they‘ve been sighted. Dane Adams photographed two off the beach at Magee Marsh WA 21 June. BROWN PELICAN: John Pogacnik relayed a report that one was found by Jim Smallwood in Fairport Harbor on the 2nd. Shortly thereafter, John and multiple other observers were able to view the bird sitting along the banks of the Grand River and later perching on top of one of the large gravel piles here. After 8 PM, Emil Bacik and Jerry Talkington watched the bird leave this perch and head west out of sight over Headlands Beach SP, and it was not relocated this evening. This confirmed record came of the heels of three separate unconfirmed reports from Berlin Reservoir and another mention of a bird near Marblehead back in May. To reach Fairport Harbor, Take Rt. 2 to the Fairport Harbor/Richmond Street exit and go north to the light at the Richmond Street/Rt. 283 intersection. Proceed north (straight) for about 1/4 mile to High Street. Turn right on High Street and proceed to the harbor. However, this weekend marks the Mardi Gras festival in Fairport, so it’s possible that some of these roads may be closed for parades or difficult to pass. If still in the area, viewing the bird from the Coast Guard beach or breakwall at Headlands Beach SP may be other options. American Bittern: While exploring Metzger Marsh via fishing boat, Brian Zwiebel observed three on the 21st and another on the 23rd. Least Bittern: Bill Osborne reports a calling bird along Wyoga Lake Rd. in Summit Co. Wyoga Lake Rd is located on the border of Cuyahoga Falls and Stow. The cattail marsh is on the West side of Wyoga Lake Rd. It is located South of Steels Corners Rd about 1/10th of mile or North of Graham Rd 1.1 miles. Bob Powell observed one on 30 June at Spring Valley WA with one of his ornithology students. Little Blue Heron: John Pogacnik observed one flying over farm country in Geauga Co. on the 28th. Cattle Egret: One was observed along Park Colony Rd., in Reno Beach on 21 June. It was in the first field on the right going North. WHITE-FACED IBIS: On the 29th, Rebecca Hinkle discovered a bird along the entrance road at Ottawa NWR, feeding in a small pool just southeast of the visitors center. It was seen through the 30th at this location, and on 1 July out along the dikes at Ottawa, in Pool 2A (Sherrie Durris). MISSISSIPPI KITE: Bill Whan reports that one of the Brass Ring Golf Club birds was reliably observed on the 17th. Additionally, while visiting the Cincinnati Zoo with his family on the 30th, Troy Shively photographed one overhead! King Rail: One was heard along Clark Rd in Killbuck Marsh WA on the 27th (Emil Bacik, Gabe Leidy). This was at the large marsh just west and north of the small bridge. Upland Sandpiper: Doug Overacker discovered Uppies at yet another locale while atlasing. He observed three birds in Madison county along State Route 41 at Harold Road and near the DTI railroad tracks. This is about a mile north of South Solon and 3 or 4 miles south of South Charleston. They were hanging around a soybean field east of SR 41 and north of Harold Rd, with the best viewing from Harold Rd. On the 28th, Rob & Sandy Harlan observed four birds at the Harrison Co. spot - along the access road next to the ODNR's Mine Safety Training Center along Industrial Park Drive, south of Cadiz Black Tern: Bruce Glick observed one at a farm pond two miles northeast of Walnut Creek on the 23rd. Brian Zwiebel saw at least two while exploring Metzger Marsh by fishing boat on the 21st. EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: Sightings have popped up and here and there in the Holmes Co. area throughout the past month or so, however, it seems like the most reliable of these birds has been present along Township Road 629, near TR 652. The bird likes to perch in the dead trees in front of the first farmhouse just west of TR 652. After a 20-minute wait or so, it flew in for Emil Bacik and I on the 27th. WHITE-WINGED DOVE: A bird showed up a farm in Sugarcreek, Holmes Co on 25 June and was heard again the next morning, but not subsequently relocated (fide Robert Hershberger). Barn Owl: One was observed on private property in Brown Co (John Troyer Jr). Bell’s Vireo: The pair at Kilby Rd. gravel pits near Cincinnati were reported yesterday by Brian Wulker. COMMON RAVEN: While observing Upland Sandpipers in Harrison Co on the 28th, Rob & Sandy Harlan heard a raven call, and looked up to see a group of four heading east. This was on the access road next to the ODNR's Mine Safety Training Center along Industrial Park Drive, south of Cadiz Western Meadowlark: Troy Shively, fide Bill Whan, reports a singing Western Meadowlark about 1/2 mi east of the town of Jacksonburg in Butler Co on 1 July (old Delorme 64:D3/4 (about where the "a' of Jacksonburg appears in the map, on Oxford-Middletown Road (looks like it's Rte. 744 but it is not): N 39.53874, W 084.50661. It was in a mowed 8-10 acre field surrounded by a white picket fence. Yellow-headed Blackbird: Birds continue at Metzger Marsh where Brian Zwiebel had 2-3 via fishing boat on the 21st. A pair were viewed on the monthly auto tour at Ottawa NWR by Ken Beers. For future reference for next month’s tour, here’s the location: We saw the birds from the location of the two cottonwood trees right at the auto tour stop 7 sign (north side of Moist Soil Unit 3, about .5 mile from the final left turn). The birds were periodically flying up from a spot just to the right of straight out from the two trees, and about 20 yards back into the cattails. - End transcript Gabe Leidy Cleveland, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Common Nighthawks From: Marc Schroeder <schroeder.m.d AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:04:09 -0400 I have lived in the same community on the east side of Columbus (43213) for over 20 years. Years ago flocks of Nighthawks swooping and peenting in our immediate summer sky were indeed common, but now I'm lucky to hear one fly-by per summer. I always go running to look for it, and my wife thinks I'm nuts. However, if I drive one mile north to the large and sprawling complex that includes Mount Carmel East Hospital and the old Western Electric buildings, Nighthawks are there to be heard, seen and enjoyed. Last night I was on the east side of the complex, north of E. Broad Street, and saw and heard about a half dozen individuals. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: One down handful to go From: Steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:03:58 -0400 Greetings, My eyes are weary as I am writing this post, it has taken twice as long due to misspellings that had to be corrected...:) But I had a great day!...Sort of. I went up to catch a glimpse of the Ibis at Ottawa, no dice. But I also went up to work on my goal for the year, So I started heading toward Sandusky to check out the Containment Ponds over on F street. While heading that way, I remembered that one time I went camping at this camp ground and close to the power plant, and they had Night Herons there. So I decided to swing by Turtle Creek Campground and check and see if there were any there. I was there less than 5 minutes and I spotted 10...That is where I took the bulk of my pictures.: http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s226/sjlarue/Birds/ They hang out like Pelicans in Florida. The fishermen bring in their catch, clean them at a cleaning area, and leave the remains, which get thrown out at the end of the day..until then they are Heron and Gull fodder...And they take full advantage of it...:-) I went to two of the other campgrounds in the area and found 8 in one and none at the other. I also saw about 50 gulls Mostly Ring Bills, but there were several Herring mixed in with them. I had 18 Black Crowns before I got to Davis Bessie...But that's cheating. So I continued on over to Sandusky to try and get some pics and a count of the activity over there. The birds over there are more wary of me and my tripod and didn't really allow me to take any keeper pictures. But I did add another 10 Black Crowned to my total for the day. 6 Juvis and 4 Adults. Not giving up on the Ibis, I went back to Ottawa and looked again and walking a couple of the ponds Still didn't find it. So I went over to Magee to watch The Prothonotarys feeding the little ones. By then I decided to just head on home. Had a great day birding. _______ OT food report. Sorry, I don't know about you, but when I take a day to go birding, I don't want McD's for my trip home. So When I see a good place I pass it on to fellow birders, and when I find a bad one... well at least I will be the only one that has to suffer. ;-) 1 good.. TOFT'S IS COOL!! 1 bad.. On the way home, I stopped in at the Chinese Restaurant on 23 in Fostoria...for the first and last time. Food was eh, ok, but the service was...let me put it this way, you could tell that the owner didn't want to hire the adult help they needed. Think of Disney's Johnny Shiloh and you'll catch my drift. _______ Have a great Holiday weekend, (Personally, I'm going to Prospect and just enjoy the booms.) and remember that as we celebrate the birth of our Nation, it is the willingness of millions of strangers to give the ultimate sacrifice, whether they do or not, both past and present, that make it possible for me to write this and for you to read it. -Steve sjlarue ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 7/2 - Brown Pelican flew west From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:43:19 -0700 Emil Bacik and Jerry Talkington watched the Brown Pelican fly over Headlands Beach SP and west out of sight, this evening. Prior to this, it was sitting atop one of the gravel piles along the Grand River. Phil Chaon & I tryed to relocate it until nearly dark without luck. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Backyard Coopers Nest - Hilliard From: Bob Baran <rbaran AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:34:41 -0400 It's amazing how things can go from good to bad in one day. I went out to take another look at the nest and all for young Coopers were gone. All I could see was some scattered down feathers around the nest. I'm assuming the worse in that all were consumed. I doubt that they fledged from the nest. They appeared to young (see photos at link below). I'm guessing another Cooper. Crow(s) maybe? Squirrel's)? I'll throw a question out the experts. Do the parents commonly turn and eat the young? Any insight would be appreciated. I know we'll never know what happened but I'm pretty bummed out as I was hoping to see them all fledge from the nest. That's nature I guess. Regards, Bob -----Original Message----- From: Bob Baran [mailto:rbaran AT columbus.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:37 PM To: OhioBird Subject: Backyard Coopers Nest - Hilliard The Coopers Hawk nest is progressing well. There a four chicks present and growing quickly. They've been sitting up at the edge of the nest more often. Mom or dad are always sitting in a tree close by. It's been obvious that mom and dad have been busy working to feed the young ones as the yard, as well as the neighbors have been littered with the feathers of unlucky birds. A few Chipmunks have also fallen victim. I've included a couple photos at the link below. It's been a challenge to get good photos with the low light due to all of the foliage. Regards, Bob Hilliard, Ohio http://bsquaredphotos.smugmug.com/Birds/822965 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Pelican Photos From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:08:04 -0400 I've posted a couple of shots of the Fairport pelican including one of it yawning. Check them out at:: http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4194&PID=12221#12221 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Where are the Nighthawks? From: Renee <thatsanoddduck AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:39:00 -0400 Plenty fly by my residence in the evening/at night (perhaps morning as well -- typically am not looking at that time). Renee Summit County On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:06 AM, wrote: > Hi Terri, I just saw two nighthawks last night over a mall in Beavercreek > which is just east of Dayton.  But it is getting harder and harder to find > any in this area.  I know they have been at the Beavercreek Mall for at > least 5 years, maybe longer. > Sue Tackett > > > In a message dated 7/2/2009 6:46:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > naturenut AT WOWWAY.COM writes: > > All, > > Nighthawks are regular in Berea Ohio, often right over our  small shopping > area, block 40B4NW.  The OBBAII website doesn't show too  many Nighthawks > this time  around: > http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?viewResults=1 > > In  Berea we most often hear them in the early morning (7am), or at dusk > (8-10  pm). > > While driving on Rt 20 west of Norwalk (Huron County) a possible  Common > Nighthawk was heard in Monroeville, can anyone confirm the presence or > absence of a Nighthawk there?  It's hard to be sure when heard from the  car on > the highway, block 38C4NW. > > Where have all the Nighthawks  gone?  If you've seen one this year I'd like > to know when and  where. > > Peace, > Terri  Martincic > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds  mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to  Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can  be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or  leave the list, or change your options,  at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send  questions or comments about the list to:  listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > > **************Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular Laptops – Shop > Now! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D1) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Brown Pelican update From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:22:49 -0400 I stopped at Fairport Harbor on the way home from work and had no problem finding the Brown Pelican. It was sitting along the west bank of the Grand River a little south of the Coast Guard Station. I'll post a picture later. Here is the problem. Tonight starts the Mardi Gas Festival in Fairport. I was able to get out of there with no problem, but traffic was flowing in for the parade. The festival goes until Sunday. You can still get to the mouth of the river, but you may have to walk a bit. From where the pelican was sitting this evening I do not think you can see it from Headlands. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Brown pelican, Lake County 7/2 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:31:27 -0400 I received a report of a brown pelican being at Fairport Harbor about an hour ago. The bird was found by Jim Smallwood and was seen near the Port Authority boat ramp just east of the river. He said the bird flew by a couple times and appeared to be interested in landing. Maybe this is the Berlin Reservoir bird. John Pogacnik _________________________________________________________________ HotmailŽ has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Where are the Nighthawks? From: Tackettsue AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:06:51 EDT Hi Terri, I just saw two nighthawks last night over a mall in Beavercreek which is just east of Dayton. But it is getting harder and harder to find any in this area. I know they have been at the Beavercreek Mall for at least 5 years, maybe longer. Sue Tackett In a message dated 7/2/2009 6:46:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, naturenut AT WOWWAY.COM writes: All, Nighthawks are regular in Berea Ohio, often right over our small shopping area, block 40B4NW. The OBBAII website doesn't show too many Nighthawks this time around: http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?viewResults=1 In Berea we most often hear them in the early morning (7am), or at dusk (8-10 pm). While driving on Rt 20 west of Norwalk (Huron County) a possible Common Nighthawk was heard in Monroeville, can anyone confirm the presence or absence of a Nighthawk there? It's hard to be sure when heard from the car on the highway, block 38C4NW. Where have all the Nighthawks gone? If you've seen one this year I'd like to know when and where. Peace, Terri Martincic ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org **************Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular Laptops – Shop Now! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D1) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Conneaut, Mosquito 6/30--7/1 From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:54:20 -0700 I got to spend a couple hours at Conneaut harbor on both 6/30 and 7/1.  There were zero migrant shorebirds.  So, no sign of early birds which failed at breeding already.  But it was also odd to see not a single lesser yellowlegs or least sandpiper.  Has breeding been delayed perhaps?  Here's what I did encounter at Conneaut: a juv. hooded merganser, up to 6 imm. bald eagles, the first juv. ring-billed gulls, 2 imm. great black-backed gulls, Caspian tern, 2 Forster's terns (one a first-summer bird), 3 belted kingfishers, purple martin, bank swallows, 4 marsh wrens, and a pair of brown thrashers feeding a fledgling right off the edge of the big parking lot!!  I also came across 2 other brown thrashers in Ashtabula Co. while just noodling around; they seem very conspicuous lately in the NE.  Also on 6/30 I visited the south end of Mosquito L., in a short time there I saw wood ducks, Cooper's hawk, 2 Caspian terns, red-headed woodpecker, and e. kingbird.  Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Where are the Nighthawks? From: Nancy Howell <nhowell AT CMNH.ORG> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:30:22 -0400 All, Yes, the Nighthawks, while not as common as they once were, are regular over Berea, as well as around the Cuyahoga Co. Fairgrounds. Big open areas, lakes and several flat-roofed buildings in the area seem to be what they like. Flat roofed buildings are not topped with gravel as much as they used to be, but with asphalt and ???? (sorry I am not a roofer) If any Nighthawk plans to nest on the asphalt roofs I can guess are eggs getting stuck or even adult birds getting stuck when the asphalt softens in the heat. I always wondered if the abundance of crows in a city have an impact on eggs or chicks of Nighthawks. Many years ago in Lakewood, OH while someone I knew was in the hospital there, I watched the crows march around the roof of the hospital. At that time Lakewood was a terrific place to watch Nighthawks (again, flat-roofed buildings, wide open lake). How is the Nighthawk situation in Lakewood now? -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Terri Martincic Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:45 AM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Where are the Nighthawks? All, Nighthawks are regular in Berea Ohio, often right over our small shopping area, block 40B4NW. The OBBAII website doesn't show too many Nighthawks this time around: http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?viewResults=1 In Berea we most often hear them in the early morning (7am), or at dusk (8-10 pm). While driving on Rt 20 west of Norwalk (Huron County) a possible Common Nighthawk was heard in Monroeville, can anyone confirm the presence or absence of a Nighthawk there? It's hard to be sure when heard from the car on the highway, block 38C4NW. Where have all the Nighthawks gone? If you've seen one this year I'd like to know when and where. Peace, Terri Martincic ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Where are the Nighthawks? From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:16:44 -0400 Unfortunately, the disappearance of a familiar group of nighthawks is nothing new. I've lost all three nest sites within earshot of my house over the past ten years. Back in 1882, Wheaton wrote of the nighthawk in this city as a "common summer resident, from May to September." He also states that "The eggs of the Nighthawk, like those of the Whippoorwill, are placed on the ground, with this distinction, that the Nighthawk seeks no shelter, but selects an open field or bare rock. No nest is constructed." Twenty years later Dawson, was to write “In Columbus it is a familiar feature, hawking fearlessly above High Street, and nesting, as in many other cities, upon the tarred and gravelled roofs of flat-topped buildings.” At about that time, Bales, the prodigious amateur oologist, was collecting nighthawk eggs in rural Pickaway County just to the south, every one of them in empty corners of cornfields. Tar roofs with gravel ballast came into fashion, and are now well on the way out. Among the last holdouts here in town were school buildings, but nearly all their flat roof coverings have been replaced with rubber or plastic. Another local ornithologist, Hicks, wrote in 1935 that "At least a few pairs breed on the roofs of nearly every Ohio city having more than 5000 inhabitants. Absent in most municipalities of smaller size. Known as a summer resident in 117 cities of 74 counties. Not definitely known to nest on the ground except on limestone outcrops in the dry prairies of Adams, Erie, and Ottawa counties." I recall looking for nighthawks in Adams County during the last OBBA; we didn't find any out in the country. Other species like terns of several species, even razorbills, have adapted to gravel roofs along the Atlantic coast and Florida when their natural nesting areas were commandeered by humans. Their numbers are also falling as a result, and conservationists find themselves protecting aging shopping centers as bird habitat. It seems that local nighthawks established new nesting traditions over the past century or more, but that habitat is fast disappearing, and they are becoming much less common. Even where gravel roofs remain, their nests are vulnerable to predators that have increasingly moved into urban settings, such as raccoons and especially crows. The range map for this species covers most of North America, especially the wide open spaces of the western US and all of Canada; the population is down in the eastern US, where it has been relying on urban nest sites that artificially boosted their presence for those of us who live in cities. We still see large southward movements of nighthawks in the fall, sometimes in the thousands, but they are probably largely birds from Canada. So while their overall numbers may be down, they are still pretty numerous in areas where they don't get noticed as often, and these are also areas where they are less accurately counted. Bill Whan Columbus Terri Martincic wrote: > All, > > Nighthawks are regular in Berea Ohio, often right over our small > shopping area, block 40B4NW. The OBBAII website doesn't show too > many Nighthawks this time around: > http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?viewResults=1 > > In Berea we most often hear them in the early morning (7am), or at > dusk (8-10 pm). > > While driving on Rt 20 west of Norwalk (Huron County) a possible > Common Nighthawk was heard in Monroeville, can anyone confirm the > presence or absence of a Nighthawk there? It's hard to be sure when > heard from the car on the highway, block 38C4NW. > > Where have all the Nighthawks gone? If you've seen one this year I'd > like to know when and where. > > Peace, Terri Martincic > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological > Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing > list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send > questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Where are the Nighthawks? From: Terri Martincic <naturenut AT WOWWAY.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:44:55 -0400 All, Nighthawks are regular in Berea Ohio, often right over our small shopping area, block 40B4NW. The OBBAII website doesn't show too many Nighthawks this time around: http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/OH/Main?viewResults=1 In Berea we most often hear them in the early morning (7am), or at dusk (8-10 pm). While driving on Rt 20 west of Norwalk (Huron County) a possible Common Nighthawk was heard in Monroeville, can anyone confirm the presence or absence of a Nighthawk there? It's hard to be sure when heard from the car on the highway, block 38C4NW. Where have all the Nighthawks gone? If you've seen one this year I'd like to know when and where. Peace, Terri Martincic ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Common Nighthawks,etc. From: gary moon <ggm520 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:17:09 -0400 Hi Everyone, I have had some regular sightings of Common Nighthawks at Easton Town Centre in Cols. for some weeks now even in the broad daylight hours. I believe I saw a Peregrine Falcon this past week nearing Lincoln Tower on the OSU campus. Thirdly, I spotted a Zebra Swallowtail butterfly in Columbus last Saturday morning near Nelson and 5th Avenues in Shepard Park. I was so close to the butterfly that it was a positive ID. Butterfly numbers are way down this year so far. Gary Moon Columbus,Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Western meadowlark, Butler County From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:39:29 -0400 Another report from the peripatetic Troy Shively, out atlasing in SW Ohio. He had a singing western meadowlark about 1/2 mi east of the town of Jacksonburg in Butler Co (old Delorme 64:D3/4 (about where the "a' of Jacksonburg appears in the map, on Oxford-Middletown Road (looks like it's Rte. 744 but it is not): N 39.53874, W 084.50661. It was in a mowed 8-10 acre field surrounded by a white picket fence. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Sheldon's Marsh, Erie Co. From: Bob Beason <robert.c.beason AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:48:47 -0400 Most of the birds I saw and heard at Sheldon's Marsh today were the usual ones. In addition I heard a Marsh Wren singing in the cattails near one of the viewing areas and a Sora calling from the cattails towards the lake. The Sora was also there yesterday. The big surprise was a Red-breasted Nuthatch. I haven't seen one here since the spring. The bird had a short tail and bill, darker than usual plumage, somewhat mottled (or very dirty), and wasn't wary of humans. Two ladies were watching it when I came upon them and the bird was less than 15 ft away. It seemed undisturbed by our presence and flew to a tree that was even closer to us. I wonder if it might have been a juvenile? I neither saw nor heard any other Red-breasted Nuthatches. Bob Beason Huron, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Backyard Coopers Nest - Hilliard From: Bob Baran <rbaran AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:24 -0400 The Coopers Hawk nest is progressing well. There a four chicks present and growing quickly. They've been sitting up at the edge of the nest more often. Mom or dad are always sitting in a tree close by. It's been obvious that mom and dad have been busy working to feed the young ones as the yard, as well as the neighbors have been littered with the feathers of unlucky birds. A few Chipmunks have also fallen victim. I've included a couple photos at the link below. It's been a challenge to get good photos with the low light due to all of the foliage. Regards, Bob Hilliard, Ohio http://bsquaredphotos.smugmug.com/Birds/822965 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Shawnee Prairie Preserve-Greenville, Ohio From: NEUBAUERB3 AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:36:02 EDT Tuesday, June 30 - This morning we joined Robb Clifford, naturalist at Shawnee Prairie Preserve in Greenville, for his regular Tuesday morning walk. The birds, as well as the birders, were enjoying the mild weather. What a pleasant break from the humid 90s! Shawnee has a very nice nature center and varied habitat. Our list included 36 species in order of appearance: Bluejay American crow Mourning dove Brown-headed cowbird Common grackle European starling American robin Chipping sparrow House finch Song sparrow Tree swallow Eastern bluebird American goldfinch Great blue heron Eastern phoebe Field sparrow Indigo bunting Coopers hawk Turkey vulture Downy woodpecker Northern flicker Tufted titmouse Carolina chickadee Great-crested flycatcher White-breasted nuthatch Chimney swift Northern cardinal Mallard Canada goose Warbling vireo Red-bellied woodpecker Red-eyed vireo Hermit thrush Gray catbird Eastern wood pewee Vesper sparrow Ed and Bev Neubauer Englewood, Ohio **************It's raining cats and dogs -- Come to PawNation, a place where pets rule! (http://www.pawnation.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000008) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Mon. 6/29 - Geauga County From: Sean Artman <sean.artman AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:33:21 -0400 Visited Eldon Russell Park south of Burton on Monday. Very nice place for birding. http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/parks/eldonrussel.shtml We made a quick stop to see the osprey nest on East Branch Reservoir where 3 nestlings were being fed. On Rapids Road on the way to the park, there was a pair of Sandhill Cranes with 2 juveniles hanging out in a corn field. The little grassland at the front of the park had tree and barn swallows, chimney swifts and a purple martin cruising around. In and around the field were field sparrows, bluebirds, a red-tailed hawk, a wild turkey, and some yellowthroats. The woods and river area contained Veery and Wood Thrushes calling and singing, also had a Yellow-throated Vireo and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. There were a number of Ebony Jewelwing dragonflies along the river. The big highlight was a singing Prothonotary Warbler who eventually came over, perched and preened, and then took a sunbath on the path about 40 feet from us. This fellow was banded, red on the left (I think) and silver above orange on the right. Another highlight was a hummingbird sitting on her nest (confirmation for this OBBA block). Plus lots of other common birds, 3 kinds of flycatchers, indigo bunting, cedar waxwing, chipping sparrow, etc. House wrens were singing everywhere. It's a clean and quiet park and the loop trail goes through all the nice habitats. Good birding! Sean Artman ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Hocking Hills State Park 06/29 From: Chris Pierce <c.pierce AT ATT.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:21:24 -0400 Took some out of state visitors to HHSP. We hiked to most of the must see areas of this gem of a park, and saw and heard some great birds along the trails. Location: Hocking Hills State Park Observation date: 6/29/09 Notes: Visited Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, Ash Cave, and Conkle's Hollow.The Louisiana Waterthrush were easily viewed while walking the trail from Old Man's Cave to the Upper Falls. Number of species: 46 Turkey Vulture 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 2 Chimney Swift 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 Acadian Flycatcher 6 Eastern Phoebe 4 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 9 Carolina Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 2 Wood Thrush 4 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 8 Cedar Waxwing 12 Black-throated Green Warbler 8 Pine Warbler 1 Cerulean Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 2 *Louisiana Waterthrush 3* Hooded Warbler 2 Summer Tanager 1 Scarlet Tanager 3 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 American Goldfinch 6 See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 6/30 - White-faced Ibis - YES From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:16:11 -0700 The Ottawa WHITE-FACED IBIS continues, as of 2:30 PM, today. Take a left when you enter the refuge (towards the new visitors center), and the bird is occupying a small marshy spot on your left before you reach the larger pond in front of the center. Two Blue-winged Teal were in the same small pond. This bird truly is beaut, and provides a rare opportunity for Ohioans to see it in this manner. I took all my photos without leaving the car, and the less we disturb this bird, the better; perhaps it will stick around awhile longer. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28939750 AT N05/?saved=1 - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Hoover Nature Preserve, Delaware County From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:28:55 -0400 After spending the majority of my time during the past week monitoring new blocks for the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II and assisting Jackie Bain with programs with the kids at Gallant Woods Preserve in Delaware County, I was back on home ground at the Hoover Nature Preserve to monitor the progress of the Prothonotary Warblers. It was a comfortable morning to stroll along Old Sunbury Road and the area around the Eastshore Yacht Club. Of course that’s if you stay on the level defined path that is the old roadbed. To monitor the nest boxes I follow the shore and wade to the nest boxes, duck tree limbs and fight with multiform rose. I did use the road on the return walk to the car. The Prothonotary Warblers are at the stage where they are fledging the nest everywhere. It’s a little like watching fluffy popcorn hiding in the button bushes. I located 6 adults and numerous fledglings at the cove by the Eastshore Yacht Club and along Old Sunbury Road I located 21 adults and oodles (new technical birding term) of fledglings. Some of the nest boxes are, or have been used by Tree Swallows and House Wrens along this area. Since there are houses closer to the water here than many areas with nest boxes, the wrens occupy a higher percentage of my boxes along this stretch. I always seem to find the unexpected while monitoring the nest boxes. Today this included a nesting pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers that I hadn't notice before; the discovery of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on i ts nest (the nest is as well constructed as my projects in wood shop during Junior High - use at your own risk); and what may be an indication that there was a second Osprey nest at Hoover Reservoir this year. I watched an adult (or adults?) fly into a large cottonwood tree with fish in talon several times. I couldn’t get a clean line on the location without taking a swim so I deferred any conclusion until the trees loose their leafs. Will Santa have a nest of large sticks waiting for me? Most years one could walk along the shore already and get close, but with the recent rains Hoover Reservoir’s water level is at near peak depth. This last fact probably means we won’t have good shorebird habitat at Hoover until September unless it gets hot and dry the rest of the summer. Observations today included: Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose and large goslings Wood Duck hens with ducklings in tow Mallard Osprey Bald Eagle (1 adult) Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swifts Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Eastern Bluebird Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Prothonotary Warbler  (27 adults and “oodles” of fledglings) Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve 　 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Homing pigeon question From: Dwight Chasar <chasard AT WINDSTREAM.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:26:17 -0500 While birding around the CVNP on Sunday, June 28, I came across what would appear to be a "lost" homing pigeon near Station Road in Cuyahoga/Summit Co). There generally are not pigeons around that area, it was on the ground feeding, and not too fearful. It had a green plastic band on each leg and the one on the right leg, as I remember, had the number 82 upsidedown on it. If anyone has an interest in this bird, let me know and I can give further location details. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Today at my house From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:45:25 -0400 Greetings from Grid C-6 , Block Center West , page 45 in Delorme,,, Was out there and things are really alive with fledglings... below are a list of them and adults also Baltimore Orioles Orchard Orioles Rose Breasted Grosbeaks Northern Cardinals Tree Swallows Blue Birds Cedar Waxwings Eastern Kingbird Northern Flickers Hairy Woodpeckers Downy Woodpeckers Red Bellied /Woodpeckers Pileated Woodpeclers White Breasted Nuthatch Carolina Chickadee Boat Tailed Grackle Cowbirds Indigo Bunting Grey Catbird Blue Jay Tufted Titmouse Red Wing BlackbirdHouse Wren Scarlet Tanager Phoebe House Sparrows Tree Sparrows Chipping Sparrows and other sparrows I need to Identify Hummingbirds American Golden Finche House Finche American Robins Mourning Doves and there are some others all I have is heard and need to learn what they are. All this is my a little less than 5 acres area with ajoining woods ,, prairie grassland thicket and scrub growth. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Mississippi Kite in Cincinnnati From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:06:18 -0400 Just got a call from Troy Shively, who was with his family at the Cincinnati Zoo, where he saw and photographed a Mississippi kite overhead. Thus far none of the three Miss kites reported in the state recently has been very easy to relocate, judging by reports on this list. I had a confirmation on the Logan bird the other day from a veteran local observer, but even with a three-year record there, it has not been reported often this summer. Everyone should keep an eye out and report sightings of this rarity. Also in Cincinnati, a possible fulvous whistling-duck has been reported by a reliable observer at Miami-Whitewater Wetlands. This is a prime time of year for unusual wanderers! Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Falcon Downtown Columbus From: Steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:17:47 -0400 Hey Bob...and others. There are some in Columbus and Lima and other places. Here is link to ODNR's Webcam for Columbus. http://ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/falcons/columbus.aspx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Keener" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:42 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Falcon Downtown Columbus > Hi All, > > I am visiting from PA for conference, staying in downtown Columbus. Last > evening while eating at outdoor cafe, I observed a falcon like bird flying > around and perching on the tall Nationwide building. I did not have > binocs at the time, but the bird was obviously a falcon and I'm assuming > Peregrine. Has there been Peregrine nesting in the city? I would be > interested in knowing any brief history of Peregrines in Columbus. I'll > have my binocs next time! > > Bob Keener > 5207 Heisey Rd > Shippensburg, PA 17257 > 717-532-9723 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Official bird name changes coming From: Bob Beason <robert.c.beason AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:31:36 -0400 Thanks for the update, Bill. It's interesting that I learned the American Goldfinch as Spinus tristis and now it's back! Maybe my old field guides will be accurate again; who knows. Bob Beason Huron, OH On Jun 30, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Bill Whan wrote: > The admirably open process of the American Ornithologists' Union's > Check-list Committee permits us to look ahead to some changes. See > http://www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/pending.php . > These decisions are probably not final till the publication > of next > month's issue of the Auk, but some name changes are in the offing. > These > are especially important if you're working on a checklist, or a > publication, and one of them at least will be an immediate relief to > ordinary birders. > That one is the simplification of some of the English names of > Ammodramus sparrows: > "Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" is now "Saltmarsh Sparrow", > and > "Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow" is now "Nelson's Sparrow." > Hurray. > The old genus Carduelis is being split up, with these > changes in > scientific names for Ohio species: > common redpoll is now Acanthis flammea > hoary redpoll is now Acanthis hornemanni > American goldfinch is now Spinus tristis > pine siskin is now Spinus pinus > > Finally, the Ohio "tanagers" (summer, scarlet, western), as > well as the > hepatic tanager, in the genus Piranga are leaving the tanager > family to > join the Cardinalidae. Their scientific names will remain the same, > but > maybe the English name "tanager" will be changed...I'd guess not, > after > reading the comments... > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Official bird name changes coming From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53:33 -0400 The admirably open process of the American Ornithologists' Union's Check-list Committee permits us to look ahead to some changes. See http://www.aou.org/committees/nacc/proposals/pending.php . These decisions are probably not final till the publication of next month's issue of the Auk, but some name changes are in the offing. These are especially important if you're working on a checklist, or a publication, and one of them at least will be an immediate relief to ordinary birders. That one is the simplification of some of the English names of Ammodramus sparrows: "Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow" is now "Saltmarsh Sparrow", and "Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow" is now "Nelson's Sparrow." Hurray. The old genus Carduelis is being split up, with these changes in scientific names for Ohio species: common redpoll is now Acanthis flammea hoary redpoll is now Acanthis hornemanni American goldfinch is now Spinus tristis pine siskin is now Spinus pinus Finally, the Ohio "tanagers" (summer, scarlet, western), as well as the hepatic tanager, in the genus Piranga are leaving the tanager family to join the Cardinalidae. Their scientific names will remain the same, but maybe the English name "tanager" will be changed...I'd guess not, after reading the comments... Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Shorebirds, Lake County 6/29 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:42:36 -0400 Yestrday while doing some surveys in eastern Lake County I ran into 2 lesser yellowlegs and a least sandpiper. It looks like fall migration has begun. I don't think this is that early. When I worked in Northwest Ohio I often saw the first southbound shorebirds around June 26 or shortly thereafter. John Pogacnik _________________________________________________________________ HotmailŽ has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Spring Valley Least Bittern From: Bob Powell <rdp1710 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:48:23 -0400 I was out at Spring Valley Wildlife Area (Warren County) with one of my ornithology students. While we were on the observation platform at the end of the boardwalk, an adult Least Bittern flew by below us. The big buffy wing patches were clearly visible. The bird dropped into the cattails and disappeared. This is only the second time I have seen Least Bittern at this location, from which they have long been reported. I chalk it up to beginner's luck on the part of the student, who was somewhat bemused by all the fuss. This suggests a new birding strategy: take along a rank beginner, the ranker the better, in order to take advantage of their beginner's luck. Not a bad idea even you don't see any good birds. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA rdp1710 AT gmail.com http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Falcon Downtown Columbus From: Bob Keener <keenerb99 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:42:22 -0700 Hi All, I am visiting from PA for conference, staying in downtown Columbus. Last evening while eating at outdoor cafe, I observed a falcon like bird flying around and perching on the tall Nationwide building. I did not have binocs at the time, but the bird was obviously a falcon and I'm assuming Peregrine. Has there been Peregrine nesting in the city? I would be interested in knowing any brief history of Peregrines in Columbus. I'll have my binocs next time! Bob Keener 5207 Heisey Rd Shippensburg, PA 17257 717-532-9723 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Berlin Res. this afternoon From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:21:04 -0700 I went and took a look around Berlin Res. today.  No sign of a pelican.  I talked with DOW guys who said it hasn't been seen since last week as far as they knew.  Here's what I did find there: 2 wild turkeys, 1 adult and 2 young ospreys at the nest visible from Greenbower Rd., white-eyed vireo, cliff swallows, prothonotary warbler, and e. meadowlark.  The water level is very high there now.  Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 26 Jun 2009 to 27 Jun 2009 (#2009-179) From: Paula Vargo <pjv1316 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:23:42 -0700 Saw a dickcissel at Big Island.  P Janine Vargo --- On Sun, 6/28/09, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system wrote: From: OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system Subject: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 26 Jun 2009 to 27 Jun 2009 (#2009-179) To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 12:00 AM OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 26 Jun 2009 to 27 Jun 2009 (#2009-179) Table of contents: Birding the future Greater Mohican Audubon map to Upland Sandpipers in Mansfield Barn Owl (3) Resthave, Pickerel Creek, Willow Point, Pipe Creek Saturday 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights (2) Licking County Peaches and Birds Birding the future Birding the future (06/27) From: Bill Whan Greater Mohican Audubon map to Upland Sandpipers in Mansfield Greater Mohican Audubon map to Upland Sandpipers in Mansfield (06/27) From: Penny OConnor Barn Owl Barn Owl (06/27) From: JOHN TROYER JR Re: Barn Owl (06/27) From: "Donald Morse, Jr." Re: Barn Owl (06/27) From: Aaron Boone Resthave, Pickerel Creek, Willow Point, Pipe Creek Saturday Resthave, Pickerel Creek, Willow Point, Pipe Creek Saturday (06/27) From: Craig Caldwell 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights (06/27) From: Leidy Gabe Re: 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights (06/27) From: Leidy Gabe Licking County Peaches and Birds Licking County Peaches and Birds (06/27) From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Browse the OHIO-BIRDS online archives. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: There's still time to Atlas! From: Aaron Boone <boone.70 AT OSU.EDU> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:10:53 -0400 Ohio Birders, I'm pumped this afternoon after reading some great Atlasing reports from today and the past few days. Congrats especially to Dave Slager for nabbing 81 species in his Muskingum County priority block...and by bicycle! To echo Mr. Bombaci, even farmland can be great for birding! Indeed, atlasing will bring you to places you may have never considered birding before. Undoubtedly, there's something interesting to be found no matter where you are in Ohio. As June is rapidly coming to a close, please consider forging ahead with your survey efforts into July and even into early August. I think that the first couple of weeks in July can bring some of the most rewarding summer time birding. It is true that June brings the end of certain species' safe dates but this doesn't eliminate the fact that you will likely find PROBABLE or CONFIRMED breeding evidence to negate those safe date restrictions. If you're new to the Atlas, please give participation a try, even if you only have 5 hours to spare some weekend morning. I encourage EVERY birder in Ohio to contribute at least some observations to OBBA2. As I've said before, atlasing is simply birding and it's easy to contribute. We still have several priority blocks that need whatever amount of effort you can contribute. Please help us in this 4th year (only one to go!!!) of putting Ohio's nesting birds on the map! Good birding! -- Aaron Boone Project Coordinator Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II School of Environment & Natural Resources The Ohio State University 210 Kottman Hall 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210-1085 614.247.6458 (office) www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: OBBA Birding in Trenton Twp, Delaware Cty From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:34:38 -0400 I spent today roaming around Trenton Township in Delaware County covering a block for the OBBA that had no time or effort previously applied to it. This turned out to be a good decision as I found that farm country can be fun. The terrain was mostly flat, but here were some rolling hills and streams to break up the crop land. The farmers practice crop rotation with fallow fields intermixed with those with crops. This leaves habitat for grassland species. The area also had numerous small blocks of forested land and streams, although both were not significant. The local residents showed their hospitality as six times I had someone stop to ask if I was having car trouble and needed assistance while I parked off the road to scan the fields. The best finds of the day were Bobolinks and Dickcissels. I knew there was a chance to find them but I expected them to be long shots. Additional grassland birds I found included Grasshopper Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Ring-necked Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Killdeer, Horned Larks, Common Yellowthroat, and Yellow-breasted Chat. The young Killdeer haven’t got the gist of why mom does her fake broken wing act. While she was doing an act worthy of an Oscar, the young who are getting fairly good sized, stood in the middle of the road and stared at her and my car. They finally meandered off the road and into the grass. At one point I thought I had a Red-shouldered Hawk in a wooded area. The sound got closer and out came a Blue Jay doing a20great hawk call. All day I didn’t see a single Great Blue Heron or Carolina Wren, and I couldn't’t find a Mallard, even a domesticated one in someone’s farm pond. I would like to check out the wooded areas so If I get back into the block I’ll get to meet some landowners. Not the first area one would go to bird, but I got over 50 species and gave coverage to a block that has been neglected in the OBBA. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Muskingum County atlasing highlights From: Dave Slager <slager.4 AT osu.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:40 -0400 This morning I enjoyed atlasing in priority block 60D1CE near Nashport in western Muskingum County. The great thing about atlasing is that it takes you to places you probably otherwise wouldn't bird. While atlasing in this block, I came across some neat areas and neat birds. The ODWR land along the Licking River south of Nashport supported the greatest diversity of goodies: A pair of Bald Eagles, a Hooded Merganser, 3 Prothonotary Warblers, a Bank Swallow colony, 2 Swamp Sparrows, and a singing Brown Creeper! This area, accessed off Pleasant Valley Rd south of SR-146, yielded 56 species in just 1.5 hours of atlasing. This block also had an impressive 7 raptor species, and the excellent overall habitat diversity contributed to 81 species for the morning in this block--a personal record. Don't go birding in this block, though--there are plenty of untapped priority blocks out there just waiting to be explored. Good birding, Dave Slager -- David L. Slager Graduate Research Fellow Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab School of Environment and Natural Resources The Ohio State University 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210-1085 slager.4 AT osu.edu ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Brown Pelican & lack thereof From: Laura Dornan <tldornan68 AT ATT.NET> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:31:32 -0700 Joyce Stevens, Dave Kuseyeski, husband Tim & I set out this morning hoping to confirm the presence of a Brown Pelican at Berlin Lake.  We visited every spot where the lake can be viewed from the road, some of them more than once but with no luck.  At one point I was so intent on seeing a pelican that I initially mistook a fly-by Great Blue Heron for the pelican but it only made my heart beat fast for an instant.  Later Tim tried to make another distant heron into a pelican but it was even less convincing. After a good meal at Ben's, by the causeway, on the therory that all the boating & fishing activity at Berlin  made the pelican move on to quieter waters we searched Deer Creek & Walborn Reservoirs.  Not that pelicans seem to be particularly leery of boats & people along the coast but we needed something to fuel our search. Futile. Even though we couldn't find the pelican, we did see about 32 species of birds.  The best sighting were the 4 or 5 Red-headed Woodpeckers at the Berlin camp Ground, followed closely by the young eagles still on the nest (or nearby branches) at Walborn Reservoir and the young Osprey on the nest at Greenbower RD, Berlin. A good birding day, even without the "bird of the century". Laura Dornan Louisville, Stark County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Clay's Park Pelicans still there? From: bluebirdfan AT GMAIL.COM Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:04:03 -0400 Please update on the status of pelicans at Clay's Park, Canal Fulton, if you have any info. Couldn't get there this weekend... thinking of trying this (Mon) evening... park phone went to voice mail. THANK YOU! Karen G. Copley ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Not-so common ravens in Harrison County From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:48:22 -0400 Rob & Sandy Harlan asked me to pass this along: "Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon Sandy and I visited the Harrison Co. Upland Sandpiper spot (as listed on OhioBirds, we were on the access road next to the ODNR's Mine Safety Training Center along Industrial Park Drive, south of Cadiz) and found four Upland Sandpipers with relative ease. Just after 5pm, as we were about to leave, I heard the familiar call of a Common Raven overhead; looking up, we found a little flock of four ravens going over, heading eastward and out of sight. The habitat here is pretty reminiscent of the habitat where we found a raven in Jefferson Co. last June, and where other eastern Ohio ravens have been seen in recent years...rolling grassy hills." Personal note: the section of the sprawling Egypt Valley WA just west of this spot also looks excellent for ravens--same kind of rolling hills, with some high-walls, etc. If you take time to go out here from more populous areas, it might well be worth exploring while you're there. Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: FW: [Ohio-birds] Clay's Park W Pelican photo/story link From: "Kramer, Dan" <Dan.Kramer AT DNR.STATE.OH.US> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:27:02 -0400 Try this link instead... http://indeonline.com/archive/x1662370863/Pelicans-perch-in-Clay-s-Park -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Kramer, Dan Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:21 AM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clay's Park W Pelican photo/story link The Massillon Independent newspaper printed a nice story and photo of the white pelicans at Clay's Park last week (link below). I counted 24 there on Thursday the 25th. Other observers counted as many as 28. Apparently they are coming and going presumably to other bodies of water to feed. The question is where? Any current sightings...are they still there? http://www.indeonline.com/local_news/x1662370863/Pelicans-perch-in-Clay- s-Park Dan Kramer Dover ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Clay's Park W Pelican photo/story link From: "Kramer, Dan" <Dan.Kramer AT DNR.STATE.OH.US> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:20:36 -0400 The Massillon Independent newspaper printed a nice story and photo of the white pelicans at Clay's Park last week (link below). I counted 24 there on Thursday the 25th. Other observers counted as many as 28. Apparently they are coming and going presumably to other bodies of water to feed. The question is where? Any current sightings...are they still there? http://www.indeonline.com/local_news/x1662370863/Pelicans-perch-in-Clay- s-Park Dan Kramer Dover ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: pelicans in the news From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:08:45 -0700 Hi all---I was at Lake DePue in north-central Illinois this weekend.  I was hoping to see an Am. white pelican there, but not expecting it in late June.  I was surprised to see 30+ birds there!!  A friend of mine from Wisconsin said they have just started nesting at the lake she lives on there in the last couple years.  So it does seem something is afoot with this species.  As for the brown pelican at Berlin Res., has this bird been confirmed yet?  If not, I will go over there and check it out.  Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: More nesting juncos From: Hildegard Bingen <zzhildegard AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:01:40 -0700 Our second junco nesting fledged three last Tuesday.  Last evening I caught sight of the adults courting in and around the nest.  This morning they're doing some remodeling. I've read that in the more southerly parts of their range, juncos have been reported on the nest as late as mid-August.  Maybe this is the year of the junco here in Geauga County Pat Bainbridge Twp Geauga Co. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Castalia trip From: Lee Grover <Vlgro AT TOAST2.NET> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:03:42 -0400 Sunday, I was tired of staying at home, so I decided to go down to the Castalia area & do a little birding. Near the junction of US20 (North side of Fremont) & US6N, I saw 3 vultures circling. The lower one was a Black Vulture. Good start. I stopped at Pickerel Creek WMA. As I was walking up to the lookout, I saw the Marsh Wren I was hoping - under the lookout. After climbing the lookout, I saw mostly pretty common birds, GB Herons, G Egrets, C Geese & some Redheads. Then I saw an Upland Sandpiper fly, off to the northwest. In one of the other ponds, about 1/2 mile north, I flushed a Little Blue Heron & a House Wren. Didn't see much interesting around Castalia itself, so I went to Medusa Marsh. Saw nothing but C. Geese. It was very windy on Lake Erie, which chased the birds away from the shore, so I started working my way back towards Toledo. Not much, so I decided to go to McGee Marsh. I sat on the Lookout for about 2 hours & it was fairly good. Seen were Warbling Vireo, Kentucky Warbler, Crested Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Baltimore Oriole & Mockingbird, plus a lot of various blackbirds. Time to go home. V. Lee Grover ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: White-faced Ibis at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge From: Rebecca Hinkle <Rebecca_Hinkle AT FWS.GOV> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:40:36 -0400 This morning there is a white-faced ibis on the entrance road to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. It is feeding on tadpoles in the small wetland south of the large pond. Rebecca E. Hinkle Visitor Services Manager Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge 14000 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0014 ext. 17 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: fledgling juncos From: Barbara Zaas Partington <bzpart55 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:00:41 -0400 2nd nesting of Juncos successful in my yard. Male feeding two fledglings for last few days in the yard and garden. Very cool. Also fledgling Rose-breasted grosbeaks, chipping sparrows, tufted titmice, downy and red bellied woodpeckers. Barb Partington Munson Twp Geauga County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Scaup at Mogadore Reservoir From: Darlene Snuffer <dsnuffer AT WOH.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:11:22 -0400 Sunday morning at 11:30 I birded the entrance road from Old Forge Road. From the gravel lot at the top of the hill a male scaup was easily seen with binoculars. It was near the edge by the road near several Canada geese. With the scope, it appeared to be a greater scaup. I also saw the pelicans (6) at Clay's Park, but no luck with the upland sandpipers at Mansfield Lahm Airport. Darlene Snuffer back in Centerville ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: automated response From: Mark Skinner <skinner AT ssti.org> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:02:15 -0400 I am sorry but I do not have email access until July 7. Please contact my colleagues at SSTI at 614.901.1690 if you need assistance prior to my return. Have a great Independence Day on July 4 or Canada Day on July 1 -- or better yet, enjoy both! - Mark ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Conneaut Harbor From: "Andrew J. Morrison" <trainhawk AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:18:40 -0700 Local yocals likely scared most birds of interest away. Especially the Jeeps bombing through the marsh. It is a shame something can't be done to protect that part... On the harbor side, in the western most cove area, we saw a Least Bittern fly 3 times across the water. It was most awkward looking, but precious to see.   Andrew Morrison Kirtland OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Upland Sandpiper - Madison County From: Doug Overacker <doveracker AT IAPDATACOM.NET> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:13:38 -0400 I returned to the location I found the Upland Sandpipers at Route 41 and Harrold Road in Madison County last week to see if they were still there. This is between South Charleston and South Solon. After about 15 minutes I heard one call a few times. As the soybeans get taller it will probably be almost impossible to see the birds even if they do remain. There are huge no till soybean fields on either side of Route 41 at this location. Doug Overacker Springfield, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Little Blue Heron, Geauga County, 6/28 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:06:41 -0400 While in Montville, Geauga county this afternoon i had a flyby adult LITTLE BLUE HERON. I observed the bird fly over Kile Road about 3 miles south of Route 6. It was flying over farm country heading east. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Central Ohio Road trip from East to West From: Steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:51:20 -0400 Greetings one and all. Sorry in advance for the long post but it was a long day. :-) There is a question down in there somewhere as well as foodie recommendation at the end. I got up bright and early with the intention of hitting a couple of hot spots up in north central Ohio, and then seeing where the wind took me. I went up to Mansfield to get the Upland Sandpipers I hoped that they were close enough to get a good photograph...they weren't...Oh well there's always next time. I did get some great views and I was there before Flyboys opened so I had to settle with looking through the fence. What I couldn't believe was that I wasn't the first there! There were a half dozen 10 speed birders there. Touring for birds on ten speed bikes! Hi guys! Their NEXT stop was Clay's Park! Close to 60 miles away. Ahh to be young again! After flyboys opened, I went inside grabbed a cup of coffee and some pie for breakfast. Yum. Then went out to the backside patio of the restaurant to get a better view of the Sandpipers. It was neat to watch them going between grassy areas... One would stand up on one of the marker lights then one at a time the others would walk across then the other would fly over...it was like one was a traffic guard. :-) Also there was a Red Tailed Hawk that was perched on one of the marker lights. Then when it took off it flew directly down the runway! Just like all the other "birds". :-) Met some other birders including "The infamous" Laura Keene. ;-) I counted 8 Uplands. 1 Red Tailed Hawk and Several Savannah Sparrows ______ After the post last night from Cheryl Harner, I decided to go a little farther east and head over to Byers Woods and see if I can get a bobolink. Saw two, but the pics I took were awful. So I "focused" on Bluebirds. Went on a couple of trails there with other birders, and met Cheryl. Among others birds spotted were Eastern Meadowlark, Great Crested Flycatchers, Cedar Waxwings, Both Barn and Tree Swallows, Bluebirds by the Dozen, Indigo Bunting, and A female Red Breasted Grosbeak. We heard a White Eyed Vireo, Red Bellied Woodpeckers, and a couple of different sparrows. Had a hotdog, and went back out, the only thing that I could add to the above is that I saw the tail end of a Thrasher, and heard a Towhee telling me to "drink your tea"...so on the way to my next destination...I did. _________ My next destination was the other side of the state. A few days ago, Russowl had sent me a picture of a Tern that looked like a Fosters but we weren't 100% sure. So I headed towards Bressler Lake to try and confirm it. When I googled mapped Bressler Lake, all I could get was the district 2 office...in Findlay, it's not there BTW, it's a little West of Lima on Kemp Rd. Nice little Up lake. Terns weren't there, They are usually there in the morning fishing around the dock. So I'm going to go back later in the week when I have some free time. Does anyone have any info of Terns in the Lima area? We're thinking that they might be nesting somewhere but haven't a clue where to look. ________ My birding day ended with a pleasant curve ball. Russ had been guiding me towards the lake through emails and relay phone calls from my wife. After I got there, he sent another email inviting me over to check out his birding backyard. I had time to kill so I figured might as well... His place BEGS to be an OBBAII Block party. From the road to the edge of his property is literally for the birds. It's like Blendon woods squeezed into 5 acres. It's like everything... Prairie, woods, a little water. It was defiantly a high point of my day. In less than an hour we saw easily 20 different species. Plus one we could figure out. and one again no picture...we left our cameras at the house. Yellow on bottom from the tip of the beak all the way to the tail, and olive green on top again from the beak all the way to the tail. Bigger than a warbler...We think it's a Yellow Bellied Flycatcher, if that sounds familiar, please email me. Oh well. Thanks Russ. Finally, after all of that, I needed to sit and relax and EAT!!! I was running on empty since before I got there so I asked Russ for a place on the way to sit down and have some real food. He recommended "Ike's Great American Restaurant." OMGoodness, that was the best sit down meal that I've had since last year when I went to the Black Stallion. Here is a link to reviews and such: http://www.activediner.com/Ikes-Great-American-Restaurant-Inc/restaurant/Lima/OH/US/profile/176577 . It is on the south west side of Lima. If you're over that way, I highly recommend it service and food is excellent. Whew like I said long day....but not as long as the biker birders ;-) Happy Birding and God bless. Steve Jones (a.k.a. sjlarue) Blog: http://sjlarueslenses.blogspot.com/ 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. (Matthew 10.29-31) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Licking County Peaches and Birds From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:52:35 -0400 My wife always gets amused at the routes I take as somehow birding is stuck in with the easiest tasks. Tonight the objective was to go to Lynd's just off the new SR 161 in Licking County to get some peaches. The route meandered along Central College Road, Duncan's Run Road, Goursh Road, Beech Road, County Line Road, Robins Road and a few others. I think it doubled the miles to and from Lynd's. Linda didn't complain as the trip for peaches got us several Wild Turkey hens with their poults, Indigo Buntings, Horned Larks, Eastern Kingbirds, Eastern Meadowlarks, and Great Blue Herons heading into their rookery. Coming home we made a quick stop at Wiese Road in The Hoover Nature Preserve (Galena). We were greeted by a singing Prothonotary Warbler almost as soon as we left the car. Several of his cohorts serenaded us further along the road. Other birds included a male Indigo Bunting feeding a small fledgling, Eastern Kingbirds, Carolina and House Wrens, Baltimore Orioles, Double-crested Cormorants, Osprey, Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Northern Flickers being harassed by their large fledglings for food, Tree Swallows with fledglings, Cliff Swallows, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers carrying food, and Gray Catbirds everywhere. If you haven't been to Wiese Road lately you will discover PINK RIBBONS along the road where a portion of the Ohio to Erie Bike Trail will go through the preserve. The Prothonotary Warbler territory marker ribbons are ORANGE, although the recent rain has caused the flora to grow like crazy and many of the ribbons have been swallowed into the greenery. Hopefully the habitat will not be damaged too much by the bike path, but the individuals doing the engineering and I have chatted and they are trying to minimize damage to the habitat. We did manage to remember to get the peaches. I'll have to check this route out further for the OBBA II. Charlie Bombaci ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Barn Owl From: Aaron Boone <boone.70 AT OSU.EDU> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:51:46 -0500 Hi Could I get more details on this owl observation for OO OBBA2? Thanks. Aaron Boone On 6/27/09, JOHN TROYER JR wrote: > After a hint from a neighbor I checked out a barn close to my house and I > found a Barn Owl staying in the barn. I am trying to get photos of him but > not any success yet. Can anyone tell me really how rare Barn Owls are in > southern Ohio, I am in Brown Co. John Troyer Jr > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > -- Aaron Boone Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II School of Environment & Natural Resources The Ohio State University 210 Kottman Hall 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210-1085 614.247.6458 (office) www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:20:00 -0700 If you desire more White-winged Dove details, call the Bobolink-area Rare Bird Alert at 330-763-5119. - Gabe Leidy Cleveland --- On Sat, 6/27/09, Leidy Gabe wrote: > From: Leidy Gabe > Subject: [Ohio-birds] 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights > To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 8:46 PM > Eurasian Collared-Dove:  Along > CR 629, just east of CR 652, just north of Bunker > Hill.  County Road 629 can be reached via State Route > 62 from the west or County Rd 77 from the east.  The > bird alighted atop a dead snag across from the first house > east of CR 652, sharing the perch with ubiquitous Red-headed > Woodpeckers.  A Cliff Swallow colony on the barn makes > this property easy to spot from the road. > > King Rail:  Vocalized at the largest marsh along Clark > Rd. within Killbuck Marsh WA.  This is west of Valley > Rd; and north and west of the bridge that you cross.  > The bird responded to the first recording that I > played.  Please do not harass; this is a state > endangered species, and the basically the only of it's > species I have heard of during the breeding season. > > White-winged Dove:  We (Emil Bacik and I), did not see > this bird - yesterday afternoon, or bright and early this > morning.  As far as I know, the last observation came > yesterday AM, and there were a few of us searching this > morning.  The address is 3111 County Road 114 in > Sugarcreek, a mile north of SR 557.  Park at the last > residence along the long gravel driveway - the third house > in.  The homeowners are the Barkmans.  But again, > I don't believe the bird was seen today. > > Good birding - > Gabe Leidy > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio > Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing > list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 6/27 - Holmes/Wayne Co. highlights From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:46:22 -0700 Eurasian Collared-Dove: Along CR 629, just east of CR 652, just north of Bunker Hill. County Road 629 can be reached via State Route 62 from the west or County Rd 77 from the east. The bird alighted atop a dead snag across from the first house east of CR 652, sharing the perch with ubiquitous Red-headed Woodpeckers. A Cliff Swallow colony on the barn makes this property easy to spot from the road. King Rail: Vocalized at the largest marsh along Clark Rd. within Killbuck Marsh WA. This is west of Valley Rd; and north and west of the bridge that you cross. The bird responded to the first recording that I played. Please do not harass; this is a state endangered species, and the basically the only of it's species I have heard of during the breeding season. White-winged Dove: We (Emil Bacik and I), did not see this bird - yesterday afternoon, or bright and early this morning. As far as I know, the last observation came yesterday AM, and there were a few of us searching this morning. The address is 3111 County Road 114 in Sugarcreek, a mile north of SR 557. Park at the last residence along the long gravel driveway - the third house in. The homeowners are the Barkmans. But again, I don't believe the bird was seen today. Good birding - Gabe Leidy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Resthave, Pickerel Creek, Willow Point, Pipe Creek Saturday From: Craig Caldwell <craig_caldwell AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:27:01 -0700 Highlights of a sunny day -   Resthaven Wildlife Area (it's now gated not far past the office - I walked in maybe ź mile.):  Yellow-breasted Chat, Amer. Redstart, Wood Thrush, White-eyed Vireo.   Pickerel Creek WA (no shorebird habitat - it's either water or vegetation):  From the observation platform, two vigorously singing Marsh Wrens.   Willow Point WA, ponds behind the "Fish Work Unit" buildings (the second one has some muflats):  At least 20 Killdeer, one Lesser Yellowlegs, no other shorebirds.   Pipe Creek WA:  Many Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets, three Black-crowned Night Herons, a family of Mute Swans (boooo), many Purple Martins and Cliff Swallows (and many mosquitos, midges, and mayflies for them to eat).  If you plan on walking a loop, be advised that the trail which goes left (northish) from the entrance trail "T" hasn't been mowed, so put plenty of repellent on your ankles to guard against ticks.   Craig Caldwell Westlake ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Barn Owl From: "Donald Morse, Jr." <donaldthebirder AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:35:46 -0400 They are pretty rare (state endangered). There is another Barn Owl nest in Brown Co., if you don't know where it is, I am not going to dispose its location for obvious reasons. My cousin had a pair in her barn in Brown Co. about 6 years ago before she moved her horses in - the birds moved out. I have yet to find any others in my block in Brown Co. It's a good find. I think ODNR is still wanting to know of nests locations, but don't know. I would try not to disturb it as much as possible. You should also make sure that it gets into the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II http://www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ Don Morse Jr. New Richmond http://donaldthebirder.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/donaldthebirder On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:16 PM, JOHN TROYER JR wrote: > After a hint from a neighbor I checked out a barn close to my house and I found a Barn Owl staying in the barn. I am trying to get photos of him but not any success yet. Can anyone tell me really how rare Barn Owls are in southern Ohio, I am in Brown Co.   John Troyer Jr > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Barn Owl From: JOHN TROYER JR <jrtroyer AT AGAPEMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:16:53 -0400 After a hint from a neighbor I checked out a barn close to my house and I found a Barn Owl staying in the barn. I am trying to get photos of him but not any success yet. Can anyone tell me really how rare Barn Owls are in southern Ohio, I am in Brown Co. John Troyer Jr ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Greater Mohican Audubon map to Upland Sandpipers in Mansfield From: Penny OConnor <pjo AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:34:13 -0400 HI All, Greater Mohican Audubon Society has a map to the Mansfield Upland Sandpipers and a Bobolink site too! http://www.gmasohio.org/files/Sandpipers_to_Bobolinks_Map.pdf Penny O'Connor ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Birding the future From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:45:41 -0400 The Forest Service has some interesting projections about tree and bird populations under various climate change scenarios in the eastern US. Check out and then the Bird Atlas pages. This information apparently emanates from the Service office in Delaware, Ohio. There you will be able to look ahead to see what models say our bird populations will look like in the future. Unfortunately the 147 species treated don't seem to be in any particular order, and as in so many US maps our neighbor to the north Canada is terra incognita. I haven't done much but noodle around in this large site, but to get other more careful users interested offer a few observations from just browsing the Abundance Change Maps: --in light of recent events, check out Mississippi kite --will all the Canada geese finally return to Canada to breed? --the return of Bachman's sparrow to Ohio? --scissor-tailed flycatchers everywhere --restored loggerhead shrikes?? --balance these with all the species we'd lose, of course... Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 6/26 - northeastern OH wanderings From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:15:03 -0700 Emil Bacik and I traced a not-so-rigid "triangle" through Stark/Mahoning/Holmes Cos. today.  Of interest: We covered Berlin Lake, Deer Creek and Walborn Reservoirs with a thoroughness.  No Brown Pelican, but a basic-plumaged Common Loon was visible from the US-224 crossing.  Could this be the Loch Ness pelican?  Two Forster's Terns here, also. We bumped into Sue Snyder and her mother at Clay's Park Resort.  I would strongly urge a visit - truly awesome!  And the park personnel are ridiculously birder-friendly.  Nothing like watching 24 white pelicans lift off from here (leaving four on the ground) and turn lazy circles overhead, taking a good 5+ minutes to reach a decent altitude and drift out of sight.  And when you snap back to reality, you're standing next to couple-acre fishing pond, surrounded by RV's & camping families & golf carts, smack dab in the middle of eastern Ohio! A couple photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28939750 AT N05/?saved=1 G'birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Mansfield upland directions From: Steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:03:07 -0400 So that I can tell Tom-Tom where to go, could somebody please tell me what road the airport is on and where's the best place to see the sandpipers? Thanks, Steve ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: OBBA2 in Geauga County From: Karen Morgan <kaamorgan AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:47:02 -0400 I enjoyed reading Margaret Bowman's comments on working her blocks in Licking/Knox Counties. I too have learned a lot just from being out there observing. I watched in amazement as a pair of kingbirds harassed a red-tailed hawk with one of the pair actually attaching itself to the hawk's back while in flight, apparently to do as much damage as a kingbird could do to a hawk. Boy, those guys sure live up to their Tyrannus tyrannus nomenclature! On a birding/biking note, I was on the Maple Highlands Trail the 20th and the 23rd and saw some young owls in the same location- perched in trees adjacent to the trail near a pond/wetland area just west of State Rte. 608. It was dusk both times I was there. The youngsters were hissing both times and the 2nd time they were also clicking their beaks. They've got well-developed flight feathers but still look downy about the heads. Tuesday when my husband and I were on the trail, there were four young'uns all perched in one tree looking like they were waiting for the diner to open up. At one point an adult flew in and was mobbed by two of the young (this is before they were all perched in the same tree). The only disappointing thing to me, though, is that I can't code them as FY for OBBA2 due to the development of their feathers and their proximity to the edge of that block! ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: More info on nesting conditions in Arctic From: Andy Sewell <asewell AT HARDLINESDESIGN.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:25:13 -0400 I'm forwarding this email that was on the UP birders email list, as it is germane to a recent discussion on breeding conditions in the Arctic and what it means in terms of migrant observations in Ohio. Andy Sewell Columbus, Ohio From: Skye Haas [mailto:theowlranch AT gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 3:22 PM To: birdnet AT upbirders.org Subject: More info on nesting conditions in Arctic From Ron Pittaway & Jean Iron (the same folks who put out the excellent finch forecast every year). ~Skye Haas Subject: Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 From: Jean Iron Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:52:55 -0400 Yesterday we saw an adult Lesser Yellowlegs near Toronto and on Wednesday there was an adult Least Sandpiper in Hamilton at the west end of Lake Ontario. These are the first "fall migrant" shorebirds in southern Ontario and they are right on schedule. Several people asked us to comment about recent reports of a "Disastrous breeding season in the Arctic". The Arctic is huge; it is 3500 km from southern James Bay (subarctic) to northern Ellesmere Island. Most shorebirds have large breeding ranges and even in late years many birds breed successfully and rarely does the entire Arctic experience the same climatic conditions. We checked with northern researchers and summarized their comments below. Shorebird nesting in 2009 is poor in some regions but normal to good elsewhere. Ontario: Ken Abraham reports that conditions in the Hudson Bay Lowlands were about 10 days late from Attawapiskat south on James Bay, including Akimiski Island, with Canada Geese and Snow Geese hatching in mid June, more like the 1990s average than the 2000s average and within the overall norms. Other species on Akimiski Island were correspondingly late. His guess is that for those species that require shorter time there will be some reduction but not huge. Perhaps the predation effect will be somewhat greater if alternate species are less available. Because coastal snow, ice and water inundation conditions were similar from Cape Henrietta Maria to the Manitoba border, Ken expects that for Canada Geese nesting within 40 - 60 km from the coast, a much reduced effort and productivity will be the norm. Snow Geese at Cape Henrietta Maria were greatly down and the suggestion of a 90% reduction seems to fit what they saw on their survey. However, beyond 40 - 60 km inland, he thinks conditions will be different. Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should not be severely impacted because much of the freeze took place near the coast. Manitoba: The situation is worse in northern Manitoba at Churchill where temperatures were well below normal until recently and the snow cover melted late. However, Erica Nol reports that birds have started to nest, just very late, and it won't be a complete bust for shorebirds if there are enough bare spots. Whimbrels and Hudsonian Godwits are nesting, but overall nesting success should be below average for most shorebirds in northern Manitoba. Nunavut: Snow melt was up to three weeks late in mainland Nunavut north of Manitoba. Recent temperatures have been close to normal. Much of Baffin Island is now snow free and conditions there and on Bylot Island are about normal. High Arctic breeders should have a good breeding year. Northwest Territories: Vicky Johnston suspects it will be a poor breeding year in parts of the Western Arctic. Spring was roughly three weeks late in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake based on leaf-out. The Mackenzie Valley and Delta warmed early but then cooled off again. The Delta flooded slowly and the water receded slowly, so some prime shorebird breeding areas were subject to heavy predation. Yukon: Cameron Eckert reports a late spring, but once the heat came, everything shifted into high gear. Alaska: Declan Troy reports from the North Slope that the snow on the tundra is long gone. It was much warmer earlier in the month and his guess is that the breeding season has been early there. We will be recording the arrivals and numbers of adult and juvenile shorebirds in southern Ontario and may post updates. Acknowledgements: We thank Ken Abraham, Bruce Di Labio, Cameron Eckert, Michel Gosselin, Vicky Johnston, Erica Nol, Mark Peck, Ken Ross, Don Sutherland, and Declan Troy. Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron Toronto, Ontario ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: American Kestrel From: Renee Tressler <thatsanoddduck AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:51:59 +0000 There is an American Kestrel actively hunting/hovering over the median strip if I 77 AT mile marker 93. This is ~ 6 miles N of Strasburg (no ---- am not typing while driving). Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 From: Renee Tressler <thatsanoddduck AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:54:08 +0000 Just leaving and 2 more flew in. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: thatsanoddduck AT gmail.com Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:48:56 To: Subject: Re: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 Currently (2:50 pm) there are 7 Am. Wht. Pelicans in the water at Clays. A gentleman who is camping here said they seem to go off to fish and then return. Renee ------Original Message------ From: Su Snyder Sender: Ohio birds To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU ReplyTo: Su Snyder Sent: Jun 26, 2009 14:04 Subject: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 Hi all: This morning there were 28 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS at the fishing pond at Clay's Park in Stark County. This may be an Ohio record, I know it beats the previous Bobolink Area record by 20 birds. When I left at 11:50AM, 24 were in the air and 4 were still on the ground. Gabe Leidy and his friend Emil were still there and will have to give us an update later. Thanks to Dan and Jack for the info and thanks to the Clay's Park staff for handing out a map and information sheet on pelicans to birders. Su Snyder, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Subject: Re: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 From: Renee Tressler <thatsanoddduck AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:48:56 +0000 Currently (2:50 pm) there are 7 Am. Wht. Pelicans in the water at Clays. A gentleman who is camping here said they seem to go off to fish and then return. Renee ------Original Message------ From: Su Snyder Sender: Ohio birds To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU ReplyTo: Su Snyder Sent: Jun 26, 2009 14:04 Subject: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 Hi all: This morning there were 28 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS at the fishing pond at Clay's Park in Stark County. This may be an Ohio record, I know it beats the previous Bobolink Area record by 20 birds. When I left at 11:50AM, 24 were in the air and 4 were still on the ground. Gabe Leidy and his friend Emil were still there and will have to give us an update later. Thanks to Dan and Jack for the info and thanks to the Clay's Park staff for handing out a map and information sheet on pelicans to birders. Su Snyder, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Subject: 28 Am. White Pelicans in Stark County 6/26/09 From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:04:52 -0400 Hi all: This morning there were 28 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS at the fishing pond at Clay's Park in Stark County. This may be an Ohio record, I know it beats the previous Bobolink Area record by 20 birds. When I left at 11:50AM, 24 were in the air and 4 were still on the ground. Gabe Leidy and his friend Emil were still there and will have to give us an update later. Thanks to Dan and Jack for the info and thanks to the Clay's Park staff for handing out a map and information sheet on pelicans to birders. Su Snyder, Wooster ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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