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10 Mar Franklin County. Ducks are back! [Thomas Slemmer ] 10 Mar Shadeville,3-10 [rob thorn ] 10 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/10/10 [Bob Powell ] 10 Mar frohring meadows plus - Geauga Co [inga schmidt ] 10 Mar Turkey Vultures - Trumbull County [Denise Powers Fabian ] 10 Mar Ruddy Ducks at Scioto Audubon [Bruce Miller ] 10 Mar The new Wildlife Legacy Stamp [Kenn Kaufman ] 10 Mar Eurasian Wigeon at Paulding Sewage Lagoons [M & D Dunakin ] 10 Mar Various news and gleanings [Bill Whan ] 9 Mar Fwd: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/9/10 [Bob Powell ] 9 Mar Rocky Fork Report [John Habig ] 9 Mar Deer Creek waterfowl [Robert Royse ] 9 Mar Hoover Meadows, Delaware County [] 9 Mar road trip to Columbus ,Ohio [Russowl ] 9 Mar American Woodcocks at Highbanks Metro Park - Columbus [Wavedog ] 9 Mar Spotted Towhee NO [Su Snyder ] 9 Mar Re: Killdeer/Big Island WAs....Addding one ["Steve J." ] 9 Mar 2 big (you could say almost turkey vulture-like) birds over Wooster [Kurt Knebusch ] 9 Mar Killdeer/Big Island WAs ["Steve J." ] 9 Mar More Turkey Vultures and Canadian Geese [gary moon ] 9 Feb Re: Turkey Vulture [Scott Wright ] 9 Mar Rocky Fork Highland County [Roy Goerler ] 9 Mar Turkey Vultures Yesterday at Easton Towne Center [gary moon ] 9 Mar Cuyahoga, 252 & Ctr Ridge - 11 T. Vultures + R. sh. hwk [N Brewer ] 9 Mar Red Winged Blackbirds Greene County OH [Michael Boyd ] 9 Mar Eastlake Power Plant, Lake County 3/8 [Cole DiFabio ] 9 Mar Shovelers at Killdeer Plains [Bob Glotzhober ] 8 Mar Cuyahoga River gulls (Cleveland) [Dennis McDonnell ] 8 Mar Turkey Vulture on South Bass Island [Lisa Brohl ] 8 Mar Ross County Woodcock on display [Dave&Lisa ] 8 Mar Re: Turkey Vulture ["Steve J." ] 8 Mar Grackle Greene County OH [Michael Boyd ] 8 Mar Turkey Vulture [Marys1000 ] 8 Mar Re: I'm in the market for new binoculars.. [Joe Phillips ] 8 Mar Location of owl nest at Greenlawn Cemetery ["Morris, Sara - London, OH" ] 8 Mar Sheldon's Marsh, Erie Co. [Bob Beason ] 8 Mar Ducks at Huffman metro park Dayton [David Collopy ] 8 Mar Turkey Vultures headin north [Mary Krejci ] 8 Mar FW: Common eiders [William Bosstic ] 8 Mar cow birds, grackles Cuy County [JoAnn Kubicki ] 8 Mar Re: Turkey Vultures Van Wert , Ohio [Patty McKelvey ] 8 Mar Ottawa NWR Monthly Census [DUG ] 7 Mar Summit Co-CVNP ["Coy, Patrick G." ] 7 Mar Yellow-rumped Warbler on South Bass Island [Lisa Brohl ] 7 Mar Re: I'm in the market for new binoculars.. [Joe Phillips ] 7 Mar Cuyahoga County Calvery Cemetery Merlin 03/07/10 [] 7 Mar Golden Eagle at Killdeer Plains [Cheryl Harner ] 7 Mar Sunday Birding Lorain & Cuyhoga Co [Mike Bracken ] 7 Mar Morning birds (Cuyahoga Co.) [Paula Lozano ] 7 Mar OlentangyRiver,Worthington-Delaware,3-07 [rob thorn ] 7 Mar Turkey Vultures, Lake County [Cole DiFabio ] 7 Mar Turkey Vultures Van Wert , Ohio [Russowl ] 7 Mar Eastlake Pier, Lake County Sunday [Marilyn E Rohr ] 7 Mar Downtown Warren Peregrine [Bill Kaye ] 7 Mar Greenlawn Great Horned Owl [Bob Baran ] 7 Mar Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 5 Mar 2010 to 6 Mar 2010 (#2010-66) [Wayne Warren ] 7 Mar Columbus area sandhill cranes, nesting owl, etc [Randel Rogers ] 7 Mar Killdeer Plains sightings - 3/6/10 [David Kersten ] 7 Mar New (for me) Central Ohio Nests [Bob Baran ] 7 Mar No Eurasian Wigeon Sunday at TJ Evans [Margaret Bowman ] 7 Mar Bald Eagles, Rocky River Valley, Cleveland OH [Penny OConnor ] 7 Mar Recent Sightings [gary moon ] 7 Mar Spotted Towhee / Holmes County [robert lane ] 7 Mar MockingBird Hill Farm Williamsburg OH [Bill Stanley ] 7 Mar Turkey Vultures Ottawa Co. 3/6 [Rita Schneider ] 7 Mar More Crows on South Bass Island [Lisa Brohl ] 7 Mar Turkey Vultures and others. [Jim White ] 6 Mar Muskingum River Ducks [Becky Wright ] 6 Mar Columbus snow geese [Randel Rogers ] 6 Mar Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods [Kathy Miller ] 6 Mar Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co. [Margaret Bowman ] 6 Mar Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6 [Steven Pendleton ] 6 Mar DarbyCreek,3-06 [rob thorn ] 6 Mar Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs [Matt Valencic ] 6 Mar Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds [Al La Sala ] 6 Mar Butler County Great Miami River, March 6 [Mike Busam ] Subject: Franklin County. Ducks are back! From: Thomas Slemmer <tslemmer1 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:03:19 -0500 I drive along the park road just north of Griggs Dam in Columbus every morning drinking my coffee. For the first time the Scioto river was clear of all ice and the ducks are back! Several groups must have come in over night. Widgeon, ring necked; ruddy; bufflehead; hoodies; and greater scaup.. The migration is on! Location: Griggs Reservoir Observation date: 3/10/10 7am Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 50 American Wigeon 1 Mallard 25 Ring-necked Duck 4 Greater Scaup 6 Bufflehead 6 Hooded Merganser 13 Ruddy Duck 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Ring-billed Gull 200 American Crow 1 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Shadeville,3-10 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:05 -0500 I spent this first real day of Spring, mucking around this tiny hamlet south of Columbus along the Scioto River. Mostly I was trying to get a feel for where the Bald Eagle nest is along the river here, but I was also hunting for migrant waterfowl and early landbirds like Phoebes (no luck on either account). I stopped at the quarries around the end of Parsons Avenue, the undeveloped Talbot Park (on the west side of the Scioto) and Com-Til, a City-run composting plant south of there. Notables included: Waterfowl: While the river, and surrounding shallows were ice-free, the quarries were, perversely, mostly frozen. Resident Mallrds, Geese, and Wood Ducks were plentiful, but migrants were largely absent here. Bald Eagle - 1 adult flew west over the south end of Parsons Ave, but the nest remained elusive. Workers at Com-Til mentioned it as being adjacent to the South Wastewater Treament Plant (across from it, on the east side of the Scioto), but I couldn't see it from there. The Plant was not admitting visitors today. Other raptors - Cooper's Hawks and Red-tails were at Com-Til, and Turkey Vultures were at several different places. Kildeer - one of the most conspicuous birds of the morning, with multiple calling individuals at each stop Blackbirds - many Redwings and Grackles at each stop; they've arrived in force. E.Meadowlark - 1 was singing from the grasslands around the quarries at the end of Parsons Ave, my first for the Spring. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Fwd: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/10/10 From: Bob Powell <rdp1710 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:20:40 -0500 The highlight of today's count is the 1167 Ring-billed Gulls. This may well turn out to be the year's peak count. I have seen as many as 2,000 on the lake at one time. I see I have neglected to indicate that the lake is now about 55% open water. Cheers, Bob ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:15 PM Subject: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/10/10 To: rdp1710 AT gmail.com Location: Cowan Lake Observation date: 3/10/10 Notes: 64F, Winds: calm, sky: bkn, lake level: +0.8', boats: 0 Number of species: 28 Canada Goose 50 Wood Duck 4 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 20 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 207 Northern Shoveler 2 Northern Pintail 6 Green-winged Teal 14 Canvasback 14 Redhead 13 Ring-necked Duck 25 Lesser Scaup 20 Bufflehead 6 Common Goldeneye 1 Common Merganser 1 Ruddy Duck 10 Common Loon 1 Bonaparte's Gull 8 Ring-billed Gull 1167 Herring Gull 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Crow 7 Carolina Chickadee 1 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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: frohring meadows plus - Geauga Co From: inga schmidt <ingais AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:47:32 -0500 At Frohring, where the little marsh is rapidly melting, four killdeer have returned. Not much else yet, except for the handful of red winged blackbirds, in full voice. On the way home I stopped at the Geauga Park Property on Country Lane. I didn't see the resident great horned owl, but I did gather up a pocket full of pellets from under his perch in the evergreens. (Tomorrow's entertainment.) A couple of turkey vultures circled overhead. They arrived in our neighborhood with yesterday's influx. On my own property I finally walked back into the woods to check the big nest in the beeches. It has been used by great horned owls in the past, but the last few years only red tailed hawks have used it. After a half hour wait, a red tail flew to the nest and did a bit of rearranging. (These three properties are all within two miles of each other and all adjoin the power line corridor.) Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road Geauga/Cuy Co line ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures - Trumbull County From: Denise Powers Fabian <ohiodarlin AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:58:09 -0800 On my way back to Akron from Warren while working, I spotted my first TV sighting of Spring just off of Market Avenue in Leavittsburg.  They're back!   Denise in Akron www.feathersfibersfaith.blogspot.com   "Look at the birds..."  Matthew 6:26 I look at them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day–the invocations and the benedictions to God Himself.  I look to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear.  And that God's eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me!    ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ruddy Ducks at Scioto Audubon From: Bruce Miller <redtail565 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:37:52 -0500 Hey all, I got a chance to stop at Scioto Audubon at lunch today. There were 4 Ruddy ducks very close to the boat ramp. Close enough to not even need bino to see! Wish I had my camera with me. Since I have yet to see this duck posted for Ohio recently, I thought I pass it on. Also seen were American Black Duck, Mallard, Redhead, Bufflehead, Great Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gull, Song Sparrow, Common Grackle. GB Bruce Miller Columbus, OH Web Photo Gallery: http://www.redtail.smugmug.com/ My Blog: http://redtail565.blogspot.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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: The new Wildlife Legacy Stamp From: Kenn Kaufman <kenn.kaufman AT WORLDNET.ATT.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:29:43 -0500 Hi all -- Today (Wednesday March 10), a lot of Ohio's luckiest birders are in Columbus, attending the annual Wildlife Diversity Conference and learning about everything from owls to katydids to skunks. I'm not there -- I'm stuck in front of the computer, buried under a looming deadline. But I'm thinking about the conference, thinking about how impressive it is that this event should be hosted by Ohio's Department of Natural Resources - Division of Wildlife. I've lived in many parts of the U.S. and have seen the workings of many state wildlife agencies, and I can guarantee that Ohio's Division of Wildlife is one of the best. When I moved here five years ago I was immediately impressed to learn of what the DOW had done to bring Bald Eagles back to healthy populations in the state. Since then I've learned that the Division is involved with everything from Henslow's Sparrows to Eastern Spadefoots. There are some states where the wildlife agencies are focused almost exclusively on species that can be hunted or fished, but the people running Ohio's DNR and DOW really "get it" and really do support all of biological diversity. This year the Division of Wildlife is introducing a brand new Wildlife Legacy Stamp. Proceeds from sale of the stamp will go to support conservation of all wildlife, including birds, throughout the state. The first Legacy Stamp features a great photo of a Baltimore Oriole, taken by Russell Reynolds of Lima (known as "Russowl" here on Ohio-Birds). I hope that every birder who lives in or birds in Ohio will get this stamp and display it proudly -- it's only $15.00, and it gives us a chance to demonstrate that birders are a force in preserving the resource on which our recreation depends. I'd call it a bargain: if I had to pay a dime for every great bird that I saw on Division of Wildlife properties like Magee Marsh, Metzger Marsh, Pickerel Creek, Toussaint, Mallard Club Marsh, Willow Point, etc., it would cost me a lot more than fifteen bucks a year. For a look at the stamp and for information on how to get yours, you can check out http://birdingwithkennandkim.blogspot.com/ (see the entry for March 1), or http://www.bsbo.org/ohio_wildlife_legacy_stamp.htm Outside of Ohio, all over the U.S., there are still wildlife professionals who claim that hunters and anglers pay for all the conservation work. Here in Ohio we have a chance to flex some muscle and show that that's no longer the case. I hope that the birders of this state will rise to the challenge. I bought my 2010 stamp already; now I just need to finish my project so I can go birding again! Kenn Kaufman Oak Harbor, 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: Eurasian Wigeon at Paulding Sewage Lagoons From: M & D Dunakin <edson AT BRIGHT.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:19:05 -0500 Greetings from the thawing tundra of NW Ohio! Around 12:30 p.m. today, Micki and I discovered a very nice male Eurasian Wigeon swimming about with a few of his American cousins today on the north pond of the Paulding Sewage Lagoons. This is the first of that species I have seen in Paulding County since 1982! The ice was about 60% thawed on the north pond, and there were also Pintails, Gadwall, L. Scaup, Ring Necks, Ruddies, Green wing Teal, and Shovelers present, though none in large numbers. The Paulding sewage lagoons can be found on Page 34 of the Delorme Atlas about 1 1/2 miles northeast of Paulding. Index location is between C and D north and south and number 3 east and west. They show up as two blue rectangles next to Flat Rock Creek. Anyone wishing further details can contact me by email or telephone at 419-258-4951. Bird long and prosper, Doug & Micki Dunakin Antwerp, O. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Various news and gleanings From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:39:43 -0500 A forthcoming book on bird coloration, in the Nat'l Geo series, promises to be quite interesting: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=6200571&code=MR20380 The author is Geoff Hill, perhaps most familiar to birders as the Auburn University ornithologist responsible for the ivory-billed woodpecker search in the Florida panhandle: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/index.html Ravens: a pair was discovered nesting in Queens, NY, in the greater New York City area, hardly a boreal wilderness. According to first-hand reports I have heard, it is indeed true that the ODNR allowed logging to take place at the locality of Jefferson County's raven nest, the first verified in the state in many decades. If these birds manage to nest again elsewhere, they probably have gotten started by now. If they don't, you know whom to blame. Shorebirds: the first American golden-plovers have been seen west of here on their migration north. These birds usually use the central flyway in the spring, but they can appear here then in numbers (I once saw ~5000 at Killdeer), but mostly when strong storms divert them eastward, something that might be happening over the next few days. Keep an eye out for them in fields, but don't expect big numbers for 2-3 weeks yet. We have already been seeing killdeers, snipes, woodcocks, as well as least sandpipers, which have apparently successfully wintered in Ohio, even in this severe season, along the Great Miami River again; a few used to tough it out at Buck Creek SP, but have not been recorded this year that I can recall. Dunlins too used to overwinter in the state once in a while, but apparently not this year. We've already had one tentative report of a (greater) yellowlegs, and pectoral sandpipers should show up soon. 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: Fwd: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/9/10 From: Bob Powell <rdp1710 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:41:35 -0500 On our eSite run at Cowan Lake today, Larry Gara and I had another Bald Eagle. This bird appeared to be at least two years old. It matched up well with Wheeler's "Basic/subadult II (moderately marked type." This is NOT the bird I found here last week. That bird was almost adult with lots of white on the head and tail. The lake is now up to normal level with water moving over the spillway, though the lake is still about 80% iced. The remaining ice should go pretty quickly. All the roads are clear and drivable by ordinary vehicles. Cheers, Bob ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:32 PM Subject: eBird Report - Cowan Lake , 3/9/10 To: rdp1710 AT gmail.com Location: Cowan Lake Observation date: 3/9/10 Notes: 63F, winds: calm, sky: ovc, water: 20% open, lake level: +0.5', boats: 0 Number of species: 19 Canada Goose 69 Mallard 41 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 9 Redhead 4 Ring-necked Duck 103 Lesser Scaup 6 Bufflehead 8 Hooded Merganser 7 Common Merganser 2 Ruddy Duck 8 Great Blue Heron 9 Turkey Vulture 10 Bald Eagle 1 Matches up well with Wheeler's "Basic/subadult II (moderately marked type" Red-tailed Hawk 1 Bonaparte's Gull 2 Ring-billed Gull 156 Herring Gull 2 American Crow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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: Rocky Fork Report From: John Habig <ahabig AT CINCI.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:47:32 -0500 Hello all, After work today I drove down to Rocky Fork SP to look for the Common Eiders that were reported earlier on this list. I was not able to locate them. The lake is still 90% frozen. The only open water I found was the marsh along Beldon Saur trail, the west end of the lake near the campground, the marsh near the campground, a small opening off of the north beach and a small area around the islands along East Shore Drive. 44 Species observed in 1.5 hours: Canada Goose Wood Duck American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle 2 sub-adult (did not see one on the nest today. (There was one there Saturday. It could have been lower in the nest today.) Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer Wilson Snipe (one landed about 75 feet in front of me affording great views) Ring-billed Gulls Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird American Robin Starling Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle House Sparrow John Habig ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Deer Creek waterfowl From: Robert Royse <rroyse AT SPRYNET.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:15:02 -0800 There are currently thousands (maybe ~4000) of ducks in the sw corner of the Deer Creek Reservoir as is typical for this date. N Pintails are especially nuimerous with about 1000 of them. I didn't scan too carefully, but I didn't see anything unusual with a casual glance. Bob Royse Robert Royse rroyse AT sprynet.com www.roysephotos.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4930 (20100309) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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: Hoover Meadows, Delaware County From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:05:04 -0500 I took advantage of the great weather and absence of other obligations today and headed out to check an area of the Hoover Nature Preserve. I headed to Hoover Meadows (off Sunbury Road southeast of Galena, Delaware County). I assumed the sun and warmer weather had melted the snow in the parking area - wrong. Apparently the parking area and the trails get more than their share of shade as both had more snow than the recent winter Olympics. I entered the parking area by following the ruts left by the ranger’s truck. Last week a snowmobile would have been needed. The trails were not much better but with the warmer weather and rain predicted the trail will reappear at some point in time. I headed back through the first field where there were only sparrows. Included were American Tree, Song, white-throated and Swamp Sparrows. This was not an auspicious beginning. At the break between the first and second fields things picked up a little. The first thing I found was a Sharp-shinned Hawk eating a recent catch and a pair of Red-tailed Hawks doing a spring “I like you” dance in the air. The small trees and bushes were full of Eastern Bluebirds. Other birds flitting about included Carolina Chickadees, Northern Cardinals (great color against the snow cover) and American Goldfinches. At the second pond I caught some movement in the reed grass, possibly an American Woodcock, but was detracted by the appearance of a Northern Shoveler drake claiming ownership to the very small area of open water. He eyed me warily but wasn’t about to surrender his turf. Mixed in the grass were Red-winged Blackbird males staking their claims to territories before the females arrive. Others at the second pond included numerous Song Sparrows and 4 or 5 Swamp Sparrows. At the north tree line was a Red-shouldered Hawk eyeing the activity about the pond. The area from the beginning of the third pond to the line of old dead trees at its eastern end was a bed of activity for Eastern Bluebirds, chickadees, titmice, Song Sparrows, Downy Woodpeckers and several Common Grackles. At the line of dead trees I was greeted by 5 Red-headed Woodpeckers. Likely the pair that nested there last year and a few of their offspring. The Red-headed Woodpeckers are in brilliant color and very active. The thickets along this area had White-throated Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Carolina Wrens and a multitude of American Robins. Further back on the trail I heard a Barred Owl calling from within the undeveloped area off the north side of the trail. No luck in locating him/her. As I returned to the front of Hoover Meadows I heard a Killdeer calling in the next field and the first Spring Peepers calling. The list of species is short (I totaled 29 species), but they are signs that spring is arriving at last. 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: road trip to Columbus ,Ohio From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:32:45 -0500 Went to Columbus today , observed many birds all the way there. Started out seeing sandhill cranes around Indian lake , all total 5 flocks , I would say over 500 total, high, flying northest. Next birds were the turkey vultures- 23 . Redtail hawks -19. Crows -27. and one blue heron. At green lawn cemetary seen the Great Horned owl. She looked real comfy there. Was a great day . 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: American Woodcocks at Highbanks Metro Park - Columbus From: Wavedog <wavedog AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:29:47 -0500 I was able to observe about 4 American woodcocks this evening at 6:50 PM at the entrance to Highbanks Metro Park in Columbus. This was my first attempt to locate the birds this year based upon snow cover but they are in their usual location. Directions to Highbanks are on the OOS web site and at _www.metroparks.net_ (http://www.metroparks.net) . Ken Davis Westerville, 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: Spotted Towhee NO From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:12:59 -0500 Hi all: Just got a call. The Spotted Towhee was last seen yesterday at 9AM. 346 birders signed the register. Thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Roy Miller for their kind hospitality. 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 Subject: Re: Killdeer/Big Island WAs....Addding one From: "Steve J." <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0500 Just to add to before, while going through the very bad pictures taken today over at Killdeer, I spotted a pair of immature Mute Swans in amongst the Trumpeters. Steve J. wrote: > Went over to Killdeer this morning and saw plenty of waterfowl in the > small patches of water to make the trip pleasurable. :-) > > There were of course more Canada Geese than I care to count. Easily a > thousand scattered in the reserve. Most were in pond 1. > Also at pond #1 were 30 Redheads, 20 Pintail, 6-10 Ringnecks, about 30 > Mallards, and 20 Trumpeter Swans. There were more that were beyond the > reach of my camera, but that is what I could see. > At the pond near the maintenance building were more pintails and geese. > > > Eagles were all over killdeer I counted 10 juvi and no adults. Also saw > plenty of red tailed hawks. No owls but plenty of...remains to think > that there were owls that overwintered there. > > Big Island was slow. Only 50 ring billed Gulls were present and a lone > red tailed hawk was about it. > > Pretty cool trip. > > Later > > Steve Jones > (aka 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 > ______________________________________________________________________ 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: 2 big (you could say almost turkey vulture-like) birds over Wooster From: Kurt Knebusch <knebusch.1 AT OSU.EDU> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:52:18 -0500 I�ll chime in with a further report of what very well could have been but then again maybe weren�t turkey vultures: in this case, two of them, steaming north yesterday over the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. They weren�t soaring at all but were flapping and moving in a straight line the whole time I saw them, possibly seeking but too early for pancakes. Kurt Knebusch ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Killdeer/Big Island WAs From: "Steve J." <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:24:54 -0500 Went over to Killdeer this morning and saw plenty of waterfowl in the small patches of water to make the trip pleasurable. :-) There were of course more Canada Geese than I care to count. Easily a thousand scattered in the reserve. Most were in pond 1. Also at pond #1 were 30 Redheads, 20 Pintail, 6-10 Ringnecks, about 30 Mallards, and 20 Trumpeter Swans. There were more that were beyond the reach of my camera, but that is what I could see. At the pond near the maintenance building were more pintails and geese. Eagles were all over killdeer I counted 10 juvi and no adults. Also saw plenty of red tailed hawks. No owls but plenty of...remains to think that there were owls that overwintered there. Big Island was slow. Only 50 ring billed Gulls were present and a lone red tailed hawk was about it. Pretty cool trip. Later Steve Jones (aka 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: More Turkey Vultures and Canadian Geese From: gary moon <ggm520 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:29:56 -0500 Today, I had the pleasure again of seeing Turkey Vultures in the same locale as yesterday (NE Columbus) and two large gaggles of Canadian Geese flying roughly northwestward at about noon today. Those two gaggles finally merged over South Columbus and began a more northerly flight roughly paralelling the Scioto River. 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: Re: Turkey Vulture From: Scott Wright <birdman AT APK.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:46:58 -0500 Well thay do not "return" to the Clev-Burg local till a man spots them later this month in Hinckly! So any "reported" spotings are some "other" "Turkey Vulture" like birds! Wonder who this amazing spotter could be? Scott Wright North Olmsted, 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: Rocky Fork Highland County From: Roy Goerler <fgoerler AT CINCI.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:06:25 -0500 This morning out at the bird blind at Rocky Fork watched a nesting pair of Mute Swans, also seen 8 Canada Geese 4 Common Eider 2 Woodcock duck 3 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Lesser Scaup 7 Mallard Highland Birding http://www.goerler.us/Birds Roy Goerler ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures Yesterday at Easton Towne Center From: gary moon <ggm520 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:10:14 -0500 I had the pleasure of seeing 3 Turkey Vultures yesterday flying low, lazy loops over this business/shopping area. A great harbinger of Spring ! 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: Cuyahoga, 252 & Ctr Ridge - 11 T. Vultures + R. sh. hwk From: N Brewer <nancybrewer1 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:11:25 -0500 What a neat sight. Group of about 11 circled right over my backyard long enough for me to run get binoculars out of trunk and get a good look. Then they gracefully headed southwest probably flying over Great Northern shop ctr. at 480 and Brookpark. Saw the red on their heads. Also heard Red-Shoulder Hawk in same area today and saw fly over house heading West last Friday. Four yrs. ago Red-shoulders built nest in our big old pin oak - about 40-50 ft up in air. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Red Winged Blackbirds Greene County OH From: Michael Boyd <michaeleboyd AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:02:54 -0800 On the way to work this morning I spotted a few male red winged blackbirds staking out their claims to territory along Rte 35 outside Xenia in Greene 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: Eastlake Power Plant, Lake County 3/8 From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:41:05 -0500 Sorry for the late post. I stopped at Eastlake Power Plant in Lake County yesterday in the afternoon. Had all three merganser with good numbers of Red-breasted. Here is the full report: Canada Goose 25 Red- breasted Merganser 20 Common Merganser 10 Hooded Merganser 4 Common Goldeneye 1 Bufflehead 1 Lesser Scaup 8 Mallard 4 Ring-billed Gull 100 Herring Gull 5 Great Black-backed Gull 15 American Coot 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Bald Eagle 1 Mourning Dove 4 European Starling 40 I also saw another Turkey Vulture soaring over Concord, Lake County. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Madison Ohio Lake 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: Shovelers at Killdeer Plains From: Bob Glotzhober <bglotzhober AT OHIOHISTORY.ORG> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:58:07 -0500 I was able to briefly swing by Killdeer Plains on Monday during a trip to and from Findlay to Columbus. I did not have a spotting scope, and did not have time to walk anywhere. But I was able to add two male shovelers to the list Cheryl produced over the weekend. Didn't get to see the golden eagle, but lots of other stuff. Bob ==================== Robert C. Glotzhober 614/ 298-2054 Senior Curator, Natural History bglotzhober AT ohiohistory.org Ohio Historical Society Fax: 614/ 298-2098 -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Harner Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:47 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Golden Eagle at Killdeer Plains The successful joint birding venture of Firelands Audubon, Greater Mohican Audubon, The Wilderness Center, and Crawford Country Park District's now have a complied group list. Over twenty- people enjoyed favorable weather, and excellent birding: A special thanks to those who purchased Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamps to support Ohio's biodiversity. Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Canvasback Redhead Ring-neck Duck Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Snow Goose (one blue phase) Bald Eagle Golden Eagle (one juvenile soaring) Northern Harrier(3-4) Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel (7 minimum). Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon Barred Owl Long-Eared Owl - (Seen by another party) Short-eared Owl - (Seen by another party) Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker( at least 6 along TH-123 adjacent to the diked 'green tree' marsh), Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker (4 min) Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird (along Marseilles Road 203) American Robin European Starling (flock of about 1000) American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur (flock ~30-40 on Washburn Road) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch House Sparrow Special thanks to Brad Phillips, Mary Warren and Su Snyder for helping to compile the day's list, and to everyone who attended our event at Killdeer Plains Cheryl Harner Greater Mohican Audubon Richland County Photos of the trip and Golden Eagle are posted at www.cherylharner.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Cuyahoga River gulls (Cleveland) From: Dennis McDonnell <tileman533 AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:51:39 -0800 ��� It seems that the gulls that had been gathered at E.72nd st. have moved into the Cuyahoga River.� Today near sunset I encountered LOTS of them all the way from the Conrail bridge at the mouth of the river upstream past the Sherwin Williams plant, most of which was open water except for a sizable area by the Plain Dealer pavillion, numbers similar to what had been on the lake two or three weeks ago.� They are easily viewable from a parking lot near the northernmost end of what used to be called the East bank of the flats, nearly all of which is now a ghost street being readied for re-development (if the economy ever rebounds). � Also, Saturday there was a green winged teal in the Cuyahoga on the north side of� Bath Road near the blue heron nesting grounds, which, I was told, had been there for a day or two. http://www.pbase.com/tileman533/image/122597891 Denny McDonnell Euclid ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ross County Woodcock on display From: Dave&Lisa <dlhess AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:22:19 -0500 I found Woodcock on the singing fields tonight in Ross County near Ross Lake, just East of Chillicothe. Area was behind the Dog Shelter. The first one went off at 6:49pm. Delorme-pg.78 B 2 Dave Hess SVBNC Chillicothe ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vulture From: "Steve J." <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:56:10 -0500 I theorize that all of the TVs are stacked in a holding pattern waiting for clearance to continue migration from the Hinckley Reservation control tower that usually reopens in mid March. If Rob would hurry up and return form Florida, they can get on their way! :-D Steve Marys1000 wrote: > I saw on today too - seem to arrived rather en mass > > Marie Dayton > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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/. 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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: Turkey Vulture From: Marys1000 <marys1000 AT WOH.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:04:37 -0500 I saw on today too - seem to arrived rather en mass Marie Dayton ______________________________________________________________________ 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: I'm in the market for new binoculars.. From: Joe Phillips <jphill32 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:50:30 -0500 Hi Folks, Thank you all so much for all your input on my new binocs. I would love to be able to report the local West Licking County birding data to this birding e-site and hope to do so soon. Your advice is ever so helpful and indeed it is a struggle for me to decide what the uncommon birds are that I am looking at. I will try to meet with the birding group on the 27th. I am supposed to be a bridge partner that day at a regional tournament but may be able to get out of it. I don't want to hurt any feelings, so I may have to look for the meeting and field trip in April. I am an avid reader of Rob Thorn, Charles Bombaci, Margaret Bowman, others and some of the Lake Erie birders. It is so much fun to read your emails, then look in my Birds of Ohio or on Wikipedia for the birds you are reporting on. sincerely, cheers, judojoe joe d phillips pataskala & columbus ---- Paul Gardner wrote: > Hey Joe, When I started birding eight years ago, I bought the same binoculars. (Although I think they have been upgraded and renumbered since then). My thinking was that (1) I didn't want to spend a bunch of money on a toy for a hobby I wasn't sure I'd stick with; and (2) I knew so little about birds that my ability to ID was going to be constrained by my ignorance, not by the quality of my optics. The binoculars worked out well. I used them for a couple of years, then upgraded to something in the middle of the pack, quality-and-price-wise, before eventually buying some top of the line Nikons used on eBay. Of course, my binoculars aren't top of the line anymore, since the factory constantly improves them. They will be good enough for me for a very long time, however. The best way to improve your birding skills is to bird with people who are more experienced. There is a group in Columbus, the Columbus Avid Birders, that meets one Saturday each month to go out together birding. Everyone is welcome to join us. We like having beginners along. The next trip is March 27. We meet at the Worthington Square Mall at 5:30 AM. If you can make the early trip over from Pataskala, you're welcome to join us. You can find the schedule for our outings on the Columbus Audubon webpage under the menu for "groups". Happy birding, Paul Paul Gardner Columbus, OH --- On Sun, 3/7/10, Joe Phillips wrote: > From: Joe Phillips > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] I'm in the market for new binoculars.. > To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 10:38 PM > Hi Folks, > > Thank you all for the info you sent on this thread.  I > am a birding newbie really struggling and very jealous of > all of your birds AND identifications. > > One of my adult sons has permanently "borrowed" my > binoculars so I read your thread with much interest.  > So a little while ago I ordered a set at a price that I > could afford. > > While your Vortex and Eagle Optics are interesting I > learned a lot, I simply had to buy a cheaper set. > > So what have I ordered?  Can it do what most of you > want, or will it simply take me a little further along on my > Birding career? > > The binocs I ordered were the Nikon 7266 Action 10 x 40 > mm's on deep discount sale at Amazon.com > > Surely I can start out with these and maybe buy a better > pair later. > > please advise, > > sincerely, > > joe d phillips > pataskala > > ---- Mikaela Gioia Howie > wrote: > > HI everyone!  I just wanted to thank you all for > all the suggestions on binoculars.  I purchased a pair > of 8x42 Vortex Stokes DLS binocs from Wild Birds Unlimited > on Riverside in Columbus.  I got a great deal (really > great) and the staff was very helpful.  Of course, I > did a lot f research before deciding on these and I was > going to get the Eagle Optics Ranger 10x42 (the same as my > old and borrowed pair) but the Vortexes were much higher > quality for not such a higher price.  Anyways, thanks > again for all the suggestions! > > Mikaela > > > > Mikaela G. Howie > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by > Microsoft. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Location of owl nest at Greenlawn Cemetery From: "Morris, Sara - London, OH" <sara.morris AT OH.USDA.GOV> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:14:30 -0600 Hi all, Can someone give me the location of the great horned owl nest at Greenlawn Cemetery? I have a map, but have not been out there enough to really know my way around yet. I think I remember the original posting saying that it's near the bridge and the "merlin's sycamore tree," which I've visited and can easily find again. Enjoying the sunshine, Sara Morris, Grove City ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:12:58 -0500 I took a walk at Sheldon's Marsh at mid-day today. There was a flock of 15 Turkey Vultures soaring near the shoreline; they moved off to the west when they got higher. Yesterday I saw a single Turkey Vulture about a mile south of Sheldon's Marsh. Other birds at the Marsh include the usual: Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, White-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow, cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Blue Jay, crow, Downy & Red-bellied woodpeckers, Black-capped Chickadee, Killdeer, and, of course, Canada Geese & Mallards. Friday, I saw a pair of mature Bald Eagles in the woods by the eagle nest on Rye Beach Rd. but haven't seen them since. There was a mature eagle over the Huron Rive & Route 6 in Huron Saturday. 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: Ducks at Huffman metro park Dayton From: David Collopy <soccerbirdwatching AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:49:30 -0800 Hi folks, Huffman metro park in Dayton has around 300 to 400 ducks. I found 12 species with nothing unusual. A scope is needed to see the shier species like Wood duck etc. Dave Collopy ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures headin north From: Mary Krejci <m_i_rish AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:03:01 -0800 Just about noon today, saw a small kettle of TV's (about 7-9) headed across Lake Erie for Canada, flying over Catawba Island.� Looking forward to the red wings next! ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Common eiders From: William Bosstic <wboss AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:41:49 -0500 From: jlfoor AT horizonview.net [mailto:jlfoor AT horizonview.net] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:32 AM To: Bill Bosstic Subject: Fw: Common eiders - March 2 on Falls Rd (off Rt 41 north out of Bainbridge) while watching gadwalls in the turbulent water below the falls on Paint Creek we saw 1 lone tree swallow circling over the water. On Sunday March 7 we saw two female common eiders at Rocky Fork Lake. They were across North Shore Drive from where the park office and the newer camping area are located. There is a small unpaved parking area there and the sign says Belden Saur. A path leads back to a blind where we saw the eiders. Seen by birders Mary Alice Sims, Patty McVicker and Jean Foor all memers of Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club. Jean Foor jlfoor AT horizonview.net 1-740-772-4695 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: cow birds, grackles Cuy County From: JoAnn Kubicki <jak1 AT CLEVELANDMETROPARKS.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:55:47 -0500 Brown headed cowbirds and grackles are back at Cleveland Metroparks CanalWay Visitor Center's feeders. Also two kingfishers seen on the wires along Canal Rd in Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation. The chorus of songs heard this morning as I walked into work was wonderful. Jo Ann Kubicki Information Specialist CanalWay Center 4524 East 49th Street Cuyahoga Hts, Ohio 44125 216-206-1000 P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail This message and any response to it may constitute a public record and thus may be publicly available to anyone who requests it. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures Van Wert , Ohio From: Patty McKelvey <pambirds AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:16:52 -0500 Yesterday I also spotted my first 2 turkey vultures of the season - in Avon, Ohio, Lorain County. Patty McKelvey Sheffield Village, OH > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:35:12 -0500 > From: russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Turkey Vultures Van Wert , Ohio > To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > > On the return trip from Ft Wayne , going thru Van Wert, Ohio by the hospital seen 7 turkey vultures,,, they are back. Russell Reynolds 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ottawa NWR Monthly Census From: DUG <vogeye AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 06:14:33 -0800 MAR. 07, 2010 - Ottawa N.W.R. Monthly Census. TIME: 8:00am-12:15pm; 1:30pm-4:30pm TEMP.: 20-44 COND.: Sunny, wind W/SW at 5-10mph; spotty snow cover; marshes mostly frozen with a few open areas; Lake Erie frozen. ROUTES: Same usual morning and afternoon routes except for eagle nesting areas. OBS.: Aaron Bartley, Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht (morning only), Douglas W. Vogus. I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES. 1. Mink - 1 2. Woodchuck - 1 3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5 4. White-footed Mouse - 9 5. Meadow Vole - 1 6. Muskrat - 3 7. Eastern Cottontail - 4 8. White-tailed Deer - 5 II. BIRDS: 60 SPECIES,1 RELEASE. 1. Snow Goose - 24 (16 white, 8 blue phase) 2. Canada Goose - 1,458 3. Mute Swan - 28 R. Trumpeter Swan - 19 4. Tundra Swan - 1,049 5. Wood Duck - 8 6. Gadwall - 42 7. American Wigeon - 16 8. American Black Duck - 74 9. Mallard - 473 10. Northern Shoveler - 3 11. Northern Pintail - 91 12. Green-winged Teal - 12 13. Canvasback - 14 14. Redhead - 321 15. Ring-necked Duck - 32 16. Lesser Scaup - 66 17. Bufflehead - 4 18. Common Goldeneye - 8 19. Hooded Merganser - 14 20. Common Merganser - 142 21. Ruddy Duck - 2 22. Great Blue Heron - 8 23. Bald Eagle - 8 (6 adult,2 imm.) 24. Northern Harrier - 2 25. Cooper's Hawk - 1 26. Red-tailed Hawk - 14 27. American Kestrel - 1 28. American Coot - 24 29. Killdeer - 24 30. Ring-billed Gull - 311 31. Herring Gull - 54 32. Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (adults) 33. Mourning Dove - 11 34. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 35. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 36. Downy Woodpecker - 18 37. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 38. Northern Flicker - 1 39. Blue Jay - 15 40. American Crow - 31 41. Horned Lark - 95 42. Black-capped Chickadee - 19 43. Tufted Titmouse - 7 44. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 45. Brown Creeper - 2 46. Carolina Wren - 1 47. American Robin - 25 48. European Starling - 379 49. American Tree Sparrow - 94 50. Song Sparrow - 23 51. Lapland Longspur - 56 52. Snow Bunting - 1 53. Northern Cardinal - 46 54. Red-winged Blackbird - 673 55. Rusty Blackbird - 10 56. Common Grackle - 235 57. Brown-headed Cowbird - 65 58. House Finch - 9 59. American Goldfinch - 20 60. House Sparrow - 33 Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, 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: Summit Co-CVNP From: "Coy, Patrick G." <pcoy AT KENT.EDU> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 23:23:41 -0500 Best group of birds on a sunny but not very birdy afternoon in the CVNP were the 13 Kildeer feeding in the corn stubble in the field directly south of Szalay's barn on Riverview Drive. Though the Kildeer may be too often taken for granted, not so on an early spring day like this... --Patrick Coy Peninsula, 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: Yellow-rumped Warbler on South Bass Island From: Lisa Brohl <lkbrohl AT THIRDPLANET.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 23:08:09 -0500 Today there was a nice surprise at my heated bird bath on South Bass Island-a single yellow-rumped warbler who flitted around for awhile before taking off. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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: I'm in the market for new binoculars.. From: Joe Phillips <jphill32 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:38:43 -0500 Hi Folks, Thank you all for the info you sent on this thread. I am a birding newbie really struggling and very jealous of all of your birds AND identifications. One of my adult sons has permanently "borrowed" my binoculars so I read your thread with much interest. So a little while ago I ordered a set at a price that I could afford. While your Vortex and Eagle Optics are interesting I learned a lot, I simply had to buy a cheaper set. So what have I ordered? Can it do what most of you want, or will it simply take me a little further along on my Birding career? The binocs I ordered were the Nikon 7266 Action 10 x 40 mm's on deep discount sale at Amazon.com Surely I can start out with these and maybe buy a better pair later. please advise, sincerely, joe d phillips pataskala ---- Mikaela Gioia Howie wrote: > HI everyone! I just wanted to thank you all for all the suggestions on binoculars. I purchased a pair of 8x42 Vortex Stokes DLS binocs from Wild Birds Unlimited on Riverside in Columbus. I got a great deal (really great) and the staff was very helpful. Of course, I did a lot f research before deciding on these and I was going to get the Eagle Optics Ranger 10x42 (the same as my old and borrowed pair) but the Vortexes were much higher quality for not such a higher price. Anyways, thanks again for all the suggestions! > Mikaela > > Mikaela G. 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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: Cuyahoga County Calvery Cemetery Merlin 03/07/10 From: LGard63356 AT AOL.COM Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:59:40 EST 3 Merlin were observed this evening. The section 85 bird was observed eating a chickadee after Aaron and his family (life bird for them) left. The other 2 birds were observed in sections 54 and 90. 3 Red-tailed Hawks were also observed. Lou Gardella Garfield Heights ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Golden Eagle at Killdeer Plains From: Cheryl Harner <harner1 AT BRIGHT.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:46:35 -0500 The successful joint birding venture of Firelands Audubon, Greater Mohican Audubon, The Wilderness Center, and Crawford Country Park District's now have a complied group list. Over twenty- people enjoyed favorable weather, and excellent birding: A special thanks to those who purchased Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamps to support Ohio's biodiversity. Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Canvasback Redhead Ring-neck Duck Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Snow Goose (one blue phase) Bald Eagle Golden Eagle (one juvenile soaring) Northern Harrier(3-4) Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel (7 minimum). Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon Barred Owl Long-Eared Owl � (Seen by another party) Short-eared Owl � (Seen by another party) Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker( at least 6 along TH-123 adjacent to the diked �green tree� marsh), Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker (4 min) Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird (along Marseilles Road 203) American Robin European Starling (flock of about 1000) American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur (flock ~30-40 on Washburn Road) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch House Sparrow Special thanks to Brad Phillips, Mary Warren and Su Snyder for helping to compile the day's list, and to everyone who attended our event at Killdeer Plains Cheryl Harner Greater Mohican Audubon Richland County Photos of the trip and Golden Eagle are posted at www.cherylharner.blogspot.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: Sunday Birding Lorain & Cuyhoga Co From: Mike Bracken <mjbracken AT AMERITECH.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:29:28 -0500 Sunday was a great birding day. Sunny & warm. Blue skies. Barred Owl in Elywood Park was a new addition to my Life List. Three Hooded Mergansers, one female and 2 males were courting in circles on the Black River. Their hood's were up & down as they chattered away. Four Ruddy Ducks were doing the same. Two Eastern Bluebirds had already moved in to a box at Carlisle Duck Pond. Location: Elywood Park Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 13 Snow Goose 1 Canada Goose 15 Mallard 7 Hooded Merganser 3 Ruddy Duck 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 gull sp. 5 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Dark-eyed Junco 2 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Cascade Park Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 22 Snow Goose 1 Canada Goose 30 Mallard 12 Hooded Merganser 3 Ruddy Duck 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 gull sp. 5 Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 American Robin 25 European Starling 6 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Sparrow 10 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Carlisle Reservation Duck Pond Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 40 Mallard 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 European Starling 8 House Sparrow 4 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Caley Reservation Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 13 Canada Goose 4 Mallard 2 gull sp. 7 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Horned Lark 6 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 American Robin 1 European Starling 15 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 2 House Sparrow 5 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Rocky River Reservation near Nature Center Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 15 Canada Goose 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 7 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 American Robin 8 European Starling 8 American Tree Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Northern Cardinal 6 House Sparrow 6 Good Birding... Mike ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Morning birds (Cuyahoga Co.) From: Paula Lozano <paulalozano AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:41:29 -0500 Sunday, March 7, 2010, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Observers: Paula Lozano & Bob Finkelstein Merwin Street Canada Goose - XX Mallard - 16 Redhead - 15 Ring-necked Duck - 2 Lesser Scaup - 9 Bufflehead - 4 Hooded Merganser - 1 American Coot - 2 Ring-billed Gull - XXX Herring Gull - XX Carter Road east of Columbus Road Bridge Northern Mockingbird - 1 Collision Bend at Carter/Scranton Roads Canvasback - 5 Redhead - 2 Lesser Scaup - 8 Ruddy Duck - 8 Gate 12 at Burke Lakefront Airport Killdeer - 5 I-90 East near Illuminating Company American Kestrel - 1 Paula Lozano Lakewood, 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: OlentangyRiver,Worthington-Delaware,3-07 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:26:48 -0500 I visited several areas along this river this morning, focusing on several parks (Antrum Lake, Highbanks, Seymour Woods), but also checking the riparian woods along the river for raptor nests. Antrum Lake was frozen over, but the entire length of the Olentangy was ice-free. Unfortunately, all it held were Mallards and a few Hooded Mergansers (at Antrum), although small flocks of Canada Geese were flying north up the river all morning. Other highlights included: Great Blue Herons - the rookery along Taggert Rd (just south of Hyatts Rd) is gearing up, with 17 birds attending half of some 20 nests. Bald Eagle - the reported nest at Highbanks can be easily seen from St. 315. Just park at the entrance to the Water Treatment plant and scan the tree line along the river for the huge stick nest. Pileated Woodpeckers- birds were at each of the stops. At Highbanks, there was a pair along the far west portion of the Dripping Rock Trail Horned Larks - flyovers were at every stop, all headed north. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures, Lake County From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:57:48 -0500 I saw my first 2 Turkey Vultures fly over my house today here in Madison, Lake County. Other feeder and yard birds included: Canada Goose-7 fly over Red-tailed Hawk-1 Accipiter sp.-1 Ring-billed Gull-20 fly over Mourning Dove-3 Red-bellied Woodpecker-1 Downy Woodpecker-1 Blue Jay-1 American Crow-20 Black-capped Chickadee-2 Tufted Titmouse-2 Red-breasted Nuthatch-1 White-breasted Nuthatch-1 Eastern Bluebird-7 American Robin-1 European Starling-15 fly over Dark-eyed Junco-4 Northern Cardinal-4 Red-winged Blackbird-20 fly over Common Grackle-7 fly over House Finch-2 American Goldfinch-1 Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Madison Ohio Lake 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: Turkey Vultures Van Wert , Ohio From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:35:12 -0500 On the return trip from Ft Wayne , going thru Van Wert, Ohio by the hospital seen 7 turkey vultures,,, they are back. Russell Reynolds 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: Eastlake Pier, Lake County Sunday From: Marilyn E Rohr <ch_rohr AT LGCA.ORG> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:23:38 -0500 Gulls were scarce but ducks abundant at the mouth of the Chagrin. Herring and Ring Bill Gull- a few dozen Greater Black Backed Gull -2 Canada Geese -20 Common Goldeneye - 10 Red-breasted Merganser - lots Common Merg (flyby) Hooded Merg -1 drake Redhead - many Gtr Scaup - 6 Coots - dozen and Redwing blackbirds were singing in Mentor as we passed through. Marilyn Rohr Chardon ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Downtown Warren Peregrine From: Bill Kaye <killybay AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 17:34:05 -0500 Since I hadn't seen the birds in the last two weeks I thought I would post that the female Peregrine was on the Huntington Bank building today in downtown Warren preening herself (5pm). I thought I had caught a glimpse of a second bird but could not see it in the short observation time. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Greenlawn Great Horned Owl From: Bob Baran <rbaran AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:46:36 -0500 It appears the Great Horned Owl at Greenlawn has two bundles of joy. Not sure if there are more then the two. I've included a link to a photo of mom with the new family. If you look to the lower left of mom you can see the head of one owlets with squinting eyes. To the left of that one is the slight fuzziness of what I'm assuming is the second owlets. http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/6963876_uJqiR#804632486_7ePjJ-A-LB Bob Baran Hilliard, 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: Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 5 Mar 2010 to 6 Mar 2010 (#2010-66) From: Wayne Warren <wlwva1 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:22:45 -0500 Sandhills heading N through W Van Wert/Paulding Counties on Sat afternoon 3/6/10. WL Warren Convoy, OH On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:00 AM, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system < LISTSERV AT listserv.muohio.edu> wrote: > There are 13 messages totalling 402 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Eagles Lorain Sandy ridge > 2. Redwing Blackbirds , Allen County , Lima, Ohio > 3. Spotted Towhee- yes > 4. Crows, Red-wing Blackbirds, Snow Buntings on South Bass > 5. Butler County Great Miami River, March 6 > 6. Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds > 7. Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs > 8. DarbyCreek,3-06 > 9. Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6 > 10. Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co. > 11. Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods > 12. Columbus snow geese > 13. Muskingum River Ducks > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:25:08 -0500 > From: Scot Moscovits > Subject: Eagles Lorain Sandy ridge > > Went by the eagles nest at Sandy ridge (Lorain County) on Friday. The fem= > ale is on eggs and the=20 > male was hanging near by. Hopefully the results will be better this year.= > Also saw a nice American=20 > Kestrel sitting in a tree near the parking lot. I didn't go by the GHO ne= > st but talked to a gentleman=20 > that said he's seen the female on the nest. I thought they had moved this= > year but maybe not.=20 > Finally watched a nice red head woodpecker and a bunch of titmice. Also s= > aw a flock of crows fly=20 > over, probably about 10. Spring is slowly making it's way here. > > Scot > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:45:32 -0500 > From: Russowl > Subject: Redwing Blackbirds , Allen County , Lima, Ohio > > At the feeder this morning we are being overran by redwing blackbirds. = > Something to hear their familiar call this morning. Warm weather is = > coming !! Also over at the nest in Rimer ,Ohio the eagles are about to = > go on eggs. Have had great views of them gathering grasses and corn = > stalk to line the nest. 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:55:15 +0000 > From: katbird103 AT AOL.COM > Subject: Spotted Towhee- yes > > Hi all- > Just saw the spotted towhee near holmesville. The bird is foraging in the > ravine across the road from the house (8018 tr 55). It was hiding in the > brush for a while. But was seen quite well at 9:05 and again around 9:40. > Good luck and good birding! > Steve > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:59:13 -0500 > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lisa_Brohl?= > Subject: Crows, Red-wing Blackbirds, Snow Buntings on South Bass > > On South Bass we have been seeing large numbers of American crows migrati= > ng > through, 25 Thursday morning, 20 the morning before. Yesterday > (3/5/10)afternoon, I counted 92 crows in one large group moving north at > about 3:00pm from my vineyard on South Bass Island. > While fishing this morning (3/6/10), I heard and saw snow buntings singly= > or > groups of two at a time heading north over the ice.=20 > Had a small flock of common grackles in my yard today. Susan Harrington > reported 3 red-winged blackbirds at her feeders on February 22. > Although, we still have alot of ice and snow, it is starting to look like= > > spring! > > Lisa Brohl > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:24:16 -0500 > From: Mike Busam > Subject: Butler County Great Miami River, March 6 > > Greetings... Charlie Saunders and I checked a couple spots along the > Great Miami River in Hamilton and Fairfield this morning. There was a > Tree Swallow, one American Pipit, 4 Killdeer, 4 Greater Scaup and 5 > Lesser Scaup along the river in Hamilton. > > Roughly two miles south of Hamilton in Fairfield, we found a Least > Sandpiper on the Tetanus Beach gravel bar. We assume it's the same > bird that has been seen off and on this winter upstream on the gravel > bars in Hamilton, though we haven't seen the sandpiper there in three > weeks. > > Take care, > ---Mike Busam > Butler 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:57:04 -0500 > From: =?windows-1252?Q?Al_La_Sala?= > Subject: Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds > > This afternoon I saw my first Turkey Vulture (definitely NOT a creagle)of= > =20 > the year soaring over Lazelle Woods Park in northern Franklin > County.=20=20= > > > The Eastern Bluebirds haven't yet returned to Lazelle Woods but I did see= > =20 > a couple house hunting at Emily Traphagen Nature Preserve in southern=20 > Delaware County. > > Also at Traphagen, I heard and saw downy and red-bellied woodpeckers=20 > drumming, saw a male northern flicker chasing away an interloper, and=20 > heard an American Woodcock and a Killdeer. > > Al LaSala > Columbus, 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:27:41 -0500 > From: Matt Valencic > Subject: Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs > > I went back this morning to see if I could confirm the Eagle sitting on > eggs. It sure looks to me like this bird is incubating eggs - it stood up, > moved around then plopped back down and just kept looking around. Here are > a few digiscoped pictures from the platform (estimated to be about 0.3mile > from the nest on Google Maps) > http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/TinkerSCreekEagleOnNest3610# > > I will try to get here once a week as the season progresses and keep you > posted. For those interested here is the location on Google Maps > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en > < > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1163728096047377160 > > 06.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z= > 16> > > &ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116372809604737716006.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578 > ,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z=16 > > > > Good Birding, > > > > Matt Valencic > > Chagrin Falls, 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:40:55 -0500 > From: rob thorn > Subject: DarbyCreek,3-06 > > The Columbus Audubon trip to areas along Darby Creek found the area still > frozen in late winter, figuratively and literally. All of the ponds along > the creek, including the big former quarry lakes at Darby Bend Lakes were > frozen. Even most of the Hilliard ponds stretching between Spindler Park > and the Heritage bikepath were also frozen. Only the creek was open, and it > had only small flocks of Canada Geese and Mallards. We stopped at Darby > Bend Lakes and Sycamore Plains in Prairie Oaks MetroPark and the Darby Dan > wetlands and Cedar Ridge in Battelle-Darby MetroPark. The notable birds > were: > > Turkey Vulture - 1 was soaring over Cedar Ridge, slowly heading north > > Kildeer - 4 were calling forlornly from the icy pond edges at Darby Bend > Lakes, probably wondering if they were at the right spot > > Pileated Woodpecker - 1 was calling in the old riparian woods at Sycamore > Plains > > Horned Larks - a few were flying over at every stop. Their migration is > proceeding apace. > > Blackbirds - small numbers of Redwings were around the Prairie Oaks sites, > while a flock of Grackles was foraging around the entrance to Darby Bend > Lakes. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:44:58 -0800 > From: Steven Pendleton > Subject: Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6 > > Hi all, > The Eurasian Wigeon was present between 3:30 and 4:00 this afternoon at TJ > Evans Park in Newark. A lifer for me. In addition there were many Redheards, > several Canvasbacks, 2 Ring-necks, and 2 male American Wigeons. A worthwhile > trip even without the lifer. > Steve Pendleton > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:02:55 -0500 > From: Margaret Bowman > Subject: Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co. > > I had a function to attend in Cambridge today, so I stopped briefly at = > Dillon. Except for a narrow ribbon of open water essentially following = > the flow of the river through the reservoir, it is frozen solid. Among = > the 150 or so Canadas resting on the ice, I spotted a single=20 > > blue-phase snow goose. =20 > > Otherwise, a couple of singing=20 > > song sparrows, a single=20 > cardinal, and a few=20 > starlings were the only avian life seen. Driving back through, even the = > song sparrows and Canadas had disappeared, but I did see a=20 > > gull sp,=20 > > not well enough to ID. Disappointing day for birding, but a pleasant = > drive in the sunshine. > > Margaret Bowman > Licking Co., 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:59:56 -0800 > From: Kathy Miller > Subject: Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods > > The=A0 Red-shouldered Hawk was at the water tower at 2:45 today at Gahanna > = > Woods on Taylor Station Rd. in Gahanna. We have seen as many as two at > this= > same location in the past. It was in the=A0 Cottonwood tree=A0south > of=A0t= > he water tower. > =A0=0A=0A=0A > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:44:07 -0500 > From: Randel Rogers > Subject: Columbus snow geese > > At 6:30 this evening there were 7 snow geese feeding in an area of mowed > gr= > ass at the intersection of Georgesville and Norton roads in SW Columbus. > T= > here are some large fields near here that often hold geese at night > (retent= > ion ponds still seem frozen over) - maybe they will spend the night. > = > = > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:02:09 -0500 > From: Becky Wright > Subject: Muskingum River Ducks > > Saw 20 ring-necked ducks, 16 hooded mergansers in small groups, 10 = > redheads, 5 pintails, 7 common mergansers, 1 pied-billed grebe, 2 black = > ducks and the usual geese etc. between Beverly and Lowell along the west = > side of the Muskingum River today. =20 > > Becky Wright > Marietta > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 5 Mar 2010 to 6 Mar 2010 (#2010-66) > ************************************************************** > ______________________________________________________________________ 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 area sandhill cranes, nesting owl, etc From: Randel Rogers <randel_rogers AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:32:02 -0500 Spent the morning at Slate Run MetroPark (SE Columbus) today, and saw 5 sandhill cranes flying from the wetlands. Also, a really gorgeous light phased rough-legged hawk was twisting and turning over the Bobolink Trail harrassed by a crow. Only ducks observed were a few wigeons. Also saw a mole and a muskrat and a couple of pheasant. Near my house in SW Columbus, found a great-horned owl sitting on a nest that several years ago hosted some red-tailed hawks. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Killdeer Plains sightings - 3/6/10 From: David Kersten <dave.n8auh AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:02:18 -0500 We joined a small number of folks from Firelands Audubon, The Wilderness Center, Greater Mohican Audubon Society and The Crawford County Park District yesterday at Killdeer Plains and following is a list of what we saw: (Waterfowl in pond on Wyandot-Marion Rd) Trumpeter swan Tundra swan Canada geese ( a gajillion at least ! ! ! ) Black duck Mallard Northern pintail Am. wigeon Canvasback Redhead Ring-neck duck Lesser scaup Hooded merganser Bald eagle ( somewhere between 6 and 10 - not sure as they were moving as we were moving, but a good number ) Northern harrier Red-tailed hawk Rough-legged hawk Killdeer Mourning dove Blue jay Crow Robin Cardinal Lapland longspur Horned lark (Washburn Rd) Red-winged black bird Starling Needless to say, a great to be at Killdeer and the weather was delightful. Sunny, great lighting conditions not too cold - quite a pleasant experience. Thenks tohe organizers. Rev. Beth McGuire & Dave Kersten Medina ______________________________________________________________________ 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: New (for me) Central Ohio Nests From: Bob Baran <rbaran AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:41:44 -0500 Spotted these two active nests over the weekend. Great Horned Owl - Shawnee Hills West side of 745. North of Cook, south of Merchant. Owl was sitting in the nest. Red Tail Hawk - Hilliard. Patch of trees just south of the Hickory Chase complex. It's actually on the Hickory Chase property. East of Leap, north of Anson Dr, west of Britton Pkwy. Best view is from Britton Pkwy. One Hawk was sitting in the nest. A second was sitting in a tree near the nest. Bob Hilliard, 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: No Eurasian Wigeon Sunday at TJ Evans From: Margaret Bowman <mbowman AT WINDSTREAM.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:00:02 -0500 A quick check at 8:15 am did not turn up the Eurasian Wigeon. Birders who have been waiting since a little after 9 am still had not seen him as of 2 pm. Margaret Bowman Licking Co., 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: Bald Eagles, Rocky River Valley, Cleveland OH From: Penny OConnor <pjo AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:18:12 -0500 Hello Birders, At about 11:45 a.m. today, Sunday I was treated to the sight of two adult Bald Eagles circling each other in slow circles in the sky. This was over Mastick Woods Golf Course, opposite the Rocky River Riding stables, near intersection of Valley Parkway and Puritas/Mastick Rd. Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation. Also had done some birding at Bradley Woods, Western Cuyahoga Co. Saw Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Downy Woodpeckers. It is a lovely sunny day here, and the birds are singing like crazy. Penny ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Recent Sightings From: gary moon <ggm520 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:31:05 -0500 Hi Everyone, Yesterday I saw and/or heard the following in my NE Columbus residential area : Northern Flicker Red-Bellied Woodpecker Northern Cardinals ( many ) Blue-Jay ( many ) American Robins Canadian Geese ( fairly small gaggles on the ground and about 30-40 nothbound in a varying flight formation that resembled a dogleg or checkmark symbol ) 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: Spotted Towhee / Holmes County From: robert lane <ohiomagpie AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:28:56 -0500 Yesterday we were able to do our first bird pursuit of the year in Ohio. It was a rewarding one! After a nine week visit and birding adventure in Florida, we returned back to work in Ohio this past week. The Spotted Towhee, a new life bird for Ohio, was to much to resist. After a wonderful lunch in Mt. Hope we arrived at the Roy Miller farm west of Holmesville about 2:30PM. After about an hour, with only five of us present; James Yoder, who traveled eighteen miles on his bicycle, to see the bird for a second time, located the elusive female by the fence line located behind the ravine. Views with a scope were attainable. What a way to start the year at home. The host couple were gracious and participated in the excitement. They, so far in eight days, have had 325+ visitors sign their guest book. It was noted that some birders would not sign unless they saw the Towhee. The host couple definitely know how to deal with people, they have a remarkable 48 grandchildren!!! On a tip, we went after our second highlight bird of the day on the way home. Thirty minutes away near New Bedford, we got great views of a Long-eared Owl with the help of two Amish ladies. They said the Owl has been in this tree for at least four weeks. On a Towhee negative note, last evening was the first that it had not shown up at the ground feeding station by the house at 5PM; to the disappointment of about ten birders. When the bird was at the house, the hosts accommodated with viewing from inside. If you try for the Towhee, it has been requested that no one goes beyond the fence lines while looking for the hopefully still present visiting celebrity. Ohio birding! You have to love it!!! Bob and Denise Lane Damascus,Ohio _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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: MockingBird Hill Farm Williamsburg OH From: Bill Stanley <tyrannus AT FUSE.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:14:44 -0500 Here is Williamsburg (Clermont) this morning from two different locations I had Field Sparrows singing. There were also two Wood Ducks flying west (toward East Fork SP) parallel to Barn's Run that flows across the south end of the property. Bill Stanley P Please consider the environment before printing this message. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures Ottawa Co. 3/6 From: Rita Schneider <scribe13 AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:34:57 -0500 Spring in progress... On Saturday, four Turkey Vultures were seen moving along the lake shore just west of Port Clinton in Ottawa County by Laura Alldridge and myself. At Pickerel Creek WA in Sandusky County a small number of Red-tailed Hawks and a few Bald Eagles appeared to be migrating through the area. A male Northern Harrier was also seen. A large noisy flock of blackbirds, including Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles and Brown-headed Cowbirds was moving between Ottawa NWR and Magee Marsh, with a number of Red-wings sitting on territory along our route. Regards, Rita Schneider Cuyahoga 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: More Crows on South Bass Island From: Lisa Brohl <lkbrohl AT THIRDPLANET.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 07:42:22 -0500 With the warm temperatures, I noticed movement of American Crows all afternoon yesterday on South Bass Island. I was supposed to be trimming my vineyard but often looked up and noticed the migration. Noon-12 crows 2:00-18 crows 3:00-26 crows 4:00-30 crows Total of 86 crows I counted all moving north fairly high. There were probably many more-missed while I was actually working! Red-winged Blackbirds were singing in my yard for the first time this spring. Had a few snow buntings pass overhead-one at a time during the afternoon. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Turkey Vultures and others. From: Jim White <cfdaux91 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:56:10 -0500 Hello Everyone, Today while working at the Columbus Zoo, in Powell Ohio, I saw a lot of turkey vultures. They were circling over the river. There was about 30 of them. Guess they came back early this year. other birds of note, American Kestrel-female Red Tail Hawks Mockingbirds Bluebirds Ring Billed gulls-many Also, I did take a call about a Red Tail Hawk with leg straps, that was spotted on 315 in Powell, in a tree. The caller said it looked like a bird used for training. Just an fyi if anyone sees it. Good Birding Jim White ______________________________________________________________________ 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 River Ducks From: Becky Wright <oreo1506 AT SUDDENLINK.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:02:09 -0500 Saw 20 ring-necked ducks, 16 hooded mergansers in small groups, 10 redheads, 5 pintails, 7 common mergansers, 1 pied-billed grebe, 2 black ducks and the usual geese etc. between Beverly and Lowell along the west side of the Muskingum River today. Becky Wright Marietta ______________________________________________________________________ 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 snow geese From: Randel Rogers <randel_rogers AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:44:07 -0500 At 6:30 this evening there were 7 snow geese feeding in an area of mowed grass at the intersection of Georgesville and Norton roads in SW Columbus. There are some large fields near here that often hold geese at night (retention ponds still seem frozen over) - maybe they will spend the night. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods From: Kathy Miller <dickandkathy AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:59:56 -0800 The� Red-shouldered Hawk was at the water tower at 2:45 today at Gahanna Woods on Taylor Station Rd. in Gahanna. We have seen as many as two at this same location in the past. It was in the� Cottonwood tree�south of�the water tower. � ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co. From: Margaret Bowman <mbowman AT WINDSTREAM.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:02:55 -0500 I had a function to attend in Cambridge today, so I stopped briefly at Dillon. Except for a narrow ribbon of open water essentially following the flow of the river through the reservoir, it is frozen solid. Among the 150 or so Canadas resting on the ice, I spotted a single blue-phase snow goose. Otherwise, a couple of singing song sparrows, a single cardinal, and a few starlings were the only avian life seen. Driving back through, even the song sparrows and Canadas had disappeared, but I did see a gull sp, not well enough to ID. Disappointing day for birding, but a pleasant drive in the sunshine. Margaret Bowman Licking Co., 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: Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6 From: Steven Pendleton <stevepen AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:44:58 -0800 Hi all, The Eurasian Wigeon was present between 3:30 and 4:00 this afternoon at TJ Evans Park in Newark. A lifer for me. In addition there were many Redheards, several Canvasbacks, 2 Ring-necks, and 2 male American Wigeons. A worthwhile trip even without the lifer. Steve Pendleton ______________________________________________________________________ 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: DarbyCreek,3-06 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:40:55 -0500 The Columbus Audubon trip to areas along Darby Creek found the area still frozen in late winter, figuratively and literally. All of the ponds along the creek, including the big former quarry lakes at Darby Bend Lakes were frozen. Even most of the Hilliard ponds stretching between Spindler Park and the Heritage bikepath were also frozen. Only the creek was open, and it had only small flocks of Canada Geese and Mallards. We stopped at Darby Bend Lakes and Sycamore Plains in Prairie Oaks MetroPark and the Darby Dan wetlands and Cedar Ridge in Battelle-Darby MetroPark. The notable birds were: Turkey Vulture - 1 was soaring over Cedar Ridge, slowly heading north Kildeer - 4 were calling forlornly from the icy pond edges at Darby Bend Lakes, probably wondering if they were at the right spot Pileated Woodpecker - 1 was calling in the old riparian woods at Sycamore Plains Horned Larks - a few were flying over at every stop. Their migration is proceeding apace. Blackbirds - small numbers of Redwings were around the Prairie Oaks sites, while a flock of Grackles was foraging around the entrance to Darby Bend Lakes. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs From: Matt Valencic <mmvalencic AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:27:41 -0500 I went back this morning to see if I could confirm the Eagle sitting on eggs. It sure looks to me like this bird is incubating eggs - it stood up, moved around then plopped back down and just kept looking around. Here are a few digiscoped pictures from the platform (estimated to be about 0.3mile from the nest on Google Maps) http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/TinkerSCreekEagleOnNest3610# I will try to get here once a week as the season progresses and keep you posted. For those interested here is the location on Google Maps http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en &ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116372809604737716006.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578 ,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z=16 Good Birding, Matt Valencic Chagrin Falls, 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: Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds From: Al La Sala <alasala AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:57:04 -0500 This afternoon I saw my first Turkey Vulture (definitely NOT a creagle)of the year soaring over Lazelle Woods Park in northern Franklin County. The Eastern Bluebirds haven't yet returned to Lazelle Woods but I did see a couple house hunting at Emily Traphagen Nature Preserve in southern Delaware County. Also at Traphagen, I heard and saw downy and red-bellied woodpeckers drumming, saw a male northern flicker chasing away an interloper, and heard an American Woodcock and a Killdeer. Al LaSala Columbus, 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: Butler County Great Miami River, March 6 From: Mike Busam <mbusam AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:24:16 -0500 Greetings... Charlie Saunders and I checked a couple spots along the Great Miami River in Hamilton and Fairfield this morning. There was a Tree Swallow, one American Pipit, 4 Killdeer, 4 Greater Scaup and 5 Lesser Scaup along the river in Hamilton. Roughly two miles south of Hamilton in Fairfield, we found a Least Sandpiper on the Tetanus Beach gravel bar. We assume it's the same bird that has been seen off and on this winter upstream on the gravel bars in Hamilton, though we haven't seen the sandpiper there in three weeks. Take care, ---Mike Busam Butler 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/. 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