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1 Sep Lorain-Baird's Sandpipers (5) [Sally/Dave Isacco ] 1 Sep Shaker Lakes-- 9/1/10 [Victor Fazio ] 1 Sep Re: ... Guatemala (November 7-16)... [Jim McCormac ] 1 Sep Funk Rd Ibises [Bob Rafferty ] 1 Sep Conneaut 8/31 plus Eastwood MP, Dayton last weekend [Craig Holt ] 1 Sep Conneaut this morning [Danno ] 1 Sep OOS email: Annual Conference in Eastlake (October 8-10), Guatemala (November 7-16), and online newsletters [Ann Oliver ] 1 Sep Red-necked Phalarope offshore, Willoughby [jen brumfield ] 31 Aug The Early and the Late [rob thorn ] 31 Aug Pelican Island is real and well [] 31 Aug Thanks [] 31 Aug Plegadis Ibises at Funk Road - YES [Heather Nagy ] 31 Aug Conneaut 3:30-5:30PM-Laughing Gull [Sally/Dave Isacco ] 31 Aug Re: Legit or hacker ? ? ? [Tom Bain ] 31 Aug Re: Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County [Tom Bain ] 31 Aug Re: Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County ["Hutson, Timothy B" ] 31 Aug Legit or hacker ? ? ? [] 31 Aug Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County [Tom Bain ] 31 Aug Blendon Woods 8/31 [Bob and Elaine McNulty ] 31 Aug Big Island WA shorebirds. [steve ] 31 Aug Eagle or Osprey?? NE Ohio [Bill K ] 31 Aug Re: osprey cvnp no photo [Matthew Shumar ] 31 Aug osprey cvnp no photo [JoAnn Kubicki ] 31 Aug Conneaut noon report [Craig Holt ] 31 Aug Osprey CVNP Summit county [JoAnn Kubicki ] 31 Aug Nighthawks Cuy Cty CVNP [JoAnn Kubicki ] 31 Aug Re: Nashville or Connecticut [Russowl ] 31 Aug Common Nighthawks and Migration [Don and Diana Plant ] 31 Aug Nashville or Connecticut ["Joseph S. Ott" ] 31 Aug Free Program: Birding Colombia! Wed., Sept 1, 7:30 pm Cleveland [Scott VanValkenburg ] 30 Aug RT Hummers - lots of females, no males [Sharon Hamersley ] 30 Aug ...and they kept coming over Delaware Cty [Darlene Sillick ] 30 Aug Big Darby Creek [Kathy Miller ] 30 Aug Clay - colored Sparrow - The Final Chapter [Terry Sponseller ] 30 Aug They're back--2 Plegadis Ibises back at Funk Road 8/30/10 PM [Su Snyder ] 30 Aug Bresler Resevoir and the New Lima Resevoir Allen County [Russowl ] 30 Aug Pickerington Ponds [Bob and Elaine McNulty ] 30 Aug Solitary Sandpiper in Williamstown, WV [Lee Underschultz ] 30 Aug Re: Looking for an ID [Joanne Konst ] 30 Aug Re: Belmont County Nighthawk Movement 160 [Bill Whan ] 30 Aug Looking for an ID ["Joseph S. Ott" ] 30 Aug Re: Mahoning Valley Trail / Stark County [Rebecca Dobson ] 29 Aug Belmont County Nighthawk Movement 160 [Scott Albaugh ] 29 Aug Nighthawks in Kent [Brad Bolton ] 29 Aug Sandy Ridge nighthawkpalooza [Terry and Heli ] 29 Aug 554 Common Nighthawks- Ohio Wesleyan University (8/29) [Sean Williams ] 29 Aug Blendon Woods 8/29 [Bob and Elaine McNulty ] 29 Aug Villa Angela/Wildwood SP, Cleveland, OH 8/28 & 8/29/10 [Nancy Anderson ] 29 Aug Mahoning Valley Trail / Stark County [robert lane ] 29 Aug Ibises near Funk Bottoms 8/29/10 PM - No [Su Snyder ] 29 Aug BlacklickWoods,8-29 [rob thorn ] 29 Aug Re: Ivory-bills and dollar bills [Greg Links ] 29 Aug Pipe Creek today [Danno ] 29 Aug Ivory bills and dollar bills cont. [Darlene Sillick ] 29 Aug Black-crowned Night-Herons - Cincinnati [Mark Gilsdorf ] 29 Aug Sand Run/Towpath - Summit Cty. [DUG ] 29 Aug Plegadis ibises still near Funk Bottoms WA 8/29/10 [Su Snyder ] 29 Aug Re: Ivory biils and dollar bills [jeffrey cullen ] 29 Aug Ivory-bills and dollar bills [Bill Whan ] 28 Aug Grand Lake St Marys [jill bowers ] 28 Aug Darke Co. Woods Road wetland [Regina Schieltz ] 28 Aug Help id with hawk/falcon please [Daniel Bancroft ] 28 Aug BlueGrosbeaks,SciotoMetroPark,8-28 [rob thorn ] 28 Aug 2 Sub-adult Dark Ibis/ Funk Rd Wayne Co. [Cheryl Harner ] 28 Aug Buff-breasted and other goodies near Funk Bottoms WA in Wayne County 8/28/10 [Su Snyder ] 28 Aug 8/28 - Buff-breasted Sands, etc. [Leidy Gabe ] 28 Aug Glen Helen birds ["Boutis, Nick" ] 28 Aug CVNP Lake Trail [DUG ] 28 Aug Pelican Island Mudflats, Hoover Reservoir, Del. Cty. [] 28 Aug 2 PLEGADIS IBISES @ Funk Bottoms - 1:40pm 8/28/2010 [Greg Miller ] 28 Aug Wilderness Road (Funk Bottoms) Saturday a.m. [Gabe Hostetler ] 28 Aug Big Island- 12 shorebird spp. 8/28 (Sanderling, Sedge Wrens) [Sean Williams ] 28 Aug More Common Nighthawks - Canal Park, Downtown Akron [Denise Powers Fabian ] 28 Aug Rail Pics up and unsolicited forum plug [steve ] 28 Aug Penitentiary Glen 8/28 [Cole DiFabio ] 28 Aug LAKE ERIE PUBLIC ACESS GUIDE [Gracie Irene Mccomas ] Subject: Lorain-Baird's Sandpipers (5) From: Sally/Dave Isacco <disacco AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:26:06 -0400 On our way home from Michigan, we stopped at Lorain. We were there from 6:30-7:30PM. We had 8 species of shorebirds. The highlights were: Baird's Sandpiper-5 Short-billed Dowitcher-3 Pectoral Sandpiper-1 Stilt Sandpiper-1 The Jackalope is a great place to eat if you go! Sally Isacco, 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: Shaker Lakes-- 9/1/10 From: Victor Fazio <oh-birds AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:38:58 -0700 Location:    Shaker Lakes-- visiting Horseshoe and Lower Lake Observation date:    9/1/10 ; 08:10 to 10:30 am Notes:    0/10 cloud; 68-78 F; calm to 6 mph S wind family party of Warbling Vireo incl. 3 young about a week out of the nest; family party of Eastern Phoebe somewhat late brood; same juv. RT as week before; OS was perched and hunted the Horseshoe Lake; Chimney Swift movement upstream ; one of the Olive-sided Flycatchers was calling; Red-breasted Nuthatch in pines at Horseshoe picnic area;  Black-crowned Night-Heron incl. 6 ad. and 1 juv.; plus 2 Canada Goose X domestic Greylag Goose hybrids; Number of species:    51 Canada Goose    184 Wood Duck    59 Mallard    34 Great Blue Heron    5 Green Heron    2 Black-crowned Night-Heron    7 SORA - 1 Osprey    1 Red-tailed Hawk    1 Killdeer    10 SEMIPLAMATED PLOVER - 1 Spotted Sandpiper    1 Solitary Sandpiper    4 Mourning Dove    5 Rock Pigeon - 1 Chimney Swift    155 Ruby-throated Hummingbird -1 Belted Kingfisher    4 Red-headed Woodpecker    1 Red-bellied Woodpecker    13 Downy Woodpecker    5 Hairy Woodpecker    1 Northern Flicker    3 Olive-sided Flycatcher    4 Least Flycatcher - 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee    9 Eastern Phoebe    4 Warbling Vireo    8 Red-eyed Vireo    1 Blue Jay    27 American Crow    2 Black-capped Chickadee    26 Tufted Titmouse    14 Red-breasted Nuthatch    1 White-breasted Nuthatch    10 House Wren    2 Swainson's Thrush - 1 American Robin    9 Gray Catbird    17 European Starling - 47 Cedar Waxwing - 9 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Magnolia Warbler - 4 American Redstart    9 Wilson's Warbler    3 warbler sp.    12 Chipping Sparrow    1 Northern Cardinal    10 Red-winged Blackbird    2 Common Grackle    4 House Finch    4 American Goldfinch    31 House Sparrow    3 Vic Fazio Shaker Heights, 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: ... Guatemala (November 7-16)... From: Jim McCormac <ambrosia AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:44:22 -0400 Hi all, Apparently the link that Ann provided regarding the Guatemala post on my blog wasn't complete and wouldn't click through for people. Hopefully this one will work: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2010/03/guatemala-people-places-and-things.html For those who might fret that Guatemala is unrelated to Ohio birds and shouldn't be mentioned on the listserv, I'd just offer a reminder that "our" birds utterly fail to respect political boundaries and anyone who travels to that lovely country in winter will see plenty of familiar feathered friends that also pass through or breed in the Buckeye State. A spectacle that will always be seared in my memory is observing an estimated 1,000 Tennessee Warblers in one monstrous Capak tree on the slopes of Lake Atitlan. Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like Nature? http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like Birds? http://www.ohiobirds.org/ Ohio Ornithological Society annual conference! http://www.ohiobirds.org/ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Ann Oliver" Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:32 AM To: Subject: [Ohio-birds] OOS email: Annual Conference in Eastlake (October 8-10), Guatemala (November 7-16), and online newsletters > Hello Ohio Birders, > > 2.)Guatemala: November 7-16, 2010 with OOS. There are still a few spaces > remaining for the fall tour of Guatemala. Register by Saturday, September > 4, > and get a free OOS tee-shirt or OOS hat to wear on the trip. > > Guatemala has one of the most amazing diversity of birds in the world: > more > than 700 exotic, rare, endemic, and migratory species can be found within > seven eco-regions. This 9-day adventure is ALL-inclusive (except for your > own personal flight/transportation between the US/Guatemala): 9-nights > lodging, 9-days food, 9-days guide services, applicable entry fees, and > MORE > including air fare within Guatemala to and from TIKAL NATIONAL PARK! > > Mary Elizabeth Huey of Cincinnati remarked: "Our March 2010 trip was > outstanding. This is a wonderful trip with a first class guide - Hugo > Haraldo Enriquez Toledo. Yes, the birds are incredible, but there is > more - > orchids, volcanoes, monkeys, gardens, art. Antiqua is a beautiful colonial > city and Tikal was so much more fascinating than I expected". > > Jim McCormac blogged extensively about his experiences on the March > excursion to Guatemala. Here's a link to one of his many blog entries > about > his OOS/Guatemala adventure: > http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2010/03/guatemala-people-places-and- > things.html > > Contact Ann Oliver (annieobirder AT yahoo.com) for more information. > Registration documents are on the OOS website: > http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/Guatemala/index.php > > In Appreciation, > > Ann Oliver > Cincinnati __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4415 (20090910) __________ 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: Funk Rd Ibises From: Bob Rafferty <rraffer1 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:01:45 -0400 The two ibises were at the Funk Rd location this A.M. They are impressive as they sweep the water with their bills. They left at about 11:30AM flying due west and then dropped down below the tree line. It looked like they were landing on the west side of Funk Bottoms WA. We searched from the county roads in that area but could not find any public access to the western side of Funk Bottoms. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Conneaut 8/31 plus Eastwood MP, Dayton last weekend From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 07:09:10 -0700 Here's the totals from Conneaut yesterday 8/31---12 shorebird spp.--black-bellied plover, 4 semipalmated plovers, killdeers, spotted sandpiper, 9 lesser yellowlegs, ruddy turnstone, red knot, 3 sanderlings, 6 semipalmated sandpipers, western sandpiper, 12 least sandpipers, 2 Baird's sandpipers.  Also seen were bald eagles, juv. laughing gull, great black-backed gull, 15 Caspian terns, Forster's tern, and 2 belted kingfishers.  I haven't been able post from the home computer lately, so here are some belated sightings......on 8/30, c. nighthawk, red-breasted nuthatch, and house wren in Poland Twp., Mahoning Co.  On 8/29, 2 c. nighthawks at the I-71/Rte. 36 interchange in Delaware Co.  I went to a boat race at Eastwood Lake in Dayton 8/27--8/29, and got some birding in at the fine metropark there.  Eastwood MP straddles a section of the Mad River also.  Birds encountered over the weekend included: wood duck, blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, double-crested cormorants, ad. bald eagle, 2 ospreys, Cooper's hawk, spotted sandpiper, ring-billed gulls, c. nighthawk, chimney swifts, ruby-throated hummingbird, belted kingfishers, great crested flycatcher, e. kingbirds, yellow-throated vireo, warbling vireos, red-eyed vireo, Carolina wren, 4 blue-gray gnatcatchers, wood thrush, gray catbirds, cedar waxwings, magnolia warblers, indigo buntings, and Baltimore oriole.  Craig Holt, Lowellville ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Conneaut this morning From: Danno <danno216 AT AOL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:58:37 -0400 Pretty quiet out here. Single red knot Killdeer Semipalmated plover Semipalmated sp Caspians Eagles 2 juvenile black crowned night herons Hopefully more later Sent from my iPad ______________________________________________________________________ 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: OOS email: Annual Conference in Eastlake (October 8-10), Guatemala (November 7-16), and online newsletters From: Ann Oliver <annieobirder AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:32:10 -0400 Hello Ohio Birders, Members of the Ohio Ornithological Society, who have email addresses on file with OOS Membership Coordinator Barb Fate, did receive a message yesterday (or will get an email message today). See the bottom of this message for Barb’s email. Yes, the email was legit: no, a hacker did not contact you. Thanks Tom, and others, who assisted the Neubauers with their concerns. In case you “are” a current OOS member but have not provided us with your email, or are “not” an OOS member, the email message from Barb Fate covered three topics. 1.)The Sixth Annual OOS Conference will be held October 8-10, 2010 in Eastlake (Cleveland area). Join us at Lake Erie to learn about and explore fall migration and the rare birds of the Cleveland area. We have a great line-up of speakers plus field trips and Lake Erie pelagic trips on Saturday and Sunday. Some of the field trip locations (Dike 14 and pelagic options) have limited space: see the OOS website for registration details: http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/annual_meeting/meeting.php Our FRIDAY NIGHT KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS FAMED LARRY ROSCHE: he’s a true Ohio birding hero! Named the “Naturalist of the Year” in 2007 by the Ohio Biological Service, Larry updated the book “Birds of the Cleveland Region” in 2004, co-authored the book “Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio” in 2004 with Judy Semroc, has been Houghton Mifflin’s mapmaker for 15 years (Peterson Field Guides) as well as reviewing maps for National Geographic’s “Birds of North America” and “The Sibley Guide to Birds”. Larry will present an overview of the diversity of birds found in NE Ohio throughout the year in his keynote talk on October 8th. OUR SATURDAY NIGHT SPEAKER IS DREW WHEELAN, ABA GULF COAST COORDINATOR. Birders across the US, and around the world, have been following Drew’s blog on the ABA website (http://birding.typepad.com/gulf/). Drew worked as a fisheries biologist after the 1996 North Cape Oil Spill off Rhode Island and has experience as a commercial fisherman. His love of birds, his skill with the written word, and his talent as a videographer make Drew uniquely qualified to document the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. At the OOS conference, you’ll have the opportunity to meet him and thank him in person for his dedication to reporting from the Gulf. Join OOS Saturday night, Saturday 9th, for Drew’s personal insight into the plight of local and migratory birds in the aftermath of the oil spill, the multitude of frustrations related to the ongoing environmental assault, and stories of heroic people fighting to protect all species involved. ABA has a special Gulf Coast fund donating 95% of monies to organizations monitoring effected bird populations, clean-up efforts, and local research projects: https://www.aba.org/donate/gulf.php 2.)Guatemala: November 7-16, 2010 with OOS. There are still a few spaces remaining for the fall tour of Guatemala. Register by Saturday, September 4, and get a free OOS tee-shirt or OOS hat to wear on the trip. Guatemala has one of the most amazing diversity of birds in the world: more than 700 exotic, rare, endemic, and migratory species can be found within seven eco-regions. This 9-day adventure is ALL-inclusive (except for your own personal flight/transportation between the US/Guatemala): 9-nights lodging, 9-days food, 9-days guide services, applicable entry fees, and MORE including air fare within Guatemala to and from TIKAL NATIONAL PARK! Mary Elizabeth Huey of Cincinnati remarked: “Our March 2010 trip was outstanding. This is a wonderful trip with a first class guide – Hugo Haraldo Enriquez Toledo. Yes, the birds are incredible, but there is more – orchids, volcanoes, monkeys, gardens, art. Antiqua is a beautiful colonial city and Tikal was so much more fascinating than I expected”. Jim McCormac blogged extensively about his experiences on the March excursion to Guatemala. Here’s a link to one of his many blog entries about his OOS/Guatemala adventure: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2010/03/guatemala-people-places-and- things.html Contact Ann Oliver (annieobirder AT yahoo.com) for more information. Registration documents are on the OOS website: http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/Guatemala/index.php 3.)Newsletter Online: Go Green! You can get The Cerulean Newsletter (quarterly publication of OOS) in an email version a few weeks before the post office delivers the paper copies. Save a few trees in the process and get advance notification of all events! Already, one person made the switch. Many thanks to Jim McCarty for opting for the online subscription and for his feedback on our publication. McCarty said “fabulous Summer Cerulean… a first class newsletter”. In Appreciation, Ann Oliver Cincinnati Dear OOS Member, SUMMER CERULEAN We would like to invite you to add your name to our Cerulean "green" list to receive electronic copies of our quarterly newsletter. Because of the time it takes to copy and mail the newsletter, the electronic version will typically be available two to three weeks before the paper copies can make it to your mailbox. We would like to thank you for helping us save trees and reduce the cost of mailing paper copies. You may access a copy of the summer issue of the Cerulean on-line at: http://www.ohiobirds.org/publications/cerulean/10-07.pdf. You may reply to this email message to add your name. OUR SIXTH CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL MEETING We would also like to invite you to registration for the Sixth Annual Conference of the Ohio Ornithological Society, to be held the weekend of October 8 through 10, 2010. It will be centered at the Radisson Hotel in Eastlake, just east of Cleveland. Over the past six years, our conferences have attracted like-minded folks to gather, learn about birds and natural history, and have a great time. We invite you to join us near the shores of Lake Erie to learn about and explore fall migration and the rare birds of the Cleveland area, and get first hand details of the effects on our migrating birds in the Gulf. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, workshops and field trips, including a Lake Erie Pelagic Tour! Come join the fun and reunite with fellow birders and make new friends! The registration forms can be found at http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/annual_meeting/meeting.php. Hope to see you there! GUATEMALA FROM NOVEMBER 7-16, 2010 Please join OOS in Guatemala from November 7-16, 2010 for a "resplendent adventure"! A few spaces are still available for the OOS trip. Sign-up by this Saturday, September 4th and get a free OOS tee-shirt or OOS hat to wear. Guatemala has one of the most amazing diversity of birds in the world: more than 700 exotic, rare, endemic, and migratory species can be found within seven eco-regions. This 9-day adventure is ALL-inclusive (except for your own personal flight/transportation between the US/Guatemala): 9-nights lodging, 9-days food, 9-days guide services, applicable entry fees, and MORE including air fare within Guatemala to and from TIKAL NATIONAL PARK! Please contact Ann Oliver (annieobirder AT yahoo.com) if you are interested in the OOS Guatemala excursion! Details and registration materials on our OOS website: http://www.ohiobirds.org/calendar/society_events/current/Guatemala/index.php We value your continued support - Happy Birding! Barbara Fate Membership Coordinator Ohio Ornithological Society PO Box 14051 Columbus OH 43214 oosmember AT gmail.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: Red-necked Phalarope offshore, Willoughby From: jen brumfield <elfin_skimmer AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 03:57:23 +0000 Greetings - Late this evening, a single Red-necked Phalarope was observed feeding in classic behavior ~300 feet offshore, on the still, calm waters of Erie, off of the high bluff of Sunset Park in Willoughby (Lake County). In addition, at least 30 Bonaparte's Gulls passed by, west to east. best of birding - Jen Jen Brumfield elfin_skimmer AT hotmail.com Cleveland, Ohio 330-701-6452 Bird Illustrator / www.jenbrumfield.com Birding Tour Guide (Ohio), Local Patch Birding / www.jenbrumfield.com Birding Tour Guide (worldwide), Tropical Birding / www.tropicalbirding.com Outdoor Education Specialist/Artist, Cleveland Metroparks / www.clemetparks.com Nikon Birding Optics ProStaff / www.nikonusa.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: The Early and the Late From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:44:52 -0400 I haven't been able to make any long birding forays for several days, but the local trips have produced several curiosities. I group them into the early migrants and the later-than-usual nesters, and I can only offer some guesses as to causes for each pattern. Early: Swainson's Thrush - I had another bird at a local park in Whitehall (Columbus suburb) 2 days ago, hard on the heels of an earlier bird at 3-Creeks Park. This is 1-2 weeks earlier than usual. Have these birds had an exceptionally good or bad year in Canada? Red-br.Nuthatch - 1 was calling in the conifer grove at Bexley's Jeffrey Park yesterday. While this is a great place to look for them in migration, usually that means mid-late September, not the end of August. This should be an invasion year for them, but perhaps this very early bird augurs a real INVASION year. Any word on cone crops in Ontario? Late: Yellow-throated Warbler feeding a fledgeling at Jeffrey Park yesterday. This warbler species has been becoming a later migrant in the last several years, lingering into mid-September now. This specific individual may offer a clue as to why: these birds are learning to double-brood or at least re-nest. This is a big deal, since relatively few warblers do these behaviors. It also might help explain why they're becoming more common in central Ohio riparian areas. Parula Warblers feeding fledgelings in Chatterton Greenbelt (6 days ago) and 3-Creeks Park (5 days ago). This species has become much more common as a nester around central Ohio riparian belts, and probably for much the same reason as Yellow-throated. By double-brooding or re-nesting, they increase their chance of recovery from a nest failure or brood loss. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Pelican Island is real and well From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:58:05 -0400 For Tim and other birders that are wondering - Pelican Island is an actual island off the east shore of Hoover Reservoir. Tom, the name is not a creation of local birders but can be found on detailed maps. The island used to be more obvious until the reservoir's level was raised 3 feet. Now only small portions are above water during the high water months and the area around it becomes a vast mudflat during the low water months. In August 2005 Jim McCormac did an excellent write-up on this area and its bounty for birders.　 　 To locate the area see　DeLorme Page 58, Grid C-2, Block Center-East. The map at Page 58, Grid C-2, Block Center-East of the DeLorme Atlas shows several islands along the east shore of Hoover Reservoir. The small islands at the top right are the site of the Osprey Platform off Area M. The center island, slightly below the green area on the map (the area colored green represents land within the Hoover Nature Preserve) is Pelican Island. The third island that lies south of it is off the Eastshore Yacht Club. I have been birding at this location for 35 years plus. In years when the water level recedes it is an outstanding location for shorebirds in central Ohio. The public access is via the gate by the Eastshore Yacht Club. Park on the road berm or if crowded you can park in the lot for Hoover Meadows just north and across Sunbury Road from the gate. Stay attentive from the entrance north to the island as good birds can be located the entire distance. If you wish additional information email me directly and I will answer as quickly as my schedule allows. You might run into me along the tree line as I am just beginning this years circuit to clean and do maintenance on my PROW nest boxes. Charlie Bombaci Hoover Nature Preserve ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Thanks From: NEUBAUERB3 AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:24:06 EDT Just home from dinner. Thanks for all the responses. We have a house rule--If it doesn't come from Ohio Birds, it doesn't get opened unless we personally know the sender. Thanks to everyone, Ed and Bev ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Plegadis Ibises at Funk Road - YES From: Heather Nagy <hnagy AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:47:31 -0400 Mitch Lynd, John Switzer and I saw the two Plegadis Ibises this morning at the location along Funk Road mentioned by Cheryl Harner a few days ago. An early afternoon walk on the boardwalk at Brown's Lake Bog near Shreve produced one red-headed woodpecker, and two each of downy woodpecker, gray catbird, tufted titmouse, chickadee sp., white-breasted nuthatch, great blue heron, and turkey vulture. A few of the many pitcher plants at Brown's Lake Bog were in bloom. Heather Nagy ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Conneaut 3:30-5:30PM-Laughing Gull From: Sally/Dave Isacco <disacco AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:20:07 -0400 Thanks to Craig's earlier report went to Conneaut for a couple of hrs. Had the juvenile western sandpiper, red knot and baird's-- all exceptional close views. No scope needed. Just use your car as a blind. Total of 8 species of shorebirds. While studying the intricate feather patterns on the red knot, a laughing gull flew in and graced us with his presence ( thanks to Craig for his sharp eyes). The laughing gull gave us a great aerial show; his coloring was phenomenal. Also a great comparison to the other gulls present, including a greater black-backed. A truly wonderful afternoon! Sally Isacco 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: Re: Legit or hacker ? ? ? From: Tom Bain <bainnature AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:03:05 -0400 Barbara's OOS email is legit. The online Cardinal and Conference invitations are, too. Don't miss the OOS conference and good birding along the Cleveland Lakefront! Tom Bain Bird Conservation Chair Ohio Ornithological Society -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of NEUBAUERB3 AT AOL.COM Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:10 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Legit or hacker ? ? ? Since our OOS special invitation didn't come through the Ohio Birds list serve, is it legit or a hacker ? ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County From: Tom Bain <bainnature AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:59:46 -0400 Tim and all interested, Many birding sites named in posts on this Listserv are described in detail online. The Ohio Ornithological Society website includes a site guide link along the left margin. It's easy to use. The Hoover Reservoir site description is detailed and will tell you how to find the Yacht Club and Old Sunbury Road. I don't think I've seen the large island (now a peninsula) labeled "Pelican Island" on any maps of Hoover Reservoir--it's a Birder's name in my experience. There are several maps of the reservoir online at different websites. Unfortunately, the map link included in the OOS site description did not work just now. A quick web search (use image) will get you a map. Pelican Island is the long island along the NE shoreline. When water is low, it's a broad peninsula, sort of.... If anyone knows of a detailed and labeled Birder's Map, send us all a link! Tom Bain Delaware County -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Hutson, Timothy B Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:15 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County Is there a map of Hoover anywhere that shows things like Pelican Island? Thanks Tim Hutson Columbus -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Bain Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:48 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County The mudflats around the north end of Hoover Reservoir are extensive and holding shorebirds. Easiest viewing is found at the boardwalk off Front Street, Galena, Ohio. If you bring time and energy, find the best shorebirding of Old Sunbury Road--a trail, today, from the yacht club gate parking. This approach offers access to Pelican Island flats, the best viewing area. See the OOS website site descriptions for access: http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=26 Pelican Island flats highlights: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 13 (three groups), will take some walking and searching Baird's Sandpiper, 4+ (Sean Williams and Ben Warner told me they saw more birds earlier in the day) Short-billed Dowitcher Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semi-palmated Plover Semi-palmated Sandpiper Black-bellied Plover, 1 Caspian Terns Etc. Boardwalk highlights: Semi-palmated Sandpipers, dozens Least Sandpipers, few Baird's Sandpipers, four (view the green flats seen by viewing through the underside of the bridge from the entry to the boardwalk if you don't find them elsewhere). Stilt Sandpipers, 14 or more Short-billed Dowitcher Pectoral Sandpiper Etc. Tom Bain The Central Ohio Clayey Till Plain Delaware County, 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County From: "Hutson, Timothy B" <hutsont AT BATTELLE.ORG> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:14:43 -0400 Is there a map of Hoover anywhere that shows things like Pelican Island? Thanks Tim Hutson Columbus -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Bain Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:48 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County The mudflats around the north end of Hoover Reservoir are extensive and holding shorebirds. Easiest viewing is found at the boardwalk off Front Street, Galena, Ohio. If you bring time and energy, find the best shorebirding of Old Sunbury Road--a trail, today, from the yacht club gate parking. This approach offers access to Pelican Island flats, the best viewing area. See the OOS website site descriptions for access: http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=26 Pelican Island flats highlights: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 13 (three groups), will take some walking and searching Baird's Sandpiper, 4+ (Sean Williams and Ben Warner told me they saw more birds earlier in the day) Short-billed Dowitcher Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semi-palmated Plover Semi-palmated Sandpiper Black-bellied Plover, 1 Caspian Terns Etc. Boardwalk highlights: Semi-palmated Sandpipers, dozens Least Sandpipers, few Baird's Sandpipers, four (view the green flats seen by viewing through the underside of the bridge from the entry to the boardwalk if you don't find them elsewhere). Stilt Sandpipers, 14 or more Short-billed Dowitcher Pectoral Sandpiper Etc. Tom Bain The Central Ohio Clayey Till Plain Delaware County, 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 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Legit or hacker ? ? ? From: NEUBAUERB3 AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:09:49 EDT Since our OOS special invitation didn't come through the Ohio Birds list serve, is it legit or a hacker ? ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpipers, Hoover Res. Delaware County From: Tom Bain <bainnature AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:47:56 -0400 The mudflats around the north end of Hoover Reservoir are extensive and holding shorebirds. Easiest viewing is found at the boardwalk off Front Street, Galena, Ohio. If you bring time and energy, find the best shorebirding of Old Sunbury Road--a trail, today, from the yacht club gate parking. This approach offers access to Pelican Island flats, the best viewing area. See the OOS website site descriptions for access: http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=26 Pelican Island flats highlights: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 13 (three groups), will take some walking and searching Baird's Sandpiper, 4+ (Sean Williams and Ben Warner told me they saw more birds earlier in the day) Short-billed Dowitcher Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semi-palmated Plover Semi-palmated Sandpiper Black-bellied Plover, 1 Caspian Terns Etc. Boardwalk highlights: Semi-palmated Sandpipers, dozens Least Sandpipers, few Baird's Sandpipers, four (view the green flats seen by viewing through the underside of the bridge from the entry to the boardwalk if you don't find them elsewhere). Stilt Sandpipers, 14 or more Short-billed Dowitcher Pectoral Sandpiper Etc. Tom Bain The Central Ohio Clayey Till Plain Delaware County, 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: Blendon Woods 8/31 From: Bob and Elaine McNulty <bob.mcn AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:54:34 -0400 Blendon Woods (sugarbush trail mainly) Chestnut sided warbler wilson's warbler (2 adults, 1 immature) blackburnian magnolia black and white bay breasted northern parula american redstart turkey (multiple young) brown thrasher cedar waxwing red eyed vireo blue gray gnatcatcher rufous sided towhee Hoover reservoir (boardwalk and east shore) black bellied plover stilt sandpipers (good numbers) buff breasted sandpipers (good numbers) baird's sandpipers (good numbers) short billed dowitchers least sandpipers semipalmated sandpiper semipalmated plover lesser yellow legs greater yellow legs pectoral sandpiper solitary sandpiper spotted sandpiper caspian tern bald eagle osprey Bob McNulty ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Big Island WA shorebirds. From: steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:56:09 -0400 Greetings, About the only place at BIWA that has any shorebirds to speak of, is just east of New Bloomington. I don't know how good it will be in a couple of days because they are starting to do some "re-sculpting" of the landscape of one of the other area just west of there. GPS: 40.58612,-83.29073 I saw a bunch of killdeer 50+ There were some Yellowlegs and Solitarys and a Semipalmated Sandpiper or two scattered throughout the "puddle" that is there. Also saw a cormorant and about a dozen teal in that area. The area closer to Marion that is below the white pump house held another bunch of killdeer and that's about it. Have a great day Steve ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Eagle or Osprey?? NE Ohio From: Bill K <killybay AT NEO.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:45:25 -0400 On Route 11 between routes 5 and 87 there is a large nest on a cell tower on the west side of the highway and I was wondering if anyone knew what birds were on it? I thought I could see an Eagle but at 70 mph it's best not to do too much rubbernecking...lol... Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill ______________________________________________________________________ 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: osprey cvnp no photo From: Matthew Shumar <ohiobba2mbs AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:43:28 -0400 Jo Ann, You can't directly attach images, but you can link to a hosted image. Simply upload your photo to a service like imageshack, photobucket, flickr, or other free image hosting service, and then paste a URL to the image in your email to the listserv. Hope that helps, ~Matt On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:35 PM, JoAnn Kubicki < jak1 AT clevelandmetroparks.com> wrote: > I looked at my first messaged and saw there was no photo attachment. I > guess > we can't attach photos with our messages. If we can please let me know how. > > Jo Ann Kubicki > Information Specialist > Cleveland Metroparks CanalWay Center > 4524 East 49th Street > Cuyahoga Hts, Ohio 44125 > 216-206-1000 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > -- ****************************************************** Matthew Shumar Research Associate / Project Coordinator Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, Ohio 43210-1085 Phone: 614-247-6458; Fax: 614-292-7432 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: osprey cvnp no photo From: JoAnn Kubicki <jak1 AT CLEVELANDMETROPARKS.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:35:06 -0400 I looked at my first messaged and saw there was no photo attachment. I guess we can't attach photos with our messages. If we can please let me know how. Jo Ann Kubicki Information Specialist Cleveland Metroparks CanalWay Center 4524 East 49th Street Cuyahoga Hts, Ohio 44125 216-206-1000 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Conneaut noon report From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:11:03 -0700 I'm at the Conneaut Public Library to post a quick report.  A juv. red knot has been at the spit since dawn, and a juv. western sandpiper is there now.  You can get exceptional views of both at the rather tiny spot they're feeding at.  Also black-bellied plover, ruddy turnstone, sanderlings etc. trickling through this morning.  Craig Holt, Lowellville ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Osprey CVNP Summit county From: JoAnn Kubicki <jak1 AT CLEVELANDMETROPARKS.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:51:08 -0400 I saw an osprey sitting on a dead tree under the I-80 Turnpike bridge that goes over Cuy Valley Natl Pk. It was right next to Riverview Rd. This was Sunday, 8/29/10 around 4 p.m. The photo attached is not very good since I have such a little camera and couldn't get close up. Jo Ann Kubicki Information Specialist Cleveland Metroparks CanalWay Center 4524 East 49th Street Cuyahoga Hts, Ohio 44125 216-206-1000 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Nighthawks Cuy Cty CVNP From: JoAnn Kubicki <jak1 AT CLEVELANDMETROPARKS.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:01:55 -0400 On Mon, 8/30 I watched as a flock of about 17 nighthawks flew over the fields along the towpath across from the Frazee House in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It was around 7 p.m. Jo Ann Kubicki Information Specialist Cleveland Metroparks CanalWay Center 4524 East 49th Street Cuyahoga Hts, Ohio 44125 216-206-1000 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Nashville or Connecticut From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:50:18 -0400 I had a bird bander say that that difinitive eye riing is Nashville cause I had a similar photo once and thought I had a Connecticut.. she said it was a Nashville Russell Lima, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph S. Ott" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:19 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Nashville or Connecticut > Hello again. > > Thanks for all the replies (and compliments) I received yesterday > regarding the > picture of the Warbler. > > A lot of replies ID'd the bird as a Nashville Warbler. Some suggested a > Connecticut Warbler. From what I read last night, one of the clues in > telling > the difference between the two is that the Nashville has a yellow throat. > I > looked at some of the other pictures (link to one below) and can see this > little > guy has some yellow on its throat. > > I am thinking, this is a Nashville Warble based on that. Opinions? > > I am dying to go back and try to get a better picture. But, from what > I've > read, it's unlikely I would see it again. > > Thanks again! > > New Picture: > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_biqR5mGZ5_o/THxYsHxrl3I/AAAAAAAAdZU/hawU_vcB9xw/s800/_D308444.jpg > > > The picture from yesterday's email: > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_biqR5mGZ5_o/THsDhnKSUyI/AAAAAAAAdZA/TBfx5C6nukg/s800/_D308450.jpg > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Common Nighthawks and Migration From: Don and Diana Plant <ddplantbirds AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:39:46 -0700 Hello Everybody:          Monday evening I enjoyed my first Common Nighthawk migration movement this year.  It can be somewhat difficult, at times, to observe an exact number, but  I estimated 33 individuals feeding over a hay field and wet meadow at our home for approximately a half hour. They then proceeded to fly south-southwest. Their silent and graceful flight patterns are fascinating to watch. For me, it tells me the migration season has begun, and gives me just a little melancholy feeling. I will miss our nesting Purple Martins, Barn Swallows, Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, etc. With that said, we enjoyed a successful nesting season for our avian friends. Now, I will look forward to our winter visitors. What interesting bird will show up at our backyard feeders, this year?               Don Plant,  Perrysville, Ohio (Mohican Country) ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Nashville or Connecticut From: "Joseph S. Ott" <joe_ott AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:19:29 -0700 Hello again. Thanks for all the replies (and compliments) I received yesterday regarding the picture of the Warbler. A lot of replies ID'd the bird as a Nashville Warbler. Some suggested a Connecticut Warbler. From what I read last night, one of the clues in telling the difference between the two is that the Nashville has a yellow throat. I looked at some of the other pictures (link to one below) and can see this little guy has some yellow on its throat. I am thinking, this is a Nashville Warble based on that. Opinions? I am dying to go back and try to get a better picture. But, from what I've read, it's unlikely I would see it again. Thanks again! New Picture: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_biqR5mGZ5_o/THxYsHxrl3I/AAAAAAAAdZU/hawU_vcB9xw/s800/_D308444.jpg The picture from yesterday's email: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_biqR5mGZ5_o/THsDhnKSUyI/AAAAAAAAdZA/TBfx5C6nukg/s800/_D308450.jpg ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Free Program: Birding Colombia! Wed., Sept 1, 7:30 pm Cleveland From: Scott VanValkenburg <scottvanv AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:56:39 -0400 Antonio Salvadori’s presentation at the September monthly meeting of the Kirtland Bird Club will include Toni’s compassionate reflections on a trip through Colombia, as well as exciting and beautiful photos of species that are endemic to that South American country (as well as some of “our” birds who winter there). Don’t miss it! All KBC monthly meetings take place at 7:30 pm at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland) in the downstairs classroom. Admission is free; parking is free for KBC members (you can join at the meeting or online at the KBC Web site) so bring your parking ticket in to be stamped. For more information on upcoming field trips, meetings, membership, volunteer opportunities, or resources (including the authoritative book “Birds of the Cleveland Region”) please see http://www.kirtlandbirdclub.org/default1.htm Scott VanValkenburg, KBC President ______________________________________________________________________ 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: RT Hummers - lots of females, no males From: Sharon Hamersley <shamersley AT WOWWAY.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:33:04 -0400 After a summer of few hummers at our feeders we now have at least 2-3 females stocking up for migration. But we have seen no males at all for the past week. Have they already left? Good birding, Sharon ______________________________________________________________________ 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: ...and they kept coming over Delaware Cty From: Darlene Sillick <azuretrails AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:28:48 -0400 Tonight Jenny Bowman and I made a trek to Ohio Wesleyan University. I had to return some borrowed study skins I used for several recent programs and I also had some avian donations for the OWU museum. I was secretly hoping that when I left around 7-7:15pm that just maybe there might be a few Common Nighthawks left from the night before when Sean Williams reported over ~550 birds. Well, I did not even get backed up from the science building parking lot then Jenny goes, there's one, there's another. They were flying over the stadium and the trees along 315 and the Olentangy river. We drove out 36/37 west and we must have seen 100 to 150 birds dipping and diving, flapping lazily then moving like a streak across the field and sky. We turned around and headed towards Rt 23 and finally pulled over in a Kroger shopping center lot south of Delaware within easy view of the river corridor. The nighthawks would just come out of nowhere and disappear in several blinks of the eye. Watching their forceful wing beats was such a delight. We estimated 200 to 250 birds in about an hour. We also watched flocks of starlings and blackbirds gathering in the river corridor trees on 23 just north of the 315 turn off. One tree alone had 500 to 600 birds. We must have seen an easy 1500 or more blackbirds/starlings in about 15 to 20 minutes. Good luck getting to see these awesome creatures migrating to South America. It is a marvelous sight to witness whether you see a handful or a couple hundred nighthawks! Darlene Sillick ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Big Darby Creek From: Kathy Miller <dickandkathy AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:26:34 -0700 Aug 30  Bruce Lindsay and Dick Miller floated (waded), fishing  a shallow Big Darby Creek from Georgesville to Harrisburg. The four hour trip took seven and one half hours. Wood Duck 18 G.Blue. Heron 5 Osprey 1 Red-Tailed Hawk 2 COMMON MOORHEN 2 (3/4 mile upstream of Ohio 665) Spotted Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 2 E.W.-peewee 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 N. Flicker 2 W-B. Nuthatch 6+ C. Chickadee 2 C. Wren 2 A. Robin 1 C. Waxwing 1 N. Cardinal 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: Clay - colored Sparrow - The Final Chapter From: Terry Sponseller <tsbs AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:06:37 -0400 The Clay-colored Sparrow arrived April 29th and stayed for at least 116 days. We last observed him on August 22nd. We were then out of town through the 26th. We did not see him upon our return on the 27th. All the Chipping Sparrows have also departed. Buzzer Boy helped raise two hybrid broods. The first had three young and the second only one. Since he was the only one observed feeding the last fledgling we assumed something happened at the nest since we never saw any other young or a Chipping Sparrow feed this bird. This bird, by the way, turned out to be the closest in looks to the Clay-colored Sparrow. I believe this is the only offspring that was never photographed. By this time interest in the bird had waned and the photographers were not around. However, as far as we know everyone who came to see the bird saw him . Many also saw him feeding the young. It wasn't until the end of July that Buzzer Boy learned to use the feeder. Therefore, not a high rating on the intelligence quotient., but then again he did manage to stay clear of the wild cats in the neighborhood including a couple of my own. So farewell, I hope you find a warm place in the Rio Grande Valley for the winter. Terry and Barb Sponseller Canton, 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: They're back--2 Plegadis Ibises back at Funk Road 8/30/10 PM From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:18:23 -0400 Hi all: The 2 PLEGADIS IBISES returned to the wet area along Funk Road this afternoon. 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: Bresler Resevoir and the New Lima Resevoir Allen County From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:55:27 -0400 Was at Bresler last evening and this morning. Had 2 Osprey there last evening and also can see that the new resevoir is going to be a draw for shorebirds. Had solitary sanpipers and a lesser yellowlegs there and there were 9 other large yellowleg type birds feeding out there in the standing water from the last rains. These brids I don't think were yellowlegs as they had dark wings and back and their breast was black part way down and the belly white.Long bill. It was a good distance out there where they were and I just couldn't make a definitive ID. Also many Kildeer . Talked to a man working there and he said they are supposed to be done with it Dec 31. so it is gonna be a neat place to watch in the coming months. There is to be a wetland off the SW corner. I am excited. As for this morning a single Immature Bald Eagle came in and got a fish and that was it for the fishing birds for then. There have been 2-3 spotted sandpipers around the rocks of Bresler in different spots so number wise not sure jsut how many are there. A single cormorant swam by also. I have been talking to the city about installing an Osprey nesting platform and also making a viewing paltform ove rin the wetland area. So far it looks positive for these two things happening . I sure hope . Russell Lilma, 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: Pickerington Ponds From: Bob and Elaine McNulty <bob.mcn AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:22:23 -0400 Wood duck picnic area Buff breasted sandpiper Baird's sandpiper Greater yellow legs Lesser yellow legs pectoral sandpiper solitary sandpiper semipalmated plover short billed dowitcher least sandpiper green heron american kestrel green winged teal Slender ladies' tresses Arrowhead marsh area Northern harrier female Pintail Marsh area Sora rail (2) Bob McNulty ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Solitary Sandpiper in Williamstown, WV From: Lee Underschultz <fireflyhollow AT WINDSTREAM.NET> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:04:07 -0400 I had a dentist appointment today in Williamstown, WV. I actually arrived about a half an hour early so I took advantage of it and made a short trip over to the wetland area next to DaVinci's restaurant. The first thing that caught my attention was something dark in the middle of the duckweed at the end of the wetland farthest from the restaurant. I pulled up my binoculars to see two large snapping turtles wrestling away. When one of them rested and put his head down with just the front of his shell exposed above the duckweed you would never have known that it was a snapper. It looked just like the end of an old hollow log poking out. Then some motion to the left of the turtles caught my attention. I looked through my binoculars and spotted a beautiful little Solitary Sandpiper. That was about 11 am. I stopped by after my appointment around 12:30pm and it was still there, bobbing its head and picking through the duckweed over the mud. At the other end of the wetland were some Wood Ducks (juveniles and females) and a Green Heron. Along with the basking smaller turtles. I can't tell you what kind since they were entirely covered with duckweed. Lee Underschultz Firefly Hollow Little Hocking, OH www.fhsigns.com fireflyhollow AT windstream.net ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Looking for an ID From: Joanne Konst <jfkonst AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:02:01 -0400 On 8/30/2010 8:54 AM, Joseph S. Ott wrote: > Sorry for the not-so-great picture. This bird was in a very shaded area and > pretty far away. > > I saw this bird in the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation. Is it a > Northern Parula? > > Thank you. > > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_biqR5mGZ5_o/THsDhnKSUyI/AAAAAAAAdZA/TBfx5C6nukg/s800/_D308450.jpg > Nashville warbler, I believe. The colors and the eye ring match the species. Joanne Konst Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Belmont County Nighthawk Movement 160 From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:57:11 -0400 Scott and all: Some reflections on the common nighthawk, a perpetually fascinating bird. Because of its habits, its movements are not so well known as those of other birds. There's a web site URL below for a project that collects counts of these birds, mostly as fall migrants seen at dusk. As for spring migrants, my limited experience is they pass over beginning as early as mid-April (the earliest Franklin Co record is 4/19), with most coming between early and mid-May. At this time, the few I've seen have been in small groups, up to a dozen, flying way up, easy to miss--as I'm sure I have--by day. During the nesting season, they seem to be most active crepuscularly, with birds seen in the middle of the night much less often. Nighthawks have great vision, but without full moonlight or artificial lights they are less likely to be successful catching insects by night, and some studies have shown they are far less active ~10 pm-2 am. Project Nighthawk, cited below, has numbers that show over 90% of the nighthawks counted migrated between August 17th and Sept 5th. Local records here include 3000+ on 9/3/1976 and ~2500 on the same date in 1992. I've seen 600+ here, on 9/9/1994. This is not the whole picture, however; here we have a record of 224 on 10/3/2006, a bird that flew into the OSU Main Library on 10/22/1965, and a straggler as late as 11/20/1975 (one is tempted to wonder if a *lesser nighthawk* of the west might be involved here, but who knows? Ohio has no record, but West Virginia's first record of lesser nighthawk was documented by a prisoner in the state penitentiary 4/28/2004). Good fall numbers seem to be associated with major rivercourses running north and south. In the fall, it seems they gather in flocks to migrate, moving in late afternoon through dark; this is when even the most casual observer notices them. I recall reading somewhere of a Canadian flock of ~16,000 at this time. Maybe these low-altitude swarming flocks, their timing suggested to coincide with peak presences of insects such as flying ants most often occurring along riparian corridors with wet meadows that concentrate insects at this time, roost in loose communities, which might explain why the flocks often turn around and hook back north just before dark: they do not know what lies ahead, but perhaps take note of good roosts not far behind on their route. I haven't heard any really good evidence that nighthawks *don't* migrate during the darkest hours. Maybe someone has used technology to find out? Nor do I know much about what they do in the morning as they continue migration, except that they don't gather in great numbers at low altitudes. All the dawn birds I see in fall are in very scattered small numbers; if you see a thousand birds one evening, why don't you see as many the next morning? Maybe they all quickly ascend to high altitudes to resume migration in scattered groups. Maybe, like swallows, they burrow into mud to spend the winter. It would be great to hear from anyone with information on any of these questions. Bill Whan Columbus gravel roof patches--a way to attract nesting nighthawks: http://nhbirdrecords.org/bird-conservation/library/Nighthawk-handbook.pdf project nighthawk: http://mysite.verizon.net/risinger2/index.html Scott Albaugh wrote: > I have been conducting home-made Common Nighthawk surveys in my Belmont > County yard for two consecutive years. Tonight was the best night yet with > the largest flocks that I've seen. Prior to this evening the highest number > of birds in any one flock was 26. Mostly I would see singles and doubles > flying relatively low over the ground. The birds travel in all directions > with a near majority curiously heading north. > > This evening, for the first time, I saw large swirling flocks at much higher > altitudes than birds seen previously. There were two south bound flocks; > one of 30 and the other of 40 (estimate.) I also saw two flocks that > appeared to be north bound; one of 22 and one of 61. > > This whole nighthawks flying north thing has me quite confused. When they > were singles and doubles flying low, I just thought maybe they were staging > somewhere and would fly south in a few days with a large group. But tonight > I saw two groups very high in the sky disappear to the north. Confusing... > > Counting the usual singles and doubles flying low, I ended up with 160 > birds. That is nearly 40 more than I had in the complete 12 hours of > surveying last year. > > I intend to write up the results of my home-made surveys and I will share > them with the group. Stay tuned... > > Scott Albaugh > Belmont 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: Looking for an ID From: "Joseph S. Ott" <joe_ott AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:54:41 -0700 Sorry for the not-so-great picture. This bird was in a very shaded area and pretty far away. I saw this bird in the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation. Is it a Northern Parula? Thank you. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_biqR5mGZ5_o/THsDhnKSUyI/AAAAAAAAdZA/TBfx5C6nukg/s800/_D308450.jpg ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Mahoning Valley Trail / Stark County From: Rebecca Dobson <rdobson59 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:18:53 -0400 How fantastic (and fortunate) it is that Bald Eagles are not "remarkable" in our area anymore. Or that we have so many bike/bird trails. Thanks for the info! Becky Dobson Trumbull County The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions. On Aug 29, 2010, at 7:48 PM, robert lane wrote: > This morning we bicycled the newly opened, 4.5 mile long "Mahoning Valley Trail", in the extreme northeast corner of Stark County, from 9AM to 11AM. This is a wonderful trail for birders that also like to bicycle. Maintained by Stark Parks, it is a crushed stone compacted surface which makes for easy riding or walking. Numerous birding habitats are encountered. The Gaskill Road Trailhead is on the south end east of SR225 on the north edge of the city of Alliance. From here the trail meanders for two miles north thru the bottomland woods of the headwaters of the Mahoning River, passing on a boardwalk under the SR225 Bridge. A curious Mink followed us for a short distance along the trail. The next 1.4 miles follows little traveled Rock Hill Avenue and then Greenbower Road, passing thru open fields and pines, crossing the Mahoning River, then bisecting the southern end of Berlin Reservoir, passing thru ideal shorebird habitat and an Osprey nest. The final 1.2 miles goes back to a scenic trail that takes you to a new spectacular trail bridge, that crosses the Deer Creek Reservoir Dam. From the bridge vantage point, Deer Creek Reservoir is viewed to the west, and to the east, below the dam, Berlin Reservoir is viewed. This area is part of the somewhat famous SR225 / Price Street shorebird site. Unfortunately, The Corps of Engineers have not dropped the water level yet! The north end of the trail follows the shore of Deer Creek and ends at the main parking lot. In our two hour ride we recorded 47 species of birds. Nothing remarkable, but still nice to find a new, accessible, birding location. A few of the birds seen were: Double-crested Cormorant (150+), Great Egret (20+), Osprey (2), Bald Eagle (2), Spotted Sandpiper (3), Solitary Sandpiper (15+), Pectoral Sandpiper (3), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (3), Black-billed Cuckoo (1), Pileated Woodpecker (1), Black-capped Chickadee (20+), and 5 species of Vireo including 1 Philadelphia. This is a neat short birdy ride! > > Bob and Denise Lane / Damascus > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Belmont County Nighthawk Movement 160 From: Scott Albaugh <sjalbaugh75 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:12:02 -0400 I have been conducting home-made Common Nighthawk surveys in my Belmont County yard for two consecutive years. Tonight was the best night yet with the largest flocks that I've seen. Prior to this evening the highest number of birds in any one flock was 26. Mostly I would see singles and doubles flying relatively low over the ground. The birds travel in all directions with a near majority curiously heading north. This evening, for the first time, I saw large swirling flocks at much higher altitudes than birds seen previously. There were two south bound flocks; one of 30 and the other of 40 (estimate.) I also saw two flocks that appeared to be north bound; one of 22 and one of 61. This whole nighthawks flying north thing has me quite confused. When they were singles and doubles flying low, I just thought maybe they were staging somewhere and would fly south in a few days with a large group. But tonight I saw two groups very high in the sky disappear to the north. Confusing... Counting the usual singles and doubles flying low, I ended up with 160 birds. That is nearly 40 more than I had in the complete 12 hours of surveying last year. I intend to write up the results of my home-made surveys and I will share them with the group. Stay tuned... Scott Albaugh Belmont 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: Nighthawks in Kent From: Brad Bolton <bbolton AT NEO.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:50:17 -0400 Three independent groups of nighthawks were seen over downtown Kent (Portage County) this evening at sunset. The groups, in chronological order of appearance, contained ~50, ~50, and ~30 nighthawks, all heading south/southeast. Brad Bolton, Kent ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Sandy Ridge nighthawkpalooza From: Terry and Heli <helic AT OH.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:08:32 -0400 This evening there were more nighthawks swirling around the skies along the roads near Sandy Ridge in Lorain County than I have ever seen. There were at least 2 groups of 20 to 30 of them mixed in with starlings that were fly catching. It was quite an air show. They were over over the small farm with the cow and by the housing development. There was an American woodcock no more than 10 feet of the forest trail digging for worms. It paid no attention to us. When we walked by on the return in was nestled in the leaves in the same spot wiggling its stubby tail feathers at us. A very young hawk, possibly a red tail was sitting on the parking signs in the parking lot. It had dark spots on its breast like a wood thrush but the under side of the tail was white. It seemed very stressed. It paid little attention to people walking by only 20 feet away. It could fly but it only moved to the other side of the parking lot even though there were a lot of people milling about. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: 554 Common Nighthawks- Ohio Wesleyan University (8/29) From: Sean Williams <seanbirder AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:40:58 -0400 Hi, Well! I was excited to see a Common Nighthawk pass by tonight at about 7:35. Little did I know that it was leading 553 other birds!!! Starting at ~7:35 tonight, a steady stream of Common Nighthawks migrated south along the Olentangy River. It was mostly a steady influx of birds in single file, but there were a few groups of 70-100 birds. There were Chimney Swifts in the area, so I made sure to not confuse the two species. These two species are superficially similarly shaped, but fly quite differently. The swifts were zipping around and flapping their wings as if they were vibrating, and the nighthawks had slower, deeper wingbeats, and glided much more frequently. In addition, the nighthawks had longer tails than the swifts. For the closer individuals, the white wing patches on the nighthawks were easy to see. Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Blendon Woods 8/29 From: Bob and Elaine McNulty <bob.mcn AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:40:47 -0400 Blendon woods Magnolia warbler american redstart wilson's warbler back throated green blackburnian bay breasted warbler common yellow thraot (heard) scarlet tanager yellow billed cuckoo red breasted nuthatch veery brown thrasher bottle gentian hog peanut Bob and Elaine McNulty ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Villa Angela/Wildwood SP, Cleveland, OH 8/28 & 8/29/10 From: Nancy Anderson <nancyanderson3 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:16:10 -0700 Birds were a bit harder to find this weekend at Villa Angela and Wildwood State Parks in Cleveland. Today, (Sunday) was especially slow and hot. Here were some of the birds seen this weekend: Villa Angela & Wildwood 8/28/10 10:15 to 2:15pm then 6:15 to 7:50pm Spotted Sandpiper 1 Turkey Vultures - many Norther Flicker 1 Eastern Wood-pewee 1 Flycatchers not ID'd 3 Red-eyed & Warbling Vireos Catbirds & Robins - many Warblers (7) Nashville 1 Magnolia 3 Bay-breasted 1 American Redstart 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 (Wildwood) Wilson's 2 Villa Angela & Wildwood 8/29/10 9:30am to 12:45pm, then 3:30 to 5pm Green Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 (adult seen same area found by Patty Kellner last weekend Villa Angela side) 1 juvenile in Euclid Creek just south of island in Wildwood side around 4:30pm. N. Flicker 1 Flycatchers not ID'd 2 Red-eyed & Warbling Vireos Wood Thrush 2 juveniles (seen by Jim Helfrich & Patty Kellner) near entrance to field Warblers (8) Nashville 2 Yellow 1 Magnolia 4 or 5 Black-and-White 1 (near Wood Thrush area) American Redstart 4 OVENBIRD 1 (west end of the main "silver maple" woods near mobile home park in dried up mud area w/sticks (normally wet in the spring)around 4pm Common Yellowthroat 1 (Wildwood) Wilson's 2 Baltimore Oriole 1 (possiby young male )east side of Euclid Creek south of island area - I haven't seen any lately Black-crowned Night-Heron adult Villa Angela side north of bridge in trees behind vines. Nancy Anderson Richmond Hts, OH http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Mahoning Valley Trail / Stark County From: robert lane <ohiomagpie AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:48:09 -0400 This morning we bicycled the newly opened, 4.5 mile long "Mahoning Valley Trail", in the extreme northeast corner of Stark County, from 9AM to 11AM. This is a wonderful trail for birders that also like to bicycle. Maintained by Stark Parks, it is a crushed stone compacted surface which makes for easy riding or walking. Numerous birding habitats are encountered. The Gaskill Road Trailhead is on the south end east of SR225 on the north edge of the city of Alliance. From here the trail meanders for two miles north thru the bottomland woods of the headwaters of the Mahoning River, passing on a boardwalk under the SR225 Bridge. A curious Mink followed us for a short distance along the trail. The next 1.4 miles follows little traveled Rock Hill Avenue and then Greenbower Road, passing thru open fields and pines, crossing the Mahoning River, then bisecting the southern end of Berlin Reservoir, passing thru ideal shorebird habitat and an Osprey nest. The final 1.2 miles goes back to a scenic trail that takes you to a new spectacular trail bridge, that crosses the Deer Creek Reservoir Dam. From the bridge vantage point, Deer Creek Reservoir is viewed to the west, and to the east, below the dam, Berlin Reservoir is viewed. This area is part of the somewhat famous SR225 / Price Street shorebird site. Unfortunately, The Corps of Engineers have not dropped the water level yet! The north end of the trail follows the shore of Deer Creek and ends at the main parking lot. In our two hour ride we recorded 47 species of birds. Nothing remarkable, but still nice to find a new, accessible, birding location. A few of the birds seen were: Double-crested Cormorant (150+), Great Egret (20+), Osprey (2), Bald Eagle (2), Spotted Sandpiper (3), Solitary Sandpiper (15+), Pectoral Sandpiper (3), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (3), Black-billed Cuckoo (1), Pileated Woodpecker (1), Black-capped Chickadee (20+), and 5 species of Vireo including 1 Philadelphia. This is a neat short birdy ride! Bob and Denise Lane / Damascus ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ibises near Funk Bottoms 8/29/10 PM - No From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:56:07 -0400 Hi all: The 2 plegadis ibises were along Funk Road, until early afternoon when they flew over to the peat pit along Wilderness Road for a while. Then around 2PM they took off toward the northeast and could not be relocated. Also, I could not find the Buff-breasted Sandpiper this afternoon. 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: BlacklickWoods,8-29 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:57:40 -0400 I hiked around this MetroPark southeast of Columbus this morning looking for migrants, but with only mixed success. The extended nice weather appears to have allowed many birds to leave without pushing any replacement migrants from further north. Warblers were especially difficult to find, and I only had 2 small mixed flocks. ONe of the surprisingly good spots was at the far SE corner of the park, where Blacklick Creek and the new bikepath turn and go under I-70; the trees there had a fair number of stalled migrants. Notables for the morning included: Hummingbirds - still many coming through, with 4+ here away from feeders (and 2-3 more at nearby Big Walnut Park) Flycatchers - Pewees are still abundant; I even had adults feeding youngsters. Also had a bit of a boost in Acadian Flycatchers, with 2-3 at Blacklick and 2 more at Big Walnut. Swallows - nothing but Barn Swallows, and not very many of them. Vireos - only Red-eyed, but had several of them still singing Thrushes - 2 Wood Thrushes were calling from around Ashton Pond, but the only other thrushes were Robins Warblers - paltry numbers: 3 Magnolia, 2 Redstarts, 1 Tennessee, 2 Blackburnian, 1 Black-thr.Green (Big Walnut), 1 Black& White, 2 Common Yellowthroats. The forest edges were very quiet (except for Pewees). ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ivory-bills and dollar bills From: Greg Links <harpy AT BUCKEYE-EXPRESS.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:19:47 -0700 Thanks for sharing Bill. I spent 10 field days in Arkansas during the "craze", none of which I regret of course. And Jerome Jackson has indeed studied the Ivory-bill as much as anyone still alive today, but I wonder what "science" would say of his undocumented sighting(s) in Cuba, or his encounter in MS where he stays just shy of saying he heard one. The truth is, those encounters are no more or less credible than Fitz or Fishcrow for that matter. The saga of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker may or may not be over. Of course, I know (personally in some cases) some pretty respected folks who make a strong argument against Ivory-billed woodpeckers' continued existence, and particularly against Luneau's video. What if we accepted the fact that Luneau's video is of a Pileated Woodpecker? That doesn't mean that Fitzpatrick, Hill, etc didn't see one. No doubt, mistakes were made (at least with regard to publicity) and language of "confirmation" is subjective at best. Have others on this list seen the Auburn team's Florida video of a bird they claim to be an Ivory-billed? I have never really understood why that footage did not garner more attention. While very brief, it certainly was clearer than the video from Arkansas, and in my opinion, more compelling. It's available online - takes FOREVER to download, but is pretty interesting. I'm not here to argue that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker lives. Did some benefit from the short-lived phenomenon? Sure they did, but why not? Like others, I too enjoyed Gene's, meeting others and even spending a Thanksgiving dinner on a log along the White River eating bad beef jerky freezing my rear end off. I'd only like to remind people that Jerome Jackson's own motivations, expertise and reputation should not go un-questioned. Greg Links Somewhere Near Toledo --- billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM wrote: From: Bill Whan To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ivory-bills and dollar bills Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:04:54 -0400 Have a look at Jerome Jackson's article at http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000459#pbio-1000459-g002 if you can stand a look backward at the ivory-billed woodpecker kerfuffle of a few years back. Lots of links to other articles, too. Interesting to see how some took advantage of birders' or conservationists' zeal to promote themselves or their organizations. 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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: Pipe Creek today From: Danno <danno216 AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:49:23 -0400 This morning at Pipe "trespassing" produced a nice variety of birds again in a short amount of time. I say trespassing because Pipe is closed for teal season which starts on September 1 . We were in good company with other hoodlums. D Canada Goose Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Hooded merganser Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle 1 Black-bellied Plover 5 Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Willet 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 50 Red Knot 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 4 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 8 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Chimney Swift Warbling Vireo Bank Swallow Barn Swallow European Starling Swamp Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle House Finch American Goldfinch Sent from my iPad ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ivory bills and dollar bills cont. From: Darlene Sillick <azuretrails AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:53:16 -0400 From John Lennon, Columbus Ohio: From: John Lennon [mailto:lennon.12 AT buckeyemail.osu.edu] Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 11:31 AM To: azuretrails AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM Subject: Can you post this Darlene Ivory billed woodpecker I second Jeffery Cullen's comments. I spent a January in Arkansas with the Cornell people and never enjoyed a vacation more. We spent all day walking through the woods without regard to staying on trails, or canoeing through swamps and then came home after dark to talk with our fellow searchers, all very interesting people. I got to see my first bobcat, learned about greenbriar, will never forget what a yellow bellied sapsucker sounds like or where hermit thrushes spend the winter, or forget almost having a heart attack when a turkey looked over a log at me while I was staking out a big hole about dark. I also lost nine pounds. Dot com bubbles, housing bubbles and probably gold bubbles may hurt a lot of people, but I can't see any downside to an ivory billed woodpecker bubble. And I'm not so sure about the standards necessary for proof of something's existance. If Jim McCormic or Bill Whan or Ken Kauffman tell me they've seen a Mississippi kite or a raven in Ohio, or arctic tern, I'd believe those birds exist and were seen. I don't have a problem with wanting a picture for official documentation, but that's not always as easy as it sounds. I tried frequently to take pictures of piliated woodpeckers in Arkansas, just for practice in case I saw the real thing, but never could get a good one. Those aren't like Metro Park birds - get close and they leave, and it's not easy to sneak up on something when you're walking through dry leaves. My immediate disappointment is there are no screenings scheduled for Ohio. I'm going to call the Drexel Art Theater about that - maybe others could too. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Black-crowned Night-Herons - Cincinnati From: Mark Gilsdorf <gilsdorf74 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:29:45 -0400 On Saturday, August 28th, I made a quick stop at the Winton Woods settling pond at 7 a.m. and found 3 adult Black-crowned Night-Herons perched in the reeds in the middle of the pond. The settling pond sits along the west fork of the Mill Creek. The Mill Creek itself over the years has had a breeding population of Night-Herons at various locations, most recently at Spring Grove Cemetery. -Mark Gilsdorf Cincinnati, 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: Sand Run/Towpath - Summit Cty. From: DUG <vogeye AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:58:44 -0700 AUGUST 29, 2010 - Metro Parks, Serving Summit County - Sand Run to Towpath. HIKE: Valley Link Trail in Sand Run thru the Parcours Trail, Valley Link Trail to the Towpath Trail south to the Cuyahoga River/Little Cuyahoga River junction and back. TIME: 9:00am-11:20am TEMP.: 61-84 COND.: Sunny, blue skies, warm. FT.MI.: 4.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus & Michelle Zager. I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES. 1. Woodchuck - 1 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 19 3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 4. White-tailed Deer - 3 (1 doe,2 fawn with spots almost gone) II. BIRDS: 28 SPECIES. (NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed) 1. Canada Goose - 12 2. Green Heron - 1 (juvenile) 3. Mourning Dove - 7 4. Chimney Swift - 3 5. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (1f,3*) 6. Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1f,5*) 7. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (*) 8. Northern Flicker - 1 (*) 9. Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 (south of Valley View G.C. above sewer line) 10. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 11. Acadian Flycatcher - 1 12. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 13. Red-eyed Vireo - 2 14. Blue Jay - 10 15. Black-capped Chickadee - 11 16. Tufted Titmouse - 7 17. White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (*) 18. Carolina Wren - 1 19. American Robin - 11 (3 juvenile) 20. Gray Catbird - 10 21. European Starling - 2 22. Cedar Waxwing - 2 23. Hooded Warbler - 2 (m) 24. Song Sparrow - 1 25. Northern Cardinal - 14 (4m,7f,1juvf,1*juv.,1*) 26. Common Grackle - 18 27. American Goldfinch - 5 (3m,2*) 28. House Sparrow - 1 III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES. 1. Midland Painted Turtle - 3 IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES. 1. Northern Spring Peeper - 2 (*) 2. Bullfrog - 3 3. Green Frog - 1 V. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES. 1. Cabbage Butterfly - 7 2. Clouded Sulphur - 1 3. Summer Azure - 1 4. Red Admiral - 1 5. Red-spotted Purple - 1 6. Monarch - 1   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: Plegadis ibises still near Funk Bottoms WA 8/29/10 From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:03:28 -0400 Hi all: The 2 PLEGADIS IBISES were still along Funk Road this morning. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Ivory biils and dollar bills From: jeffrey cullen <jcullen AT BGCS.K12.OH.US> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:01:19 GMT a.  We had fun chasing Elvis anyway.  b.  The birding on the White and Cache rivers was great.  I saw more Barred Owls and Pileated Woodpeckers in one weekend than in ten years. c.  The barbecue at Gene's was very good and the service was friendly.  I didn't mind giving some of my money to the people of Arkansas. d.  "News reports by the media (about the "rediscovery" of the Ivory-billed) often included errors in fact and, through omissions, also led to false impressions."  Prof. Jerome A. Jackson.  Professor Jackson just now figured that out?    I figure that's the case every time I read or watch the news. Jeffrey Cullen Bowling Green, 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: Ivory-bills and dollar bills From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:04:54 -0400 Have a look at Jerome Jackson's article at http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000459#pbio-1000459-g002 if you can stand a look backward at the ivory-billed woodpecker kerfuffle of a few years back. Lots of links to other articles, too. Interesting to see how some took advantage of birders' or conservationists' zeal to promote themselves or their organizations. 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: Grand Lake St Marys From: jill bowers <jb531 AT LIVE.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:55:12 -0400 At last! The ban has been revised for GLSM! Now you can boat!! SO, we took our boat out for a "float". Actually, JB wanted to test-drive the down-riggers, big dipsies, etc for our salmon fish trip to Lake MI next week when our son brings HIS son and a friend to catch the BIG fish!! Of course, I birded while on the water!! Saw the following: Bald Eagles - White heads!! Probably, the Prairie Creek pair! Osprey: Saw at least FOUR!! One only 50' from the BE!! Having a fish supper, but didn't get to finish it, it slipped out of his talon grasp!! CAGO: Many Canada's enjoying the sun and water. Mallards: Only a few Mallards ON the water. There were MANY at the Wildlife Area and Fish Hatchery. Shorebirds: There have been several - NO MANY - Killdeer, a couple of semi-palmated plovers; YellowLegs, Semi-palmated sandpipers - and others - Anderson's - there were about 15 turtles basking on fallen tree limbs I know this isn't the "exciting" report we hear from the central flyway BUT for out little bit of Heaven -- It IS FANTASTIC!! Thanks for reading, Jill GRAND LAKE ST MARYS -- coming back!!!!! Auglaize 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: Darke Co. Woods Road wetland From: Regina Schieltz <reginasch AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:22:42 -0400 The water is drying up fast. There is the pool in the back, but more difficult to see the birds because corn is in front of it. Tonight there were ducks-mallards and wood ducks Gr. bl. herons about 12 5 great egrets greater and lesser yellowlegs pectorals 2 sanderlings 1 spotted sandpiper at least 4 semipalmated plovers lots of peeps at least 3 different kinds even with a scope I can't tell. For sure least. 100+ killdeer 1 crow 2 morning doves 8 starlings ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Help id with hawk/falcon please From: Daniel Bancroft <Danbirdman2 AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:09:53 EDT Hello, today during a car ride a saw a hawk outside my window. It was medium sized with a wingspan of about 1 1/2 feet. It didn't have a fanned tail, it had grayish under parts with black, rounded wing tips. Its tail was dark with faint bars and its head was dark also. It looked like a falcon or a Cooper's or a Sharp-shinned Hawk but I can't decide. It was also flying above the woods. If anybody has any idea what this bird is could you please let me know. And if it helps I saw it in Mahoning County. Daniel Bancroft Kinsman, 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: BlueGrosbeaks,SciotoMetroPark,8-28 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:37:47 -0400 The Columbus Audubon trip to Scioto MetroPark (aka the old Whittier peninsula) found a pair of Blue Grosbeaks in the weedy wetlands north of the Grange Audubon Center this morning. The female was observed hunting bugs in the weedfield and repeatedly carrying caught items to a shrubby area along the western edge of the wetland (on the slope by the old Whittier Road). Hanging around her for much of he time was a 1st year male, with bluish head and rump on a gray-brown body. This bird was not being fed by the female, and even sang on one occasion. It may instead have been a mate, since this is a new location for this species, and other males may have been scarce. We did not disturb the possible nest site, but other observers here should keep an eye out for potential fledgelings over the next 1-2 weeks. If you go to see these birds, wait along the road that bisects the wetland area, looking for birds noticeably bigger than the Indigo Buntings that were fairly common there. Other notable birds hanging around the vicinity included 2 Osprey along the river 7 Great Blue Herons and 8 Great Egrets in the shallows off the boat ramp area 8 Kildeer, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 1 Spotted Sandpiper on the mud-bar across from the boat launch 3-4 singing Warbling Vireos along the bikepath There was very little movement of migrants along the river early, although we did see several small flocks of Chimney swifts, heard a Baltimore Oriole, and ran across 2-3 Gnatcatchers. ______________________________________________________________________ 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 Sub-adult Dark Ibis/ Funk Rd Wayne Co. From: Cheryl Harner <weedpicker.cheryl AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:12:54 -0400 As of 5:00 PM the 2 juvenile ibis remain at a receding pond on the "S" curve on Funk RD. 1/2 mile north of Rt 95. They are feeding in the company of 10-12 Great Egrets and several Great Blue Herons. Birds are located behind tall horsetail and goldenrod plants, on the east side of the road. Be cautious when parking, allow for some visibility for cars coming through this blind curve. I hope to post some photos later at Weedpicker's Journal- you can guess whether they are Glossy or White-faced. Good Birding! Cheryl Harner Greater Mohican Audubon Society ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Buff-breasted and other goodies near Funk Bottoms WA in Wayne County 8/28/10 From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:22:55 -0400 Hi all: Along Wilderness Road near Funk Bottoms WA, the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER played hide and seek in the grass today, but some of us re-found it around 5PM. Also saw the Baird's Sandpiper along Wilderness Road. The 2 PLEGADIS IBISES, that were found by Cheryl Harner, were still along Funk Road at 5PM. 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Photos at http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5047&title=8-28-buffbreasted-sands-etc Other area highlights: Pipe Creek: Willet, Red-necked Phalarope (2), Stilt Sandpiper (8) Cedar Point Causeway: Willet, Sanderling Huron River flats (River Rd.): expanded flats & good number of birds - Stilt Sandpiper (5) Lorain Impoundment: Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling Props to Jen Brumfield for spying the Buff-breasted at Lorain. Good birding - Gabe Leidy Cleveland ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Glen Helen birds From: "Boutis, Nick" <nboutis AT GLENHELEN.ORG> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:51:55 -0400 We had our monthly bird walk this morn -- scheduled at the end of the month to try to pick up some migrants. Much of the Glen was quiet, although a (probable) Swainson's thrush came through the bird blind. We also had a nice mixed flock of very skittish warblers on the rim trail around Baldwin Pond. I missed the first part of the hike -- expertly led by Ruth Lapp and Ruth Paige, so I might be missing a few species. That said, here is what we found: Cooper's hawk Turkey vulture Mourning dove Ruby crowned hummingbird Downy woodpecker Red-belied woodpecker Eastern wood pewee Red-eyed vireo Blue jay Carolina chickadee Tufted titmouse White breasted nuthatch Carolina wren Swainson's thrush American robin Gray catbird Magnolia warbler Chestnut sided warbler Yellow rumped warbler Black and white warbler Northern cardinal Eastern towhee Common grackle Indigo bunting American goldfinch Our next bird walk will be Saturday September 11. We'll start from Grinnell Mill (at the intersection of Grinnell Rd. and Bryan Park Rd) at 8 am. Hopefully, fall migration will be in full swing! -Nick -- Nick Boutis Director, Glen Helen Ecology Institute Antioch College 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 nboutis AT glenhelen.org 937-769-1902 www.glenhelen.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: CVNP Lake Trail From: DUG <vogeye AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:24:27 -0700 AUGUST 28, 2010 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park. HIKE: Lake Trail at Kendall Lake. TIME: 8:25am-10:55am TEMP.: 55-74 COND.: Cool early, warming throughout, sunny with blue skies. FT.MI.: 1.25 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus, Michelle Zager. I. MAMMALS: 2 SPECIES. 1. Eastern Chipmunk - 12 2. Red Squirrel - 4 II. BIRDS: 44 SPECIES. (NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed) 1. Canada Goose - 32 2. Mallard - 7 (2m,1f,4juvenile) 3. Turkey Vulture - 1 (juvenile) 4. Broad-winged Hawk - 2 5. Mourning Dove - 9 6. Chimney Swift - 2 7. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (?) 8. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 (1m1 juv.m,1?,2*) 9. Downy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1*) 10. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 11. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 12. Eastern Kingbird - 1 13. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 14. Warbling Vireo - 1 15. Red-eyed Vireo - 3 16. Blue Jay - 4 17. American Crow - 6 18. Barn Swallow - 3 19. Black-capped Chickadee - 10 20. Tufted Titmouse - 5 21. White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 (*) 22. Brown Creeper - 1 23. Carolina Wren - 1 24. House Wren - 1 25. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (f) 26. American Robin - 17 27. Gray Catbird - 7 28. Brown Thrasher - 1 29. Cedar Waxwing - 31 (1 juvenile) 30. Pine Warbler - 1 (m) 31. Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (m) 32. American Redstart - 1 (? - f or juv.m) 33. Common Yellowthroat - 3 (1m,2f) 34. Hooded Warbler - 1 (juv.m) 35. Scarlet Tanager - 1 (molted m) 36. Eastern Towhee - 3 (1f,2*) 37. Chipping Sparrow - 1 38. Song Sparrow - 6 39. Northern Cardinal - 6 (4m,1f,1*) 40. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (*) 41. Common Grackle - 2 42. Baltimore Oriole - 1 (m) 43. House Finch - 1 (*) 44. American Goldfinch - 8 (5m,1f,2*) III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES. 1. Midland Painted Turtle - 1 IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES. 1. Bullfrog - 1 2. Green Frog - 1 V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES. 1. Creek Chub - many 2. Bluegill - many VI. BUTTERFLIES: 7 SPECIES. 1. Cabbage Butterfly - 1 2. Clouded Sulphur - 8 3. Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1 4. Great Spangled Fritillary - 1 5. Pearl Crescent - 3 6. Monarch - 4 (plus 11 caterpillars) 7. Wild Indigo Duskywing - 1   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: Pelican Island Mudflats, Hoover Reservoir, Del. Cty. From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:52:02 -0400 This morning the shorebird activity on the mudflats on the east shore of Hoover Reservoir near Pelican Island was somewhat subdued compared to the last few days. Being Saturday there was more boat activity near the shore which probably was not helpful. Three of us gave the mudflats a good look-over and we were rewarded with decent results. No sign of the Peregrine Falcon today or the Dowitchers, but the Bald Eagles, Osprey, Buff-breasted Sandpipers and Marbled Godwit put I appearances for us. A list of the more interesting species we observed follows. Charlie Bombaci Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mallard Osprey Bald Eagle Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Marbled Godwit Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least sandpiper Baird’s Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Ring-billed Gull Caspian Tern Barn Swallow ______________________________________________________________________ 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 PLEGADIS IBISES @ Funk Bottoms - 1:40pm 8/28/2010 From: Greg Miller <hawk-owl AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:48:21 -0700 Howdy All! I just got a call from Cheryl Harner. She found 2 plegadis ibises on the East side of Funk Rd (also County Rd 16) about half a mile North of the town of Funk. The birds are there right now as of 1:40pm on Saturday, Aug 28,2010. -Greg Miller Sugarcreek, 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: Wilderness Road (Funk Bottoms) Saturday a.m. From: Gabe Hostetler <hostetlergabe AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:44:57 -0700 Checked out the peat mudflats on Wilderness Road (see Jen Brumfield's previous post for location and directions) this morning between 10:30-11:30. Did not locate the Buff-breasted Sandpiper that was previously reported, but saw the Baird's. Also observed 1 American Golden-Plover. Spent most of the time watching a large, chunky, non-descript gray bird with black primaries that through the heat waves of my scope looked to me a lot like a Red Knot. Gabe Hostetler 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: Big Island- 12 shorebird spp. 8/28 (Sanderling, Sedge Wrens) From: Sean Williams <seanbirder AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:33:30 -0400 Hiya, Yes, Big Island Wildlife Area is hot, as Will Condit and I found out. All shorebirds were found in the impoundments/mudflats on the north side of 95 (pulloffs were all along 95). They were 3 main areas- one west of Herr Rd., one west of Hoch Rd., and one east of New Bloomington. The last spot is a fair bit (approx. 1 mile?) east of New Bloomington, but there is no good landmark. There is a dike similar to that near the Hoch Rd. spot. Just BE CAUTIOUS of walking up on the dike because the shorebirds are directly below, and WILL flush. Just barely stick your head over to see the birds. List below: Killdeer 60 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 4 Greater Yellowlegs 30 Lesser Yellowlegs SANDERLING 1* Rather black-and-white juvenile. Very pale face, spotted black back, and white below. Possibly a bit smaller than a Pectoral, but much larger than a Semipalm/Least Sandpiper. Semipalmated Sandpiper 28 Least Sandpiper 13 Pectoral Sandpiper 25 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 4 Wilson's Snipe 7 Two Sedge Wrens were singing at the Hoch Rd. spot. 23 Common Moorhens were counted throughout the area. Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: More Common Nighthawks - Canal Park, Downtown Akron From: Denise Powers Fabian <ohiodarlin AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:33:47 -0700 The Edster and I had parked on the roof of the Bowery Street Parking Deck of Akron Children's Hospital to watch the fireworks after the Aeros game...   HOWEVER...   while waiting fo the game to end, I became much more enthused and interested in watching the 9 common nighthawks feeding close to the stadium lights for about an hour...   The fireworks were amazing, too, but...well, you know..   Denise Powers Fabian Mogadore, Ohio   "Look at the birds..."  Matthew 6:26   ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Rail Pics up and unsolicited forum plug From: steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:32:21 -0400 Finally got pics of the Sora and Virginia Rails up. I put them up on the forum site. There have been some excellent pictures put up on the forum pages as of late: Allen Claybon has some great tern shots. Mark (aka Galloimages) has an excellent Eagle shots as well as a link to some other pictures from his vacation...super cool raptor shots and more. Gene Smith has a picture that just has to be seen of a vulture on an unusual roost. Randall Branham Has more cool Eagle shots. So check out these images and more on the OOS forum photo gallery: http://www.ohiobirds.org/forum/viewforum.php?id=8 While there check out the other areas, For example, there are questions without answers in the Attracting birds section...does anyone know how to deter rats from eating food that has fallen from the feeder? How about Ideas for attracting bug eaters to your yard. So go check out the OOS forum pages :-D. ---- Speaking of Eagles, How do you identify a bald eagle?...All his feathers are combed over to one side. Sorry couldn't resist :-D. Have a great weekend and God Bless 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: Penitentiary Glen 8/28 From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:54:28 -0400 I went back to Penitentiary Glen in Kirtland again this morning starting around 8. There was a lot of activity and some good birds. I ended up with 6 species of warblers this time. I was there for about an hour and a half and found 39 species of birds. Warblers Seen: 2 Nashville 1 Chestnut-sided 1 Black-throated Blue 1 Bay-breasted 1 Black-and-white 1 Black-throated Green Others seen were 1 (heard)Pileated Woodpecker, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 Scarlet Tanager, and 1 Dark-eyed Junco. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Kirtland Ohio Lake County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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