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20 Nov Northern Shrike in Northern Paulding County [M & D Dunakin ] 20 Nov DCWA Nov. 20 [Robert Royse ] 20 Nov Wellington Bald Eagle [Michael Cullison ] 20 Nov N. Shrike, Medina County [Greg Emmert ] 20 Nov Peregrine & waterfowl - Wingfoot Lake, Portage County ["Kramer, Dan" ] 20 Nov Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/20 [John Pogacnik ] 20 Nov Ladu Reservoir - Geauga Co. [inga schmidt ] 20 Nov Avon Lake Power Plant, Lorain County - Loons, Gulls [Spencer-Ryan-St Marie Insurance ] 20 Nov CJ Brown Reservoir Loons [inga schmidt ] 20 Nov Re: Loon Observations 11/19 [] 19 Nov Evans L., Pine L. (E Mahoning Co.) [Craig Holt ] 19 Nov 11/19 - loon observations [Leidy Gabe ] 19 Nov Rocky River City Park update (Cuyahoga Co.) [Paula Lozano ] 19 Nov Update: Columbus Ring-neckeds [Howard Mueller ] 19 Nov NE Ohio lakes 11/18 [Craig Holt ] 19 Nov Loons & Grebes (Cuyahoga Co.) [Paula Lozano ] 19 Nov Hoover Loon fallout,11-19 [rob thorn ] 18 Nov Tuesday west of Conneaut [Bruce Glick ] 18 Nov Pond Birds, Madison, Lake County [Cole DiFabio ] 18 Nov Summit Lake Waterfowl - Akron ["Kramer, Dan" ] 18 Nov Killdeer Plains WA, Wyandot County -Fairly empty of birds [Andy Sewell ] 18 Nov clarence j brown reservoir,clark county [Michael Hatfield ] 18 Nov Ring-necked Ducks in Columbus - Update [Howard Mueller ] 18 Nov Frohring Meadows - Geauga [inga schmidt ] 18 Nov automated response [Mark Skinner ] 17 Nov Re: Ottawa NWR Update, tundra swans and trail closures [Matt Valencic ] 18 Nov Where to see Tundra Swans in NE Ohio this weekend [Lisa Lazar ] 17 Nov Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/17 [John Pogacnik ] 17 Nov Sims Park-Euclid Cuyahoga Cty 11/17/09 [Nancy Anderson ] 17 Nov Tundra Swans at Killbuck Marsh WA in Wayne County 11/17/09 [Su Snyder ] 17 Nov Yellow Springs birds 10-18 [Nick Boutis ] 17 Nov Conneaut Twp. Park- Snow Buntings [Sally/Dave Isacco ] 17 Nov Ottawa NWR Update, tundra swans and trail closures [Rebecca Hinkle ] 17 Nov Help needed with Pike County history: whooping crane [Bill Whan ] 16 Nov Surf Scoter at Wellington Reservoir in Lorain County 11/16/09 [Su Snyder ] 16 Nov 2 Carolina Wrens, Madison OH [Cole DiFabio ] 16 Nov Lima Resevoirs Allen county [Russowl ] 16 Nov Great Horned Owl - Summit Co. [] 15 Nov Re: Bradly Woods Wetland Mitigation [Scott Wright ] 16 Nov Lakefront on Saturday near Conneaut [Bruce Glick ] 16 Nov Lake Erie Pelagics, and more... ["kimkaufman AT bsbo.org" ] 16 Nov Evening Grosbeak - Ashtabula Co. [Robert Krajeski ] 15 Nov Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/15 [John Pogacnik ] 15 Nov Hoover- Dead, 11/15 [Sean Williams ] 15 Nov mystery goose at Killdeer [Craig Caldwell ] 15 Nov Slate Run Sandhill Cranes [Randel Rogers ] 15 Nov Lake Erie Pelagic, Part 2, 11/15 [John Pogacnik ] 15 Nov Bradstreet's Landing, Rocky River Park Cuy. Cty. [Chris Pierce ] 15 Nov North Perry Marina [Cole DiFabio ] 15 Nov shrike, Chardon [marilyn rohr ] 15 Nov HooverNaturePreserve,11-15 [rob thorn ] 15 Nov Perry Towniship Park + Lakshore Reservation w/ Blackbrook Audubon Society [Cole DiFabio ] 15 Nov Quarries in Columbus ["Joan M. Frederick" ] 15 Nov Odd goose at Killdeer Plains [Craig Caldwell ] 15 Nov 3Creeks to Pick Ponds,11-14 [rob thorn ] 14 Nov (Minnesota) Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival [Michael Hendrickson ] 14 Nov Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/14 [John Pogacnik ] 14 Nov Reminder: DCBC Meeting on Monday, 16 November [Darlene Sillick ] 14 Nov Snow Bunting in Allen County [Jackie Augustine ] 14 Nov Sims Park Euclid Cuyahoga Cty 11/14/09 [Nancy Anderson ] 14 Nov Re: A new Birding TV show [Steve Jones ] 14 Nov Turkeys- Blendon Woods Franklin Co [Thomas Slemmer ] 14 Nov E Mahoning Co. 11/13 [Craig Holt ] 14 Nov A new Birding TV show [Marys1000 ] 13 Nov Wayne County -- Brown Creeper [Scott Hannan ] 13 Nov Black-cr.NightHerons,Columbus,11-13 [rob thorn ] 13 Nov Grackle at Columbus feeder [Pam Unger ] 13 Nov Vulture Extravaganza / Brown County [robert lane ] 13 Nov Wilson's Snipe (Cuyahoga Co.) [Paula Lozano ] 13 Nov Alum-Hoover,11-12 [rob thorn ] 13 Nov Big Island Wildlife Area Raptor "Report" [Steve Jones ] 12 Nov Bruckner - Troy, OH [jill bowers ] 12 Nov Not a Snow Goose, Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio [Penny OConnor ] 12 Nov Red-breasted Nuthatches En mass [] 12 Nov Ring-neckeds in Columbus [Howard Mueller ] 12 Nov Purple finches [becky wright ] Subject: Northern Shrike in Northern Paulding County From: M & D Dunakin <edson AT BRIGHT.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:24 -0500 Greetings for the Ol' Black Swamp, Returning home from our morning labors, Micki and I were pleasantly surprised by a Northern Shrike posing for us on a power line near the road. This is our first Shrike this year. Maybe the drought is over, and we'll be seeing a few more northern visitors??? Bird long and prosper, Doug & Micki Dunakin Out in Carryall Township near Antwerp, 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: DCWA Nov. 20 From: Robert Royse <rroyse AT SPRYNET.COM> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:11 -0800 I checked out the Deer Creek Reservoir (Fayette and Pickaway Counties) this afternoon. There were generally very few birds there with some notable exceptions. There was no sign of any loon fallout there, and the only waterfowl in the entire reservoir were 8 Hooded Mergansers. Gulls were also in low numbers for the date with less than 50 Ring-billed Gulls, ~10 Herring Gulls and a few Bonaparte's. What was there in huge numbers was Killdeers. I counted 378 from one vantage point alone. I also noted 7 Dunlins and a single Least Sandpiper in the mix. This is about the time of year when Sandhill Cranes can often be found there. Conditions look good for them this year. I didn't see any although I didn't stay until dusk when they often fly in from surrounding farm fields. My guess is that there haven't been enough good NW winds to bring them this way - at least not yet. Bob Royse Robert Royse rroyse AT sprynet.com www.roysephotos.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4625 (20091120) __________ 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: Wellington Bald Eagle From: Michael Cullison <mcullison AT MAC.COM> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:35 -0500 Got w/in about 10 yards of a Bald Eagle this PM at the Wellington Reservoir. Flew out of the woods in front of me and then landed in a tree about 100 yards ahead. Was able to walk w/in about 20 yards of the tree before it took off again and flew over the water to the other side of the lake. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: N. Shrike, Medina County From: Greg Emmert <kestrel5150 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:10 -0500 Sorry for the late post, but the shrike has been on my property in Homerville for 3 of the last 4 days, including today. This is much more regular than usual. Normally, I would only see him once every 3 - 5 days. Anyone who wants to come take a look should contact me off list and be patient with my response. I do not get online every day. Thanks to Su Snyder for being the first to come see the bird. Greg Emmert Akron, OH _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen:112009v2 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Peregrine & waterfowl - Wingfoot Lake, Portage County From: "Kramer, Dan" <Dan.Kramer AT DNR.STATE.OH.US> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:23 -0500 While on business today at this newly acquired state property (DeLorme 42D1), a flock of waterfowl caught my eye over a portion of the lake. It seemed an unusual leap-frogging movement of birds over the surface in a shallow embayment. When I glassed the area with binoculars I noticed a peregrine falcon perched atop a dead tree in the water. It almost immediately peeled off and flew over the ducks and then out of sight around the corner. Although these ducks at first appeared small, I couldn't find anything at this location other than 60 - 70 mallards. There were also approximately 300 Canada geese there but they were only mildly concerned by the peregrine. Elsewhere on the lake was a nice flock of 24 ruddy ducks and 16 buffleheads. Two bald eagles were soaring overhead. There is an active eagle's nest at this site and these were presumably the resident pair. A few words about this site: The former Wingfoot Lake Park, owned by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, is being purchased by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Actually the DOW has taken possession of some portions already although nothing is currently open to the public. The "park", consisting of day-use facilities such as picnic areas and playgrounds, is being transferred to the Division of Parks & Recreation and will become Wingfoot Lake State Park. This is tentatively scheduled to open to the public on Memorial Day, 2010. This will provide access for birders to Wingfoot Lake (approximately 500 acres) and the park itself consisting of +/- 80 acres of scattered mature oaks and manicured grounds. The balance of the property, approximately 150 acres, will become Wingfoot Lake Wildlife Area and is also tentatively scheduled to open to the public on Memorial Day, 2010. The wildlife area offers a little more birding potential with additional access to the lakeshore as well as some category 3 wetlands south of Wingfoot Road. Goodyear has retained the Blimp Base and will continue to launch and land the blimp there offering an added viewing bonus to visitors to the area. This portion is restricted access and is mostly fenced off. Please obey all signage currently present (e.g. No Trespassing Zone or Property of Goodyear Company) and look for future news releases on the opening of this new state land. Dan Kramer Dover ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/20 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:19 -0500 Things started slow and improved greatly as the morning progressed. Still not a lot of mergansers our this way, but a nice variety of waterfowl including a couple surf scoters. Bonaparte's started moving around 9:00 and an immature black-legged kittiwake passed by with them heading west. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry November 20, 2009, 7:00-10:00 Weather- cloudy to partly cloudy, Winds- SW 5-10 increasing to 10-15 Temp- 44-48 F, Barometer- 30.15-30.17, Humidity-86-75, Dew point- 41-43 Waves- 3-5 feet, Flight direction- west American black duck 2 Mallard 2 Lesser scaup 3 SURF SCOTER 2 Common goldeneye 3 Red-breasted merganser 287 Common loon 16 Horned grebe 21 Double-crested cormorant 3 Bonaparte's gull 383 Ring-billed gull 341 Herring gull 31 Great black=backed gull 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE 1 immature John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Ladu Reservoir - Geauga Co. From: inga schmidt <ingais AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:54:05 -0500 I thought I'd check Ladu to see if any loons had showed up there too. Just one common loon, on a fairly quiet lake. There are a few hunters about. 9 American coots, 6 mallards, and about 100 Canada geese. Just a couple of ring billed gulls. But delighted to see a flock of 50 snow buntings feeding on the spit, near the shore along with 8 killdeer. Also at least one pair of sand hill cranes are feeding along the edges. Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Avon Lake Power Plant, Lorain County - Loons, Gulls From: Spencer-Ryan-St Marie Insurance <spencerryan AT WINDSTREAM.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:27:02 -0500 I visited the Avon Lake Power Plant on Lake Erie (Lorain County) at about 9AM this morning. Gull activity has really picked up. There were the usual suspects as far as gulls, with a large increase in Bonaparte's Gulls. I would say 300-400. 4 Cormorants as well. I was surprised that there were no other ducks, grebes or coots at all, except for one pair of Mallards. That's pretty unusual for this spot. I was able to scope 3 Loons, and would guess them to be Common Loons based only on size. They were pretty far out but from what I could see, they did not look any different from the Common Loons I've seen there before. I'm not sure if the other observers on Lake Erie in Rocky River have seen this as well, but there was a massive amount of movement out on the horizon moving toward the west. At the horizon, it was a fairly constant stream of birds swarming west. They were way too far out for any type of identification, but easily identifiable as a large population of birds heading west. Happy Birding. Spencer ______________________________________________________________________ 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: CJ Brown Reservoir Loons From: inga schmidt <ingais AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:12:57 -0500 Mattt Valencic asked me to post this for him: Regarding loon fallout’s, I visited the boat launch area at C. J. Brown Reservoir (Springfield, OH) today at 3:30pm for about 15 minutes. Cranking my 20 – 60X Zeiss spotting scope up to 60X I counted over 200 loons (Sp?) near the far north shore, mostly just preening or floating. I looked at Google Maps and the area they were all lounging in was directly west of the Buck Creek State Park peninsula. Other smaller birds were scattered among them but were way too far away for me to I.D.. There were quite a few Bonaparte’s Gulls moving as well. Several common loons were scattered widely across the open expanse of water between the boat launch and that northern shore. These birds were all actively fishing unlike the birds to the north. The map shows that Rt. 4 runs along the north side of the reservoir. Does anyone know if there are access points along that shore to get to with a scope? I will be back here again Monday and would like to spend more time if the loons are still there. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Loon Observations 11/19 From: waen2bb2 AT AOL.COM Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:50 -0500 Gabe didn't mention, but we were at Rocky River park, where Paula first reported the Pacific Loon. I saw the bird Gabe was talking about in his post too. My opinion is that I'm not sure what it was, it was pretty far off and bad lighting. I still didn't feel the bird looked right for a PALO, didn't seem small enough, didn't seem like it had the right neck markings (defined white throat/dark neck) and to me the bird wasn't that different from the other loons. Also, comparing it to definitive Pacific Loon photos (and not the ones of funky mislabeled Commons) I'd say it didn't resemble the definitive Pacific Loons to me, but I'm not sure. Still worth checking out in the morning if you're around probably. Good Birding Ben Warner ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Evans L., Pine L. (E Mahoning Co.) From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:16:36 -0800 I checked out these two Mahoning Co. lakes today to see if there was any fallout around here.  There were exactly 2 common loons, 1 at each lake.  Plenty of other good birds around though.  At Evans L. were 6 buffleheads, 15 hooded mergansers, ruddy ducks, 4 pied-billed grebes, Am. coots, and the adult basic lesser black-backed gull.  There was a strange goose with the Canadas; it looked a lot like a juv. greater white-fronted but the neck was too thick and the the head too big.  Most importantly, it was giving a bark/yelp like some barnyard skank graylag type trying to sound like a Canada to fit in with them.  So next I went to Pine L.  On and around the lake were: Canada geese, 100+ mallards, Am. black ducks, gadwalls, 30 n. shovelers, green-winged teal, wood duck, hooded mergansers, 2 red-breasted mergansers, 40 ruddy ducks, double-crested cormorant, ring-necked pheasant (flushed almost underfoot!!), belted kingfisher, n. flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, 2 Carolina wrens, e. bluebirds, Am. tree sparrows, song sparrows, fox sparrow, swamp sparrows, white-crowned sparrow, dark-eyed juncos, c. grackles, red-winged blackbirds, and Am. goldfinches.  Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 11/19 - loon observations From: Leidy Gabe <nparula AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:47:40 -0800 This bird was initially observed swimming alone, quite a ways offshore, but still within decent viewing range. I immediately took a fancy to it because it seemed too dark on the upperparts, and a bit petite to be a Common Loon. I switched to Ben Warner’s Swarovski, and began comparing it to a Common Loon to its left (though not in the same field of view), and confirmed these suspicions. At this time, and for the next hour of observation, approximately, the bird swam straight north, with it’s back toward us, never turning to face us head-on or diving even once. Occasionally, a Common Loon came into the scope view with it, and at one point, it was sandwiched between two Commons. In these instances, the bird was noticeably smaller than the Commons, with a bill that seemed to be more slender, as well. Though the lighting and angle made it difficult to judge the bill’s proportions 100% accurately, it did not appear to be as thick-based and massive as that of every Common within view. The fact this that bird was smaller overall with a blacker back than any Common Loon present was mutually agreed upon by all who were watching. The head also appeared to be nicely rounded at most angles, though occasionally I would catch a hint of a ‘squared-off look’ on the rear crown and couldn’t convince myself that it was as evenly rounded as it should have been. The upperparts were quite dark, including the flanks, and unbarred, in the manner of a nonbreeding adult. The most problematic part of the observation was the coloration of the head and neck. As mentioned earlier, the bird swam away from us throughout the observation, so definitive views of the face and side of the neck were hard to come by. However, eventually, we pieced together enough brief views and glimpses to question whether the pattern of the head/neck were correct for Pacific. The head/neck were solid dark, nearly approaching the upperparts coloration, but the dark seemed to extend below the eye and quite far forward on the neck, shading from dark to dusky - and not really showing the stark demarcation between light and dark that Pacific Loon should exhibit. Granted the bird would rarely turn its head at any sort of sharp angle toward us, but when it did, it showed practically no white on the auriculars or throat from our angle - appearing as a nearly dark-headed bird. Again, lighting and bad angle may have been the only factors to account for this strange look, but the bird continued to drift further north on the lake as light expired. For lack of time, I will just state that Red-throated was safely and easily eliminated. All in all, a very interesting bird, and quite possibly the same that Paula et al observed earlier under much better conditions. Hopefully, it sticks in the area tomorrow, so others will have the chance to study it, at closer range and in better light. 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: Rocky River City Park update (Cuyahoga Co.) From: Paula Lozano <paulalozano AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:55:06 -0500 Thursday, November 19, 2009, 1:15-2:15 p.m. Rocky River City Park, 20250 Beachcliff Blvd., Rocky River Observers: Many! After the front/rain passed, I returned to Rocky River City Park to look for the Pacific Loon. Thousands of Red-breasted Mergansers not seen in the morning had moved into the area, but the Pacific Loon was NOT relocated while I was there. Paula Lozano Lakewood, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Update: Columbus Ring-neckeds From: Howard Mueller <hmuellerca AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:14 -0500 Just an update on the Columbus Quarry Lake Ring-necked ducks. The raft is up to 42 birds this morning, and two Pied-billed grebes have joined them. (Looks to be a pair.) Still no Scaups in the group. Today's count is accurate: after first counting early n the morning, I recounted at lunch, and the whole bunch appeared to think it was nap time - nobody was diving, which normally makes counting a bit problematic. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: NE Ohio lakes 11/18 From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:15:27 -0800 I was traveling along I-76 yesterday and got to check a few lakes in Mahoning, Portage, and Summit Cos.  L. Milton has finally been lowered some, with nice mudflats/shallows at the south end.  Found there were 15 Am. black ducks, mallards, great egret (late), 30 killdeer, 7 dunlin, 100 Bonaparte's gulls, and belted kingfisher.  The north end of L. Milton had 13 tundra swans, 4 c. loons, pied-billed grebe, Cooper's hawk (hunting starlings), a few more Bonies, and another kingfisher.  E. bluebirds were fairly common in the area also.  Next I visited Berlin Res.  I looked from the Rte. 224 bridge and the Rte. 14 bridge, but found nothing other than a few gulls.  Next stop was at West Branch SP; the southwest portion had 20 wild turkeys, ring-necked pheasant, 21 killdeer, and 20 Bonaparte's gulls.  My last stop was at Summit L. in Akron.  It held 53 ring-necked ducks, 8 buffleheads, 30 ruddy ducks, 5 pied-billed grebes, and 70 Am. coots.  Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Loons & Grebes (Cuyahoga Co.) From: Paula Lozano <paulalozano AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:48 -0500 Thursday, November 19, 2009, 9:45-11:00 a.m. Rocky River City Park, Rocky River Observers: Bob Finkelstein, Paula Lozano, Antonio Salvadori When we arrived, the lake was calm and dotted with loons and grebes and noted the following: Red-throated Loon - 1 (possibly 2-3) PACIFIC LOON - 1 Common Loon ~50 Horned Grebe ~200 The PACIFIC LOON was studied for 20-30 minutes using Kowa and Swarovski spotting scopes. Most of the time it was sitting on the water - not diving, and we were able to compare it with Common Loon and Horned Grebe. It was much darker and smaller than Common Loon and larger than Horned Grebe. Other evident features were its very small, thin bill, no white in the auriculars, totally black crown, nape, sides and flanks, with no white noticeable at waterline. It appeared to be an adult nonbreeding adult as depicted in both Sibley and NGS. Paula Lozano Lakewood, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Hoover Loon fallout,11-19 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:20:04 -0500 Taking a cue from several observers reports, I visited Hoover Reservoir (NE of Columbus) this morning for a brief period and was greeted by a good fallout of Common Loons. They were the first birds I saw and were present in flocks up and down the reservoir. I visited the Sunbury causeway, Maxtown boat launch, County Line Rd. bridge, and Walnut St. boat launch, and totaled over 200 birds in an hour. The biggest flock was 120+ birds north of the Sunbury causeway; they could probably be seen even better from the eastern end of Oxbow Island. Little else was out, other than small flock of Bonaparte's Gulls that mysteriously materialized around the feeding loon flocks. There were also a few Horned Grebes and 1 very early Common Goldeneye at the dam spillway. But the loons were the feature, and if you want your Loon fix for the Fall, get out today. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tuesday west of Conneaut From: Bruce Glick <birderbruce AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:19:04 -0800 Robert Hershberger and I spent the morning Lake Erie watching - at Sunset Park - N. Kingsville - small public park with nice high overlook of Lake Erie about 6 miles west of Conneaut and just east of the junction of  OH 193 and 531. We also checked several places both east and west of there. Headlands was very quiet - 3 Black Scoters and some Bonaparte's. The September or early May-like weather was far too nice.   Common Loon - 15 Red-th. Loon - 2 Red-necked Grebe - 2 Horned Grebe  - 20+ Goldeneye - 20 Bufflehead - 15 Lesser Scaup - 15 Black Scoter - 13 (several singles, groups of 3-5) no unusual gulls and no big concentrations no swallows   However, the Purple Martin roosting at a box near Apple Creek (Wayne County, southeast of Wooster) was still there as of this morning. Bruce   Bruce Glick birderbruce AT yahoo.com Millersburg, 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: Pond Birds, Madison, Lake County From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:13 -0500 7 Mallards were present this evening ( 11-18). Also, a Carolina Wren came to my suet feeder this PM. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Madison 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: Summit Lake Waterfowl - Akron From: "Kramer, Dan" <Dan.Kramer AT DNR.STATE.OH.US> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:54 -0500 A short inspection at Summit Lake (Akron, Summit Co.) over lunch hour today found the usual selection of waterfowl for this season: 14 ruddy ducks 9 buffleheads 77 ring-necked ducks 11 mallards 3 hooded mergansers 64 American coots 6 pied-billed grebes 50 Canada geese & 50 ring-billed gulls Dan Kramer Dover ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Killdeer Plains WA, Wyandot County -Fairly empty of birds From: Andy Sewell <asewell AT HARDLINESDESIGN.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:15 -0500 I was up in Kenton today on business and had a chance to swing through Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area on my way back. It was fairly devoid of birds (at least the kind you can see from your car during a quick drive-by), but there were a couple highlights. There are hunters around, so staying in or close to the car is the only good option for Killdeer Plains right now. Waterfowl: 2 Mallards at the reservoir 7 Tundra Swans at the pond on TR123 No other waterfowl observed Raptors: 3 Red-tailed Hawks 4 American Kestrels 1 Northern Harrier Others: Red-headed Woodpecker at Pond 33 Lots of Blue Jays Northern Flicker Killdeer Plains is in Wyandot county, just northeast of the village of Marseilles on route 67. Good Birding, Andy Sewell Columbus, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: clarence j brown reservoir,clark county From: Michael Hatfield <hatfieldmj AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:09:52 -0500 it seems as though the loons have arrived.There were over 40 common loons on the water this morning,and I will be keeping an eye out for other types.Also on the water: 15 Bonapartes Gulls 4 Bufflehead(first of season) 15 Cormorants sunning(ha)themselves on a sand bar. bring on the waterfowl!!!! ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Ring-necked Ducks in Columbus - Update From: Howard Mueller <hmuellerca AT AOL.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:57:19 -0500 Earlier I reported 12 Ring-necked ducks out on the Quarry Lake in Columbus, off of 5th. They have now been joined by some pals, and the number was up to 26 yesterday. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Frohring Meadows - Geauga From: inga schmidt <ingais AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:23:57 -0500 Went to Frohring early this morning, but except for two killdeer hunkered down in the mud flat, there was absolutely nothing in the marshy bit. I can't figure out exactly what's different, from a birds eye view, but since the redigging this summer, it has failed to attract shorebirds or ducks. Tundra swans passed over my house (2 miles away) yesterday. Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Ottawa NWR Update, tundra swans and trail closures From: Matt Valencic <mmvalencic AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:36:23 -0500 Following-up on Rebecca's posting ... I stopped at Ottawa Monday afternoon at 4pm on my way to Detroit and saw 75 - 100 swans. Here are a few pictures from my car window through the spotting scope - no tripod! http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/SwansOfOttawaNWRNov2009# This is the first time I could clearly see the yellow mark at the base of the swans bill. The first-year birds were fascinating! Matt Valencic Chagrin Falls, OH (Geauga County) -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Rebecca Hinkle Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:32 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Update, tundra swans and trail closures Tundra swans and even a few snow geese have arrived at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Many tundra swans have been seen in the entrance pool along the road to the trail parking lot. They are present most mornings but do leave periodically to feed in the surrounding area. The snow geese have been seen sporadically around the refuge, most often in flight, twice over the visitor center. That being said the trails and all access beyond the visitor center will be CLOSED on Saturday and Sunday, November 21st and 22nd, and Monday, November 30 - Thursday, December 3rd. These trail closures are for visitor safety during the refuge controlled deer hunt. Rebecca E. Hinkle Visitor Services Manager Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge 14000 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0014 ext. 17 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.71/2510 - Release Date: 11/17/09 19:26:00 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Where to see Tundra Swans in NE Ohio this weekend From: Lisa Lazar <lazarstromberg AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:38:07 +0000 Hello All - I am new to Ohio, and would like to celebrate my 40th birthday this weekend (Nov. 21-22) by seeing if I can see some tundra swans. Where would be the best place for me to go? I'd love to see any other waterfowl that might be there as well, but the swans sound wonderful! I live in Akron, and have read that the Cleveland/Lorain coastline, the Rocky River/Chagrin areas, or Killdeer WA are all areas where they have been sighted in late Nov. within an hour or two of me. I was wondering if you had a particular location that you would recommend based on sightings thus far this year. Also, what is the best time of day to see them? Thanks so much, Lisa Lazar 4094 W. Bath Rd. Akron, OH 44333 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/17 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:42:54 -0500 I had a chance to watch the lake a little this morning. Gull numbers were way down today, while waterfowl numbers were better. I had 2 surf and 2 black scoters. All were amongst merganser flocks. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry November 17, 2009, 7:00-9:00 Weather- partly cloudy, Winds- NE 10-15 Temp- 44-45 F, Barometer- 30.18-30.17, Humidity-60-59, Dew point- 31-33 Waves- 3-5 feet, Flight direction- west SURF SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 2 Common goldeneye 1 Red-breasted merganser 348 Common loon 3 Horned grebe 11 Bonaparte's gull 16 Ring-billed gull 140 Herring gull 11 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Sims Park-Euclid Cuyahoga Cty 11/17/09 From: Nancy Anderson <nancyanderson3 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:26:07 -0800 Since it was sunny this afternoon and it wasn't dark yet I left work and arrived at Sims Park in Euclid on Lakeshore Blvd. near E. 232nd St at 4:30pm today til 5:25pm.  There were some north or northeast winds with some large waves. I was able to see one White-winged Scoter that apparently had been around since at least yesterday.  Was able to find only two Black Scoters. Also, about 9 Horned Grebes, few Common Goldeneye and Buffleheads. Nancy Anderson Richmond Hts, 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: Tundra Swans at Killbuck Marsh WA in Wayne County 11/17/09 From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:59:16 -0500 Hi all: There were 19 Tundra Swans along Cemetery Road at the Killbuck Marsh WA this afternoon. Also present were 6 Mute Swans. Up the road at the Shreve Fish Pond were 12 Dunlin. 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: Yellow Springs birds 10-18 From: Nick Boutis <nboutis AT GLENHELEN.ORG> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:33:48 -0500 Across the street from Glen Helen on the Antioch College campus, I found 10 black vultures on my way to work this morning. This is the largest group of black vultures I've seen around here. This afternoon, also on the Antioch campus, I have a report that there were two kestrels flying and calling in the area around the towers of main building. Kestrels have been notably scarce in town in the past few years. -Nick ------------------------- Nick Boutis, Director Glen Helen 405 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 937-769-1908 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: Conneaut Twp. Park- Snow Buntings From: Sally/Dave Isacco <isacco AT NCWEB.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:24 -0500 Went to the Park ( just west of the Harbor ) to see what was moving. Not much. The usual 4 species of gulls ( bonaparte's in good numbers ), a couple of cormorants, small flocks of red-breasted mergs. There was a nice flock of 42 Snow Buntings; they were my first this fall. Further down the Lakeside near Ashtabula, we had some Common Goldeneyes, 1-adult Eagle and about 5 Horned Grebes. 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: Ottawa NWR Update, tundra swans and trail closures From: Rebecca Hinkle <Rebecca_Hinkle AT FWS.GOV> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:31:44 -0500 Tundra swans and even a few snow geese have arrived at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. Many tundra swans have been seen in the entrance pool along the road to the trail parking lot. They are present most mornings but do leave periodically to feed in the surrounding area. The snow geese have been seen sporadically around the refuge, most often in flight, twice over the visitor center. That being said the trails and all access beyond the visitor center will be CLOSED on Saturday and Sunday, November 21st and 22nd, and Monday, November 30 - Thursday, December 3rd. These trail closures are for visitor safety during the refuge controlled deer hunt. Rebecca E. Hinkle Visitor Services Manager Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge 14000 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0014 ext. 17 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Help needed with Pike County history: whooping crane From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:55:36 -0500 I'm doing some work with records of whooping cranes in Ohio. I'm trying to track down something published in the Auk in 1902 about this species in an article about rare birds in southern Ohio: "One was kept in captivity in Waverly [Pike County] for a number of years. It had been winged." Whoopers were sometimes kept as pets during the nineteenth century. One from Iowa spent eighteen years here in Columbus with the chickens in a doctor's back yard. Audubon himself kept a pet whooping crane. I'm trying to find out if the Waverly bird had been shot here in Ohio. Does anyone know an antiquarian in Pike County who might recall or be able to find out more about this bird? It would have been quite a curiosity in a small town over a century ago, and might have been mentioned in newspapers, memoirs, etc. The informant needn't be interested in birds, just old records of newsworthy events in Waverly. Grateful for any leads, 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: Surf Scoter at Wellington Reservoir in Lorain County 11/16/09 From: Su Snyder <bird348 AT SSSNET.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:20 -0500 Hi all: Wellington Reservoir hosted a nice male SURF SCOTER this PM. Most of the birds, as usual at this location, were Ruddy Duck and American Coot. Others present included Tundra Swan, Bufflehead, Redhead, Canvasback, and a Red-breasted Merganser. 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: 2 Carolina Wrens, Madison OH From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:13 -0500 I was just visited by 2 Carolina Wrens to my peanut, suet, suet plug, and a hopper feeder, which was filled with a corn mix. They have been sticking around my house for the summer. Do Carolina Wrens stay for the winter? Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Madison 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: Lima Resevoirs Allen county From: Russowl <russowl AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:47:14 -0500 Made my orunds of the resevoirs today , started at Bresler. Had 2 tundra swans and tons of ruddy ducks. Had a nice size group of common merganser females. Also 2 horned grebes . There were a couple of dark gulls out in the area of the sunken island that is about to be a mud flat soon if the water drops a little . Gulls were standing there in the shallow water. Too far to make out what they were. Also had a flock of I would say 30 snow buntings fly by right at the boat ramp . Thought thye were going to land right there on the top of the bank but didn't. I then went to the other side of town to metzger and ferguson resevoirs. Like wise a lot of ruddy ducks . 13 tundra swans . A few coots. Then over to Lima Lake and just 3 coots there . I didn't go back and look in the south west corner . Was tempted to take a walk in the pine grove to look for owls but it was so dark thought I'd wait for a better day. Really enjoyed seeing those snow buntings. They look liker snow flakes int hefly and fall towards the crowd. Russell Lima, Ohio Allen 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: Great Horned Owl - Summit Co. From: bluebirdfan AT GMAIL.COM Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:15:42 -0500 Last evening at 8:15pm I was treated to a hooting great horned owl in my black walnut tree. That makes two years in a row for GHO on this suburban yard list, and only the 4th yard sighting in 18 years. Hopefully a trend! I grabbed the binocs and got decent (if dark) looks for a few minutes. He flew off west and I followed to the end of the dead end street, down a footpath and observed him for another 15-20 minutes as he hooted occasionally, perched in tall trees along the edge of a vast scrubby wasteland that we call the old 3M property. Karen Gray Copley - Summit Co. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Bradly Woods Wetland Mitigation From: Scott Wright <birdman AT APK.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:48:58 -0500 Merlin, could not relocate later in the day. Snow Buntings yesterday as well. Scott Wright North Olmsted, ohio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Lakefront on Saturday near Conneaut From: Bruce Glick <birderbruce AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:07:05 -0800 Ed Schlabach reported that a group of birders from the Sugarcreek area spent Saturday morning along Lake Erie near Conneaut. They had the following: Cave Swallow Red-necked Grebe Red-thoated Loon Little Gulls Kittiwake N. Goshawk Bruce   Bruce Glick birderbruce AT yahoo.com Millersburg, 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: Lake Erie Pelagics, and more... From: "kimkaufman AT bsbo.org" <kimkaufman@BSBO.ORG> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:26:13 -0500 I'd like to thank everyone who joined Black Swamp Bird Observatory and Discovery Tours for our Lake Erie Pelagic trips this November. We had ridiculously good time and saw some great birds too. Yesterday's Pomarine Jaeger was a real highlight for everyone, but plenty of people had lifer looks at Horned Grebe and Purple Sandpiper too. Major props to our field trip leaders John Pogacnik and Kenn Kaufman for lending their expertise to these trips. I'd like to thank Andy Jones and Jim McCormac as well. Andy and Jim thought they were coming for a relaxing boat ride, and instead, got put to work helping people spot birds. Man, do we have some great birders in Ohio, or what?!! To Bob Faber -- thanks for making the trip possible. And to the Captain and Crew of the HOLIDAY, thank you for making the trip wonderful! We had such a good time that we're planning another trip in early January! No date set just yet, but we'll keep you posted. We send out monthly updates on all the stuff BSBO has going on and we'll announce the date for the next pelagic via this 'eNews' as well. You can sign up to receive those announcements here: http://www.bsbo.org/subscribe.htm Some pictures and other "stuff" about the first trip can be seen here: http://birdingwithkennandkim.blogspot.com/2009/11/pelagic-magic-when-gales-of-november.html Several members of the Ohio Young Birders Club were on board yesterday and it was the perfect way to cap off a weekend that also featured the OYBC's third annual conference on Saturday. I can't even articulate how fabulous the conference was. I think any anyone who attended got their $20 bucks worth, and then some! Our speakers--all under the age of 18--presented dynamic programs on birds and bird conservation issues and took it a step further by offering practical solutions to some of the challenges the natural world faces. Our keynote speaker, Malkolm Boothroyd (who got his lifer Purple Sandpiper on the pelagic trip yesterday - thanks to Becky Cullen for spotting it!) shared the adventures that he and his parents shared on their Bicycle Big Year for Bird Conservation that took them on a 13,000 journey in a loop around the U.S. and raised more than $25,000 for conservation. Malkolm is a very poised and articulate speaker, and I would love to be able to bring him back to give his presentation again, but he lives in Whitehorse,Yukon, Canada, and it creates some logistical and financial challenges to transport a teenager under the age of 18 through all that. Maybe he could just ride his bike down.... Three of Ohio's own remarkable teens captivated the audience as well. Sarah Winnicki presented: For the Love of Condors: A Conservation Story. Sarah's talk was literally one of the best bird-related talks I have ever seen, and I guarantee you will be hearing more about Sarah and seeing other organizations in Ohio featuring this amazing presentation. Lucas Padegimas shared his interest in and concern for the Piping Plover in a presentation that took us to Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. Inspiring, informative, and funny, this is another talk that you'll see offered again! And finally, hats off to the young man running the show, our Master of Ceremony, Elliott Miller, who did a great job of keeping things on track and keeping us totally entertained in between the speakers. Elliott is now cued up to give a presentation next year! right, elliott... : ) An audience spanning the ages of 7 to 89, completely packed the conference room at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge for our event. The Refuge staff helped with the conference in many ways and we owe them a debt of gratitude. There are many organizations, agencies, companies, and individuals who made this conference--and the OYBC itself--possible. No one person or organization could accomplish something like this alone, and BSBO--the proud founder of this club--is very lucky to have such a strong band of partners in Ohio and beyond! To date, 14 other states have followed our model and launched their own version of the Ohio Young Birders Club. Yikes, I think I'm edging in to "your post is too long" territory, and totally clobbering any hope I had of blogging about this stuff too. Oh well....It seems right to share it with Ohio Birders first. Thanks again, everyone! Kim Kaufman Executive Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 www.bsbobird.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: Evening Grosbeak - Ashtabula Co. From: Robert Krajeski <rkrajeski AT PARKER.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:58:11 -0500 A single female Evening Grosbeak showed up at my feeder here in northern Ashtabula Co. on Saturday (Nov. 14). This is the first time an Evening Grosbeak has been to the feeder in at least 15 years. Unfortunately it may have been a one day wonder because the bird was not seen at all yesterday (Sunday). The only notable bird that did visit the feeder yesterday was a Pine Siskin mixed in amongst the Goldfinches. Bob Krajeski North Kingsville, Ashtabula Co. PLEASE NOTE: The preceding information may be confidential or privileged. It only should be used or disseminated for the purpose of conducting business with Parker. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete the information from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/15 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:06:16 -0500 Things were pretty quiet here this morning. It seems like the mergs are a little west of here. Late this afternoon I had a large group of Canada geese pass by with 3 snow geese amongst them. This was at Rte 2 just east of Painesville. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry November 15, 2009, 7:00-9:00 Weather- cloudy, Winds- S 5-10 Temp- 55-57 F, Barometer- 29.98-30.02, Humidity-73, Dew point- 47 Waves- 1-3 feet, Flight direction- west Red-breasted merganser 32 Common loon 1 Horned grebe 11 Bonaparte's gull 147 Ring-billed gull 323 Herring gull 23 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Hoover- Dead, 11/15 From: Sean Williams <seanbirder AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:58:34 -0500 Today I, with the Field Ornithology class, Jack Stenger and Jed Burtt, made a run which covered all of Hoover reservoir from the dam to the boardwalk. It was almost entirely dead. The only non-Mallard ducks were approximately 30 Hooded Mergansers at the boardwalk and some near the northernmost bridge. There were two Common Loons out there water as well. The class trip was themed ³Waterfowl Migration Day² with a stunning two-duck day. Arg. 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: mystery goose at Killdeer From: Craig Caldwell <craig_caldwell AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:17:34 -0800 Several folks suggested Ruddy Shelduck, which others have reported in the vicinity (I missed those posts).  Stock photos matched it - Sibley's head color is way off.  So, which aviary is missing a RUSH? Craig Caldwell Westlake  ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Slate Run Sandhill Cranes From: Randel Rogers <randel_rogers AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:09:32 -0500 Spent a couple of hours at Slate Run MetroPark (Canal-Winchester) both yesterday and today, and the pair of sandhill cranes that have been around all summer are still there if anyone needs a central Ohio fall fix for this species. By far the best chance to view these birds is using a scope from the observation deck on the Bobolink Trail. Yesterday, they were along the east edge of the wetlands and barely viewable from the deck, but today they were feeding out in the middle of the area and looks were pretty good. Also present was a hood merganser, a few pied-billed grebes, and about 60 mallards. May have been a couple of smaller ducks, possibly blue-winged teal, mixed in, but only caught a glimpse of something that looked smaller than a mallard. Near the wetlands parking area were several cedar waxwings - just look for red berries and you will likely see them. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Lake Erie Pelagic, Part 2, 11/15 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:49:14 -0500 The second Lake Erie Pelagic took place today. It again took off from the Cuyahoga River and this time went east along the lakefront out to about Euclid. Weather again was excellent for mid-November. the skies were cloudy and the winds were mild. There were a lot more red-breasted mergansers flying mainly east of Cleveland. Several thousand were seen. there were quite a few Bonaparte's gulls all along the lake and large numbers of ring-billed gulls in Cleveland Harbor. We saw a number of great things. Here are the highlights: White-winged scoter- a white-winged scoter was observed along the shoreline east of Cleveland. Black-crowned night-heron- 5 were observed along the banks of the Cuyahoga river. Bald eagle- an adult bald eagle was seen along the shoreline east of Cleveland. Merlin- there was an incredibly cooperative merlin sitting on a sailboat at the Edgewater Yacht Club. The bird sat in the same place for over a half hour allowing great looks and lots of chances for photos. we ended up having to dock at the yacht club because a bridge at the mouth of the river got stuck in the lowered position. We ended up having to get off at the yacht club and get ferried back and forth to get our cars. The merlin more than made up for the inconvenience. Peregrine falcon- an adult was sitting on the outer breakwall. Purple sandpiper- feeding along the rocks at the east end of the outer breakwall. It allowed some great looks. Pomarine jaeger- a very dark pomarine jaeger was observed sitting on the lake north of Euclid. The bird got up flew past our bow heading west giving great looks. Jaeger spp.- an unidentified jaeger was observed for out on the lake north of the mouth of the river. It was too far to ID Snow buntings- a group of 4 snow buntings was seen along the west breakwall Again, many thanks to all involved, Bob Faber, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and the crew of the Holiday. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Bradstreet's Landing, Rocky River Park Cuy. Cty. From: Chris Pierce <c.pierce AT ATT.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:28:41 -0800 Despite less than optimal viewing conditions and the presence of  duck hunters, some decent birds were seen at Bradstreet Landing this am. I was joined by Jeremiah Roth and Mike Sandy. Highlights were: Surf Scoters  2 White-winged Scoters 2 Black Scoters 8 Common Loon  5 Also up to 800 Red-breasted Mergansers & good number of Bonaparte's Gulls. The Scoters were actually seen fairly close to the duck hunters' boat and string of decoys which included lots of Scoters and a male Common Eider. After hanging around their boat for quite a while, they headed out to a spot past the end of the pier. That afforded great looks at the white wing patches of the WW Scoters. See you on the trails, Chris Pierce N. Olmsted, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: North Perry Marina From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:32:54 -0500 During the Perry Township Park bird walk, Roger Beuck and I stopped at the North Perry Marina, which is on Townline Road, where they just built some new jetties. We had about 15 Canada Geese and 1 Ruddy Duck along with the normal gulls that went un-identified. This park is open to North Perry Residents only. We were just checking it out quickly. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Madison 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: shrike, Chardon From: marilyn rohr <ch_rohr AT LGCA.ORG> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:57:56 -0500 A northern Shrike was at the back picnic area in the newly re-opened Best Wildlife preserve on 44 S of Chardon. Also present were wb nuthatches, mute swan, bluebirds, and a kingfisher. Marilyn Rohr, Chardon ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: HooverNaturePreserve,11-15 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:41:30 -0500 I visited 3 different areas at the northern end of Hoover Reservoir this morning: Hoover Meadows, the Boardwalk, and Wiese Rd access. I was looking for the last vestiges of landbird migration and for migrant waterfowl, but had hardly any success for either. Hoover Meadows had lots of active landbirds, but few migrants. The water level at the Hoover Reservoir stops was still abnormally high, so no shorebirds and few dabbling ducks. Notables included: Hooded Mergansers - a flock of 30+ was swimming and displaying off the boardwalk, along with a flock of 150+ Canada Geese. Cormorants - 3 were still swimming around the bay off the boardwalk Bald Eagle - an adult was sitting along the shore south of the boardwalk Red-headed Woodpeckers - a pair was cacheing acorns at Hoover Meadows, a good sign that they'll try to overwinter here. Look for them in the line of dead Catalpas crossing the wetlands at the eastern end. Thrushes - 30+ Robins were feasting on berries at Hoover Meadows; they were scarce at the other 2 stops. Flyover E.Bluebirds numbered 8 at Hoover Meadows and 4 at the Boardwalk. Sparrows - plenty at Hoover Meadows, including a surprising 4 E.Towhees, along with the expected Song, Swamp, Tree, White-throated, and Juncos. Blackbirds - surprisingly low, with only a few grackles and no Redwings. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Perry Towniship Park + Lakshore Reservation w/ Blackbrook Audubon Society From: Cole DiFabio <colefor3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:28:17 -0500 I went the Blackbrook Audubobn Society November field trip to Perry Township Park. Here is what we saw. Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Bonoparte's Gull Horned Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Red-breasted Merganser Double-crested Cormorant Bald Eagle Belted Kingfisher American Black Duck Mallard House Sparrow Mourning Dove European Starling On the way to Lakeshore Reservation we saw: Rock Pigeon Red-bellied Woodpecker Amerian Crow European Starling Mourning Dove Cooper's Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Lakeshore Reservation: Northern Cardinal Brown Creeper Tufted Titmouse Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Dark-eyed Junco White-throated Sparrow Belted Kingfisher Horned Grebe American Robin House Finch Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Bonoparte's Gull American Goldfinch ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Quarries in Columbus From: "Joan M. Frederick" <dkrajdp AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:35:28 -0500 Shaune Skinner and I birded water sights in Columbus this am. Highlights: Watermark - Pied-billed Grebes(5-6),Coots(2),Ring-necked Ducks(25),Hooded Merganser pair Whittier - Bald Eagle,Black-crowned Night-Heron,Hooded Merganser (5female,1male),White-crowned Sparrow, Cormorants Confluence - Blue Winged Teal (f),Hairy Woodpecker, Mockingbird Great Blue Herons were numerous at all stops, as were White-throated Sparrows. Many Song Sparrows and Mallards. A few Red Tails. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Odd goose at Killdeer Plains From: Craig Caldwell <craig_caldwell AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:55:04 -0500 Size and shape of snow goose but rusty instead of white on body. Head white blending into the rust on neck. Usual black wingtips. NOT a whistling duck - belly is rusty. Guess it's stained but I'm used to seeing the stain on the head, not body. Solo bird hanging with trumpeter swans. Craig Caldwell Live from KP Sent from my iPhone ______________________________________________________________________ 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: 3Creeks to Pick Ponds,11-14 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:07:03 -0500 The Audubon trip that visited these two locations this morning ran into beautiful weather and modest bird movement. Waterfowl & raptors graced Pick Ponds, while a few late landbird migrants were straggling through the riparian corridors of 3-Creeks. Highlights included: Tundra Swans - 2 remain at Pick Ponds; they were in Mallard Marsh this afternoon. Dabbling Ducks - Pick Ponds had loads of Mallards, but also had 20+ Shovelers, 6 Green-winged Teal, 16 Gadwall, and 1 N.Pintail. Most of the birds were in Mallard & Wood Duck marshes, but the Gadwall & Pintail were on Ellis Pond. Bald Eagle - a distant bird was soaring over the southern portion of Pick Ponds Other Raptors - Pick POnds had 5-6 Red-tails as well as a very accomodating pair of Kestrels around the Wood Duck marsh Viewing area. Brown Creepers - 3 were around the Confluence area early, while another 2-3 were along the bikepath near the Borrow Pits. Thrushes - lots of migrant Robins at 3-Creeks, mostly feasting on honeysuckle berries around Heron Pond and the Borrow Pits areas. A flock of 7 E.Bluebirds were fly-overs at Heron Pond Sparrows - flocks of White-throated were along the trails at 3-Creeks, but other species were hard-to-find. Best were 2+ Tree Sparrows around the feeder at the Wood Duck Picnic Area at Pick Ponds ______________________________________________________________________ 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: (Minnesota) Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival From: Michael Hendrickson <mlhendrickson AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:09:43 -0800 Hello Well its that time of the year to think about winter and one of the great things about winter is winter birding in northeastern Minnesota!! Sax-Zim Bog is always on the radar for birders from all over North America and Europe who come and search the bog to see the following birds: Sharp-tailed Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, Rough-legged Hawks, occasionally a Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk Owls, Great Gray Owls, American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers, Northern Shrikes, Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jays, Pine Grosbeaks, Purple Finches, Red & White-winged Crossbills, Common and Hoary Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks. Down in Duluth birders can search for Bohemian Waxwings or possibly a Varied Thrush or a Townsend Solitaire. In the Duluth Harbor in the early dawn hours or at dusk Snowy Owls during most winters can be found hunting or roosting out on the bay ice. If there is open water in the canal park area birders can search among the hundreds of Common Goldeneyes for a Long-tailed Duck or Harlequin Duck. Also gull species like Thayer's Gull, Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gulls can be found at times sitting out among the Herring Gulls on the break walls in the Canal Park area but most birders head over to the WI Landfill where hundred and at times 1000s of gulls will congregate at the land fill. Of course Gyrfalcons will be on the radar for most birders and occasionally Duluth and Superior harbors will attract a Gyrfalcon that feed on the pigeons around the grain elevators during the winter season. Out in Aitkin County the main highlight is watching 30 or so Sharp-tailed Grouse do some early courting and dancing in mid February! Aitkin County also offers better odds than Sax Zim Bog in finding a Snowy Owl or possibly a Great Gray Owl north of Palisade along CR 18. If you want to see some great winter birds, be led by some of the best birders in the state, eat some of the best food around and listen to some great speakers than head up to Meadowlands, Minnesota for our third season!! February 12-14th 2010 will be the third annual Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival. All the festival activities will be held at the Meadowlands community center in Meadowlands, MN. This years festival speakers will be Kim Risen and Al Batt. Kim Risen will presenting a talk on Friday Feb. 12 called Mexico" Birding Wonderland and Al Batt will be speaking on Saturday Feb. 13. We brought Al Batt back because he was a such a huge hit with the locals last year that those that missed his presentation asked if we bring him back! The field trip destinations include Sax-Zim Bog, Aitkin County and Duluth & WI Landfill. This year we will be offering our first workshop led by Sparky Stensaas and Shawn Zierman called "Winter Pixels: Bird and Nature Photography in the White Season" . I added some new field trip leaders this year and hopefully will have 3 leaders per trip to help get everyone on birds. There will also be local craftsmen and area bird clubs for birders to purchase one of their products or learn about some of our local bird clubs like Duluth Audubon and Hawk Ridge. So far the season is looking good with several sightings of Northern Hawk Owls (16-18 owls so far) and I am sure more will be found as winter moves in and more importantly when deer hunting season finishes up. Lots of finches are moving around especially White-winged and Red Crossbills and Pine Grosbeaks and redpolls are beginning to move down into northern Minnesota in fair numbers. Last year we saw lots of good birds and the main highlights were the Northern Hawk Owls and a Boreal Owl plus all the winter bird specialties coming to the many feeders in the bog. Speaking of feeders there will be once again 3 main feeding stations in the Sax-Zim Bog area. These birding stations will be located at Paul Mueller's farm, Helen & Dave Abramson's residence and the Morse's residence. All these feeding stations can be found on the Sax-Zim Bog website under feeding stations. I am also sure there will be a few deer rib stations found on the Admiral Rd, Arkola Rd and Owl Avenue just like last year that attracted Boreal Chickadees and other goodies! The two main locations to link up to the Sax-Zim Bog Festival website and register for the festival are the following locations. 1. MOU website: Look in "Birding Minnesota" and click on Sax-Zim Bog Festival: http://moumn.org/sax-zim/index.html 2. My Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ( Look on the left hand side column ) If you have not attended this festival you are missing out on home town flavor festival that is small in some ways but HUGE on the birds we see! Thanks Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 11/14 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:54:02 -0500 There were modest numbers of birds moving. The lake was pretty flat which made it easy to see the horned grebes, so good numbers were seen. Still not a lot of waterfowl around. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry November 14, 2009, 7:00-9:00 Weather- partly cloudy, Winds- SE 5-10 Temp- 45-53 F, Barometer- 30.37-30.40, Humidity-82-75, Dew point- 43-46 Waves- 1-2 feet, Flight direction- east American black duck 2 Red-breasted merganser 163 Common loon 4 Horned grebe 198 Double-crested cormorant 1 Dunlin 3 Bonaparte's gull 206 Ring-billed gull 347 Herring gull 31 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Reminder: DCBC Meeting on Monday, 16 November From: Darlene Sillick <azuretrails AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:48:43 -0500 All guests are welcome!! Bill Heck is one of the Columbus Audubon Avid Bird Leaders and this presentation gives a very thought provoking and wonderful travelogue to the island of Madagascar. Delaware County Bird Club usually meets on the 4th Monday of the month with the exception of Nov and Dec annually. Dear Delaware County Birders, The November meeting of the Delaware County Bird Club will be Monday evening, 16 November at 7:00 p.m. for conversation and refreshments, 7:30 p.m. for the business meeting and program: Madagascar: Paradise in Peril by Bill Heck Abstract. - Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, provides a fascinating range of unique and endemic birds, primates, reptiles, other animals, and plants. At the same time, the pressures of a large and rapidly growing human population, as well as political instability, threaten Madagascar's unique fauna and flora. Join Bill Heck for an overview of the fascinating life of this beautiful land and a look at the challenges that may darken its future. Bill has been practicing his talk and our scouts report that the pictures are fantastic. So plan to come and enjoy in the luxury of the Ohio Wesleyan Science Center, room 163. Parking is available in the Selby Stadium lot across Henry St. from the Center or in the lot behind the Center and next to Branch Rickey Arena. Warm regards, Jed ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Snow Bunting in Allen County From: Jackie Augustine <jaugustine AT LIMA.OHIO-STATE.EDU> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:00:07 -0500 Hello all, On my bike ride today, I saw two Snow Buntings along the causeway between Metzger and Ferguson Reservoirs in Lima, Allen County. I guess the Ohio Ornithological Society website is right: "Snow Buntings seem to have site fidelity for the causeway in November." See http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=100 OOS - thanks for the great website! -Jackie Augustine Lima, 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: Sims Park Euclid Cuyahoga Cty 11/14/09 From: Nancy Anderson <nancyanderson3 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:56:54 -0800 I went to Sims Park in Euclid today from around 11:45 to 2pm. The lake was real smooth. I found the Scoters and then the male Long-tailed Duck straight out in the water. After awhile Jeanne Hrenko arrived and as we both looked at the ducks from the east end of the park we found another Long-tailed Duck. Apparently it was a female as it was darker, little reddish brown, lots of white on side of head, gave the effect of rings around the neck with dark and white around the neck and front of the breast. They would sometimes be together and then one would disappear. They kept floating east and they would dive for a very long time. They would disappear for a while and then after awhile we saw both of them flying in from the west and land to the east and that was a great view. Here is what we saw: Ring-necked Duck 1 female Black Scoters 4 females LONG-TAILED DUCK 2 (1 male, 1 female) Bufflehead ~ 6 Bufflehead - 5 Common Goldeneye 7-9 Red-breasted Mergansers - over 1500, probably multiple real far out Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 5 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: Re: A new Birding TV show From: Steve Jones <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:48:28 -0500 This looks like the same person that wanted to do birdwatching competitions against local birders of a particular city. It kind of reminds me of Wild Kingdom mixed with Steve Erwin. He looks for a particular bird, but take in all of the wildlife along the way. Trying to make it interesting to another generation I guess. I don't need a TV show to make birding interesting. :-D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marys1000" To: Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 7:38 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] A new Birding TV show >I have mixed feelings about this somehow. > > > http://www.zeiss-optronik.com/__c1256bcf0020be5f.nsf/Contents-Frame/2417a471a555ef5185257562005d69c1?opendocument&click= > > http://www.birdingadventures.com/ > > http://www.hawkowlsnest.com/2009/02/new-birding-tv-show-birding-adventures.html > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Turkeys- Blendon Woods Franklin Co From: Thomas Slemmer <tslemmer1 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:10:13 -0500 An early Sat. morning check at Blendon woods was rewarded with a flock of wild turkeys (21). I see them frequently but only a half dozen at a time. Quite a sight! I also was delighted to be surrounded in the meadow by a huge flock of goldfinch (75). Surprisingly i saw no yellow rumped warblers today and just two weeks ago I saw over 100. One female Gadwall on the pond. Everything else pretty normal: Location name: Blendon Woods Metro Park Date & Effort Observation type: Traveling Count Observation date: 11/14/09 Distance covered: 3.0 mile(s) Start time: 7:45 AM Area covered: N/A Duration: 1 hour(s) 45 minute(s) Elevation: N/A Number of people in party: 1 Species 1 Canada Goose 1 Gadwall 10 American Black Duck 21 Wild Turkey 2 Mourning Dove 6 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 25 Carolina Chickadee 15 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 American Robin 10 White-throated Sparrow 25 Northern Cardinal 75 American Goldfinch Email me a copy of this report ©2009 Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Affiliates ______________________________________________________________________ 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: E Mahoning Co. 11/13 From: Craig Holt <hud929godwit AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:46:45 -0800 I spent some hours poking around in eastern Mahoning Co. yesterday.  Starting near home in the "greater Lowellville" area, I saw 2 wood ducks, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, n. flicker, and purple finch.  At Evans L. were 20 hooded mergansers, red-breasted merganser, 1000 ring-billed gulls, 80 herring gulls, and an adult lesser black-backed gull.  I suspect that this one LBBG is faithfull to this site, and is responsible for all or most of the sightings there over the last few years.  The gulls only seem to roost at Evans L., spreading out to feed in ag fields and the large landfill/dump in Poland Twp. during the day.  My last stop yesterday was at Pine L.  Birds there included 325 Canada geese (some orange-collared migrants plus some smaller-race birds also), 3 wood ducks, mallards, Am. black ducks, gadwalls, n. pintail, n. shovelers, green-winged teal, hooded mergansers, common merganser, 50 ruddy ducks, c. loon, 3 great blue herons, imm. bald eagle, 400 ring-billed gulls, n. mockingbird, and Am. tree sparrows.  Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: A new Birding TV show From: Marys1000 <marys1000 AT WOH.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:38:23 -0500 I have mixed feelings about this somehow. http://www.zeiss-optronik.com/__c1256bcf0020be5f.nsf/Contents-Frame/2417a471a555ef5185257562005d69c1?opendocument&click= http://www.birdingadventures.com/ http://www.hawkowlsnest.com/2009/02/new-birding-tv-show-birding-adventures.html ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Wayne County -- Brown Creeper From: Scott Hannan <SAHannan AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:47:22 EST A single Brown Creeper was spotted in Wooster, this morning --- first of season for our group.... Interestingly, for the last 5-6 years, the Junco advent has predicted snow...always within 2 wks (for many of the years, 2 wks to the date) of our first arrival; this week, it was 10 days. Scott H Wooster, 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: Black-cr.NightHerons,Columbus,11-13 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:36:20 -0500 While birding around Scioto Audubon park (the old Whittier peninsula), I flushed up 2 different adult Night Herons along the Scioto next to the bikepath. Later from the pier at the boat launch, I could see them sunning themselves in trees along the shore. Their skittish behavior and the absence of recent reports suggests to me that they had recently arrived. Later in the day, I had the chance to check the roosting area along the Olentangy River on the O.S.U. campus (about 2 miles north of Scioto Audubon), and there were 3 adults there as well. I suspect that these birds have arrived within the last week, although their place of origin remains a mystery. Scioto Audubon had other birds of interest as well, with an adult Bald Eagle, 3 cormorants, and a flock of 22 Hooded Mergansers the most noteworthy. The sparrow fields north of the Grange center had a Fox Sparrow (along the edge) as well as the usual assortment of Song Sparrows, White-throateds, and Juncos. A flock of 20 Kildeer were hanging around the lawn fringing the new wetland, despite a flurry of construction activity as workers were putting in a new boardwalk. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Grackle at Columbus feeder From: Pam Unger <prairieroots AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:08:57 -0800 A surprise visitor this morning to one of our black oil sunflower seed tube feeders--I saw a large black bird clinging to it precariously--yes, a fine male grackle in what looked like irridescent breeding plumage!  It and another (possibly mate?) were later scrounging in the leaf litter, which is where I would expect to find them--except not on November 13.  Good birding!  Pam Unger The pine tree, the leopard, the Platte River, and ourselves--we are at risk together, or we are on our way to a sustainable world together. We are each other's destiny. --Mary Oliver ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Vulture Extravaganza / Brown County From: robert lane <ohiomagpie AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:48:26 -0500 During the past two days, my wife Denise, accompanied me on a 590 mile roundtrip, work related drive, from northeast Ohio Mahoning County to Meldahl Dam, southwest Ohio Clermont County and return. While on this driving escapade we saw and recorded 46 species of birds, not to shabby! This morning before leaving the town of Aberdeen, located on the Ohio River in Brown County; we had our highlight sightings. Vultures were everywhere in and around the public waterfront park and boat ramp. It was a blackout; reminding us of Crow roosts seen in the past. On the edge of the water on the Ohio River shoreline, vultures were on the ground in a solid single file line for about two hundred feet. At least twelve huge trees in the area were totally full with roosting vultures. A conservative, unexaggerated estimate would be 650 Black Vultures and 75 Turkey Vutures, beyond belief!!! Also of note at this location was a Common Moorhen in the river and a Peregrine Falcon on the bridge crossing to Maysville, Kentucky. This business trip was an example that there is never an excuse for not birding, whether at work or play! Bob Lane _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Wilson's Snipe (Cuyahoga Co.) From: Paula Lozano <paulalozano AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:34:38 -0500 Thursday, November 12, 2009, 4:45 p.m. Aberdeen Business Park, Golf View Lane, Highland Heights Observers: Paula Lozano Wilson's Snipe - 8 Paula Lozano Lakewood, Ohio = ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Alum-Hoover,11-12 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:50:23 -0500 I spent a few too-short hours running between these 2 reservoirs in southern Delaware County yesterday morning looking for late landbird migrants and early waterfowl. I stopped at New Galena at Alum Creek State Park, then scurried over to OXbow ISalnd and Mudhen Marsh at Hoover. Despite the look and feel of early winter, there were still some migrants around. Notables included: Waterfowl - much less than last week, with a few fly-by groups of Mallards at New Galena, and a flock of 15 Hooded Mergansers in the Mudhen Marsh slough. Raptors - hardly any save for a few resident Red-tailed hawks. There were still 10+ Turkey Vultures soaring over the shore of north Hoover. Gulls - numbers of Ring-bills were up after a 2-week lull, with 250+ at Alum and 100+ at Hoover. A handful of Bonapartes and Herrings were mixed in at both locations. Thrushes - Robin migration was tapering, with only 40+ flying past New Galena, and even fewer at Hoover. Bluebrids were also lower, with 12 flying by New Galena, and another 6 at Hoover. Larks, Pipit - 3+ Horned Larks and 2 American Pipits were flying around New Galena, where the dramatic drop in water levels at Alum Lake has produced tons of exposed mudflats. Most of that water was likely pumped over to Hoover (since the 2 are linked by pipeline) because water levels at Hoover are still abnormally high. Sparrows - fair numbers, but down from prior weeks, with 20+ White-throateds and 2 Fox Sparrows the stars at New Galena, while Oxbow had a smaller flock of White-throateds and Song Sparrows. Blackbirds - a late migrant push, with small flocks of Redwings and grackles heading south over New Galena. Totals were 170 of the former, 90 of the latter. Far fewer were moving over Hoover (which doesn't funnel daytime migrants as well. This might be a good time to check out local blackbird roosts. ______________________________________________________________________ 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 Wildlife Area Raptor "Report" From: Steve Jones <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:57:11 -0500 It's been a while since I reported anything happening in the Big Island area. Or anything for that matter, a combination of a lot of work and a lot of fall color to photograph and a laptop computer that gave up the ghost...while I was in the middle of processing all of that great fall color... :-D But I wanted to let the raptor lovers out there know that the Eagles are low and the Harriers are high over at Big Island WA. One day during the week, I saw a couple fighting over something. Sort of like watching a dogfight...very impressive! Other raptors are the usual Red Tailed, and Kestrels. No short eared owls yet. I don't know when I will be out to go looking for them. I have a lot of Saturday OT until March so my time is limited. I talked with a fellow birdwatcher that is a science teacher over at the local high school and he said that he was certain that he saw an Osprey hanging out over in the WA within the past couple of weeks. He hasn't seen it since and postulated that it was a migrant. Other raptors to report in the general area I saw a Harrier chasing a Rabbit today over on Winnimac Pike right outside of LaRue. And as I was continuing on to work as I was approaching Byhalia I saw what looked like a Merlin, in a one in a million sight, going around a farmhouse like it was a fighter jet...obviously after something. If the farmer had come out of his door at the time I'm sure that he would have had more than a close up view of such a magnificent bird. And now, if you will permit me...; in keeping with the change of seasons, For those interested, a link to picture of a friends field that I took and my "Ode" to Fall: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s226/sjlarue/NikonCafe/After_The_Harvest_1.jpg The Trees Will Soon Be Sleeping The rake is put away. The salt and shovel are by the door... The trees will soon be sleeping. The beans are in the silos. But farmers are not resting... For the corn is almost dry. Frost is on the pumpkin... The birds are heading south. I dig my scraper out...again. My pancakes will taste good again. And the waffles will as well... Grade B Amber will soon be flowing. As quick as Fall arrived, Its passing seemed almost faster... I hate to see it go. The rake is put away. The salt and shovel are by the door... The trees will soon be sleeping. . . . Your life is like the seasons, From your first day to the last. Be sure to know which way you're going, Before your last...has passed. Have a great day and I'll see you out there. 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: Bruckner - Troy, OH From: jill bowers <jb531 AT LIVE.COM> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:12:23 -0500 Have to send a "plug" along. Heard on PBR today that Bruckner Nature Center is having an open house Sunday 11-15 2-4pm. Refreshments, birding, etc. For better infor contact Brucker Nature Center. I'm sure they have a web site but don't know the addy. Anyway, just thought I would haphazardly pass along the info since I haven't seen anything about it on this web site. If this is one of those forbidden topics, SORRY! To make this post "legal" -- St Marys FIsh Hatchery has NO shorebirds -- NOT even a Killdeer!! But lots of CAGO! They know the season is iN!!! Enjoy, Jill _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Not a Snow Goose, Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio From: Penny OConnor <pjo AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:56:47 -0500 Hi All, My Apologies, when I sent pictures, better id than mine reveals that the white goose with the Canada Geese is not a Snow Goose, but maybe a domestic escapee. The bird has been in the wetland between Little Met and Big Met golf courses, Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks. Penny O'Connor Cleveland OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Red-breasted Nuthatches En mass From: charlesbombaci AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:09:14 -0500 Linda came along to keep me company as I did some preliminary scouting for routes on the Hoover Reservoir Circle Christmas Bird Count. That's right folks, it's just around the corner. One stop was at Area S, also known as the "Soaring Club Field" which is located off E. Walnut Street on the east side of Hoover Reservoir in northern Franklin County. As soon as we entered the pine grove I began hearing Red-breasted Nuthatches in all directions. I "pished" to call one in and we immediately were surrounded by about 20 of them and they were very vocal. As they sounded off with their nasal call Linda implied I "pished" something I probably should take back. A miniature version of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. These tiny birds were not shy, coming to within a foot of us. There were more of them in the grove that we could hear in the distance and with luck they will still be around for the CBC. Cheap plug time: The Hoover Reservoir Circle Christmas Bird Count will be Saturday, December 19, 2009. We would enjoy having you join us as we search for our feathered friends. Contact me directly if you have questions or are interested. Take the time to check the Audubon web site for counts in your own area. We have over 50 CBC Circles in Ohio and one of them likely is convenient to participate in. Every Circle Compiler can use, and greatly appreciates any and all help they can get from the birding community. Whether you are a seasoned veteran (us gray haired types with Medicare Cards in our wallets) or a new birder, you can be very helpful and at the same time make contacts within the birding community. After all, we are a friendly group - we flock together. [Even my wife groaned at that line]. Everyone have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Holiday and remember there are birds besides turkey. Charlie Bombaci = ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Ring-neckeds in Columbus From: Howard Mueller <hmuellerca AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:36:04 -0500 Twelve Ring-necked ducks have shown up today on the Quarry lake next to the Scioto in Columbus. First of the season. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Purple finches From: becky wright <oreo1506 AT SUDDENLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:33:40 -0500 Had a male and female purple finch today at a feeder in Marietta. The male was stunning. ______________________________________________________________________ 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