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3 Feb Re: HOARY REDPOLLS (2) Cuyahoga County [Clyde Witt ] 3 Feb Lorain Harbor 2/3 [John Pogacnik ] 3 Feb The Wilds 2/3/12 (Northern Shrike) [Kathy Mock ] 3 Feb Red-winged Blackbirds, South Chagrin Reservation in eastern Cuyahoga County [Lisa Rainsong ] 3 Feb HOARY REDPOLLS (2) Cuyahoga County [JB ] 3 Feb Cornell Lab of Ornithology Headlines Ohio Natural History Conference ["Smith,Gregory A" ] 3 Feb Black-tailed Gull & Snowy Owl (Ashtabula Co.) [Paula Lozano ] 3 Feb Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) [Tom and Karen Beachy ] 3 Feb HOARY UPDATE [JB ] 3 Feb HOARY and Common REDPOLLs [JB ] 3 Feb Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) [susan ruth marengo ] 3 Feb IMBD ["Warren, Mary" ] 3 Feb Greenlawn Merlin ? ["Hutson, Timothy B" ] 3 Feb WW Crossbills [Pat Paternostro ] 3 Feb Richfield-Coliseum area [Michele Hendrick ] 2 Feb Killdeer Plains (Wyandot Cty) & Big Island (Marion Cty) [] 2 Feb Another American Coot [Lyn Boone ] 2 Feb (no subject) [] 2 Feb Turkey Vulture - Portage County [Dave Hochadel ] 2 Feb American Coot in Bluffton (NW Ohio) [Jean Cook ] 2 Feb Pete Dunne | BirdCallsRadio next guest [Mardi Dickinson ] 2 Feb Short-eared Owls at Big Island Wildlife Area (Ben Warner) [Gentleben ] 2 Feb Big Island Waterfowl ["Steve J." ] 2 Feb Hawk in puddle in Berea ["kjb8 AT juno.com" ] 2 Feb Woodcock - Geauga Co [inga schmidt ] 2 Feb Re: More detailed info on the location of sightings ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 1 Feb Re: Update On Golden Fronted [Kim Kaufman ] 1 Feb White-winged Crossbills in Tiffin [H Thomas Bartlett ] 1 Feb Franklin Co January birdlist [irina shulgina ] 1 Feb Update On Golden Fronted [Carl Riems ] 1 Feb Washington County Big January [Kyle Carlsen ] 1 Feb Golden Fronted Woodpecker [Carl Riems ] 1 Feb Golden Fronted Woodpecker [Carl Riems ] 1 Feb FRANKLIN COUNTY 2012 LIST [Bill Whan ] 1 Feb Akron/PLX ["Bennett, Gregory" ] 1 Feb Re: Passenger Pigeon info. ["Warren, Mary" ] 1 Feb Active Eagle nest sites around Sandusky [nathan taxel ] 1 Feb Re: More detailed info on the location of sightings [Paul Gardner ] 1 Feb More detailed info on the location of sightings [Don Stover ] 1 Feb PEENT! in SW Ohio [] 31 Jan Black-Tailed Gull today [Hildegard Bingen ] 31 Jan Snowy Owl Ashtabula [Laura Madden ] 31 Jan Snowy Owls Ashtabula Harbor [Laura Madden ] 31 Jan Albino Red-tail, Holmes Co. [Laura Dornan ] 31 Jan BirdCallsRadio Archives | Kim Kaufman [Mardi Dickinson ] 31 Jan Turkey Vulture - Delaware County [Christina Voise ] 31 Jan Merlin at Green Lawn Cemetery [Jim McCormac ] 31 Jan Re: OFF TOPIC - eBird question [Andrew Sewell ] 31 Jan Passenger Pigeon info. [Nancy Howell ] 31 Jan Re: OFF TOPIC - eBird question [] 31 Jan FINALLY!! a day off! :-D [Steve ] 30 Jan 11 Cackling Geese with (5 "Lesser"?) Canadas at Prairie Oaks MP [Paul Hurtado ] 30 Jan Woodlawn Cemetery-yes! [Sally/Dave Isacco ] 30 Jan Sims Park Euclid 1/30 Surf Scoter update [Nancy Anderson ] 30 Jan Re: Displaying American Woodcock in Washington Co. [Heather A ] 30 Jan Displaying American Woodcock in Washington Co. [Kyle Carlsen ] 30 Jan Re: Possible Goshawk [JB ] 30 Jan Possible Goshawk near Cleveland (followup) [Noah Comet ] 30 Jan 7 Woodpecker Day in Hamilton County SW Ohio [Kathi Hutton ] 30 Jan Many Brown Creepers on South Bass Island [Lisa Brohl ] 30 Jan Great Backyard Bird Count [Lyn Boone ] 30 Jan A blizzard of gulls [Jim McCormac ] 30 Jan Common Yellowthroat - East Toledo [Sherrie Duris ] 29 Jan O'ShaughnessyReservoir,1-29 [rob thorn ] 29 Jan from Eastlake to Wendy Park (Lake Erie) [richard banish ] 29 Jan Columbus area gulls [Paul Hurtado ] 29 Jan Darby Creek Elevators Wetland (Franklin Co) [irina shulgina ] 29 Jan Possible Northern Goshawk in Rootstown, OH (40 miles S. of Cleveland) [Noah Comet ] 29 Jan CA trip to the Wilds [Al La Sala ] 29 Jan Re: Albino Hummingbird [Allen Chartier ] 29 Jan Greenlawn merlin and pine siskin [Regina Schieltz ] 29 Jan Albino Hummingbird [Verna Ansel ] 29 Jan Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 1/29 [John Pogacnik ] 29 Jan Re: Unconfirmed GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER SPOTTED IN HURON, OHIO [Andrew Sewell ] 29 Jan Re: Ohio Short-tailed Hawk? [Was Re: Unconfirmed GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER SPOTTED IN HURON, OHIO] [Timothy Spahr ] 29 Jan Ohio Short-tailed Hawk? [Was Re: Unconfirmed GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER SPOTTED IN HURON, OHIO] [Paul Gardner ] Subject: Re: HOARY REDPOLLS (2) Cuyahoga County From: Clyde Witt <cewitt AT WINDSTREAM.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:21:58 -0500 And a big thanks to Jen for her patience, persistence and pleasant patter while getting a scope on the birds. Without her expert diagnostic work, pulling the Hoary Redpoll out of the back-lit flock of Commons would have been impossible. We're fortunate to have great young birds like Jen Brumfield in our midst. Clyde Witt mywittsend.blogspot.com "I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult." — E.B. White ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Lorain Harbor 2/3 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:55:51 -0500 I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and head to Lorain Harbor. What a change from the last time I was there. Instead of thousands of mergansers, there were a handful of commons and a handful of red-breasteds. There were also a mixed flock of scaup, a group of ruddy ducks, a few goldeneye, and a hooded merganser. Gull numbers were way down also. The river had only a small number on it and they were south of the bridge. Most of the gulls were sitting on the ice and docks east of the sewage plant. I was able to find a first cycle glaucous and an adult Iceland gull. That was about it. East 72nd was pretty much void of gulls and waterfowl. Fairport Harbor had a few mergansers and goldeneye and buffleheads. With the mild weather predicted the lake may not be too exciting for this weekend. 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: The Wilds 2/3/12 (Northern Shrike) From: Kathy Mock <2klmockingbird AT ATT.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:29:42 -0500 The Wilds lacked birds in quantity today, but we were happy with the quality. We had two sightings of Golden Eagle, and a nice view of the Northern Shrike in the scope. Its location is noted in the eBird report below. Birding in general was slow, but it was a gorgeous day to be out. Insects and spiders were out in the unseasonably warm weather, also. Time constraints prevented waiting until dusk for owls. The Wilds, Muskingum, US-OH (DeLorme 64 A5) Feb 3, 2012 Other observers: Heather Nagy, John Switzer, Suzann Switzer, Kathy Brantley 27 species Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan X Turkey Vulture 2 Northern Harrier X Red-tailed Hawk X Rough-legged Hawk X Golden Eagle X American Kestrel X Rock Pigeon X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Hairy Woodpecker X Pileated Woodpecker X Northern Shrike 1 Viewed on Coal Hill Rd. (west side), 1.1 miles from Rural Dale Rd. Blue Jay X American Crow X Horned Lark X Carolina Chickadee X Eastern Bluebird X American Robin 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling X American Tree Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Northern Cardinal X Eastern Meadowlark X American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Kathy Mock Barberton, OH "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." -- Harper Lee ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Red-winged Blackbirds, South Chagrin Reservation in eastern Cuyahoga County From: Lisa Rainsong <lisa.rainsong AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 20:37:51 -0500 A small but very vocal (and very early) group of Red-winged Blackbirds seemed to proclaim the arrival of spring at the edge of Jackson Field in the Cleveland Metroparks' South Chagrin Reservation late this afternoon. Each bird was on his individual perch at the edge of a damp meadow area, singing, screaming, and swearing at his neighbors. Lisa Rainsong Cleveland Heights ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: HOARY REDPOLLS (2) Cuyahoga County From: JB <elfin_skimmer AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:17:46 -0500 Greetings - Early this afternoon I found what I believed were two flocks of Common Redpolls at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in North Olmstead, off of Columbia Road, but it turns out there was only ONE flock of 17 Commons that was moving around between the north and south ends of the cemetery. I had originally located one HOARY amongst the flock, around 1 pm, (the Kassoufs and Krauses were able to see the first bird and some distant photos were taken) but around 3:45 p.m., the Witts and Chriss Fulton and I located a SECOND Hoary in the same flock. Some of the time, when the birds were on the south end of the cemetery, looks were absolutely outstanding. Each bird was wholesomely frosty overall, with finer and less streaking on the sides, and clean white rump and under tail coverts noted. Big-headed, with a stubbier, shorter-billed look, giving more of a pug-dog look to the face. One Hoary is noticeably bulkier and bigger-headed then the Commons, but the other is only very very slightly bulkier (appears nearly same size). Patience is absolutely needed. A scope is recommended for studying the birds. You must study all features closely to eliminate a paler Common. The birds were regularly fed in a large clump of arborvitae on the north end of the cemetery, section J-1 (see map link below). This is pretty close to the entrance. Upon entering the cemetery, veer right, look for arboritae, and keep the windows down listening for calls. They would also take up and fly south to the "heart" of sections 34 and 35. At the north end of this "heart", which is lined with short conifers, there is a short tree (introduced species that i could not identify) loaded with seed pods. This offers far better views then when the birds are feeding in the arborvitae, as they can completely disappear within the thick greenery. The flock is mostly quiet, save for occasional light raspy "chit-chit-chit-chit" calls. In flight, they call wildly. I would recommend listening to redpoll calls. A single Pine Siskin was present, loosely associating with the redpoll flock at times. Additionally, a few goldfinches, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, White-breasted Nuthatches. Bad map of cemetery: http://www.sunsetmemorial.com/cemetery/our-cemetery-map JB Jen Brumfield Cleveland, OH Bird illustrator and birding tour guide elfin_skimmer AT hotmail.com www.jenbrumfield.com www.northnw.wordpress.com 330-701-6452 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Headlines Ohio Natural History Conference From: "Smith,Gregory A" <gasmith AT UAKRON.EDU> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:14:58 -0500 Dr. David Bonter, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 Ohio Natural History Conference. Dr. Bonter's talk is entitled, "Citizen Science: Engaging the public, learning about the natural world." A full day of speakers will focus on the theme of citizen science and help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Ohio Biological Survey (www.ohiobiologicalsurvey.org/). There will be numerous posters and exhibits to view as well. The meeting will be held February 11 at the ODOT Hilltop Complex in Columbus. You may register online or register at the door. More information, including a location map and the full agenda, can be found at www.regonline.com/ohionaturalhistoryconference . We hope to see you there! Greg Smith University of Akron and Ohio Biological Survey ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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-tailed Gull & Snowy Owl (Ashtabula Co.) From: Paula Lozano <paulalozano AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:09:04 -0500 Friday, February 3, 2012, 8:45-10:00 a.m. Lake Shore Park, Ashtabula Observers: Paula Lozano, Bob Finkelstein, Bob & Annie Riggs What a beautiful, sunny morning in Ashtabula! The Black-tailed Gull was on the roof of the warehouse closest to shore. We observed it walking around and taking short flights, giving us excellent views of all field marks. An almost all white Snowy Owl was sitting on a small, white shed (or container) on the north side of the warehouses. 55 Quay, North Marginal Drive, Cleveland, 2:30 p.m Observer: Paula Lozano Surf Scoter - 1, adult male 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: Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) From: Tom and Karen Beachy <tkbeachy AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:11:47 -0800 In response to your Black-tailed Gull question.  After saying no to chasing the Black-tailed Gull for all this time, I finally went yesterday, 2 Feb.  It was a beautiful day considering it was 2 Feb and it took me from 9am to 230pm until I found it.  I had all day, and considering a 4 hour drive to get there, I planned to stay until dark if necessary.  It was on the roof of the building closest to the gazebo at Lake Shore Park.  The bird kept going behind a ventilator on the roof.  Had great looks at the bird beside Herring and Ring-billed gulls (comparing back color and size) on the roof and of the tail as it flew in front of the piles of stone and coal. Hope you get to see the bird. Tom Beachy, Urbana, OH From: susan ruth marengo To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) What is the scoop on the black-tailed gull?  I have been off list for a while and missed the action. Thanks much, Susan Ruth Marengo Northeast Cleveland Heights, Just South of America's North Coast On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:00 AM, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system < LISTSERV AT listserv.muohio.edu> wrote: > There are 11 messages totalling 421 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > >  1. More detailed info on the location of sightings >  2. Woodcock - Geauga Co >  3. Hawk in puddle in Berea >  4. Big Island Waterfowl >  5. Short-eared Owls at Big Island Wildlife Area (Ben Warner) >  6. Pete Dunne | BirdCallsRadio next guest >  7. American Coot in Bluffton (NW Ohio) >  8. Turkey Vulture - Portage County >  9. (no subject) >  10. Another American Coot >  11. Killdeer Plains (Wyandot Cty) & Big Island (Marion Cty) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:03:47 -0500 > From:    "Bruce M. Bowman" > Subject: Re: More detailed info on the location of sightings > > Date sent:              Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:08:05 -0800 > Send reply to:          Paul Gardner > From:                  Paul Gardner > Subject:                Re: [Ohio-birds] More detailed info on the > location of sightings > To:                    OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > > > Hello Don, > > > > Welcome to Ohio-birds! > > > > Yours is a perennial complaint. We'll try to do better, but history > > teaches that we will soon fall back into our old habits of referring to > > places as if everyone knows them. > > > > The places that are most frequently referred to without any discussion of > > their locations are the long-established birding destinations. If you go > > the the Ohio Ornithological Society website and pull > > down the "Birding Library" menu, you'll find a list of popular birding > > locales. > > > > One of the simplest and most effective methods for getting more > > information about a place is to google it. When I was doing the Ohio Rare > > Bird Alert, I was able to answer almost all my questions that way. > > > > Happy birding, > > Paul > > > > Paul Gardner > > Columbus, OH > > > > If the location of a birding site is not given in a post, it's often > helpful to know where the author of the post lives because the birding > site mentioned in the post is often/usually in the same area.  This > information can be put in the "sig" (signature) of the email.  Most email > programs provide a means for defining a sig that will be appended > automatically to every email.  Paul's sig above is simply "Paul > Gardner/Columbus, OH".  "Columbus, OH" will normally be enough, I'd > guess, to tell you the general area of a birding site that he has > mentioned in a post.  An example of a sig with more detail about where > the author lives, and presumably birds, is mine, below. > > Bruce > ------------------------------------ > Bruce M. Bowman > Ann Arbor, Michigan USA > Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan > bbowman99 AT comcast.net > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:10:41 -0500 > From:    inga schmidt > Subject: Woodcock - Geauga Co > > Went out in my yard at 7:15 this morning and heard the familiar song of > the woodcock.  Not the peent call, but a little pattern of notes that it = > makes > while sitting on the ground. I don't know if that is it's song, or a = > call note, but > quite distinctive. > > At least two birds.....will trundle out in the fields tonight to see if = > there are more. > Frohring Meadows, just up the road from me, is a good spot to look for = > them. > > Perched in the dead elm, which is a favourite outlook for all the hawks, = > was a > Great Horned Owl surveying the same fields.  I've been seeing one or two = > owls > for the last week, and have located at least one roosting tree with lots = > of whitewash > and bone filled pellets, but I  haven't spotted a nest. > > If there is a nest, does anyone have any thoughts on how far away from = > it a night roost > might be? > > Inga Schmidt > Chagrin River Road,  at the Geauga/Cuyahoga Co line.= > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:31:09 GMT > From:    "kjb8 AT juno.com" > Subject: Hawk in puddle in Berea > > A  couple of days ago I saw a young Cooper's hawk wading around in a pud= > dle on our street in Berea.  I could not be sure what he was doing.  I s= > potted him on my way to my house.  The car did not seem to bother him, s= > o I turned my car around to come closer and watch, but a big ole truck s= > pooked him away.  We seem to have several Cooper's in the neighborhood a= > t the moment. Kathleen B.- Berea > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:52:41 -0500 > From:    "Steve J." > Subject: Big Island Waterfowl > > Just a quick note that I stopped at the pool on SR95 that is just > before/after Herr Rd. There were 50 Trumpeter Swans all around the pool. > Along with them there were 50-100 Pintail and just as many Mallards. I also > spotted a pair of American Widgeon. > > Many, many waterfowl are flying around the ponds on 95. Worth a good look > with a scope. > > Later, > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:51:17 -0500 > From:    Gentleben > Subject: Short-eared Owls at Big Island Wildlife Area (Ben Warner) > > My sister had never gotten out with me to see the Short-eared Owls, so I > th= > ought we'd try Big Island Wildlife area, and we found great success. > Around= >  5:30pm on Espyville Rd S. (TH 84)(this was in sight of the railroad track > = > along rt.95 to the north) just near a pull through type pull off for the > wi= > ldlife area, there was a male Short-ear up on a small tree posing nicely. > I= >  got him in the scope and we saw several other raptors almost immediately. > = > Just behind him in a shrub was a Northern Harrier juvenile, in the > backgrou= > nd flying around were a couple more Northern Harriers, beyond that were > two= >  Bald Eagles in a tree, and just to the north was another female > Short-eare= > d Owl. We watched the male short-ear chase the female harriers when they > fl= > ew too close which was good entertainment. Later on on our way back to > Dela= > ware Ohio, we watched these same owls flying and diving on prey items, and > = > they were joined by a third owl. We drove up to 95 and on to Prospect > Upper= >  Sandusky Rd N. (rt 203) and pulled in to the drive by a shed there and > saw= >  several other Short-eared Owls and a male Northern Harrier. As Steve > Jones= >  noted, there are many waterfowl in the area, but we saw nothing > unexpected= > . It was a great time as usual, and very pleasant weather. Big Island is > lo= > cated in the general area just a few miles west of Marion, along rt. 95.=20 > Good Birding > - Ben Warne > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:01:10 -0500 > From:    Mardi Dickinson > Subject: Pete Dunne | BirdCallsRadio next guest > > Birders et al, > > BirdCallsRadio next guest is Pete Dunne, Chief Communications Officer of > New Jersey Audubon and > Director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, Pete Dunne uses his talents and > energy to make > the natural world real for others. Coming up this Sunday from 1 to 2 p.m. > on 1490 WGCHAM > > http://birdcallsradio.com/2012/02/02/pete-dunne-is-next-guest-on-bird-calls-radio/ >  and WORLDWIDE INTERNET STREAMING on Listen Live on BirdCallsRadio.com > > Cheers, > Mardi Dickinson > Norwalk, CT > http://kymrygroup.com/ > http://twitter.com/MardiWD > > Producer of > BirdCallsRadio Show > Blog: http://birdcallsradio.com/ > Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/BirdCallsRadio > Like us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/BirdCallsRadio > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:02:41 -0800 > From:    Jean Cook > Subject: American Coot in Bluffton (NW Ohio) > > An American Coot has been in the Bluffton, Ohio area for the last couple > of= >  weeks. =A0It hangs out with the mallards and Canadian geese. =A0With the > w= > armer weather it can be spotted feeding along the shoreline of Riley > Creek.= > =0A=0AJean Cook > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:04:30 -0500 > From:    Dave Hochadel > Subject: Turkey Vulture - Portage County > > There was a single Turkey Vulture present today in Garrettsville, Portage > County, where there is a large summer roost right in town- and to think I > was surprised last year when the first arrived on 2-17. > > > > I also see that Woodcock were present in adjacent Geauga County today! I > don't feel so foolish now about searching for them the last 2 days in > Trumbull County. > > > > Dave Hochadel > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:30:16 -0500 > From:    CHARLESBOMBACI AT AOL.COM > Subject: (no subject) > > Linda and I managed to find free time this afternoon and headed up to > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. The ponds were open but > the > variety of waterfowl was limited. Multitudes of Canada Geese and Mallards > everywhere but beyond that things were less plentiful. Pond 27 had Gadwall > (100+), a small number of American Wigeon (10), American Coots (50+), and > Tundra  Swans (34). The pond along TH-108 had a couple of Trumpeter Swans > and > Tundra  Swans (22).  In a flooded depression in the farm field north of the > intersection of OH-294 and CH-115 we found a pair of Redheads. Raptors were > hit  and miss. we found 5 Bald Eagles, 10 Northern Harriers, 8 Red-tailed > Hawks, a  Cooper's Hawk and many American Kestrels. The field along TH-108 > yielded  20+ eastern Meadowlarks. The rest of the normal suspects were > scatter > about the  area including American Tree Sparrows, Horned Larks and > Red-winged > Blackbirds. > > At Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County there were various waterfowl > scattered in the ponds. Species included Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, > Pintail,  American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black ducks, and American > Coots. > Raptors  included many Northern Harriers (including Steve Jones missing > gray > males), Bald  Eagles and Short-eared Owls. The Short-eareds put on a show > soaring over the  fields, circling around us and one landed on a small > tree right > in front of us -  Linda's favorite. > > Charlie B > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:59:47 -0500 > From:    Lyn Boone > Subject: Another American Coot > > We've also had an American coot (just one) here for a week or so on > Ebaugh Pond on the Denison University campus in Granville. Can't > remember having seen one here in Jan.-Feb. in previous years. > Lyn Boone > Granville > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date:    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:28:27 -0500 > From:    CHARLESBOMBACI AT AOL.COM > Subject: Killdeer Plains (Wyandot Cty) & Big Island (Marion Cty) > > A thousand pardons - I forgot to enter the subject when I posted  earlier. > > > Linda and I managed to find free time this afternoon and headed up to > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. The ponds were open but > the > variety of waterfowl was limited. Multitudes of Canada Geese and Mallards > everywhere but beyond that things were less plentiful. Pond 27 had Gadwall > (100+), a small number of American Wigeon (10), American Coots (50+), and > Tundra  Swans (34). The pond along TH-108 had a couple of Trumpeter Swans > and > Tundra  Swans (22).  In a flooded depression in the farm field north of the > intersection of OH-294 and CH-115 we found a pair of Redheads. Raptors were > hit  and miss. we found 5 Bald Eagles, 10 Northern Harriers, 8 Red-tailed > Hawks, a  Cooper's Hawk and many American Kestrels. The field along TH-108 > yielded  20+ eastern Meadowlarks. The rest of the normal suspects were > scatter > about the  area including American Tree Sparrows, Horned Larks and > Red-winged > Blackbirds. > > At Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County there were various waterfowl > scattered in the ponds. Species included Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, > Pintail,  American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black ducks, and American > Coots. > Raptors  included many Northern Harriers (including Steve Jones missing > gray > males), Bald  Eagles and Short-eared Owls. The Short-eareds put on a show > soaring over the  fields, circling around us and one landed on a small > tree right > in front of us -  Linda's favorite. > > Charlie B > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) > ************************************************************** > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your 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: HOARY UPDATE From: JB <elfin_skimmer AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:54:35 -0500 Hoary being seen point blank at back end of cemetery. Sunset Memorial Park cemetery is on COLUMBIA ROAD, just south of Butternut Ridge. Address: 6265 Columbia Road. JB Jen Brumfield Cleveland, OH Bird illustrator and birding tour guide elfin_skimmer AT hotmail.com www.jenbrumfield.com www.northnw.wordpress.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: HOARY and Common REDPOLLs From: JB <elfin_skimmer AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:33:47 -0500 I'm currently birding Sunset Memorial park Cemetery on Butternut Ridge Road, Cuyahoga County. There are two flocks of Common Redpolls feeding in arborvitae. One flock has a HOARY REDPOLL and a Siskin accompanying. I will be here for an hour plus if others come to find them. They are VERY tricky to locate unless you listen for calls. JB Jen Brumfield Cleveland, OH Bird illustrator and birding tour guide elfin_skimmer AT hotmail.com www.jenbrumfield.com www.northnw.wordpress.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: Re: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) From: susan ruth marengo <srmarengo AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:16:58 -0500 What is the scoop on the black-tailed gull? I have been off list for a while and missed the action. Thanks much, Susan Ruth Marengo Northeast Cleveland Heights, Just South of America's North Coast On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:00 AM, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system < LISTSERV AT listserv.muohio.edu> wrote: > There are 11 messages totalling 421 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. More detailed info on the location of sightings > 2. Woodcock - Geauga Co > 3. Hawk in puddle in Berea > 4. Big Island Waterfowl > 5. Short-eared Owls at Big Island Wildlife Area (Ben Warner) > 6. Pete Dunne | BirdCallsRadio next guest > 7. American Coot in Bluffton (NW Ohio) > 8. Turkey Vulture - Portage County > 9. (no subject) > 10. Another American Coot > 11. Killdeer Plains (Wyandot Cty) & Big Island (Marion Cty) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:03:47 -0500 > From: "Bruce M. Bowman" > Subject: Re: More detailed info on the location of sightings > > Date sent: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:08:05 -0800 > Send reply to: Paul Gardner > From: Paul Gardner > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] More detailed info on the > location of sightings > To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > > > Hello Don, > > > > Welcome to Ohio-birds! > > > > Yours is a perennial complaint. We'll try to do better, but history > > teaches that we will soon fall back into our old habits of referring to > > places as if everyone knows them. > > > > The places that are most frequently referred to without any discussion of > > their locations are the long-established birding destinations. If you go > > the the Ohio Ornithological Society website and pull > > down the "Birding Library" menu, you'll find a list of popular birding > > locales. > > > > One of the simplest and most effective methods for getting more > > information about a place is to google it. When I was doing the Ohio Rare > > Bird Alert, I was able to answer almost all my questions that way. > > > > Happy birding, > > Paul > > > > Paul Gardner > > Columbus, OH > > > > If the location of a birding site is not given in a post, it's often > helpful to know where the author of the post lives because the birding > site mentioned in the post is often/usually in the same area. This > information can be put in the "sig" (signature) of the email. Most email > programs provide a means for defining a sig that will be appended > automatically to every email. Paul's sig above is simply "Paul > Gardner/Columbus, OH". "Columbus, OH" will normally be enough, I'd > guess, to tell you the general area of a birding site that he has > mentioned in a post. An example of a sig with more detail about where > the author lives, and presumably birds, is mine, below. > > Bruce > ------------------------------------ > Bruce M. Bowman > Ann Arbor, Michigan USA > Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan > bbowman99 AT comcast.net > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:10:41 -0500 > From: inga schmidt > Subject: Woodcock - Geauga Co > > Went out in my yard at 7:15 this morning and heard the familiar song of > the woodcock. Not the peent call, but a little pattern of notes that it = > makes > while sitting on the ground. I don't know if that is it's song, or a = > call note, but > quite distinctive. > > At least two birds.....will trundle out in the fields tonight to see if = > there are more. > Frohring Meadows, just up the road from me, is a good spot to look for = > them. > > Perched in the dead elm, which is a favourite outlook for all the hawks, = > was a > Great Horned Owl surveying the same fields. I've been seeing one or two = > owls > for the last week, and have located at least one roosting tree with lots = > of whitewash > and bone filled pellets, but I haven't spotted a nest. > > If there is a nest, does anyone have any thoughts on how far away from = > it a night roost > might be? > > Inga Schmidt > Chagrin River Road, at the Geauga/Cuyahoga Co line.= > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:31:09 GMT > From: "kjb8 AT juno.com" > Subject: Hawk in puddle in Berea > > A couple of days ago I saw a young Cooper's hawk wading around in a pud= > dle on our street in Berea. I could not be sure what he was doing. I s= > potted him on my way to my house. The car did not seem to bother him, s= > o I turned my car around to come closer and watch, but a big ole truck s= > pooked him away. We seem to have several Cooper's in the neighborhood a= > t the moment. Kathleen B.- Berea > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:52:41 -0500 > From: "Steve J." > Subject: Big Island Waterfowl > > Just a quick note that I stopped at the pool on SR95 that is just > before/after Herr Rd. There were 50 Trumpeter Swans all around the pool. > Along with them there were 50-100 Pintail and just as many Mallards. I also > spotted a pair of American Widgeon. > > Many, many waterfowl are flying around the ponds on 95. Worth a good look > with a scope. > > Later, > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:51:17 -0500 > From: Gentleben > Subject: Short-eared Owls at Big Island Wildlife Area (Ben Warner) > > My sister had never gotten out with me to see the Short-eared Owls, so I > th= > ought we'd try Big Island Wildlife area, and we found great success. > Around= > 5:30pm on Espyville Rd S. (TH 84)(this was in sight of the railroad track > = > along rt.95 to the north) just near a pull through type pull off for the > wi= > ldlife area, there was a male Short-ear up on a small tree posing nicely. > I= > got him in the scope and we saw several other raptors almost immediately. > = > Just behind him in a shrub was a Northern Harrier juvenile, in the > backgrou= > nd flying around were a couple more Northern Harriers, beyond that were > two= > Bald Eagles in a tree, and just to the north was another female > Short-eare= > d Owl. We watched the male short-ear chase the female harriers when they > fl= > ew too close which was good entertainment. Later on on our way back to > Dela= > ware Ohio, we watched these same owls flying and diving on prey items, and > = > they were joined by a third owl. We drove up to 95 and on to Prospect > Upper= > Sandusky Rd N. (rt 203) and pulled in to the drive by a shed there and > saw= > several other Short-eared Owls and a male Northern Harrier. As Steve > Jones= > noted, there are many waterfowl in the area, but we saw nothing > unexpected= > . It was a great time as usual, and very pleasant weather. Big Island is > lo= > cated in the general area just a few miles west of Marion, along rt. 95.=20 > Good Birding > - Ben Warne > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:01:10 -0500 > From: Mardi Dickinson > Subject: Pete Dunne | BirdCallsRadio next guest > > Birders et al, > > BirdCallsRadio next guest is Pete Dunne, Chief Communications Officer of > New Jersey Audubon and > Director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, Pete Dunne uses his talents and > energy to make > the natural world real for others. Coming up this Sunday from 1 to 2 p.m. > on 1490 WGCHAM > > http://birdcallsradio.com/2012/02/02/pete-dunne-is-next-guest-on-bird-calls-radio/ > and WORLDWIDE INTERNET STREAMING on Listen Live on BirdCallsRadio.com > > Cheers, > Mardi Dickinson > Norwalk, CT > http://kymrygroup.com/ > http://twitter.com/MardiWD > > Producer of > BirdCallsRadio Show > Blog: http://birdcallsradio.com/ > Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/BirdCallsRadio > Like us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/BirdCallsRadio > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:02:41 -0800 > From: Jean Cook > Subject: American Coot in Bluffton (NW Ohio) > > An American Coot has been in the Bluffton, Ohio area for the last couple > of= > weeks. =A0It hangs out with the mallards and Canadian geese. =A0With the > w= > armer weather it can be spotted feeding along the shoreline of Riley > Creek.= > =0A=0AJean Cook > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:04:30 -0500 > From: Dave Hochadel > Subject: Turkey Vulture - Portage County > > There was a single Turkey Vulture present today in Garrettsville, Portage > County, where there is a large summer roost right in town- and to think I > was surprised last year when the first arrived on 2-17. > > > > I also see that Woodcock were present in adjacent Geauga County today! I > don't feel so foolish now about searching for them the last 2 days in > Trumbull County. > > > > Dave Hochadel > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:30:16 -0500 > From: CHARLESBOMBACI AT AOL.COM > Subject: (no subject) > > Linda and I managed to find free time this afternoon and headed up to > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. The ponds were open but > the > variety of waterfowl was limited. Multitudes of Canada Geese and Mallards > everywhere but beyond that things were less plentiful. Pond 27 had Gadwall > (100+), a small number of American Wigeon (10), American Coots (50+), and > Tundra Swans (34). The pond along TH-108 had a couple of Trumpeter Swans > and > Tundra Swans (22). In a flooded depression in the farm field north of the > intersection of OH-294 and CH-115 we found a pair of Redheads. Raptors were > hit and miss. we found 5 Bald Eagles, 10 Northern Harriers, 8 Red-tailed > Hawks, a Cooper's Hawk and many American Kestrels. The field along TH-108 > yielded 20+ eastern Meadowlarks. The rest of the normal suspects were > scatter > about the area including American Tree Sparrows, Horned Larks and > Red-winged > Blackbirds. > > At Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County there were various waterfowl > scattered in the ponds. Species included Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, > Pintail, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black ducks, and American > Coots. > Raptors included many Northern Harriers (including Steve Jones missing > gray > males), Bald Eagles and Short-eared Owls. The Short-eareds put on a show > soaring over the fields, circling around us and one landed on a small > tree right > in front of us - Linda's favorite. > > Charlie B > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:59:47 -0500 > From: Lyn Boone > Subject: Another American Coot > > We've also had an American coot (just one) here for a week or so on > Ebaugh Pond on the Denison University campus in Granville. Can't > remember having seen one here in Jan.-Feb. in previous years. > Lyn Boone > Granville > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:28:27 -0500 > From: CHARLESBOMBACI AT AOL.COM > Subject: Killdeer Plains (Wyandot Cty) & Big Island (Marion Cty) > > A thousand pardons - I forgot to enter the subject when I posted earlier. > > > Linda and I managed to find free time this afternoon and headed up to > Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. The ponds were open but > the > variety of waterfowl was limited. Multitudes of Canada Geese and Mallards > everywhere but beyond that things were less plentiful. Pond 27 had Gadwall > (100+), a small number of American Wigeon (10), American Coots (50+), and > Tundra Swans (34). The pond along TH-108 had a couple of Trumpeter Swans > and > Tundra Swans (22). In a flooded depression in the farm field north of the > intersection of OH-294 and CH-115 we found a pair of Redheads. Raptors were > hit and miss. we found 5 Bald Eagles, 10 Northern Harriers, 8 Red-tailed > Hawks, a Cooper's Hawk and many American Kestrels. The field along TH-108 > yielded 20+ eastern Meadowlarks. The rest of the normal suspects were > scatter > about the area including American Tree Sparrows, Horned Larks and > Red-winged > Blackbirds. > > At Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County there were various waterfowl > scattered in the ponds. Species included Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, > Pintail, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black ducks, and American > Coots. > Raptors included many Northern Harriers (including Steve Jones missing > gray > males), Bald Eagles and Short-eared Owls. The Short-eareds put on a show > soaring over the fields, circling around us and one landed on a small > tree right > in front of us - Linda's favorite. > > Charlie B > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 1 Feb 2012 to 2 Feb 2012 (#2012-34) > ************************************************************** > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: IMBD From: "Warren, Mary" <Mary.Warren AT DNR.STATE.OH.US> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:17:23 -0500 If any non-profit birding groups would like to have a table at the boardwalk area on International Migratory Bird Day, May 12, here at Magee Marsh, Please contact me and I will let you know the process required to make that happen. Happy Birding! Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 FAX: 419-898-4017 mary.warren AT dnr.state.oh.us Keep the WILD in Ohio, learn how you can help AT wildohiostamp.com "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." John Burroughs ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Greenlawn Merlin ? From: "Hutson, Timothy B" <hutsont AT BATTELLE.ORG> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:13:40 -0500 I would like to try to get some views of the merlin that has been sighted at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. I was able to explore there briefly yesterday afternoon looking for for it and the sycamore that has been mentioned as it's favorite roost. No luck. I'd like to get a little more information on this bird's habits if possible. First, has it been seen lately? The nearest sycamore south of the bridge was probably a couple hundred yards south while others were found further away. Is the nearer of these sycamores it's fav roosting place? Does it seem to hang about in this area? What times of the day has it been observed there? Thanks Tim ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: WW Crossbills From: Pat Paternostro <broncos30 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:04:26 -0500 Prior to conducting an interiew in Toldeo this AM, I was able to locate a small flock of White-winged Crossbills AT Woodlawn Cemetary. The birds were in a hemlock just north of the closed bridge. With the flock was one Pine Sisken. I have a couple good pics I will put on my BY blog...paternostrobigyear2012.wordpress.com Good luck ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Richfield-Coliseum area From: Michele Hendrick <mickihendrick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:49:38 -0500 Happy Friday! I am wondering if anyone has seen short eared owls at the Coliseum site in Richfield on Rt 303. Thanks for the reports. Good Birding to All, Micki Hendrick Wadsworth 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: Killdeer Plains (Wyandot Cty) & Big Island (Marion Cty) From: CHARLESBOMBACI AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:28:27 -0500 A thousand pardons - I forgot to enter the subject when I posted earlier. Linda and I managed to find free time this afternoon and headed up to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. The ponds were open but the variety of waterfowl was limited. Multitudes of Canada Geese and Mallards everywhere but beyond that things were less plentiful. Pond 27 had Gadwall (100+), a small number of American Wigeon (10), American Coots (50+), and Tundra Swans (34). The pond along TH-108 had a couple of Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swans (22). In a flooded depression in the farm field north of the intersection of OH-294 and CH-115 we found a pair of Redheads. Raptors were hit and miss. we found 5 Bald Eagles, 10 Northern Harriers, 8 Red-tailed Hawks, a Cooper's Hawk and many American Kestrels. The field along TH-108 yielded 20+ eastern Meadowlarks. The rest of the normal suspects were scatter about the area including American Tree Sparrows, Horned Larks and Red-winged Blackbirds. At Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County there were various waterfowl scattered in the ponds. Species included Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, Pintail, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black ducks, and American Coots. Raptors included many Northern Harriers (including Steve Jones missing gray males), Bald Eagles and Short-eared Owls. The Short-eareds put on a show soaring over the fields, circling around us and one landed on a small tree right in front of us - Linda's favorite. Charlie B ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Another American Coot From: Lyn Boone <boonel AT DENISON.EDU> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:59:47 -0500 We've also had an American coot (just one) here for a week or so on Ebaugh Pond on the Denison University campus in Granville. Can't remember having seen one here in Jan.-Feb. in previous years. Lyn Boone Granville ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: (no subject) From: CHARLESBOMBACI AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:30:16 -0500 Linda and I managed to find free time this afternoon and headed up to Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County. The ponds were open but the variety of waterfowl was limited. Multitudes of Canada Geese and Mallards everywhere but beyond that things were less plentiful. Pond 27 had Gadwall (100+), a small number of American Wigeon (10), American Coots (50+), and Tundra Swans (34). The pond along TH-108 had a couple of Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swans (22). In a flooded depression in the farm field north of the intersection of OH-294 and CH-115 we found a pair of Redheads. Raptors were hit and miss. we found 5 Bald Eagles, 10 Northern Harriers, 8 Red-tailed Hawks, a Cooper's Hawk and many American Kestrels. The field along TH-108 yielded 20+ eastern Meadowlarks. The rest of the normal suspects were scatter about the area including American Tree Sparrows, Horned Larks and Red-winged Blackbirds. At Big Island Wildlife Area in Marion County there were various waterfowl scattered in the ponds. Species included Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, Pintail, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black ducks, and American Coots. Raptors included many Northern Harriers (including Steve Jones missing gray males), Bald Eagles and Short-eared Owls. The Short-eareds put on a show soaring over the fields, circling around us and one landed on a small tree right in front of us - Linda's favorite. Charlie B ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Turkey Vulture - Portage County From: Dave Hochadel <catharus AT IX.NETCOM.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:04:30 -0500 There was a single Turkey Vulture present today in Garrettsville, Portage County, where there is a large summer roost right in town- and to think I was surprised last year when the first arrived on 2-17. I also see that Woodcock were present in adjacent Geauga County today! I don't feel so foolish now about searching for them the last 2 days in Trumbull County. Dave Hochadel ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: American Coot in Bluffton (NW Ohio) From: Jean Cook <jeancook100 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:02:41 -0800 An American Coot has been in the Bluffton, Ohio area for the last couple of weeks.  It hangs out with the mallards and Canadian geese.  With the warmer weather it can be spotted feeding along the shoreline of Riley Creek. Jean Cook ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Pete Dunne | BirdCallsRadio next guest From: Mardi Dickinson <mardi1 AT OPTONLINE.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:01:10 -0500 Birders et al, BirdCallsRadio next guest is Pete Dunne, Chief Communications Officer of New Jersey Audubon and Director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, Pete Dunne uses his talents and energy to make the natural world real for others. Coming up this Sunday from 1 to 2 p.m. on 1490 WGCHAM http://birdcallsradio.com/2012/02/02/pete-dunne-is-next-guest-on-bird-calls-radio/ and WORLDWIDE INTERNET STREAMING on Listen Live on BirdCallsRadio.com Cheers, Mardi Dickinson Norwalk, CT http://kymrygroup.com/ http://twitter.com/MardiWD Producer of BirdCallsRadio Show Blog: http://birdcallsradio.com/ Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/BirdCallsRadio Like us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/BirdCallsRadio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Short-eared Owls at Big Island Wildlife Area (Ben Warner) From: Gentleben <waen2bb2 AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:51:17 -0500 My sister had never gotten out with me to see the Short-eared Owls, so I thought we'd try Big Island Wildlife area, and we found great success. Around 5:30pm on Espyville Rd S. (TH 84)(this was in sight of the railroad track along rt.95 to the north) just near a pull through type pull off for the wildlife area, there was a male Short-ear up on a small tree posing nicely. I got him in the scope and we saw several other raptors almost immediately. Just behind him in a shrub was a Northern Harrier juvenile, in the background flying around were a couple more Northern Harriers, beyond that were two Bald Eagles in a tree, and just to the north was another female Short-eared Owl. We watched the male short-ear chase the female harriers when they flew too close which was good entertainment. Later on on our way back to Delaware Ohio, we watched these same owls flying and diving on prey items, and they were joined by a third owl. We drove up to 95 and on to Prospect Upper Sandusky Rd N. (rt 203) and pulled in to the drive by a shed there and saw several other Short-eared Owls and a male Northern Harrier. As Steve Jones noted, there are many waterfowl in the area, but we saw nothing unexpected. It was a great time as usual, and very pleasant weather. Big Island is located in the general area just a few miles west of Marion, along rt. 95. Good Birding - Ben Warne ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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 Waterfowl From: "Steve J." <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:52:41 -0500 Just a quick note that I stopped at the pool on SR95 that is just before/after Herr Rd. There were 50 Trumpeter Swans all around the pool. Along with them there were 50-100 Pintail and just as many Mallards. I also spotted a pair of American Widgeon. Many, many waterfowl are flying around the ponds on 95. Worth a good look with a scope. Later, 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: Hawk in puddle in Berea From: "kjb8 AT juno.com" <kjb8@JUNO.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:31:09 GMT A couple of days ago I saw a young Cooper's hawk wading around in a puddle on our street in Berea. I could not be sure what he was doing. I spotted him on my way to my house. The car did not seem to bother him, so I turned my car around to come closer and watch, but a big ole truck spooked him away. We seem to have several Cooper's in the neighborhood at the moment. Kathleen B.- Berea ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Woodcock - Geauga Co From: inga schmidt <Ingais AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:10:41 -0500 Went out in my yard at 7:15 this morning and heard the familiar song of the woodcock. Not the peent call, but a little pattern of notes that it makes while sitting on the ground. I don't know if that is it's song, or a call note, but quite distinctive. At least two birds.....will trundle out in the fields tonight to see if there are more. Frohring Meadows, just up the road from me, is a good spot to look for them. Perched in the dead elm, which is a favourite outlook for all the hawks, was a Great Horned Owl surveying the same fields. I've been seeing one or two owls for the last week, and have located at least one roosting tree with lots of whitewash and bone filled pellets, but I haven't spotted a nest. If there is a nest, does anyone have any thoughts on how far away from it a night roost might be? Inga Schmidt Chagrin River Road, at the Geauga/Cuyahoga Co line. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: More detailed info on the location of sightings From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:03:47 -0500 Date sent: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:08:05 -0800 Send reply to: Paul Gardner From: Paul Gardner Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] More detailed info on the location of sightings To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > Hello Don, > > Welcome to Ohio-birds! > > Yours is a perennial complaint. We'll try to do better, but history > teaches that we will soon fall back into our old habits of referring to > places as if everyone knows them. > > The places that are most frequently referred to without any discussion of > their locations are the long-established birding destinations. If you go > the the Ohio Ornithological Society website and pull > down the "Birding Library" menu, you'll find a list of popular birding > locales. > > One of the simplest and most effective methods for getting more > information about a place is to google it. When I was doing the Ohio Rare > Bird Alert, I was able to answer almost all my questions that way. > > Happy birding, > Paul > > Paul Gardner > Columbus, OH > If the location of a birding site is not given in a post, it's often helpful to know where the author of the post lives because the birding site mentioned in the post is often/usually in the same area. This information can be put in the "sig" (signature) of the email. Most email programs provide a means for defining a sig that will be appended automatically to every email. Paul's sig above is simply "Paul Gardner/Columbus, OH". "Columbus, OH" will normally be enough, I'd guess, to tell you the general area of a birding site that he has mentioned in a post. An example of a sig with more detail about where the author lives, and presumably birds, is mine, below. Bruce ------------------------------------ Bruce M. Bowman Ann Arbor, Michigan USA Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan bbowman99 AT comcast.net http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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: Update On Golden Fronted From: Kim Kaufman <kimkaufman AT BSBO.ORG> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:51:52 -0500 Carl shared some distant photos of the bird on the Birding Ohio Facebook group page. You must ask to join the group, but that's an easy thing to do. http://www.facebook.com/groups/BirdingOhio/ The images are in an album called "Odd Woodpecker." Kimberly KaufmanExecutive Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 419-898-4070 www.bsbobird.org www.ohioyoungbirders.org www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.org Become a fan of BSBO and the Ohio Young Birders Club on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/bsbobird http://www.facebook.com/ohioyoungbirders Follow BSBO on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bsbobird ---------------------------------------- From: "Carl Riems" Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:22 PM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: [Ohio-birds] Update On Golden Fronted I dont have much time to reply to a ton of e-mails, as I am in High School, so please don't send me as many e-mails. Thankyou. For all of you who have facebooks, I will be posting the pictures on facebook tonight because I was unable to successfully post them on the listserv. Just give me a friend request and I'll accept it. So sorry about the inconvience, Thank You http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000496291571 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.374669072559633.108257.100000496291571&type=1 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: White-winged Crossbills in Tiffin From: H Thomas Bartlett <hthomas.bartlett AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:43:11 -0500 The mother of a former student called to ask me what kind of birds she had in her yard. Since it was only about 1/4 mile from my house I went over and photographed 8+ White-winged Crossbills. She said there were more before I got there. I would be checking any hemlock trees in your neighborhood as the birds seem to be on the move south. The trees they were feeding in were not very tall, less than 15 feet but full of cones. Tom -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio hthomas.bartlett AT gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Franklin Co January birdlist From: irina shulgina <irshulgina AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:22:45 -0800 I've got 70 bird species at Franklin county for January 2012. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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 On Golden Fronted From: Carl Riems <c.riems AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:21:20 -0500 I dont have much time to reply to a ton of e-mails, as I am in High School, so please don't send me as many e-mails. Thankyou. For all of you who have facebooks, I will be posting the pictures on facebook tonight because I was unable to successfully post them on the listserv. Just give me a friend request and I'll accept it. So sorry about the inconvience, Thank You http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000496291571 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.374669072559633.108257.100000496291571&type=1 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Washington County Big January From: Kyle Carlsen <kycarlsen AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:03:22 -0500 I completed the first month of my Washington County Big Year with 69 species. Highlights were nineteen waterfowl species including all three mergansers (piece of cake up north, but tricky down here), both vultures, peregrine falcon, killdeer, woodcock, and eight sparrows. Strangely absent has been brown creeper! I’ve been in the right habitat several times but to no avail. No worries—I’ve got eleven more months to track one down. My goal is 200 species by December 31st. That’s going to be tough down here, but I’m convinced it’s possible. I can already attest that doing a local big year is a blast. Most of us cannot afford the time and money required to pull off a Kenny Bostick-level big year, but sticking to a single county or area keeps the goal reasonable and allows you to discover and appreciate your own neck of the woods. Already I’ve discovered birds just twenty minutes from home that I didn’t know were there. Since I can see them so easily elsewhere in the state, I had never bothered to look for them here. A special satisfaction comes with discovering your own birds and hotspots. Don’t wait for the experts to tell you where to go—BE the expert on your own home front, and then share what you find. Good luck to everyone else attempting county big years! Kyle Carlsen Vincent, 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: Golden Fronted Woodpecker From: Carl Riems <c.riems AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:22:27 -0500 Another couple Pictures of the possible Golden-Fronted Woodpecker ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Golden Fronted Woodpecker From: Carl Riems <c.riems AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:18:44 -0500 Possible Golden-Fronted Woodpecker in backyard. Definatly not a Red-Bellied. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: FRANKLIN COUNTY 2012 LIST From: Bill Whan <billwhan AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:56:30 -0500 For those interested, a Franklin County bird list for January 2012 will soon be mounted on the Columbus Audubon pages at http://www.columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=675&Itemid=216 I'll try to update it monthly. Please advise me of any errors or omissions you may find. We're already ahead of last year's rather satisfying pace... 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: Akron/PLX From: "Bennett, Gregory" <gbennett AT AKRON.K12.OH.US> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:21:33 -0500 An adult common loon has, in spite of at least two substantial freezes, survived the month of January at Summit Lake in Akron. Maybe woodcocks this week? Peace, Gregory Bennett Akron OH Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ~ Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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: Passenger Pigeon info. From: "Warren, Mary" <Mary.Warren AT DNR.STATE.OH.US> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:41:29 -0500 Yes, they do have one at Old Woman Creek. Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 FAX: 419-898-4017 mary.warren AT dnr.state.oh.us Keep the WILD in Ohio, learn how you can help AT wildohiostamp.com "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." John Burroughs -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Nancy Howell Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:46 AM To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU Subject: Passenger Pigeon info. Bill, The following is information about another Passenger Pigeon specimen. Nancy has contacted me concerning your work on Passenger Pigeons. A year or so ago Dr. David Klarer, limnologist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve, Huron, Ohio asked me to look at an immature specimen of what he suspected was a Passenger Pigeon. I agreed with his suspicions, but brought the specimen to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for confirmation which they did. I returned the specimen to the Visitor Center at the Nature Preserve, and as far as I know the specimen is still there. Cheers, Charles E. Herdendorf, Professor Emeritus School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University Nancy Howell The Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Dr., University Circle Cleveland, OH 44106-1767 nhowell AT cmnh.org phone 216.231.4600 ext. 3225 education fax 216.231.9960 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your 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: Active Eagle nest sites around Sandusky From: nathan taxel <ntaxel AT CMNH.ORG> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:14:05 -0500 Good Morning, Every spring I lead a couple field trips to the Sandusky Bay region to take CMNH members to look at nesting bald eagles. My list of sites is a few years old and I was hoping to update it with current information. Please send me the locations of any active nest sites you are aware of. Thanks so much for your help and good birding. -- Nathan Taxel Outdoor education Coordinator Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland Oh, 44106 ph: 216 231 4600 ext: 3251 web: www.cmnh.org Please consider the environment before printing this email ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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: More detailed info on the location of sightings From: Paul Gardner <godwit AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:08:05 -0800 Hello Don, Welcome to Ohio-birds! Yours is a perennial complaint. We'll try to do better, but history teaches that we will soon fall back into our old habits of referring to places as if everyone knows them. The places that are most frequently referred to without any discussion of their locations are the long-established birding destinations. If you go the the Ohio Ornithological Society website and pull down the "Birding Library" menu, you'll find a list of popular birding locales. One of the simplest and most effective methods for getting more information about a place is to google it. When I was doing the Ohio Rare Bird Alert, I was able to answer almost all my questions that way. Happy birding, Paul Paul Gardner Columbus, OH --- On Wed, 2/1/12, Don Stover wrote: > From: Don Stover > Subject: [Ohio-birds] More detailed info on the location of sightings > To: OHIO-BIRDS AT LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU > Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7:18 AM > Help! I am brand new to Ohio-Birds. > It would be very helpfull to people > who are not familier with your area if you would be more > specific I.E. > road names and cities when posting a sighting. My area of > interest has > been raptors and I have 20+ years of experience with them > but I want to > branch out. Thanks for you kind indulgence. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio > Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing > list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your 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: More detailed info on the location of sightings From: Don Stover <candytuff61 AT AOL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 07:18:06 -0500 Help! I am brand new to Ohio-Birds. It would be very helpfull to people who are not familier with your area if you would be more specific I.E. road names and cities when posting a sighting. My area of interest has been raptors and I have 20+ years of experience with them but I want to branch out. Thanks for you kind indulgence. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: PEENT! in SW Ohio From: krhuttondvm AT FRONTIER.COM Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:10:48 +0000 The first call of an American Woodcock for 2012, heard at 7:05am in the wet scrub field across from my house in SE Clermont County. This is the earliest I have ever had woodcocks here, and I am thrilled to hear one, after a disappointing season last year. I am a little bummed that I didn't get one for my January list, but I'm still pretty excited. ~Kathi Hutton Clermont 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: Black-Tailed Gull today From: Hildegard Bingen <zzhildegard AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:24:06 -0800 Finally got out to Ashtabula to look for the Black-Tailed Gull. We looked for much of the afternoon, using Jen's map and directions, trying all the recommended spots. We spotted it from the gazebo at Lakeshore Park about 3:45 among the large flocks of birds on the blue industrial building roofs, the one closest to shore. It obliged us by flying, settling back down, and fanning its tail. Once we saw it, we could clearly see the differences in color between it and the Lesser Black Backs, as well as the masses of lighter gulls. Pat ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Snowy Owl Ashtabula From: Laura Madden <dmadden39361 AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:01:16 -0500 Picture of snowy owl after it flew up to top of electrical pole in Ashtabula harbor railyard area 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: Snowy Owls Ashtabula Harbor From: Laura Madden <dmadden39361 AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:29:38 -0500 Since the weather was so nice today, my son and I decided to drive out to Ashtabula Harbor to look for the snowy owl. We ran into a couple of railyard workers who said there were two owls spotted this morning. We arrived around 11:30AM and were able to spot one on the grass out by the water near the railroad tracks. I guess the other one was over by the iron and coal piles and could not be seen from our vantage point. You would have to be an employee who could get over to that area since it is restricted. The owl we were watching flushed while one of the trucks drove by so we got to see it take flight. It landed and went under a small sign for an hour or so until we left. We observed it with our scope and it was grooming and looking all around. It appeared to be an immature with barring on the chest and wings. We were very happy to have been able to observe it 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: Albino Red-tail, Holmes Co. From: Laura Dornan <tldornan68 AT ATT.NET> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:55:14 -0800 Today while driving the backroads of Holmes Co., Tim & I found a totally white red-tail hawk.  It is not a true albino as it had black eyes, but there was absolutely no other color on him.  GORGEOUS!!  We are pretty sure it is a red-tail because the shape, size, flight pattern, perching posture & habitat are all consistant with red-tail.  But it didn't even have a shadow of a patagial mark.  The location is Holmes Co., just east of the intersection of Clark Twsp Rd. 152 & Mechanic Twsp Rd. 117.  A good Holmes Co. map will probably best serve anyone who wants to look for it.  The best directions I can give is to take State Rt 643 to New Bedford (not really a community but it is on a county map), on the Holmes Co./Coshocton Co. line.  From SR 643, go northwest on Holmes CR 600 to Holmes CR 59 (angles off to the left).  Go a short distance to Clark TR 152 on the right & turn right.  After crossing TR 151 start watching for the bird.  May not be an unusual species but it sure is an unusual bird. 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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: BirdCallsRadio Archives | Kim Kaufman From: Mardi Dickinson <mardi1 AT OPTONLINE.NET> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:51 -0500 Birders et al, BirdCallsRadio archive is now available of Jan 29 show with our wonderful guest Kimberly Kaufman, Executive Director of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, life-long outdoor enthusiast. http://birdcallsradio.com/2012/01/31/bird-calls-radio-archive-with-kimberly-kaufman-jan-29-2012-show/ Respectfully, Mardi Dickinson Norwalk, CT http://kymrygroup.com/ Producer of BirdCallsRadio Show Blog: http://birdcallsradio.com/ Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/BirdCallsRadio Like us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/BirdCallsRadio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Turkey Vulture - Delaware County From: Christina Voise <cdvoise AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:54:03 -0500 Hi All. I have a turkey vulture at my house in northern Delaware County. I thought I saw one at the Delaware Wildlife Area on the 24th but it was too far away for me to be certain. Christina Voise Near Ashley, Ohio 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: Merlin at Green Lawn Cemetery From: Jim McCormac <ambrosia AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:39:41 -0500 Hi all, I just had a particularly wonderful encounter with one of the Green Lawn Cemetery Merlins (Green Lawn is on the south side of Columbus). She was in the usual southwest corner of the cemetery, just south of the bridge. Anyway, I do natural history pieces with NBC 4's meteorologist Ben Gelber from time time, and today was one of those days. I suggested we do a story on the Merlin, as these charismatic little falcons have the potential to be an excellent "spark bird" for people who don't know much about birds, which is probably a big chunk of the TV viewing audience. You all know how unpredictable wild birds can be, and sure enough when we arrived on site there was no Merlin to be found. We had some backup stories - not as exciting, though - and launched into shooting some other stuff. In the midst of the shoot, I glanced up to see Miss Merlin rocket into her favorite sycamore snag, and Buzz the cameraman swiveled his lens right onto her. This was decidedly cool, as we could now do the Merlin story, and with Buzz's mega-zoom the bird showed up OK, although it was far away and high aloft in the tree. Suddenly, the feathered hotdog dropped from her perch and strafed 20 feet over our heads and landed 30 feet away in perfect light in the boughs of a Kentucky coffee tree! She was clearly curious about us, but as Merlins do, quickly decided we were lesser beings and then completely ignored us and started grooming herself. Buzz got killer video of the Merlin, I got some nice photos, and Ben should craft a pretty cool story from this experience. The piece should air tonight on the 6 pm and 11 pm news: http://www2.nbc4i.com/ Ben Gelber is great about promoting natural history, and Channel 4 does a fabulous job of devoting air time to nature-related stories. I really appreciate their efforts. I got photos of everything that went on, and will post a pictorial story of today's Merlin episode later today on my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like Nature? http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like Birds? http://www.ohiobirds.org/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4415 (20090910) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC - eBird question From: Andrew Sewell <semillama AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:47:59 -0500 I'm late chiming in, perhaps because I thought someone would have suggested it, but a very simple way to find hotspots using eBird is to start a checklist submission, select "Find it on a map", select the county and state, and then eBird shows you all the eBird hotspots in that county. You can then zoom in and see where they are located in relation to roads and highways. You should also be able to directly enter latitude and longitude right into Google maps, using this format (37.771008, -122.41175). Good birding, Andy Sewell Columbus, Ohio On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:23 AM, wrote: > Thank you to everyone who replied to my eBird questions. While eBird > clearly is not the perfect solution for mapping out a birding trip, it is > possible to wrangle enough information out of it to be somewhat helpful in > planning. Most of the suggestions have been posted to the list, but here's > one I sort of figured out myself... > > The list of GPS coordinates can be made to work for those without GPS > devices by mapping them to ordinary Google maps. I wasn't able to get > google maps to recognize the coordinates directly, but found this website > that will convert coordinates to a google map: > > http://boulter.com/gps/ > Copy and paste in your coordinates from the eBird list. Click the google > map link directly below the small map window to jump to the full map. > > I guess you could add these locations one-by-one to your own personal > google map for the purpose of mapping a birding outing. The drawback of the > eBird hotspot GPS list is you have to know the names of the places you are > going. Lesser known hotspots would be completely missed. > > I think public google maps of birding locations could be the perfect > solution to what I'm after. For instance, here's one I made a few years ago > for birding by car in CVNP. It may not be complete or up to date, but you > get the idea. > > http://g.co/maps/jm673 > > It would be great if local birding groups would develop public maps such as > these for their home turf. Does anyone know if this is being done? > > All in all, an informative discussion. Thanks to all who took the time to > respond. > > Bird well, > Karen Gray > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your 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: Passenger Pigeon info. From: Nancy Howell <nhowell AT CMNH.ORG> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:46:28 -0500 Bill, The following is information about another Passenger Pigeon specimen. Nancy has contacted me concerning your work on Passenger Pigeons. A year or so ago Dr. David Klarer, limnologist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve, Huron, Ohio asked me to look at an immature specimen of what he suspected was a Passenger Pigeon. I agreed with his suspicions, but brought the specimen to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for confirmation which they did. I returned the specimen to the Visitor Center at the Nature Preserve, and as far as I know the specimen is still there. Cheers, Charles E. Herdendorf, Professor Emeritus School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University Nancy Howell The Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Dr., University Circle Cleveland, OH 44106-1767 nhowell AT cmnh.org phone 216.231.4600 ext. 3225 education fax 216.231.9960 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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: OFF TOPIC - eBird question From: bluebirdfan AT GMAIL.COM Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:23:21 -0500 Thank you to everyone who replied to my eBird questions. While eBird clearly is not the perfect solution for mapping out a birding trip, it is possible to wrangle enough information out of it to be somewhat helpful in planning. Most of the suggestions have been posted to the list, but here's one I sort of figured out myself... The list of GPS coordinates can be made to work for those without GPS devices by mapping them to ordinary Google maps. I wasn't able to get google maps to recognize the coordinates directly, but found this website that will convert coordinates to a google map: http://boulter.com/gps/ Copy and paste in your coordinates from the eBird list. Click the google map link directly below the small map window to jump to the full map. I guess you could add these locations one-by-one to your own personal google map for the purpose of mapping a birding outing. The drawback of the eBird hotspot GPS list is you have to know the names of the places you are going. Lesser known hotspots would be completely missed. I think public google maps of birding locations could be the perfect solution to what I'm after. For instance, here's one I made a few years ago for birding by car in CVNP. It may not be complete or up to date, but you get the idea. http://g.co/maps/jm673 It would be great if local birding groups would develop public maps such as these for their home turf. Does anyone know if this is being done? All in all, an informative discussion. Thanks to all who took the time to respond. Bird well, Karen Gray ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: FINALLY!! a day off! :-D From: Steve <sjones031 AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:03:40 -0500 Greetings! I had a great day today...well yesterday. I finally gave in and took a mental health/recovery from a nasty fall "sick" day to go birding. First off the bat, GREAT SUNRISE!: http://www.sjlarue.com/Landscapes/Scenic/16471834_BdDhVc#!i=1693088662&k=4sWQWHJ I then headed off to Russ Reynolds' personal bird preservation...:-D Russ has had several Common Redpolls visiting his feeder this past week, and I couldn't pass the opportunity to drive an hour and strike off the OTHER Redpoll off my list. So I spent the morning with Russ, camera in hand. During that time I had multiple viewings of two females and one male Common Redpoll. Though it is not all four subspecies, Redpolls are officially off my life list...although, I could use a couple of more Hoarys :-D While there we also had a Coopers Hawk fly over, several Crows, bushel baskets of both Tree Sparrows and Goldfinches. Juncos, Titmice, Bluejay, Downy and Red Bellied Woodpeckers, Chickadees, Cardinals, House Sparrows, and WB Nuthatches finish off the list. At one point there were birds just dripping from the trees. I stopped a few Seconds over at Oak Hill Cemetery in hopes of finding some Crossbills, but only found Juncos. I then went back over to Killdeer Plains to find Eagles; both Juvi and Adult...one adult was giving roadside views eating a bit of supper. Kestrels, Red Tailed Hawks, Harriers; 1 grey ghost(male) and 7 or 8 females, one Rough Legged, and no owls. Waterfowl included Canada Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Mallards, Pintails, Canvasbacks, Gadwall, Ringnecks, Shovelers, Blue and Green winged Teals. I had a single Meadowlark at the top of a tree at the edge of the reserve, and more Tree Sparrows. No shrikes...darn it. Finished off the day with a great sunset and a couple of more Harriers over at Big Island WA...but again, no owls. AHHHH...I feel better. :-D Pics of the day are at my smug site, and on Facebook. Website: http://www.sjlarue.com/Unsorted/OhioBirds If you are a Facebooker, then look for sjlarue photography, that will get you to my photography page...The Boyds should be on top. :-D Have a great week! Steve J (aka sjlarue) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 11 Cackling Geese with (5 "Lesser"?) Canadas at Prairie Oaks MP From: Paul Hurtado <paul.j.hurtado AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:11:52 -0500 I spent some time birding the Darby Bend Lakes area of Prairie Oaks Metro Park east of Columbus this evening, and was surprised to see a flock of geese fly in with 2-3 "really large" Canadas among them... it wasn't too long before I realized the rest of the flock were all smaller geese! Odds are good these birds will be there when the sun rises tomorrow morning. If anyone goes looking tomorrow evening, they flew in around 4:40pm from the north or north-east. Of the 19 birds in the flock, 11 were "Richardson's" Cackling Geese (B. h. hutchinsii), 3 were larger Canada Geese and 5 were smaller Canadas that may (or may not?) be "Lesser" Canadas (B. c. parvipes). I'd love to get some feedback on the 5 medium sized birds. Being from Colorado, I should be able to ID parvipes, but these smaller birds were a bit borderline. Does anyone have a good reference for which subspecies of Canada/Cackling geese occur in Ohio? 18 of the 19 birds in flight: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/6793284383/in/photostream/ Small/medium sized Canadas with larger Canada: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/6793309957/in/photostream/ Cackling Geese: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/6793310905/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/6793311697/in/photostream/ eBird Checklist for Prairie Oaks: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9726030 Also, an earlier walk around the Batelle Darby MP wetlands (east from the silos) turned up some of the previously reported species (Savannah Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, a few ducks circling overhead looking longingly at the iced covered ponds). eBird Checklist with photos is at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9725919 Good birding, Paul Hurtado ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Woodlawn Cemetery-yes! From: Sally/Dave Isacco <disacco AT ROADRUNNER.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:32:50 -0500 Had a great day of birding. Woodlawn did not disappoint. In section 26B by the Chapel we had the White-winged Crossbills ( about 30 in a hemlock ). They were at the top and worked their way down and afforded us nice views. Just to the left of them, about 50 Common Redpolls. The Eastern Screech Owl was also accommodating. Then on Toussaint North going toward Camp Sabroske, just north of the tracks on the right hand side was a very handsome Northern Shrike. Also seen from the camp. 39 species for the day. Metzger Marsh had a very good assortment of waterfowl; the number of Swans was unbelievable. The Eagles and Harriers were certainly enjoying the day as much as we were. 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: Sims Park Euclid 1/30 Surf Scoter update From: Nancy Anderson <nancyanderson3 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:26:01 -0800 I didn't go back to Sims Park Sunday but was curious/skeptical when it was noted that Surf Scoters were not seen Sunday so I loaded up the gear today and left straight from work.  I was at Sims today from 4:40pm to 5:20pm.  Lately I have seen all the goldeneye spread out but late today they were mostly far east of the pier.  I was able to locate one Surf Scoter in with the Common Goldeneye and it was sleeping part of the time.  I counted at least 197 Common Goldeneye, 4 Bufflehead, 1 Scaup, only dozens of Red-breasted Mergansers and small numbers of Ring-billed Gulls.  There was 1 Horned Grebe near the pier when I arrived.  A scope is necessary.      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: Displaying American Woodcock in Washington Co. From: Heather A <haubke AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:58:49 -0500 I live in rural Athens County, and this evening I walked down to a reliable site on my road where woodcocks have been observed doing courtship rituals in previous years. I did not hear a peent, nor see a full display, but did hear a truncated version of the wing whistling that accompanies the ascending part of courtship flight, which was paired with visual confirmation of the bird flying overhead, back lit by what light was left in the sky. I'm hoping that with the even milder weather that's predicted for tomorrow that I'll get to see a full courtship display soon! One thing I wonder about these very early (in the season) displays is whether these are birds that came from up north and this is as far south as they got in their fall migration, or could this possibly be a male who nested here last year? I'm assuming it's the former, but who knows? Before the woodcock showed up, I was treated to a delightful serenade by a VERY loud Song Sparrow. He seemed to be working on setting up some territory boundaries - I watched him for at least 15 minutes, and he moved around to a variety of different locations before returning to the shrub where I had originally spotted him. I was impressed by his repertoire - he sang at least 4 different songs, but there was probably even more variation than that and I just couldn't pick them all apart from each other. Good birding, Heather Aubke Albany, 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: Displaying American Woodcock in Washington Co. From: Kyle Carlsen <kycarlsen AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:41:40 -0500 A loud "*PEENT!"* caught me by surprise at Veto Lake Wildlife Area this evening. I wound up getting a front row seat of an American Woodcock calling and displaying. I suppose this testifies to the unusually mild winter we're having here in southern Ohio. I'd be curious to hear of any other early woodcock sightings this year. I did a little checking around and it seems that we had a few reports back in January 2007. This is birding—expecting the unexpected. Kyle Carlsen Washington 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: Re: Possible Goshawk From: JB <elfin_skimmer AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:19:21 -0500 Greetings Noah and all, (in reference to the immature accipiter in the link in the previous email) this is indeed a Cooper's Hawk. From this singular photo, without a full body shot for ideal observation of proportions, we're left to frontal field marks. On this bird, the streaking is entirely too fine and widespread for Gos, the face too punched in and "surprised" (Gos is buteo-like and more fierce), and the underparts streaking too fine and scattered. Overall, while size is difficult to judge without comparison(s), the bird is too sleek and well-proportioned. Goshawk is a large, bulky bird, more like a buteo. Goshawks are heavy, built, more reminiscent of Red-shouldered immature, or small immature Red-tailed in overall girth and proportion. Immature accipiter ID is one of the most tricky ID complications in the states. In this case, while this bird appears to have a clear and defined white supercilium, the full span of ID marks does not add up to Gos. Many Cooper's can show clear eye-lines but all marks must add up. Great example of a tough ID "quiz" Best of birding- JB Jen Brumfield Cleveland, OH Bird illustrator and birding tour guide elfin_skimmer AT hotmail.com www.jenbrumfield.com www.northnw.wordpress.com On Jan 30, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Noah Comet wrote: > Hi again, > > A few folks replied off-list to my earlier post about the Goshawk/Cooper's > confusion at Whatbird.com. While I'm still leaning Cooper's, and that's > what all the OHIO-BIRDS respondents have said too, a few very knowledgeable > and detail-oriented birders on the site have made a case for Goshawk and > are sticking to their guns. Since some smart people are saying this might > indeed be a Goshawk, I thought I'd follow up on it. If you're interested, > I'd recommend reading through the entire thread: > > http://www.whatbird.com/Forums/forums/1/288481/ShowThread.aspx > > I've requested further location details from the person who saw and > photographed this bird, so if you're interested in trying to find it, keep > an eye on the thread. > > Best, > Noah > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your 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: Possible Goshawk near Cleveland (followup) From: Noah Comet <noahcomet AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:00:56 -0500 Hi again, A few folks replied off-list to my earlier post about the Goshawk/Cooper's confusion at Whatbird.com. While I'm still leaning Cooper's, and that's what all the OHIO-BIRDS respondents have said too, a few very knowledgeable and detail-oriented birders on the site have made a case for Goshawk and are sticking to their guns. Since some smart people are saying this might indeed be a Goshawk, I thought I'd follow up on it. If you're interested, I'd recommend reading through the entire thread: http://www.whatbird.com/Forums/forums/1/288481/ShowThread.aspx I've requested further location details from the person who saw and photographed this bird, so if you're interested in trying to find it, keep an eye on the thread. Best, Noah ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: 7 Woodpecker Day in Hamilton County SW Ohio From: Kathi Hutton <KRHuttonDVM AT FRONTIER.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:11:09 -0500 Yesterday (Sunday, Jan 29) for only the third time ever, I had the joy of finding all seven of Ohio's woodpeckers in one day. We started at Mitchell Memorial Forest, a Hamilton County park, Zion Rd, Cleves (west side of Cincinnati) and at our first stop in the Tall Pines lot I got 5 species: Downy, Hairy, and Pileated Woodpecker, plus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Northern Flicker. This site also had a nice flock of Red-breasted Nuthatches, one of my target birds for the day. Later along the trails we picked up Red-bellied Woodpecker for number six, and I found another target bird, Brown Creeper, on the Wood Duck trail, near the stream. After the walk, I drove to Spring Grove Cemetery, where I easily found the immature Red-headed Woodpecker who is residing in Section 100, and busily caching nuts in a tree by the pond. I didn't even have to get out of the car. There was another Brown Creeper here, and a flyover Sharp-shinned Hawk became #70 for my January in Ohio list. This is the closest I have ever come to the elusive 100. Kathi Hutton SW Ohio Sent from iVan, 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: Many Brown Creepers on South Bass Island From: Lisa Brohl <lkbrohl AT THIRDPLANET.NET> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:58:00 -0500 While taking a run around South Bass Island this morning, I noticed alot of small bird activity. At about every stop, there were at least 3-4 brown creepers in view at the same time. Lots of golden-crowned kinglets as well. Large flocks of American Robins moving around as well. Ten in my birdbath at the same time! Without much ice cover this winter, I saw yesterday in the Bay: Bufflehead xx Red-breasted Merganser xx Common Merganser x Common Goldeneye xx Lesser Scaup xx Mallards xx Ring-billed Gulls xx Herring Gulls xx Greater Black-backed Gulls xx Reports of three Bald Eagles at a time around the east side of the island over the last few days. Lisa Brohl ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Great Backyard Bird Count From: Lyn Boone <boonel AT DENISON.EDU> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:37:04 -0500 Birders from the Granville/Newark area who plan to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count (Feb. 17-20), please email me off-list (BooneL AT Denison.edu) if you are willing to comment briefly for a feature article on the GBBC that will appear in the _Granville Sentinel _and _Newark Advocate_. The newspaper writer needs a few enthusiastic participants to quote so this article will inform and encourage others to participate. Thanks! Lyn Boone 740-587-4728 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, 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 blizzard of gulls From: Jim McCormac <ambrosia AT COLUMBUS.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:10:21 -0500 Hi all, The number of gulls at Lorain Harbor has been stunning of late, and Chuck Slusarczyk was there yesterday with his lens. He took an absolutely amazing series of photos that show the density of birds, and was kind enough to allow me to share them on my blog: http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ That many gulls packed together is an awesome, almost overwhelming sight, and it gives an appreciation for the skills needed to pick out the rarities out of the pack. Jim Jim McCormac Columbus, Ohio Like Nature? http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/ Like Birds? http://www.ohiobirds.org/ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4415 (20090910) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Common Yellowthroat - East Toledo From: Sherrie Duris <birdgirl AT TOLEDONATURALIST.ORG> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:59:42 -0500 Greetings Birders! Sunday at 2:30 p.m. I had a female Common Yellowthroat at Ravine Park off Wheeling Street in East Toledo north of the Lutheran Homes on the north side of the ravine. This area is less than a half mile south of Consaul Street (same street Tony Packo's is on that turns into Corduroy in Oregon)and north of Seaman Road. There is a dirt path (muddy) that makes a circle with a few picnic tables at the west end of the loop. I stopped my car along the south end of that path along the treeline. She was in a mixed flock of Tree Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Goldfinches, and Cardinals that were working the edge of the treeline on the ground in the taller grass and weeds. I added a zoomed in Google iPhone map on Rarebird.org of its location along the ravine and a link to a photo off the internet of what the bird looked like. It may be an immature male, but I don't remember seeing any grayish or darker color around the facial area, but the lighting wasn't the greatest either, as I saw the bird during a snow squall. The bird definitely stuck out amongst the sparrows and goldfinches. I noticed the size and color right away. The overall color was olive/dullish yellow with a whitish eye ring. Its throat and underparts were brighter yellow and it possessed the typical COYE behavior. The habitat was also right for COYE. If I remember correctly, a few Toledo area birders had a Common Yellowthroat a few years ago at Navarre Park in East Toledo during a Christmas Bird Count in December. I was less than fifteen feet from the bird in my car and was able to see it in three different spots as it moved around in the thickets. I got out of my car to grab my camera in my trunk and all the birds flushed - heading west toward Hecklinger Pond. I walked west along the ravine to relocate it, but the snow and wind was pretty heavy so I left and headed to Woodlawn Cemetery. On another note, I had 23 Common Redpolls, a group of of White-winged Crossbills, and a Northern Mockingbird at Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday morning. There was a single Greater Scaup hanging out in the open waters of the canal at the State Boat Ramp between Anchor Point & Meinke Marina off Corduroy Road yesterday morning. There was also a female Hooded Merganser swimming with three female Common Mergansers in this same area. The field on the east side of Howard Road yielded a large flock of Lapland Longpurs just north of the dirt road. Out of all the Gadwall at Metzger yesterday, I spotted one American Wigeon along the south end of the marsh and a Northern Pintail flew over my car heading toward Howard Road as I was leaving. Good Birding! Sherrie Duris Vice President Toledo Naturalists' Association ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: O'ShaughnessyReservoir,1-29 From: rob thorn <robthorn AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:46:32 -0500 I spent a few hours near and around this reservoir on the Scioto River northwest of Columbus this morning. Definitely no big flocks of gulls here, though I did notice flocks of Ring-bills commuting along the Olentangy River on the drive out and back. O'Shaugnessy was wind-whipped, so the few birds there were hidden in side coves. The quarries north of Twin Lakes were barren, and the river below the dam was a raging torrent that would be discouraging to the large numbers of ducks & geese that often hang out there. I made stops around the lower reservoir, Traphagen Preserve, and Twin lakes Park. Notables included: Black Ducks - a few with the throngs of Mallards hiding in the bay just north of the Columbus Zoo Common Goldeneye - 1 male in the inlet at Twin Lakes park Red-tailed Hawks - quite a few, at many locations, enjoying the breezy day Blue Jays - quite a few more than I've seen elsewhere in Columbus. There seem to be more beechnuts in this area. Brown Creepers - singles at Glick Park (below the dam) and Twin Lakes Golden-crowned Kinglets - 1-2 at both Glick and Twin Lakes parks Sparrows - conspicuous by their scarcity; only Song were widespread. Finches - American Goldfinches at every stop, but no siskins despite listening and searching through all flocks. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: from Eastlake to Wendy Park (Lake Erie) From: richard banish <busterjoy80 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:24:04 -0500 after a brief and not very successful attemptat hand-feeding the birds on the overlook shelter AT N Chagrin (1 chickadee took 1 seed!)we were surrounded by chickadees, TTMice, WBNHatches,Hairy, Downy, RBelly and BJays who considered our offerings (and heard pileated). 2 friends and i headed to Eastlake Power plant(time around 10 am)chain was up as were the wavesvery few birds (plant not running at the time)less that 50 gulls seen - only RBGulls IDeda few small rafts of RBMergs to Simscould not locate any Scoters- there were 100-ish Goldeneyes in a long thin raft pretty far out and mostly east of the piera few fly-by RBGulls and some westward flying groups of RBMergs to Wildwood the bay held NO birds 25-ish RBGulls were rsting on the dock to Gordon Park in the bay between the launch and Dike 14 wereGadwall - 4American Coot - 30+Mallard - 4Pied-billed Grebe - 1RBMergs - less than a dozenvery few gulls anywhere to be seen to the CEI out/inletsless than 20 RBMergsG-eyes - 3very few flying gulls head to Wendy - BUT - while heading westward we spot Bonies and stop to see if anything good - the bonies werein foraging lines between The Coast Guard Stationand The USS Codthere were about 200 birds either "type writing the water"or swimming. we could not find any other gull types here - there were a few Coots and Mallards mixed in (nothing else) to Wendydriving over the bridge gave us a peek of what wasn't to be found - there was a raft of about 300 gulls about 200 yds off shore - mostly RBGulls with a very few HGulls. a few GEyes were also seen and less that20 RBMergs. (guess we should have hit Huron and Lorain)we did see 4 RSHawks in Will Hills driving, a few RTHawks and possibly the RT 2 Bald Eagles as well. buster ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Columbus area gulls From: Paul Hurtado <paul.j.hurtado AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:58:22 -0500 In addition to the Darke County Birders, I've heard of a few other birders that have visited the area looking for gulls, most without much success. Timing these visits seems to be important, but it's hard to say which times are best. Here's a bit more info on the gull activity at/around the landfill (if I'm missing something, others are encouraged to chime in!) and more thoughts on finding these gulls coming and going from their roost sites at dawn and dusk. A/the Thayer's Gull was reportedly seen again earlier this morning between 8-9am (this is from a report via eBird which included no details). Although gulls were present earlier this morning, I visited around 1pm and there were very few gulls around the landfill! Why? Since the landfill is closed Sundays, perhaps the gulls lost interest with no new trash/food coming in and headed elsewhere? I suspect "gulling" while the landfill is open might be more productive. Alternatively, raptors (e.g. peregrines) can flush the birds from the landfill, so they may have been pushed out of the area, so they may have simply dispersed for the day. Also, a quick correction to Bill's email: gulls seem to be roosting on Alum Creek Reservoir, not O'Shaughnessy. Park below the Alum Creek dam for best access. Hoover gets some roosting gulls at night, but from what I've seen over the past few weeks nowhere near the numbers at Alum Creek. I'm not sure about Delaware & Deer Creek reservoirs. That said, it still isn't clear where else the SWACO landfill gulls are roosting at night. If you can make it out to watch the sun set from places like Deer Creek, Alum Creek or any other large lakes in central ohio, it would be really helpful to share whether lots of gulls are present (or not). Roosting gulls commonly end up in a large raft out in the center of a lake/reservoir at night, and seem to also often spend some time on or near shore before turning in for the night or departing for the day. Even if you can't identify gulls very well, it can be a lot of fun to see them coming and going from the lakes and reservoirs they sleep on at night. A scope can be handy for ID purposes, but isn't necessary to find these large roosting flocks. Plus, those "white winged" and "black backed" gulls can often be picked out among these large resting groups with binoculars. Happy gulling, Paul Hurtado ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Darby Creek Elevators Wetland (Franklin Co) From: irina shulgina <irshulgina AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:40:54 -0800 On a big pond is was several hundreds ducks resting on ice, mostly Mallards, also American Black Ducks, Gadwalls, Northern Pintails, Green-winged Teals, Northern Shovelers, 2 American Wigeons, 1 Bufflehead, and 1 American Coot. Another birds seen -- 3 Northern Harriers, Horned Larks, Eastern Meadowlarks, Song and American Tree Sparrows. Hundreds of Ring-billed Gulls were flying over heading west. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Possible Northern Goshawk in Rootstown, OH (40 miles S. of Cleveland) From: Noah Comet <noahcomet AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:35:47 -0500 Hi, This is not my sighting; I'm just the messenger. A fellow NE Ohio birder at whatbird.com has posted pictures of an accipiter that he/she believes might be a Northern Goshawk (and a few members of that forum have seconded the ID). I'm not entirely convinced of the ID, but, then, it would be an odd-looking Cooper's, to my eyes. The poster gave me permission to share the thread with this list. Please feel free to weigh in on the ID, either on or off-list, and I will relay the news to whatbird. If the consensus is Goshawk, I'll see if I can get further location details to share. Here is the link: http://www.whatbird.com/Forums/forums/thread/288481.aspx Best, Noah ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: CA trip to the Wilds From: Al La Sala <alasala AT INSIGHT.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:03:44 -0500 This morning I joined up with some other birders for a Columbus Audubon trip to the Wilds. Al Parker met us there in the parking lot and we all piled into his van for an 8 hour long trip up and down country roads. At lunch he kept us well informed with his educational raptor presentation. Raptors ruled the day. Unfotunately, the golden eagle wasn't one of them. The short-eared owls declined to put in an appearance, too. Despite the weather, we were able to put together a pretty respectable list. That list is as follows. Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Mallard Gadwall Ring-Necked Duck Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Red-Tailed Hawk Rough-Legged Hawk American Kestrel Wild Turkey American Coot Ring-Billed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Long-Eared Owl Red-Bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee Golden-Crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-Eyed Junc Eastern Meadowlark House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Al La Sala Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Albino Hummingbird From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:47:10 -0500 Birders, As a known "hummingbird guy", this particular email has been sent to me probably 50 times already (and another hundred will probably forward it to me in the next 6 months :-). One statement is not quite true. It says that albino hummingbirds are almost never photographed. On average, I receive photos of 2-5 albino Ruby-throats every year. One in Michigan this past fall. A couple dozen albino Ruby-throats have been banded, and all have been juveniles which is why these birds seem to appear in August or September. None has ever returned as an adult, which tells you what the fate of these beauties is likely to be. Their flight feathers may not be strong enough to complete a migration as they lack melanin for strength, and of course they're probably easier for predators to locate. Oddly, most also seem to be females; perhaps the gene for albinism in hummingbirds is sex-specific, like color blindness or baldness in humans? They are impressive. They are rare (though not as rare as albinos of some other species). But they seem to be photographed quite a lot! -- Allen T. Chartier Inkster, Michigan Email: amazilia3 AT gmail.com Website: www.amazilia.net Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.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: Greenlawn merlin and pine siskin From: Regina Schieltz <reginasch AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:01:52 -0500 Today the Darke County Birders traveled to Columbus for a morning of birding. We also tried for the gulls at Mt. Trashmore. The only birds that we saw a lot of in the fields were pigeons and crows. There were a few gulls flying around, but I'll bet late afternoon would be a better time to see them. We were there about 10 a.m. At Greenlawn, we saw Merlin at area 70 perched in a large sycamore with the center top broken off red bellied woodpecker downies 2 Mockingbirds 2 w.b. nuthatches 2 Cardinals 7 juncos 3 pine siskin 1 at the feeders house finches 4 goldfinches3 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Albino Hummingbird From: Verna Ansel <vernaansel AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:49:47 -0800 Thanks to all of you who followed through on this and got the link. I didn't realize it didn't translate through from the email I got from my sister-in-law in NC.   Been away from my computer since I sent it. Sorry about that, but I sure appreciate the "birding community" following through on this. A special thanks to Barbara Mann for sending those links.   Beautiful bird and I'm glad to everyone is going to get a chance to see it.   Verna Ansel Galloway, OH (Franklin 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: Lakeshore Waterbird Survey 1/29 From: John Pogacnik <jpogacnik AT ADELPHIA.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:32:15 -0500 It was interesting today. The mix of birds was a bit unseal. Four loons passed by, including one red-throated. I hadn't had a loon in some time prior to this. I also had a cormorant. There were a lot of gulls passing today, but ring-billed gulls far outnumbered herring. There were two white-winged scoters that passed by alone and a black scoter in a flock of mergansers. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey North Perry, Lake County January 29, 2012, 730-1000 Weather- partly cloudy, Winds- SW 10-15 Temp- 31-33 F, Barometer- 30.07-30.04 Humidity-71-70, Dew point- 22-24 Waves-3-5 feet, Flight direction- west WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2 BLACK SCOTER 1 Common goldeneye 33 Common merganser 28 Red-breasted merganser 248 RED-THROATED LOON 1 Common loon 3 Double-crested cormorant 1 Bonaparte's gull 16 Ring-billed gull 786 Herring gull 177 Great black-backed gull 7 John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Unconfirmed GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER SPOTTED IN HURON, OHIO From: Andrew Sewell <semillama AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:06:30 +0000 Tim makes a good point about out-of-place oddities, and I would also like to add that while the Golden-fronted Woodpecker is indeed a bird that tends to stay put, its range is also currently suffering an extended severe drought, which may spur some birds to start looking afield for greener brushlands, so to speak. This is probably why Ohio got its Cassin's Sparrow last year. However, all of this is moot for this particular bird. What is needed are the photographs, which should be submitted to the record committee along with a write-up of the bird at least. And it would be nice if they were posted on a publicly-viewable website, such as Flickr. Even better would be directions to where the bird was actually seen, so other birders can attempt to find the bird, if the photos are either inconclusive or confirm that the bird actually is a golden-fronted woodpecker. Good birding, Andy Sewell Columbus, Ohio On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Timothy Spahr wrote: > Hi James, birders: > > Thanks for posting this link. This thread is very good for many reasons. > One main point is that birds often wander in absolutely spectacular > fashion, and just because something is unlikely does not mean it > could not happen. Just consider in the last few years: > > Short-tailed Hawks in Ohio and Michigan > Grace's Warbler in New York (!!!) and Illinois > Lucy's Warbler in Michigan > Lewis's Woodpecker in New York (!) > Kirtland's Warbler in Maine > > I could go on. And yes, we can argue about migrants versus > non-migrants, but still. Birds wander, sometimes spectacularly. > We should get used to it. > > Of course as many have pointed out, extraordinary claims > also require extraordinary evidence. Today's run-of-the-mill > digital cameras are often good enough to confirm rarities > without much effort. Note the Kirtland's in Maine was > confirmed with a point-and-shoot. Hey, a bud of mine and > I confirmed an Oregon Junco with an iPhone on the local > Christmas Count here in Concord, Massachusetts. This > wasn't a digibin shot. Just whipped out the iPhone and > snapped a single picture. > > There's great stuff out there! Go find it and get a picture. > We might be surprised with the results. > > Good luck on the Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Ohio Birders! > > Tim > > > > > > On Sun, 29 Jan 2012, James Fox wrote: > > > In this discussion several people have implied that a it is virtually > impossible that a Golden-fronted Woodpecker would wander to Ohio since > there are almost no vagrant records. I agree that an aberrant Red-bellied > Woodpecker is much more likely but Michigan does have a record of > Golden-fronted Woodpecker from November-December 1974 so it is possible. > Photos of that record are here > http://www.michiganaudubon.org/research/recordscommittee/photo_gallery.html/title/golden-fronted-woodpecker > > > > If Carl could post a link to his photos that would be great. > > > > James Fox > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Re: Ohio Short-tailed Hawk? [Was Re: Unconfirmed GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER SPOTTED IN HURON, OHIO] From: Timothy Spahr <tspahr AT CFA.HARVARD.EDU> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:00:00 -0500 Hi Paul, A Short-tailed Hawk was reported from Mentor on May 17, 2006. I may have jumped the gun, but it looks like this bird might not have been accepted by the records committee? Apologies. (nb, I in no way want to cast aspersions on the original observers, or the Ohio Records Committee with this posting!) The Short-tailed Hawk from Michigan was photographed and accepted by their records committee, report here: http://www.michiganaudubon.org/research/recordscommittee/photo_gallery.html/title/short-tailed-hawk Best, Tim On Sun, 29 Jan 2012, Paul Gardner wrote: > --- On Sun, 1/29/12, Timothy Spahr wrote: > > [much snipped] > > > Just consider in the last few years: > > > > Short-tailed Hawks in Ohio ... > > Are you sure? The species doesn't make the 2008 Ohio checklist, and a search of the Ohio-birds archives since 2007 doesn't find it either. > > Are you thinking of the Mississippi Kites, perhaps? > > Happy birding, > Paul Gardner > Columbus, OH > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: listowner AT ohiobirds.org Subject: Ohio Short-tailed Hawk? [Was Re: Unconfirmed GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER SPOTTED IN HURON, OHIO] From: Paul Gardner <godwit AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:26:13 -0800 --- On Sun, 1/29/12, Timothy Spahr wrote: [much snipped] > Just consider in the last few years: > > Short-tailed Hawks in Ohio ... Are you sure? The species doesn't make the 2008 Ohio checklist, and a search of the Ohio-birds archives since 2007 doesn't find it either. Are you thinking of the Mississippi Kites, perhaps? Happy birding, Paul Gardner Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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