I stopped by several areas in this park SW of Columbus yesterday morning, and had a good list, though nothing very unusual.  I hiked around Indian Ridge and Cedar Ridge, and also made brief stops at the Nature Center area and the nearby wetlands.  Highlights included:



Soras - heard 2 in the wetlands area, where they've been virtually all Spring

E.Kingbirds - calling birds at Cedar Ridge and the wetlands

Tree Swallows - noisy fledglings at both Indian Ridge prairie and the Nature Center area

Purple Martins - singing flyovers at Indian Ridge and Cedar Ridge

White-eyed Vireo - 1 singing along the Terrace Trail at Indian Ridge

Parula Warblers - singers along Darby Creek at both Indian Ridge (1), and Cedar Ridge (2)

Kentucky Warblers - 2 singing along the Terrace Trail at Indian Ridge, and another along the Cobshell Trail at Cedar Ridge

Hooded Warbler - 1 along the Terrace Trail

Louisiana Waterthrush - still one bird calling along Darby Creek at Cedar Ridge

Yellow-br.Chat - singers at both the Indian Ridge picnic area and off the Cedar Ridge overlook

Summer Tanager - 1 singing in the forest along the Terrace Trail at Indian Ridge

Rose-br.Grosbeak - 2 singing in riparian of Indian Ridge, another in riparian of Cedar Ridge

Field Sparrows - seemed unusually widespread, with 8 singing around the Nature Center area as the high

Grasshopper Sparrows - 1-2 singing in drier parts of the wetlands along Teal Trail



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A white-winged dove was seen this evening at 3354 Penrod Rd, Sugarcreek, OH. This is just south of where the lark bunting was seen recently. The farm is on the west side of the road. The bird looked like it was settling down for the evening. Looking down the drive from Penrod, it was perched in the 1st large tree on the left past the barn. The dove was about 3/4 up the tree near the largest branch forming the left fork. I am told birders are welcome to look for the bird. 



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Having spent countless hours on both Sunday and today searching for the often reported Frankin ‘s Gull has led to only disappointment. Consider yourself lucky if you saw it. I might add that my wife and I were not the only ones looking during our stay both days at Headlands beach.

As far as I’m concerned it is a ghost bird. For all of those going after this bird I wish you luck. Expect to spend some time unless you are one of the few that have this bird’s time schedule

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The Ohio Ornithological Society is pained to announce the resignation of David Russell from the staff of The Ohio Cardinal.  He felt that the demands of family, teaching, and research no longer gave him the time to properly contribute as Photo Editor.  Dave pioneered that position in the Spring, 2010, issue of the Cardinal and filled it admirably since then.  In addition, before his departure he was able to select most of the photos needed for the Winter 2011-12 issue (in press) and the next two issues as well.  We are, of course, seeking a replacement or replacements.  Please contact Craig Caldwell, Editor of the Cardinal (craig_caldwellATsbcglobal.net), to volunteer.



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The Nighthawks have returned to Delta in northwest Ohio.  They arrived 

during the last week of May and were seen sporadically for the first week 

of June.  As the weather warmed they have been flying nightly primarily 

over the Bunting Bearing factory on the east side of town.  We think that 

they are nesting there or across the highway at another small factory.  As 

we sit on the patio in the evening we can hear their "peenting" come and go 

as they forage for insects in the slowly darkening sky. Summer has come to 

Delta.



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We  were treated to a spectacular display of several hundred Chimney Swifts dropping and funneling into a 25 foot brick chimney at a greenhouse (for sale) at 566 Jackson St. in Nelsonville Ohio.  This was up close and personal as we could park right at the chimney and watch the swifts from 30 feet away. If you are in the area between 9:05PM and 9:25PM it is an amazing performance!



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Adult  Laughing and Franklin's Gulls on swimming beach .



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Having spent a lot of time in the west and loving to watch American dippers

along mountain streams, I always think of the Louisiana waterthrush as the

eastern "dipper". Though not taxonomically related, the Louisiana

waterthrush occupies a similar niche, living and feeding along our eastern

woodland streams and ponds. It also has the habit of bobbing, not quite the

same motion as the Am. dipper, but still a bobbing bird found along

streams.



This morning while doing a breeding bird survey in Wooster Memorial Park

(Wayne Co.), I came across a family of Louisiana waterthrushes along a pond

in the woods. The male was chipping and singing along a nearby stream,

while the female (I assume) was working the surface of the pond, overgrown

with duckweed, looking for food for the young. The two full-grown young

were each sitting on a branch 4-6ft above the edge of the pond. Both still

had a few remnants of down sticking up. Both were giving an occasional call

note, while waiting for mom to show up with the food. I watched this family

for five minutes or so. A wonderful slice of nature on a wet morning in the

woods. Randy Rowe, Wooster



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Helen Taft reports the Willet still present across the river from Wendy Park towards the end of the east river break wall/ pier





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Hi all,



Just received a call from a gentleman who lives in Scioto County, who gave a picture-perfect description of a pair of Mississippi Kites. He observed apparent courtship display flights, followed by the male mounting the female. This was Saturday, and it sounds like they are still in the area. They were hanging out on the upper dead branches of an oak tree along Scioto Brush Creek along McDermott-Rushtown Road, exactly 1.9 miles west of its junction with State Route 104. This is on the eastern edge of the village of McDermott.



It seems a bit late in the game for this sort of behavior, but it's certainly possible the kites are nesting locally. The habitat is very similar to the Hocking River corridor in Hocking County, where kites were first discovered nesting in Ohio and continue to nest. If anyone is in that vicinity, it might be worth checking out.



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6/16 at Wendy Park there was a young Willet walking on the pier on the E side 

of the Cuyahoga River for about 35 minutes.  Unfortunately, a loud boat 

spooked it an it was not relocated after that.  I have posted photos on the 

Birding Ohio FB page.



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Dan Sanders and I spent a good hour looking for the possible Woodstork. The directions were great. We looked at 3 of the 4 corners of the intersection. We found a few interesting bodies of water, but no Woodstork. 



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on the link in the previous message from my email address. My account

was hacked and it is a spam message. My apologies for filling all your

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I hit these 2 spots near downtown Columbus before the rain started in earnest (though it didn't last very long).  Scioto Audubon had very few people, as the rain clouds had kept away even the rock-climbers and the dog-park users.  Work on the new Long Street Dam bikepath bridge proceeds apace, with much of the bridge superstructure already in place.  When the bikepath opens (it will extend across the river and out to Marble Cliff), it will suddenly open access to a lot of parts of the riverfront west of downtown, and will add a good birding destination locally.  Today, it had good birds, almost as interesting as at Scioto Audubon.  The highlights for both included:



Great Egret - 1 was in the shallows below Long Street Dam

Cormorants - flyovers at both locations

Osprey - the Scioto Audubon nest east of the Grange Center is in full Swing, with 2 adults tending two squat nestlings

Ring-billed Gull - the low point is upon us, as I had only 1 bird, a ragged juvenile at Long St. dam.

Flycatchers - no Acadian, but Wood Pewees were at both sites, and 1 Willow was calling in the field north of the Grange Audubon Center



Swallows - lots of Cliff Swallows (with colonies at the I-70 and I-670 bridges over the river); also had Tree Swallows with fledglings at both spots, and 4-6 Bank Swallows foraging along the river at Scioto Audubon



Vireos - many Warblings in cottonwood stands along the river, with 5+ at Long St. and 8+ at Scioto Audubon

Mimids - all 3 were at Scioto Audubon, with a Brown Thrasher at the boat launch joining the expected Mockingbirds and Catbirds



Warblers - Prothontaries were singing in riparian woods in both spots, along with the more common Yellows.  1 Black&White was singing in a grape tangle along the Scioto Audubon bikepath



Orioles - Baltimores were common in riparian trees at both sites.  Scioto Audubon also had a singing Orchard, in scattered trees east of the climbing rock



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Birders,

Take this as a second hand report from a observant non-birder, but it seemed intriguing enough that if there are any birders in the area, it might be worth looking.

My sister texted me that she was driving on I-71, "near 36-37", and saw the bird in a field. And she described it as follows:

Crane-like body, black neck face legs, very white body, very tall straight neck. Big bird (she guessed GBH sized)

She said shed try to go back to the same area later, try for a pic and to get a mile marker.

 

It's not much to go on, but maybe someone can strike gold and find this.

 

Bob Sams, Findlay

(a little too far to chase this evening)



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Liz McQuaid found and photographed a Willet on the east break wall of the Cuyahoga River viewed from Wendy Park/Coast guard station pier!





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  Lake Hope State Park & Zaleski State Forest are located 14 miles south of

Nelsonville(Rte 33) off of Rte 278. I spent 3 days in this area last week.

I found the 20 Breeding Warblers. 18 of the Warblers can be found off of

King Hollow Rd on a Maintenance Rd, Shelter Woods, & Clear Cut.. This area

requires about 2 miles of walking. If you just want to drive & bird, the 18

Warblers can be found on Baptist Church Rd. The Louisiana Waterthrush &

Prothonotary Warblers can be found along E Raccoon Rd along Raccoon Creek



            Carrying Nest Material

                  Prairie Warbler-female

                  Crow



          Carrying Food

                  Indigo Bunting-female

                  Black-throated Green Warbler-male



         Hatching Year Birds

                  Warblers

                           Prairie-male

                           American Redstart-male

                           Kentucky-male

                 Baltimore Oriole-male & female

                 N Mockingbird

                 E Phoebe



        Broad-winged Hawk-seen in 2 different places

                Wheelabout Rd

                Will Tract



                           Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro

Park in Columbus



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Prairie Oaks field trip for 6-16 will be canceled due to potential inclement weather.  A majority of 

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Jerry Talkington reports the grebe still present now 7:30 at Headlands off the swimming beach - this is west of the break wall beach area 





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Posted at 6:45 pm this past Thursday, to Birding Ohio. Jennifer Suydam had a Scissor-tail on SR 613 near McComb in a field just east of the Hancock/Putnam County line, on the south side of the road. No other details and no one was able to relocate. 



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On Jun 15, 2013, at 3:46 PM, Bill Whan  wrote:



> We visited the Columbus Upground Reservoir in NW Delaware County

> yesterday, and because it's still under construction couldn't get near

> enough to see much. Current plans are to flood it this fall. As an

> upground reservoir it does not sit on a natural watercourse, and will be

> filled by water pumped from the nearby Scioto River. It will eventually

> be joined by two other reservoirs nearby in time to come.

>    The plans encourage birding as an activity, with prairie species in

> addition to migrant waterfowl, etc. See official statements at

> http://www.columbusupgroundres...  and

> http://www.columbusupgroundres...  .

>    If I understand correctly, this is the first of a trio of

> reservoirs which will store water pumped out of the Scioto, from which

> water will be pumped back to the river in times of the city's need. This

> first one covers 843 acres. It won't be connected to the existing

> reservoirs (except to O'Shaughnessy, which is pretty much only widened

> Scioto River downstream). Still, it will be one more large body of water

> in central Ohio; it should be up and running by the fall waterfowl

> migration. Apparently natural water supplies are not convenient for

> greening up the golf courses and lawns of the capital city.

>    I'm guessing levels in this reservoir will be changing as it is

> artificially filled and drawn down, so water depth and extents of

> mudflats will change on a very different schedule than those of a place

> like upper Hoover Reservoir. So perhaps it will offer habitats to

> water-loving migrants such as shorebirds when other bodies of water do not.

>    In the first years after Hoover Res was flooded in the mid '50s,

> reports of up to 30,000 waterfowl present at once were heard. As Hoover

> has silted up and suffered from increased chemical contamination, these

> numbers have declined steadily. The Hoover spillway, not the upper

> reaches, seems to have been the reservoir's first shorebird mecca, with

> many records of rarities in the first five years or so, but no more.

> Still, choosy visitors like royal tern and long-tailed jaeger have

> visited there in recent years.

>    The new reservoirs up in NW Delaware County will be unique in the

> state--at least as far as I know--with giant grass-covered berms (as yet

> unmowed!), no dams or natural inlets or outlets, and a water-level

> regime that will depend more on browning grass in the Columbus suburbs

> than on natural influences. If nothing else, it should provide some

> unique habitat on a unique schedule, and we could learn a lot about

> birds by keeping an eye on it. It's only about half-way to Killdeer

> Plains from Columbus, and should have water this fall.

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We observed the Western Grebe for about an hour this evening. It was still

present when we left at 7:45. We first saw it opposite the concession

stand. It was actively feeding and slowly moving west. When we left, it was

past the far west end of the public beach. Thanks to Denise for finding

this bird and to Bob for getting the word out. And, congratulations to

Jerry and Ray for a new Headlands bird!



The very handsome adult Franklin's Gull was still present with the flock of

Ring-billed Gulls on the west end of the beach.



Doreene Linzell

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Upon our 12:30PM arrival at the main beach area of Headlands Beach State Park, in Lake County, we were surprised to easily find the previously reported Franklin's Gull, on the edge of a large group of Ring-billed Gulls, located at the east end of the beach, in the midst of numerous beach worshippers. While looking past the Franklin's Gull out into Lake Erie, my wife Denise made the remarkable find. Here was the gorgeous Western Grebe, the bright black and white plumage showing beautifully. The out of season celebrity visitor was to far out for a good photo with the bright sun reflecting on the water. The Western Grebe was unfortunately located in the cruising lane of all the waverunners and boats gassing it by parallel with the shoreline. My thoughts were we need to get another birder here soon to see and verify this beauty before it either gets hit or is forced to depart. After making several phone calls and posting to OHIO-BIRDS from the beach, we were ecstatic and relieved when Jerry Talkington arrived, and shortly after, Ray Hannakin. Ray, guru of Headlands, informed us this was a new bird for the Headlands list, bringing the total to well over 300 species. This could possibly be the most unusual location I have ever watched a rare bird find from, surrounded by lots and lots of beach lovers; oblivious, or maybe even curious, to what we were excitedly looking at. The Franklin's Gull and Western Grebe are two more examples of bird species this year, that have broken tradition by not following their normal visit dates in The Ohio Records Committee Annotated Checklist. 2013 is turning into an anything can show up, at anytime, type of year. No summer birding blues this season!



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Margaret Peak Nature Preserve, Lorain, US-OH

Jun 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 11:20 AM

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Comments:    I led a Kirtland Bird Club field trip.  I saw or heard all species listed; in addition one particpant heard a Wood Thrush.  Quantities are my personal counts.

47 species



Canada Goose  5

Wood Duck  1

Hooded Merganser  5

Ruddy Duck  1

Green Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  3    two young calling from known nest (not seen), adult in the air

Killdeer  3

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Mourning Dove  X

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  1

Horned Lark  20

Tree Swallow  X

Barn Swallow  X

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

House Wren  1

Eastern Bluebird  4    female at box

American Robin  X

Gray Catbird  1

European Starling  X

Cedar Waxwing  X

Yellow Warbler  2

Chipping Sparrow  2

Field Sparrow  1

Vesper Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  15

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  5    singing, a pair

Indigo Bunting  7

Red-winged Blackbird  X

Eastern Meadowlark  1

Common Grackle  X

Brown-headed Cowbird  X

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  5

American Goldfinch  2



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I spent two hours this morning hiking trails at the Medina Co. Wolf Creek

Environmental Center and associated Alderfer/Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary.

I had 31 species in 2 hrs. This is an excellent area to see open-field and

successional field birds under ideal conditions. The highlight was to have

both willow and alder flycatcher present in the same successional field

with both singing so that a good comparison could be made of the song.

There were several blue-winged warblers singing, as well as many common and

expected species. I also had a flyover by a broad-winged hawk.



The only drawback of this facility for birders is that it does not open

until 9am. Randy Rowe, Wooster



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I visited several woodlands in this far-northeastern suburb of Columbus, looking for stray forest species that may have 'slopped over' from the unglaciated woodlands further east.  Around Johnstown I stopped at Morris Woods Preserve, the Evans bikepath (where a sizeable woodlot exits west of Windy Hollow Rd), and a woodlot along Miller Rd.  Morris Woods was a main target, as it had lots of interesting birds back in late May, but most of those birds seem to have moved on.  The other 2 woods had much the same spectrum of species, the most interesting of which were:



Green Heron - 1 was calling around the swamp pond at Morris Woods, where they've summered in the past.

Red-shouldered hawk - 1 was calling at Morris Woods, where they have nested in past years

Woodpeckers - LOTS of Red-bellies and Downies here, a bulge from the EAB-destroyed ashes common in all 3 sites

Acadian Flycatchers - strong numbers in all 3 spots, with 12+ calling at Morris a good total

Willow Flycatchers - overgrown areas near Morris and the bikepath had a few; they're not easily found around these 'clean' farms

Wood Thrushes - not common at any site; 3 at Morris Woods seemed low for there.

Brown Thrasher - 1 was in the 'scrubbery' along the bikepath, it's only refuge in the open fields and small woodlots

Warblers - the only 2 species found were Yellow and Common Yellowthroat, which are expected at these sites.

Scarlet Tanagers - good #s, with 3 singing at Morris , and singles at the other two sites (which are smaller woods)

Rose-br.Grosbeaks - also good #s with singing males at all 3 sites

Sparrows - nothing other than the expected Chipping-Filed-Siong trio.  No Vespers were found along the bikepath.

E.Meadowlarks - 2-3 were singing in fields along the bikepath

Orioles - only a few Baltimores, 1 at Morris Woods, another along the bikepath



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Hi,



The Western Grebe is being found offshore near the east end of the bathing

beach and west end of the dunes preserve.  Parking lot 6 seems to be a good

place to go.



Beauty bird. First one for Mentor.



Haans



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We visited the Columbus Upground Reservoir in NW Delaware County

yesterday, and because it's still under construction couldn't get near

enough to see much. Current plans are to flood it this fall. As an

upground reservoir it does not sit on a natural watercourse, and will be

filled by water pumped from the nearby Scioto River. It will eventually

be joined by two other reservoirs nearby in time to come.

     The plans encourage birding as an activity, with prairie species in

addition to migrant waterfowl, etc. See official statements at

http://www.columbusupgroundres...  and

http://www.columbusupgroundres...  .

     If I understand correctly, this is the first of a trio of

reservoirs which will store water pumped out of the Scioto, from which

water will be pumped back to the river in times of the city's need. This

first one covers 843 acres. It won't be connected to the existing

reservoirs (except to O'Shaughnessy, which is pretty much only widened

Scioto River downstream). Still, it will be one more large body of water

in central Ohio; it should be up and running by the fall waterfowl

migration. Apparently natural water supplies are not convenient for

greening up the golf courses and lawns of the capital city.

     I'm guessing levels in this reservoir will be changing as it is

artificially filled and drawn down, so water depth and extents of

mudflats will change on a very different schedule than those of a place

like upper Hoover Reservoir. So perhaps it will offer habitats to

water-loving migrants such as shorebirds when other bodies of water do not.

     In the first years after Hoover Res was flooded in the mid '50s,

reports of up to 30,000 waterfowl present at once were heard. As Hoover

has silted up and suffered from increased chemical contamination, these

numbers have declined steadily. The Hoover spillway, not the upper

reaches, seems to have been the reservoir's first shorebird mecca, with

many records of rarities in the first five years or so, but no more.

Still, choosy visitors like royal tern and long-tailed jaeger have

visited there in recent years.

     The new reservoirs up in NW Delaware County will be unique in the

state--at least as far as I know--with giant grass-covered berms (as yet

unmowed!), no dams or natural inlets or outlets, and a water-level

regime that will depend more on browning grass in the Columbus suburbs

than on natural influences. If nothing else, it should provide some

unique habitat on a unique schedule, and we could learn a lot about

birds by keeping an eye on it. It's only about half-way to Killdeer

Plains from Columbus, and should have water this fall.

Bill Whan

Columbus



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8 members of the Darke Co. Birders met this morning at the farm/private

nature preserve of one of our members in southern Darke Co.

One unusual note is that we found no warblers.  This is a place that

usually yields yellow, com. yellowthroats, chats, and some years blue wings

and Kentucky.



 Jun 15, 2013 6:45 AM - 10:55 AM

> Protocol: Traveling

> 1.5 mile(s)

> Comments:     Darke Co. Birders' annual breeding bird survey

> 43 species

>

> Turkey Vulture  2

> Mourning Dove  3

> Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2

> Chimney Swift  2

> Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

> Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

> Downy Woodpecker  2

> Hairy Woodpecker  1

> Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

> Eastern Phoebe  2

> Great Crested Flycatcher  2

> Red-eyed Vireo  1

> Blue Jay  3

> American Crow  3

> Horned Lark  1

> Barn Swallow  2

> Carolina Chickadee  1

> Tufted Titmouse  4

> White-breasted Nuthatch  1

> House Wren  6

> Carolina Wren  3

> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

> Eastern Bluebird  2

> Wood Thrush  1

> American Robin  3

> Gray Catbird  7

> Brown Thrasher  1

> European Starling  2

> Cedar Waxwing  4

> Eastern Towhee  4

> Chipping Sparrow  2

> Field Sparrow  4

> Song Sparrow  2

> Summer Tanager  1

> Scarlet Tanager  3

> Northern Cardinal  5

> Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

> Indigo Bunting  7

> Red-winged Blackbird  3

> Common Grackle  2

> Brown-headed Cowbird  4

> Baltimore Oriole  1

> American Goldfinch  2

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Friday evening, Chestnut Ridge

A pleasant after dinner stroll yielded some nice birds:



Rose-breasted Grosbeak male feeding a begging fledgling 



Pair of Blue-winged Warblers with mouths full of goodies presumably to feed the kids



Finally was able to get glass on the Yellow-breasted Chat I've heard several times. It put on a nice show w/the usual delightful plethora of chat sounds. 



2 male Scarlet Tanagers brilliant scarlet in the setting sun



Plus a good assortment of "regulars" like Brn Thrasher, E pewee, Acadian FC, Hooded Warbler, WB Nut, E Bluebirds, Cedar Waxwings, indigo btgs. 



Sat at Clr Crk

Quality more than qty. The morning seemed much quieter than last week but dug out some gems. 



KY Warbler--Grt looks at 2 diff birds (Tulip Tree Tr)

Cerulean Warbler--after hearing them all spring, I finally saw one briefly but fairly well as it sung (Tulip Tree Tr)



Other warblers: Hooded, Ovenbird, Blk-thr Green, B&W, Am Redstart, Com YT, Yellow, LA Waterthrush, Blue-winged, N Parula



Hairy WP, Pileated, Downy, Flicker, Red-bellied



Yellow-thr, White-eyed & Red-eyed Vireos



E Wood Pewees, Acadian FC

I did not hear the Least FC today



Wood, Hermit Thrushes & Veery plus E Bluebirds incl fledglings



Brown Thrasher, YB Cuckoo, Cedar Waxwings, Blue-gr Gnatcatchers



Peggy Wang

Lancaster



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Jerry Talkington just saw the Lane's Western Grebe 300 yards off the swimming beach at headlands. This is further southwest then the break wall (break wall is east of swimming beach). 2 pm





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CLE, OH

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It is presently 12:55PM Saturday afternoon. At 12:30PM while observing the previously reported Franklin's Gull at the public beach, Denise spotted a Western Grebe about 300 feet out in Lake Erie. We have it in the scope, trying to get a decent picture. Tough at this distance.



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The Alder Flycatcher was still singing early this morning at Slate Run Metro

Park, and the pair of Yellow-Breasted Chats were at Pickerington Ponds Metro

Park as well.  See the following links for pictures and specific directions:



http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14425285



http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14425524



Detailed maps of each park can be found at http://www.metroparks.net/ 



Good birding,

Tracy the Birder

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We were unable to locate the White Pelicans yesterday afternoon. We arrived at the spot where they had been seen on Thursday and earlier yesterday and they were not there. We checked several other areas of the lake and did not find them. 



We then continued on in to Knox Co. where we located the Common Raven sitting on a fence post up a driveway along Hostettler Road. It flew from its perch across the road and in to a woods. We were unable to locate it again. The very best part of the day was that we were birding once again with our friend, Joe Hammond, recently moved back to OH! This was his OH life bird! Exciting. Now to help him catch up on some other OH birds that he missed in his five years away from OH.



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A adult male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak was sighted in our back yard.  This is the first grosbeak seen here after May in the 20+ years I have been birding.  We are located south of Wilmington in Washington Township.



A Red-Bellied Woodpecker has brought one young to our suet feeders.  We started leaving the suet out year round three years ago and now have an abundance of woodpeckers to our backyard in the summer: Downy, Harry, Red-Bellied, Red-Headed, Pileated and Flickers.  All but the Harry and Flicker have brought their young to the suet.



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A late post but still relevant.  Last weekend I visited here for the first

time since migration and found a colony (?) of bank swallows nesting on the

eroded hillside against the Chagrin River.  Here are a few pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8... From the parking lot just walk

straight toward the river and hillside - you can't miss the 200-300 nest

holes against the hillside and across the river.







This park is in far eastern Cuyahoga county, about a mile or so west of

Chagrin Falls.  From Chagrin Falls take Chagrin Blvd west, cross the Chagrin

River and turn south (left) on River Road.  Follow River Road to the first

parking lot on the left.







As you travel River Road you will come to two sharp bends in the road with

an eroding hillside on your right and wetland on the left.  I heard a

Virginia Rail in the wetland on the same visit last Saturday.  I am sure it

remains.







Good Birding,







Matt Valencic



Geauga County

















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This morning I hit several urban parks along the Scioto River in near-west Columbus suburbs, including Grandview Heights, Sullivant Trace, Marble Cliff, and Griggs Dam.  Nothing extraordinary, but a surprisingly diverse set of birds for so urban a set of locations.  The list included:



Cormorants - flyovers at several places, probably commuting from the Campbell Mound Quarry colony.

Cooper's Hawks - one bird was calling at Sullivant Trace, and others were flyovers at Grandview's Wyman Woods and Griggs Dam

Ruby-thr.Hummingbirds - every site had 1-2; they're more common here than in more distant rural parks

Acadian Flycatchers - birds below Griggs dam & at Sullivant Trace were expected; one in a forested Grandview yard was not

Great Crested Flycatchers - singles were at every spot, which was gratifying for these big flycatchers

Cliff Swallows - the Fishinger Bridge colony appears strong, with 25-30 nests

Rough-winged Swallows - 25-30 were swirling around the river and disc golf course below Griggs dam

Bank Swallows - 15+ were along this same stretch of river, implying a colony somewhere in the quarry to the west of there.

Warbling Vireos - quite widespread, with birds at Sullivant Trace, Marble Cliff (4), and below Griggs dam (4)

Yellow-throated Warblers - also widespread, with much the same distribution as Warbling Vireos, though only 1 per site.

Prothonotary Warbler - 1 bird was still singing on territory along the river below Griggs dam.

Baltimore Orioles - every site had a few; the riparian strip below Griggs dam had 6-7.

Orchard oriole - 1 was singing around the edge of the old flood-control impoundment marsh along Sullivant Trace.



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This is purely local, but might be of interest to birders visiting the

Magee Marsh / Ottawa NWR area (Ottawa Co., NW Ohio) this summer.  Cliff

Swallows are again nesting in the nearby town of Oak Harbor.  The nesting

site is under the railroad bridge over the Portage River, just south of the

Community Markets grocery store in the middle of town (along Water St. / Rt

163, the main east-west route through town).  Looking with binoculars from

the southwest corner of the store's parking lot, you can see about a dozen

of the nests and see the adults coming and going.  The Cliff Swallows also

forage over the center of town, along with many Chimney Swifts, which

always seem to be numerous and low over the midtown area.  Since a few

pairs of Common Nighthawks also nest on roofs in town, Oak Harbor skies

offer fairly decent birding in summer.



Kenn Kaufman

Ottawa County (The O.C.)



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Jerry Talkington reports a single Laughing Gull on the beach at Headlands Beach State Park this morning



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     Some days the sun shines down on

you and everything goes right, or even better. I met with ODNR at the Oxbow

Road section of the Hoover Nature Preserve this morning to do a brief interview

about the Prothonotary Warbler nest box trail and for them to take pictures and

video of some Prothonotary Warblers. Well, I have to believe some of them carry

actors guild cards because this morning upon aiming cameras in their direction

they opened their show and never let up. The pair in my nest box X-8 was the

marquee act. The female is currently on the nest incubating eggs and generally

does not make an appearance until late morning or early afternoon. Not to worry

though as the male was going for the Oscar. He made numerous trips to the nest

box bringing caterpillars for his mate, popping his head in and coming out sans

the offering. She apparently has him around her wing feathers. He then would

perch near the nest box and sing his “sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet� from a branch

on the nearby black willow tree, or the nearby maple tree or from a low branch

over the water as he looked at his own image. I’d call him self-centered except

he is so brilliantly colored in his golden-yellow plumage that when the

sunlight hit his breast it was like opening night on Broadway. For the two and

one-half hours I was at Oxbow Road this morning he constantly sang.

     Later we walked the shore on

Oxbow Island so I could open and check several nest boxes to demonstrate my

procedure for monitoring my nest boxes. Usually I do this in the afternoon to

lessen the chance of disturbing the female as she incubates her eggs. Today was

a rare exception to the general rule. The first box I opened contained a Tree

Swallow nestled down on her clutch. Tree Swallows are a competitor for nest

boxes and natural cavities but are better behaved than House Wrens. She looked

up at me but stayed on the nest and I quickly closed the box and moved on. The

next box was at the edge of the neighboring Prothonotary Warbler’s territory.

He sang from a branch overhead and then dropped to a buttonbush branch right in

front of us and provided Act II of the Oxbow Road Review. He seeing the camera

(they have to know) went into an I’m cute routine and provided poses for

numerous pictures. A third Prothonotary Warbler on the far side of the island

sang begging for his share of attention. ODNR hoped for some good pictures. I

think the camera’s memory card got a workout.

     ODNR wanted to do a brief

interview with me (didn’t anyone tell them I can talk endlessly?) so they set

up their microphone and we began. Not easy when trying to tape a birder.

Distractions are plentiful at Oxbow Road. For example, Green Herons doing a

flyover, Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanager, Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling

Vireo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Yellow Warbler and a family of Blue-gray

Gnatcatchers, all while standing in front of the video camera in the parking

lot. We did manage to do the tape. They indicated that the edited edition will

be on the ODNR Social Media web site, their Face Book page beginning early next

week. I sure the birds will look and sound better than me. I also manage to

collect 50 gallons of trash this morning so I’ll call it a very productive and

fun morning.

Charlie Bombaci

Hoover Nature Preserve



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Thanks to Sam's following posting from earlier this week, I found a few

singing Henslow's Sparrows at Huffman Prairie.



The birds were south of the road that loops the prairie, in the grassy area

marked as a firing range (although I've never witnessed any firing there).



Bobolinks and Dickcissels were more numerous and vocal than when I visited

about two weeks ago.



I did not see any young Bobolinks, but did see a juvenile Horned Lark.



Kevin







On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Sam Corbo  wrote:



> Hi all,

>

> I swung by Huffman Metropark in Dayton on my way home from Huffman Prairie

> this evening at

> around 4:30.  I was surprised to see a very late Horned Grebe diving

> actively in the E end of the lake.

> Nearly unmistakable in alternate plumage, its black head, yellow "horns",

> and reddish neck/chest

> were easily viewable with binoculars from the parking low.

>

> Huffman Prairie was very active this afternoon.  In addition to the

> Bobolink and Dickcissels reported to

> the listserv earlier I had a number of Henslow's Sparrows singing in the

> prairie; I would say 10 was a

> conservative estimate.

>

> Good birding,

> Sam Corbo

> Dayton, OH

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I was surprised to see a White-crowned Sparrow foraging in my  driveway.

The bird appeared healthy and aggressively chased a female house  sparrow

(foraging on its own) when it got too close.



Peterjohn (2001) states "The last spring migrants usually depart by May

20-25, although stragglers remain through the end of the month."



My yard is at the western edge of Sandusky, just south east of Medusa

Marsh.



Sheryl Young



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Jerry Talkington reports both Franklins and Laughing Gulls on the beach at Headlands now





JB

CLE, OH

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This evening Linda and I took a walk at Wiese Road (Hoover Nature Preserve, Delaware County) to check on the activity. The variety was nice for a walk at 7:00 PM. Many of the birds were perching at bush or tree top to use the sun to their advantage as they sang. As such it was a little like attending an operetta with song and action. Baltimore Orioles were the most common species of the walk as they were virtually everywhere piping away, their breasts appearing like gold in the sunlight. Other songsters included Warbling Vireos, Red-eyed Vireos,  Yellow Warblers, Indigo Buntings, Song Sparrows, Northern Cardinals and Great Crested Flycatchers. Less vocal but present we found Cedar Waxwings, Red-headed Woodpeckers, Gray Catbirds, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and unusual for them, Prothonotary Warblers that were hopping around but not singing. Looking to the reservoir we observed Double-crested Cormorants and a couple of Osprey. Our last discovery of the

 walk was a longtime friend who had retired and moved north to Michigan that we met mid trail walking with two of her friends still here in central Ohio. Her smile was like an additional song bird for Linda and me.

 

Charlie Bombaci

Hoover Nature Preserve



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9 American White Pelicans still present at 5:30 PM Thursday.Christopher Collinswww.flickr.com/roguephotoohio



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I hit portions of this south Columbus MetroPark before and after the rain this morning, starting at the Confluence and Borrow Pits areas, and finishing up by Watkins Road and Oxbow.  Lots of residents on territory or feeding juveniles.  The most interesting included:



Willow Flycatchers - 2-3 in overgrown areas around the Borrow Pit and north of Watkins Road

Acadian Flycatchers - widespread, in almost any forest patch

Great Crested Flycatchers - scarce, wtih only singles at Turtle Pond (Confluence) and the Borrow Pits

E.Kingbirds - several calling birds along the Multi-use Path north of Watkins Rd

White-eyed Vireos - 2 were calling in pocket meadows along the Confluence Trail south of the Borrow Pits area.

Yellow-thr.Vireos - 2 singing at Confluence, another in the forest next to the Borrow Pits

Warbling Vireos - widespread, especially near large cottonwood stands: 4+ at Borrow Pit, 3 at the Walkins Rd. bridge

House Wrens - abundant, more so than usual; along almost every forest edge and even in thick understory areas

Wood Thrushes - common in many areas, especially in brushy growth beneath dead ash trees

Cedar Waxwings - lots of pairs attending nests or fledglings

Yellow Warblers - in most of the willow clumps along Alum Creek

Parula Warblers - singing birds at each of the 4 stops; more common than in prior years

Yellow-thr.Warblers - 2 singing at Confluence, singles at all other spots

Yellow-br.Chat - 1 calling in the overgrown field south of the Oxbow forest patch

Scarlet tanager - 1 was singing in the forest patch adjacent ot the Borrow Pit area.

Rose-br.Grosbeaks - a pair was carrying nest material at the canoe launch off Watkins Rd; another was singing at Oxbow

E.Meadowlark - 1 was calling in the open field south of Watkins Rd

Baltimore Orioles - scarce, wtih singles at the Confluence, Borrow Pits, and Watkins Rd canoe launch

Orchard Oriole - 1 was singing in the overgrown field north of Watkins Rd



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