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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask]-----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Sewell Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 5:02 PM To: [log in to unmask]Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] More osprey nests, purple martins It's highly unlikely that the 1831 sighting was of European Starlings, as they were not successful introduced to North America until 1890. Perhaps it was not the physical appearance of the birds that so offended the author of the 1831 letter, but [...]40_7Jul201017:55: [log in to unmask] |
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Where in Summit are the osprey?
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From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:44:44
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] More osprey nests, purple martins
I've got expert confirmation of natural osprey nests in two more
counties: Trumbull and Summit. Clearly, these birds are settling in and
'branching out' on their own. As for purple martins, the following
comments were included a letter to a local Columbus newspaper on
9/22/1831: "I certainly do not know of any other way in which so much
additional beauty may be given to Columbus, as by merely taking down all
the martinboxes. The martin is a savage bird, beyond all question, and
to retain him among us may justly be compared as a badge of barbarism,
for we find that the Indians have always been fond of him.” So there.
Bill Whan
Columbus
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