Hi Robert
Your list is really interesting, I am still enjoying it. I saw a Blue-winged Teal at Muscatatuck in Indiana yesterday, and sure enough, they appear on your list. Do you glean your information from ebird?
Judy Lundquist
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1. Inland Rare Birds, Feb 25 - Mar 1
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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 22:50:46 -0500
From: Robert Thorn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Inland Rare Birds, Feb 25 - Mar 1
Northern Temperate migrants are pushing through now, so expect more
waterfowl, raptors, sparrows, towhees, blackbirds. The first Gulf Coast
migrants – Blue-winged Teal,Tree Swallows,E.Phoebes – are starting to
appear in numbers as well. The cold snap seems to have paused landbird
migrants, but as we warm back up, they’ll be back. Now is also the time to
start watching for migrant strays, as recent Eurasian Wigeon & Western
Meadowlark records imply.
Snow Goose – few strays in eastern half of area, while west has flocks,
like the 3000 at Goose Pond FWA in IN 2-26
Ross’s Geese – scattered remnants. 1 was at Acton lake N of Cincinnati
2-28, while another was at Jacobson Park in SE Lexington KY 2-24
GreaterWhite-frontedGeese – still small flocks in SW Indiana and western
Kentucky. 5 strayed to Killdeer Plains in N central OH 2-29, while 1 was in
a pond W of Pittsburgh PA Airport 3-01
Tundra Swans – mostly through, with laggard groups at Killbuck Marsh OH
2-28 thru 3-01, Big Island WA (near Marion) OH 2-29, Killdeer Plains WA OH
2-29, Funk Bottoms WA (near Wooster) OH 3-01, Slough WMA in west KY 2-26,
and Lake Shelbyville in east IL 2-25
Blue-winged Teal – possibly the migrant vanguard, with birds at Clear Fork
Res OH 2-28, and Fairbanks Park in Indianapolis IN 2-28. 1 has been at Wolf
Lake fish hatchery (W of Kalamazoo) MN thru 2-29.
Eurasian Wigeon – several, with birds at Killbuck Marsh (near Wooster) OH
2-27&28, Killdeer Plains (near Upper Sandusky) OH 2-25&26, Marysville
Reservoir OH 2-28
White-winged Scoter – none really in our areas, but 2 at Gull Lake NE of
Kalamazoo MN 2-25
Black Scoter – a blip of migrants, with 3 at Deer Creek SP beach (near
Washington Court House) OH 2-24 and East Rd in McLean Co IL 2-24 & 25
Horned Grebe – widespread, with individuals at many locations as their
migration starts to gear up.
Eared Grebe – none in our area, but a celebrity bird at Lincoln Park in
Chicago 2-25 thru 29
White Pelicans – flocks around western OH and northern IN now
Neotropical Cormorant – 1 found in Rookery Run Preserve far south of
Chicago IL 2-25 thru 27
Least Sandpipers – at Gilmore MetroPark (N of Cincinnati) OH 2-26, 3-01,
and in NW IN near San Pierre 2-29
Glaucous Gulls – better hurry to get these big white wonders. 1 was E of
Paducah KY 3-01, while another was at Walled Lake (W of Detroit) MI 2-25
Iceland Gull – still a few around, mostly Thayers form. Birds were at the
Crawford County OH landfill 2-28, Kentucky Lake Dam 2-25, and Crosswinds
Marsh (SW Detroit) 3-01
Lesser Black-backed Gulls – 1 at Eagle Creek lake in Indianapolis IN thru
2-25; another at Kentucky Dam Village (far west KY) 3-01. 1 has been a
regular at Gull lake NE of Kalamazoo MI thru 3-01
Rough-legged Hawks – still birds at Killdeer Plains OH 2-26 and Tysons
Acres (far S Kentucky) 2-24, but some movement with birds at Armleder Park
(Cincinnati) OH 2-25 and
Golden Eagles – Wally Rd (NE of Mt. Vernon) OH still had 1 on 2-27
Barn Owl – the Pickerington Ponds (near Columbus OH) bird was seen
sporadically thru 3-01
Prairie Falcon – one these ghosts was found in the plains of Essex Rd
(Kankakee Co) IL 2-26
E. Phoebes – scattered reports, probably depressed by the cold: Lower
Killbuck Creek WA OH 2-26, Bluegrass FWA (near Evansville) IN 2-27, Fort
Harrison St.Park Indianapolis IN 2-29
N.Shrike – stakeout birds continued at the Jaite Mill area of Cuyahoga
Nat’l Park (N of Akron) OH thru 2-25, at Battelle Darby wetlands (W of
Columbus ) OH thru 2-26, and at Sangchris Lake IL thru 2-25, while new
records appeared at College Rd fields (near Kettering) OH thru 2-25 and
Killbuck Marsh OH 2-26.
Fish Crows – the N. Akron OH flock was reported thru 2-25, while 1 strayed
to N. Columbus OH 2-27. Quite a few records started to pop up in southern
IL and western KY, east to Eagle Slough (near Evansville) IN 2-26.
Ravens – strays recorded in Lawrence Co (2-26), Vinton Co (2-27) and Athens
Co (2-27) in southern OH, while 1 was at a landfill SE of Canton OH 3-01
Tree Swallows – one of the few Temperate migrants not slowed by cold, they
appeared in many locations in southern OH, and a few spots in northern OH &
IN.
Winter Wrens – lots of reports from the northern parts of IN, OH, & PA as
these birds start to head north
Gray Catbirds – many records in OH, PA, some in new locations suggestion a
pulse of early migrants
Brown Thrashers – the OSU wetlands bird in Columbus OH was still being
found thru 3-01, but other new records were scarce: Cane Ridge WMA in SW IN
2-26 and near Ashmore IL 3-01
Townsend’s Solitaire – nothing nearby any more; you’ll need to go all the
way up to Whitefish Point MI for one now.
Purple Finches – lots of records in OH, PA & IN now; birds at the Cedar
Ridge feeders at Battelle Darby MetroPark (W of Columbus) OH have been
reliable thru 2-28
Red Crossbill – most records are north of us now (northern IL, southern
MI), though a few linger in Perry Co (far southern) IN 2-25 & 26
Pine Siskins – still some records in western PA (few around Pittsburgh) as
well as the Geauga highlands east of Cleveland OH. A stray flock of 10 was
at the LaSalle FWA in north IN 2-25
Tree Sparrows – some records in our area of small flocks as they move north
Savannah Sparrows – a scattering of records in southern OH & IN as these
birds start to arrive from the Gulf Coast
Lincoln’s Sparrow – none in our area, but 1 was found in Lincoln Park
Chicago 2-27
LeConte’s Sparrows – sporadically at Goose Pond FWA in SW Indiana thru 2-26
Great-tailed Grackle – the stake-out bird at Monee IL, S of Chicago, was
still being seen thru 2-24
Western Meadowlark – the stakeout singing bird near Lyon IN just E of Goose
Pond FWA was still being relocated thru 2-27, while another stakeout SE of
Hickman KY was still around thru 3-01
Orange-crowned Warblers – the bird at Walnut Woods (S of Columbus OH) was
still visiting its favorite suet feeder thru 3-01. The bird in Eagle Slough
Preserve along the Ohio River in Evansville IN was still there 2-25 & 26.
Palm Warbler – the elusive bird at Killbuck Marsh (near Wooster) OH was
found again 2-25
Pine Warblers – starting to show up in southern woodlands in our area:
Celina Lake IN 2-26, near Centralia IL 2-25, and Pond Creek Rd (W of
Portsmouth) OH 2-27
CommonYellowthroats – 2 were found at the 4 Ponds area E of Loudonville OH
2-25
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