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| From: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of James Thurston Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 10:04 AM To: [log in to unmask]Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Grandview Nighthawks A general rule of thumb is anywhere where there are a lot of flat roofs. There are some nesting on the roof of the brewery district Kroger if you want an easy spot. [...]45_8Jun200710:31: [log in to unmask] |
| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 11 Jun 2007 18:38:54 -0400639_windows-1250 The cool "booming" sound of Common Nighthawks is included in the Peterson "More Birding by Ear" CD set. I thought it sounded interesting, but hadn't witnessed it in person until about a month ago. Some friends and I traveled to South Carolina to the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in mid-May. Besides finding Bachman's Sparrow, one of the highlights for me was seeing lots of nighthawks flying around during the middle of the day below treetop height. One of them did the diving wing-boom display right over the visitor's center while we were standing in the parking lot about 20 [...]40_11Jun200718:38: [log in to unmask] |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:16:24 EDT |
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Today Dr. Ransome Williams joined me for a day at the Hoover Nature
Preserve. Each spring Ransome likes to come to the preserve to enjoy the Prothonotary
Warblers and then kid a friend who lives in the southwest that has never
seen one. Ransome is a wonderful gentleman and we have a great time as I take
him about the preserve.
The Prothonotary Warblers were their cooperative selves and put on a show
for us. I had my camera with me and took what I hope to be great pictures of
them at nest boxes, natural cavities and perching in the open to sing for us. We
easily passed double-digits for the Prothonotary Warblers, however, our
other target species for the morning decided not to be as cooperative. We heard
numerous Yellow-billed Cuckoos, some as close as ten feet away, but in thick
enough that we couldn't get a decent look at them. The one that did come out,
did so as it flew away from us. I guess we could sub-title it the “
going-away-bird”.
The Osprey at Area M was standing over the nest and appeared to be feeding
the hatchlings.
Species of interest we observed included:
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Osprey
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)
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