Concerning the status of tanagers on Ohio CBC's.

There are several records for these neotropical, migration challenged birds
as observed on our CBC.

The written record (CBC publications) shows the following single bird
records.

*Summer Tanager*

                Reported at Hamilton-Fairfield in 2000.
*Scarlet Tanager*
                A count week bird was recorded in 1997 at Grand
Rapids-Waterville. (assumed to be 1 bird)
*Western Tanager*
                The first record for this species was made at Mentor in
1971.
*tanager sp. *
                A tanager unidentified as to species was recorded at
Cincinnati in 1998.

In any case congratulations on the 2nd occurrence of the Western Tanager. It
is undoubtedly the best documented of all observations of the group.

Roger Troutman

On 12/17/06, Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I had a Merlin at Green Lawn Cemetery on the south side of Columbus today,
> when canvassing that area for the Columbus Christmas Bird County today. It
> was actively hunting, and may be around for a while. I did get some
> photos,
> and will eventually stick one up on my blog. The bird was in the immediate
> vicinity of the pond in the center of the cemetery. Hopefully this Merlin
> will join the ranks of all the other Ohio Merlins wintering in large urban
> cemeteries.
>
>
>
> Big thanks to Lori Brumbaugh for relocating the Western Tanager one street
> to the south of where it has normally been seen. We saw it there about
> 12:15
> today, so the bird is still alive and well and in the area. And is
> undoubtedly the first Western Tanager to actually be tallied for a
> Christmas
> Bird Count in Ohio!
>
>
>
> Yesterday on the Beaver, Ohio CBC (Jackson County), Jen Sauter and I found
> a
> Wilson's Snipe. We also relocated a Gray Catbird that Dave Hess had found
> the day before. It's been a pretty mild winter so far, so keep an eye out
> for half-hardy birds like these.
>
>
>
> Jim McCormac
>
> Columbus, Ohio
>
>
>
>
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