On Thursday Mat 10th I spotted on the boardwalk Kenn Kaufman, Jon L. Dunn,
and Donald Stokes.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Faulkner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:27 AM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] people report at Magee, etc.


> Fellow Birders,
>         With all the thorough bird reports from Magee boardwalk and
> surrounding areas, I thought I would concentrate on the PEOPLE SITINGS
> from the Migratory Bird Day.  While the birds were leaving on Friday
> and Saturday, the people were arriving, no doubt breaking records at
> every site.  With thousands on the boardwalk, total gridlock was
> achieved several times at several places.  Amidst the hoards of
> birders, there were some good sightings.  At one point I found myself
> standing between Dan Sanders and Greg Miller, and felt the pressure to
> try for 700 birds this year. Jim McCormac was also sited.  Tom Bartlett
> was perched in a new location for his Big Sit, having been asked (or
> told) by ODNR to move away from the entrance because he was creating a
> bottleneck.   If you were there, you know that the entire bottle was
> clogged, not just the neck.  Also talked to Columbus Avid Birder
> Doreene  Linzell  and frequent poster Ben Warner.  Later saw Paul
> Gardner who kindly posts the rare bird reports  to the list.  Then
> spotted Jen Brumfield, but I'm sure I missed a lot of the northern
> species of birders, since I'm a southern ohio boy, myself.   Missed
> Kenn Kaufman, but know he was around somewhere, and missed Bill Wahn,
> but I heard he was seen at Metzger Marsh hiding in the Phragmites
> counting birders who visited Metzger.
>         Generally, about one in ten of the birders were Amish, some from
> Indiana, and this year the number of African American birders was up
> about four times over past years, which means there were about eight.
> It would be nice to see this number go up even more.
>         The best license plate was Wyoming, and I personally talked to
birders
> from TWO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, Costa Rica and New Jersey.  The
> Costa Rica birder said he was glad to be able to see all the birds in
> their colorful breeding plumage.  The New Jersey birder noted that you
> could see all the same birds in New Jersey, but not in the same spot.
>         Traffic on the auto tour was bumper to bumper, and we suggested
that
> next year they do three days.  Perhaps Friday could be limited to those
> with some reference to birding in their Vanity plates.  That would
> still be quite a lot.
>         Anyway, despite the crowds, got 120 birds, including 22 warblers,
most
> of them on Thursday.
>
> Joe in the woods
> Perry County
>
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