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I pass along on behalf of veteran observer Carole Babyak, who is not a
subscriber to the list, the following.
Bill Whan
Columbus

   I am not a subscriber to Ohio Birdsbut I do look at it frequently.
Wanted to pass on some info about NE Ohio birds:
     Yesterday Sat. Nov 17, 2007 a group was at Mosquito Lake looking at
the N end (no hunting there yesterday) when I saw a female Bald Eagle
leave her perch on an island - plunge into the water- couldn't see what
she got - but she flew away carrying a greyish object to her perch to
eat it.  Feathers flew so we knew it wasn't a fish.  Jeff had a scope
and the prey looked like an immature Herring Gull (head had a long
bill).   No gulls flew off or were around this gull when the Eagle
attacked.  I think her mate, a smaller Eagle, was on the island near by.
                 I monitor the eagles' nest at Meander Reservoir and
have noticed the Gulls do have a different alarm call when eagles are
around.  When I hear that I search for eagles in the sky.....and always
find them.
    Tree Sparrows were also at Mosquito Lake area as well as 38 Swans
flying east.   And 100s of Bonaparte's Gulls who were all over the N end
of the lake (really hard to count or estimate!)  as well as a small
group of Snow Buntings at the N end.   Few Ring-billed Gulls???
    Also last week a woman found a Long-eared Owl on the sidewalk by the
Stambaugh Bldg in Youngstown - site of Peregrine nest.  It was ID'd by
Ray Novotny, Mill Creek Park naturalist.  The verdict is it crashed into
the window.   However the big glass windows reflecting sky are on a
building further east.  The Stambaugh Bldg is a vintage building (slated
for apt./condominium complex- so will be preserved) and has very small--
dirty at that--windows!  Peregrines are intolerant of other predatory
birds, in fact she's even routed Turkey Vultures out of her air space!
All in Youngstown are convinced of the hitting window scenario but I'd
like to keep the verdict open!
    Friday Nov 16th in Niles along the Mosquito Creek I had 3 groups of
calling Tundra Swans following after each other, totaling 152; they were
flying East- SE.  (An old National Geographic - with Ben Franklin on
the cover- had an article about swan researchers in VA.  They radio
tagged swans who left Chesapeake Bay in the late afternoon and settled
on Mosquito Lake about sunrise to spend the day, then flew directly west
before flying North.) very interesting!

Carole Babyak
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