Hi Laura and all,
An Osprey isn't out of the question. There is a smattering of records into
December, although I don't have the references close at hand to cite exact
dates. Also, interestingly enough, Paul Baicich, who was one of our speakers
at the conference and an extraordinary birder, reported an Osprey to me from
Friday in nearly the same place you saw yours. Paul saw it on Friday on his
way down to Deer Creek.
Jim
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Columbus, Ohio
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Laura
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Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 6:58 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Sandhill Cranes--Funk & an Osprey?--Columbus
Returning home from the Ohio Bird Conservation Symposium, we took the
"scenic" route" to do a little birding. On Wilderness Rd, at Funk Bottoms
in Wayne
County, we observed ~50 Sandhill Cranes feeding in a corn field on the
south
side of the road. Awesome sight.
We also had what has to be a very questionable sighting...while driving
just
south of the landfill on I-71 south of Columbus we saw what really looked
like an Osprey, carrying a fish ("head on", just like Osprey carry them).
We
were past it before we could get a really good look but 3 of us in the car
really had the impression of Osprey, not eagle. (Thankfully the driver did
not
try to get a good look!) Does anyone know of the likelyhood of an Osprey
in
Ohio this late in the year or has anyone else seen either an Osprey or an
eagle in this area?
Laura Dornan
Louisville, Stark County
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