This list is awesome. Indeed it is subjective depending on where you live,
but I think its very valuable and very accurate if you are willing to find
the right habitat/niche in Ohio for any listed species that you may be
looking for. BIG thanks to everyone that had anything to do with it.
Glen Crippen
Burr Oak Lake
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Robert Royse
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Checklists with Difficulty Codes
I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but the codes to me really still are
very subjective depending on where you live. I hate driving very far, and
that really does mean effort to me (and expense considering the price of gas
nowadays). My very subjective criteria for numbers would be the following :
1 - Birds seen at least 75% of the time in the right habitat at the right
time of year without any effort within a 1/2 drive. This could include areas
along the Scioto River in Columbus, any Columbus Metropark (except Clear
Creek), the
Hoover and Deer Creek Reservoirs and surrounding areas, Stage's Pond, the
Hebron Fish Hatchery, and anywhere else in Franklin County, northern
Pickaway County and eastern Madison County.
2 - Birds seen 25% to 75% of the time in the above areas during the right
time of the year in the right habitat. Birds that can be found 75% of the
time or more within a 1 hour 15 minute drive. These additional places could
include Scioto
Trail, Tar Hollow, and Zaleski State Forests, Killdeer Plains, Big Island,
and Tri-Valley Wildlife Areas, Buck Creek State Park, and anywhere in
Delaware, Marion, Licking, or Hocking Counties and southern parts of
Pickaway and
Wyandot Counties.
3 - Birds that may be scarcer or harder to see, but can be usually found
anually in the right time and place close to home. Birds easily found in a
longer drive to places at the edges of Ohio such as anywhere along Lake
Erie, Crown City and Spring
Valley Wildlife Areas, Shawnee State Forest, Adams County, Caesar Creek
Reservoir, and the Cincinnati area.
4 - Birds that require a special trip or special effort to see or a lot of
driving, or they won't be seen annually. A few review list species might
fall into this category.
5 - Birds that are hard to find even with special effort. This may include
both review list and non-review list species.
6 - Review list birds I've seen only once or twice Ohio. Birds I have never
seen in Ohio. This list might include a few non-review list species.
Based on the above I would probably give some birds like Dickcissel a "1"
since they're a gimme at Deer Creek in the summer. Great Black-backed Gull
would be a "3". Ruffed Grouse would be a 2 or 3, since it requires much less
time and effort for me to see one than a Gr B-b Gull. A review list species
like Ross's Goose I would probably give a "4", since they're not that hard
to find with a little effort. I would give Sabine's Gull a "6" even though
it's not a review list species. I've never seen one in Ohio. As I said,
it's all very subjective.
Bob Royse
Robert Royse
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