- RBA
* Ohio
* Statewide
* June 20,2008
* OHST0806.20

- Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species)

REDDISH EGRET
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
MISSISSIPPI KITE
BLACK RAIL
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
Bell's Vireo
COMMON RAVEN
Western Meadowlark

- Transcript

This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for June 20, 2008.
Compiler: Paul Gardner. Email: [log in to unmask]

SPECIES IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE REVIEW-LIST SPECIES. Details of
these sightings are desired by The Ohio Bird Records Committee. Careful
observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification
for submitting your data. For details and pointers see:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/documentation.php

REDDISH EGRET: The bird was present on the 14th at the sand spit at
Conneaut Harbor, Ashtabula County, but could not be located on the 16th.

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Bill Whan passed along word that the
Preston Road nests in Bexley have five young now, and that an adult was
seen foraging in Whetstone Park, Columbus, last weekend.

MISSISSIPPI KITE: One was present near the fifth hole at the Brass Ring
Golf Course, Logan, on the 18th according to a local golfer.

BLACK RAIL: The most recent report of the rails calling at Charlie's
Pond along Radcliffe Road in Pickaway County is from the 20th. For
directions see the Ohio Ornithological Website:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/birdingsites/showsite.php?Site_ID=44

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE: Craig Holt found one along State Road at the very
southwestern tip of Conneaut Township in Ashtabula County on the 16th.

Bell's Vireo: The OSU west campus birds in Columbus were reported on
the 15th. They are south of Lane Ave and west of the Carmac 5 parking
lot on Carmac Road. The bird is in a patch of shrubby vegetation
surrounding a fenced compound with satellite dishes. The birds along
the bike path at the Ellis Lake Wetlands, West Chester, Butler County,
were reported as building a nest on the 14th. They are between the
Seward Road Parking lot and the circular parking area on Firebird lane.

COMMON RAVEN: Rob and Sandy Harlan reported seeing one on the 15th in
Jefferson County along County Road 45 in the vicinity of the Wal-Mart
distribution center northwest of Steubenville.

Western Meadowlark: The bird originally reported from Williams County
on the 4th, just south of Lake Seneca along P50 Road near house number
8633, was relocated on the 17th.

- End Transcript



Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH

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