Just a quick reminder to Ohio's birding community:

It's still not too late to get involved with the Ohio Breeding Bird
Atlas II this year!  Mid-August is the "unofficial" end of the OBBA2
field season each year so there's still plenty of time to head out
into adopted or un-surveyed blocks to help put the nesting birds of
Ohio on the map.  As of today, 67% of species on the OBBA2 checklist
are still within safe dates.  This stat will rapidly change by July
31st when most simple detections of birds in Ohio can not be included
in the Atlas database.

The great thing about this time of year is the ease with which many
species can be confirmed as breeding.  In many cases, all it takes is
a quick "spish" to lure a food-carrying adult into view.  Another
useful tip is the sporadic use of screech-owl recordings.  If
chickadees or titmice are nearby, they'll add their vocalizations to
help lure in more birds...again, many of which could be carrying food.
 This method for increasing detections of birds works wonders on days
when there just doesn't seem to be much going on.  This technique has
also been very successful in other breeding bird atlases throughout
North America (Note: tape playback methods like this should be used
sparingly and at appropriate times.  If in doubt about whether to use
call playback, it would be best to refrain from doing so).

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about the Ohio
Breeding Bird Atlas II.  We would love to answer anyone's questions or
help give direction towards areas that are in need of survey coverage.

Good birding!

--
Aaron Boone
Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II
School of Environment & Natural Resources
The Ohio State University
210 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1085
614.247.6458 (office)
www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/

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