- RBA
* Ohio
* Statewide
* September 26, 2008
* OHST0809.26

- Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species)

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (possible)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Golden-winged Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

- Transcript

This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for September 26, 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

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD: Linda Woolard reported a bird thought to be
frigate bird from Buckeye Lake on 23rd.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper: On the 20th Charlie Saunders found one near
the low dam on the Great Miami River across from Miami University,
Hamilton Campus. The bird was relocated about 200 yards downstream the
next day.

Red-necked Phalarope: Gabe Leidy spotted one at the Lorain impoundment
on the 21st.

Laughing Gull: One was on the swimming beach at Pleasant Hill Lake,
Richland County, on the 23rd.

Little Gull: Ray Hannikman found from two to five amid the Bonaparte's
Gulls at Headlands Beach State Park from the 19th to the 21st.

Golden-winged Warbler: Laura Keene saw one at Farbach-Werner Nature
Preserve, Cincinnati, on the 22nd.

Connecticut Warbler: Andy Bass reported one from Farbach-Werner Nature
Preserve, Cincinnati, "between the meadow and the small wooded area
facing Poole Road" on the 19th and 20th. An adult and a juvenile were
reported from Kidron Park, Wayne County, on the 21st/22nd. One was at
the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ottawa County, on the 25th.

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow: John Pogacnik saw one at the Arcola
Creek Estuary, Madison, Lake County, on the 19th. Gabe Leidy had one
the next day at the former Richfield Coliseum site on Rt. 303, just
northwest of the I-271 overpass near Richfield, Summit County.

- End Transcript



Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH

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