The area the Western Kingbird was sighted is not yet open to visitors 
without a Fernald escort. Cathy Geering and I went to the Fernald Preserve 
early on Monday 9/8 to look for the Western Kingbird (I first saw the 
posting on 9/7). We weren't aware that the area the kingbird was sighted is 
off-limits, and spent a couple of hours unsuccessfully searching in very 
heavy fog. Gary Stegner (a birder who works for Fernald) was alerted to our 
presence and kindly took us on a tour of the preserve! No luck finding the 
Western Kingbird. Per Gary, you can contact Fernald to arrange for an 
escort. 

Laura Keene

Subject: Western Kingbird original post
From: Paul Gardner <godwit AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:03:17 -0700

The original post reporting the Western Kingbird at Fernald Nature Preserve 
was 
made to the Birding in Cincinnati website 
(http://cincinnatibirds.com/goodbird/sighting.php). The entire post is 
reproduced below. The date is given as Sept. 12, but this is an apparent 
error, 
as the following post by Jay Stenger dated Sept. 6 refers to it. The post 
is 
found far down the list surrounded by Sept. 6 posts, so I'm guessing the 
correct date of the sighting is likely Sept 5/6. 


None of the more recent posts mention the bird. Paul Wharton doesn't have 
an 
email listed in the website's directory. 


Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH


Date: Friday, September 12, 2008 [An error]
Location: Fernald Nature Preserve
Reporter: Paul Wharton
Other Birders:

I was hoping for some migrant songbirds, but that didn't happen. It was 
very 
slow from that perspective, but the field birds made up for it. the 
highlight 
was an adult WESTERN KINGBIRD seen at close range in the company of 5 
Eastern 
Kingbirds. It was seen on a deer exclusion fence. I don't know how chasable 
this bird will be, but to get to the area, come in the Willey Rd. entrance 
and 
before you get to the big pumping station, there is a roped off road on the 
left with a dumpster along the side of the road. Walk down this road until 
you 
get to the second small blue pump house. The Kingbird was in the area to 
the 
right of the pumphouse. A pair of Sedge Wrens were also seen and heard in 
the 
field behind the visitor's center. That is also where the Bobolinks , 
Dickcissels, and Savannah sparrows were seen. 


Trip List: Canada Goose 60, Wood Duck 9, Mallard 25, Blue-winged Teal 15, 
Pied-billed Grebe 4, Great Blue Heron 2, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk 3, 
American Kestrel 2, Semipalmated Plover 6, Killdeer 10, Solitary Sandpiper 
1, 
Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Least Sandpiper 1, Mourning Dove 
125, 
Chimney Swift 6, Belted Kingfisher 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Downy 
Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 2, Eastern Wood-Pewee 3, Eastern Phoebe 8, 
Western Kingbird 1, Eastern Kingbird 10, Blue Jay 20, American Crow 15, 
Horned 
Lark 20, Tree Swallow 40, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3, Bank Swallow 5, 
Cliff Swallow 2, Barn Swallow 2, Carolina Chickadee 12, Tufted Titmouse 2, 
White-breasted Nuthatch 1, Carolina Wren 4, House Wren 6, Sedge Wren 2, 
American Robin 12, Gray Catbird 3, Northern Mockingbird 2, Brown Thrasher 
1, 
European Starling 150, Cedar Waxwing 5, Tennessee Warbler 3, Common 
Yellowthroat 6, Eastern Towhee 5, Chipping Sparrow 4, Field Sparrow 30, 

 Savannah Sparrow 8, Grasshopper Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 25, Northern 
Cardinal 
8, Blue Grosbeak 2, Indigo Bunting 35, Dickcissel 20, Bobolink 35, Red-
winged 
Blackbird 15, Common Grackle 12, Brown-headed Cowbird 5, American Goldfinch 
40 


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