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- RBA
* Ohio
* Statewide
* October 4, 2008
* OHST0810.04

- Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species)

Little Blue Heron
GLOSSY IBIS
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
Red Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Golden-winged Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow


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This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for October 4, 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.

Little Blue Heron: One was at Hueston Woods State Park on the 28th.

GLOSSY IBIS: Two arrived at Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Mahoning County, on 
the 4th. To arrange access to the sanctuary, email Bill Jones ([log in to unmask]).

Marbled Godwit: One was lingering on the eastern shore of the Hoover Reservoir 
Nature Preserve, Delaware County, on the 1st. 

Western Sandpiper: John Pogacnik had two at Conneaut on the 28th.

Red Phalarope: John Pogacnik had one at Conneaut on the 28th.

Laughing Gull: One was still being seen on the swimming beach at Pleasant Hill 
Lake, Richland County, through the 27th.

Little gull: One remained on the swimming beach at Headlands Beach State Park on 
the 29th.

Golden-winged Warbler: Robert Jackson saw two in a in downtown Cleveland 
cemetery across from Progressive Field on the 29th.

Connecticut Warbler: On the 29th one was seen on private property in Ashtabula 
County and another on private property in Cleremont County.

Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow: Andy Bass found one at Miami Whitewater Wetlands, 
Hamilton County, on the 27th (“Walk the hedgerow until you get to the dike that 
goes to the viewing blind, the bird was seen right there”). David Brinkman found 
one in the same park the next day ((“north of farm road near the bat house”). 
Jen Brumfield saw one at West Creek Reservation, Cuyahoga County, on the 1st, 
and multiple observers reported them from the old Richfield Coliseum site from 
the 2nd to the 4th. The coliseum site is in Summit County on Rt. 303 just west 
of the I-270 interchange.

- End Transcript

Paul Gardner
Columbus, OH

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