I have lived about 250 yards south of the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes for
over 35 years and had a feeder first this week, a male pileated woodpecker
at my suet feeder March 18th and my husband saw it again at the feeder this
morning (Sunday). Since pileated woodpeckers are seldom seen in Shaker
Heights, I thought it was worth reporting.
Nancy Renkert
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> There are 18 messages totalling 971 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. Fwd: Give it a try, Jim
> 2. One more time
> 3. East Harbor State Park, Saturday
> 4. Recent MCWS Species
> 5. Green Lake, Shaker Heights, and Hiram sightings
> 6. Bald Eagle in Geauga
> 7. Lake Erie Wing Watch
> 8. Ira Beaver Marsh - Cuyahoga Valley NP
> 9. Delaware - Lesser Black-backed Gull / WW Scoter
> 10. Long-tailed Duck, White-winged Scoter still at Cowan
> 11. 3/21 - NW Ohio shorebirds & Rusty Blackbirds
> 12. White-winged Scoter still at Wright Marsh at Killbuck WA 3/21/09
> 13. Killdeer - Stow (Summit County)
> 14. Pike County Eagle nest with young.
> 15. March 23 Delaware County Bird Club newsletter
> 16. Trip to Killdeer Plains
> 17. Northeast Ohio - Horned Grebe & Bald Eagle
> 18. Ottawa/Metzger Marsh
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:26:13 -0500
> From: James Dolan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fwd: Give it a try, Jim
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:04:14 PM US/Eastern
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Give it a try, Jim
>>
>> Hello, Ohioans. Below is a recent list of species at MCWS. All=20
>> observations were by ever-intrepid observers Jim Dolan, Jeff Harvey =
> and=20
>> Bob/ Denise (shrike) Lane.=A0 Please excuse the alphabetical order --=20=
>
>> sometimes easier to work with. I still hold to my motto: "Water up:=20
>> ducks -- water down: shorebirds."=A0=A0 Water levels are being =
> lowered=A0for=20
>> the latter.=A0 This list does not include earlier 2009=A0sightings of=20=
>
>> white-winged crossbill, pine siskin, snow goose, other
>> waterfowl=A0and=20=
>
>> others. The long-residing, nesting eagles appear to be holding onto=20
>> their eggs this year; they lost them=A0last season. And the resident=20=
>
>> river otter=A0has been sighted several times over the last year,
>> along=20=
>
>> with many other non avian species. Designing this ecosystem for the=20
>> "umbrella species" of ducks and shorebirds has, as the term implies,=20=
>
>> provided habitat for almost every other=A0species found in Ohio.
>>
>> Once again,=A0because the area is restricted,=A0Jim, Jeff and =
> Bob/Denise=20
>> have graciously offered to escort birders around the sanctuary. Until=20=
>
>> further notice, at least one of them will be at the sanctuary
>> entrance=20=
>
>> at 9 AM Sunday mornings. For other times, email me and I will forward=20=
>
>> to one of the observers. (I am currently not in Ohio.)
>>
>> Bill Jones
>> Canfield (Youngstown)
>>
>>
> <File attached: image.tiff>
>> White-throated Sparrow 1
> <File attached: image.tiff>
>>
>> Job Hunting? Start with the companies that posted job openings this=20
>> week.
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:44:48 -0500
> From: James Dolan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: One more time
>
> The Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary is in southern Mahoning County. =20=
>
> OBBA2 region 53, block A6NW, near Canfield, The entrance is on Calla=20
> road.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:04:14 PM US/Eastern
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Give it a try, Jim
>>
>> Hello, Ohioans. Below is a recent list of species at MCWS. All=20
>> observations were by ever-intrepid observers Jim Dolan, Jeff Harvey =
> and=20
>> Bob/ Denise (shrike) Lane.=A0 Please excuse the alphabetical order --=20=
>
>> sometimes easier to work with. I still hold to my motto: "Water up:=20
>> ducks -- water down: shorebirds."=A0=A0 Water levels are being =
> lowered=A0for=20
>> the latter.=A0 This list does not include earlier 2009=A0sightings of=20=
>
>> white-winged crossbill, pine siskin, snow goose, other
>> waterfowl=A0and=20=
>
>> others. The long-residing, nesting eagles appear to be holding onto=20
>> their eggs this year; they lost them=A0last season. And the resident=20=
>
>> river otter=A0has been sighted several times over the last year,
>> along=20=
>
>> with many other non avian species. Designing this ecosystem for the=20
>> "umbrella species" of ducks and shorebirds has, as the term implies,=20=
>
>> provided habitat for almost every other=A0species found in Ohio.
>>
>> Once again,=A0because the area is restricted,=A0Jim, Jeff and =
> Bob/Denise=20
>> have graciously offered to escort birders around the sanctuary. Until=20=
>
>> further notice, at least one of them will be at the sanctuary
>> entrance=20=
>
>> at 9 AM Sunday mornings. For other times, email me and I will forward=20=
>
>> to one of the observers. (I am currently not in Ohio.)
>>
>> Bill Jones
>> Canfield (Youngstown)
>>
>>
> <File attached: image.tiff>
>>
> <File attached: image.tiff>
>>
>> Job Hunting? Start with the companies that posted job openings this=20
>> week.
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:47:31 -0400
> From: "dave.n8auh" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: East Harbor State Park, Saturday
>
> Just leaving East Harbor State Park and heading back to hotel for
> workshop.
> While here we saw Robin, Junco, Grackle, Chickadee, Mourning dove,
> Starling,
> pair of Flickers having a lively discussion, Red-winged blackbird,
> Ring-billed & Herring gulls, Horned & Pied billed grebes, Common,
> Red-breasted & Hooded mergansers, Bufflehead, Gadwall, Red-headed duck,
> Mute
> swan, Geese, Mallards, a gazillion Scaup (lesser & greater), Great blue
> heron, and a Bald Eagle on a nest!
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:50:52 -0500
> From: James Dolan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Recent MCWS Species
>
> From:
>
>
>
> Bill Jones
> Canfield (Youngstown)
>
>
>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0American woodcock=A04
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 American Coot=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 60+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 American Crow=A0=A0=A0=A0 8+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 American Robin=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 20+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 American Tree Sparrow=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 American Widgeon=A0=A0=A0=A0 80+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Bald Eagle=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Barred Owl
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Belted Kingfisher
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Black-capped Chickadee=A0=A0=A0=A0 10
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Blue Jay=A0=A0=A0=A0 6+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Blue-winged Teal=A0=A0=A0=A0 1 pair
> =A0=A0=A0=A0CanadaGoose=A0=A0=A0=A0 100+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Cooper's Hawk=A0=A0=A0=A0 2
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Dark-eyed Junco=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Downy Woodpecker=A0=A0=A0 2
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Eastern Bluebird=A0=A0=A0=A0 6+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Eastern Phoebe=A0=A0=A0 2
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 European Starling=A0=A0=A0=A0 10+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Gadwall=A0=A0=A0=A0 60+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Great Blue Heron=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Great-horned owl=A0
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Green-winged Teal=A0=A0=A0=A0 120+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Hooded Merganser=A0=A0=A0=A0 40
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Killdeer=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Lesser Scaup=A0=A0=A0=A0 1 male=A0=A0 2 female
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Long-tailed Duck*=A01 (several earlier)
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Mallard=A0=A0=A0=A0 40+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Mourning Dove=A0=A0=A0=A0 8
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Northern Cardinal=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 6
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Northern Flicker=A0=A0=A0=A0 1
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Northern Mockingbird=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 5
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Northern Harrier
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Northern Pintail=A0=A0=A0=A0 60
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Northern Shoveler=A0=A0=A0=A0 30
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Northern Shrike=A0*
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Pied-billed Grebe=A0=A0=A0=A0 8+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Red-bellied Woodpecker=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Red-breasted Merganser
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Redhead=A0=A0=A0=A0 55
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Red-shouldered Hawk=A0=A0=A01
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Red-tailed Hawk=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Red-winged Blackbird=A0=A0=A0=A0 20
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Ring-billed Gull=A0=A0=A0=A0 3
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Ring-necked Duck=A0=A0=A0=A0 300+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Ruddy Duck=A0=A0=A0=A0 5
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Rusty Blackbird*=A0=A0=A040
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Song Sparrow=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 9+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Tufted Titmouse=A0=A0=A0=A0 6
> =A0=A0=A0=A0Turkey Vulture
> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Wood Duck=A0=A0=A0=A0 12+
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0White-breasted Nuthatch=A0=A0=A0=A0 2
> White Throated Sparrow 1
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:10:50 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Green Lake, Shaker Heights, and Hiram sightings
>
> Small numbers of interesting ducks at Green Lake (the Duck Pond) in Sha=
> ker
> Heights. Single male Red Head, several pair of Hooded Mergansers, seve=
> ral
> pair of Wood Duck, two pair of Lesser Scaup, and the usual Mallards.,
> spotted yesterday evening and this morning. One Great Blue Heron last
> night.
>
> Pair of Sandhill Cranes flew quite low across route 700, about 1 mile s=
> outh
> of 422, sighted on Wednesday evening.
>
> Jim Kooser
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:40:45 -0400
> From: JAMIE WARD <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Bald Eagle in Geauga
>
> As I walked around Best Lake today in Walter C. Best Preserve in Chardon,
> I
> came across an adult Bald Eagle watching the lake from a tree. It sat for
> a
> long time. Finally, a dog walker came along, and we got to within 30 feet
> before it flew across the lake to another tree. It sat there for another
> 45
> minutes.
>
> It was amazing to get so close and to see such a large, majestic bird.
>
> It is the second Bald Eagle I've seen at this site in the past week. The
> other was a juvenile flying overhead.
>
> Regards,
> Jamie Ward
> Chardon
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:40:58 -0400
> From: "Warren, Mary" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Lake Erie Wing Watch
>
> Lake Erie Wing Watch weekend is April 3-5.
> Our speakers for April 4th include: Tom Hissong, Jen Brumfield, Jim
> McCormac, Larry Richardson, and Brad Wilkinson (of member of the Ohio
> Young Birders Club)
> The keynote will be by Chuck Hagner on "The Secret Life of the
> Kirtland's Warbler"
> Should be a very interesting talk!! Hope that some of you will be
> able to join us
> Full details at www.LakeErieWingWatch.com
>
> Happy Birding.=20
> PS. Waterfowl and raptor migration continues here at Magee
> Marsh..........................
>
> Mary L. Warren
> Wildlife Communications Specialist
> Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
> 13229 W. State Route 2
> Oak Harbor, OH 43449
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:53:04 -0400
> From: Dave Watkins <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Ira Beaver Marsh - Cuyahoga Valley NP
>
> Walked with Ranger Paul Motts along the towpath trail.
> Highlights for this morning:
>
> Winter Wren - 1
> Rusty Blackbird - 6
> Eastern Towhee - 1
> Red-winged Blackbird - many
> Common Grackle - many
> American Robin - many
> Barnyard Goose - 1
> Canada Goose - many
> Mallard
> Wood Duck
> Downy Woodpecker
> Red Bellied Woodpecker - heard several but none seen
> Northern Flicker - heard but not seen
> Song Sparrow - 1 seen others heard
> American Crow
> Black Capped Chickadee
> White Breasted Nuthatch
> Killdeer - 1
>
>
>
> After the walk I headed to the site of the old Richfield Coliseum hoping =
> to get some pictures. No pictures but I did see
> Eastern Bluebird - 1 M/F pair
> Eastern Meadowlark 1 M/F pair
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Turkey Vulture
> American Crow
>
> On the drive back home
> Pileated Woodpecker (just south of Deep Lock Quarry)
> Belted Kingfisher (at the Ira Beaver Marsh)
> Red Tailed Hawk (2 on Major Road - 2 on Riverview - 1 Bath Heron =
> Rookery)
> Turkey (on Sackett Ave Cuyahoga Falls - it started to run across the =
> road as I passed it. It stopped just short of running into the side of =
> my car as I swerved to avoid it!)
>
>
> Dave Watkins
> Cuyahoga Falls
> Summit County
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:15:46 -0700
> From: Jack Stenger <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Delaware - Lesser Black-backed Gull / WW Scoter
>
> Sean Williams, Kristen Lear, Justus Nethero and I briefly stopped by
> Delawa=
> re Reservoir (Delaware County) this afternoon.=A0 We were quickly rewarded
> =
> with a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.
> =A0
> The adult Lesser Black-backed Gull=A0was loafing on the Delaware State
> Park=
> swimming beach with 19 Herring Gulls and ~200 Ring-billed Gulls. We first
> =
> spotted the bird from Panhandle Rd within Delaware Wildlife Area.=A0 To
> get=
> closer looks we drove around the reservoir to Delaware State Park.=A0 The
> =
> swimming beach is closed, but you can park in the next parking area to the
> =
> east (Buckeye Grove Picnic Area) and follow a maintained trail south to
> acc=
> ess the beach. The White-winged Scoter (female)=A0was equally visible from
> =
> Panhandle Rd and the beach.=A0 At 3:20 p.m. both birds were still present.
> =A0
> Jack Stenger,
> Ohio Wesleyan University
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:25:14 -0400
> From: Bob Powell <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Long-tailed Duck, White-winged Scoter still at Cowan
>
> Both of these good birds persist at Cowan Lake despite the drawdown of
> waterfowl to about 20% of what was there a week ago. The WWSC was found
> at
> the Southshore Marina and was close enough in to get some halfway decent
> pictures. which is about my standard. The LTDU was found from the point
> below the Hilltop picnic shelter. It was back in the cove looking toward
> the sailing club docks. It was with a small flock of Lesser Scaup. I got
> some pictures of that bird, too.
> I will post the pictures on my blog (URL below) probably sometime
> tomorrow.
> I have posted an annotated, interactive map to Cowan Lake. Just click on
> the maps tab at the top of the page.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob.
>
> --
> Robert D Powell
> Congress Farm Research Institute
> Wilmington, OH, USA
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> Nulla dies sine aves
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:05:59 -0700
> From: Leidy Gabe <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: 3/21 - NW Ohio shorebirds & Rusty Blackbirds
>
> Ottawa NWR auto tour -
>
> Greater Yellowlegs 1
> Pectoral Sandpiper 2
> Common Snipe 16
>
> The yellowlegs and pecs occupied a flooded field at the tour's end -
> visible anytime from Veler Rd - 200 Green-winged Teal and 40 Northern
> Pintail were here, too.
>
> Rt. 2, just west of Magee Marsh WA -
>
> Pectoral Sandpiper 1
> DUNLIN 1
>
> And perhaps most amazingly, Emil Bacik and I counted 900 Rusty Blackbirds
> on roads south of Magee Marsh and Ottawa. Rustys were the dominant
> blackbird species in most flocks, though, despite valiant efforts, we
> detected no Brewer's.
>
> Good birding -
> Gabe Leidy
> Cleveland
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:38:25 -0400
> From: Su Snyder <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: White-winged Scoter still at Wright Marsh at Killbuck WA 3/21/09
>
> Hi all: Our TWC Bird Club's last stop of the day was Wright Marsh at the
> Killbuck WA in Wayne County. We parked at the end of Carrie Lane and
> walked
> down to the marsh to the right. The male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was toward
> the
> middle of the marsh and was still there when we left around 5:15PM. Su
> Snyder, Wooster
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:17:35 -0700
> From: Denise Powers Kissel <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Killdeer - Stow (Summit County)
>
> Had two killdeer fly overhead noisily today=C2=A0while at Bow Wow Beach at
> =
> Silver Springs park in Stow, off of Stow Road.
> =C2=A0
> Denise in Akorn
>
>
> www.feathersfibersfaith.blogspot.com
> =C2=A0
> "Look at the birds..."=C2=A0 Matthew 6:26
>
> I look=C2=A0at them because I believe in their existence, the way their
> son=
> gs begin and end each day=E2=80=93the invocations and the benedictions=C2=
> =A0to God Himself.=C2=A0 I=C2=A0look to the birds because they remind me
> of=
> what I love rather than what I fear.=C2=A0 And=C2=A0that God's eye is on
> t=
> he sparrow, and I know He watches me!=C2=A0
> =C2=A0
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:08:16 -0400
> From: Dave&Lisa <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Pike County Eagle nest with young.
>
> The Eagle nest near Omega(Pike County) has at least 1-young in it
> now(could=
> be 2?). I watched one of the Adult birds feeding the chick this
> afternoon.=
> .it's head just barely visible above the rim of the nest. I could be wrong
> =
> but I believe this nest is fairly new..only a couple of years in use.
>
> For the B.B. Atlas project, they get a NY...Eagles nesting in Southern
> Ohio=
> 20 yrs ago were a dream. Nice to have them. =20
>
> I also checked on the Eagle nest near Richmond Dale. The distance keeps me
> =
> from seeing young in the nest itself, but the Adults have been on site for
> =
> over a month now. This site has been in use for at least 5 yrs.
> =20
> I'm sure there are more nests out there to be found..if a nest looks
> really=
> big, even at a great distance, and there is any water way near it..better
> =
> check it out. The nest at Richmond Dale is on the bank of Walnut Creek-
> (no=
> t the Scioto River near by)..and there are places it's only 25ft. or so
> acr=
> oss.
>
> Dave Hess
> SVBNC
> Chillicothe
> =20
> =20
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:19:35 -0400
> From: Darlene Sillick <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: March 23 Delaware County Bird Club newsletter
>
> Hope to see any and all on Monday March 23 at OWU for the Delaware County
> Bird Club meeting. Contact me privately if you want to view the full
> newsletter.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Darlene Sillick
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Evening programs of the Delaware County Bird Club are held in room 163 of
> the Conrades Wetherell Science Center. They begin informally at 7:00 p.m.
> and the formal meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments and beverages are
> provided prior to the meeting. The Ohio Wesleyan University Museum of
> Zoology is open to guests and a sample of mystery birds from the museum is
> available to test your identification skills. Parking is available in the
> Selby Stadium parking lot across Henry Street from the Science Center or
> in
> the lot beside the Science Center on the campus drive. The doors of the
> building are open until 8:00 p.m.
>
>
>
> March 23 Peckerwoods in paradise
>
> Jack M. Stenger
>
> In 2005 a press conference was held in Washington D. C.. at the office of
> the Department of the Interior. At the conference John Fitzpatrick,
> Director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, announced the
> rediscovery
> of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. He reported calls and sightings from the
> swamp forests of the Cache and White rivers in Arkansas. A year later
> Geoff
> Hill, an ornithologist at Auburn and a birder since childhood, reported
> similar evidence from a large tract of swamp forest in the panhandle of
> Florida. The photographic evidence was open to question, and Jerry
> Jackson,
> an ornithologist at Florida International University and expert on
> woodpeckers including the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and David Sibley felt
> the
> evidence in the photographs was less than conclusive. The auditory
> evidence, based on double knocks was a bit clearer, but still open to
> alternative explanations.
>
> Fast forward to 2009. In early January Jack Stenger, investigative
> reporter
> for the Delaware County Bird Club newsletter and birder since the age of
> 5,
> and long-time birding buddies Paul Wharton and Bill Stanley left
> Cincinnati
> for a week in the pine swamps of the Florida panhandle. Their purpose?
> To
> verify the reports of Dr. Hill and his colleagues. To find and photograph
> the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. To add another check to Jack's "Life List".
> They spent the next week in kayaks paddling through miles and miles and
> miles of pine swamp listening and looking for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
> What did they see? What did they hear? What evidence did they find?
> Jack
> will present an illustrated lecture based on his trip into the pine swamps
> of western Florida. Be sure to come for refreshments, conversation, and
> the
> usual dead bird quiz.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:32:01 EDT
> From: Mary Reifsnyder <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Trip to Killdeer Plains
>
> Our sightings for Saturday, March 21 at Killdeer Plains
>
> Bald Eagles - 5 (at lake 6 and one at the Area Headquarters)
> Red Tailed Hawks - double digits
> Rough-Legged Hawks (light morph - 2 and dark morph - 1)
> Northern Harriers - 6 (all females)
>
> Wood Ducks
> Am. Black Ducks
> Hooded Mergansers
> Redheads
> Northern Shoveler
> Ring-necked
> Scaups
> Buffleheads
> Pintails (on a pond north of CH71 from pond 6)
> Pied Bill Grebes
> Green Winged Teals
> Gadwalls
> Ruddy Ducks
> Am. Coots
>
> And our three favorites of the day:
> Eurasian Widgeon on Pond 3
> 150+ Red Breasted Merganser's on the Upground Reservoir
> and a single Eared Grebe (male) in front of the island on pond 27. To
> see
> a picture of the Eared Grebe you can e-mail my husband, Stan, at
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> All waterfowl, except the Eared Grebe were seen with their
> counterparts -
> both male and female.
> It was a very enjoyable day!
>
> Around 4:00 (as the day warmed up) the mosquitoes began to make a
> formidable appearance.
> Mary and Stan
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:45:57 -0400
> From: Adam Cirone <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Northeast Ohio - Horned Grebe & Bald Eagle
>
> I went birding the afternoon of March 21st with my dad at Walbourn
> Reservoir in Alliance, Ohio. We parked on Reeder Avenue and watched
> from the bridge over the reservoir.
>
> Notable birds included:
> Bald Eagle (pair nesting)
> Hooded Merganser
> Bufflehead
> Pie-billed Grebe
> Horned Grebe (scruffy winter plumage)
>
> Common birds included:
> Canada Goose
> Ring-billed Gull
> Song Sparrow
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Northern Cardinal
>
> We also spotted a Mute Swan on a pond up the road from our spot on the
> reservoir.
>
>
> Adam Cirone
> B.A. in Biology from Muskingum College
> Senior Reseach on Grassland Birds
>
> Columbus, Ohio
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> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:58:46 EDT
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Ottawa/Metzger Marsh
>
> Saturday, March 21--What a great day for the auto tour at Ottawa NWR.
> Abundant waterfowl everywhere. We were not disappointed at Metzger
> either.
>
> Ottawa:
> Pied-billed grebe
> American coots
> Tundra and trumpeter swans
> Canada geese
> Great blue herons
> Great egrets
> Ring-billed, Bonaparte's, and herring gulls
> Gadwalls
> Mallards
> Hooded and common mergansers
> Northern shovelers
> Ring-necked ducks
> American widgeons
> Black ducks
> Redheads
> Canvasbacks
> Wood ducks
> Northern pintails
> Green- and blue-winged teals
> Buffleheads
> Lesser scaups
> Killdeer
> Wilson's snipes
> Lesser yellowlegs
> Bald eagles
> Northern harriers
> Red-tailed hawks
> American kestrel
> Downy woodpecker
> Tree swallows
> Northern cardinal
> Black-capped chickadee
> Dark-eyed juncos
> Brown-headed cowbirds
> Red-winged and rusty blackbirds
> Common grackles
> American robin
> Song, swamp, house, and tree sparrows
>
> Metzger Marsh--In late afternoon, the light was not in our favor. A
> return
> trip Sunday morning should be better.
> Great blue herons
> Canvasbacks
> Gadwalls
> Redheads
> Buffleheads
> American coots
> Green- and blue-winged teals
> Lesser scaups
> Ring-necked ducks
> American widgeons (heard the Eurasian had been seen around 2:30 p.m.
> but
> no luck. Maybe Sunday morning.)
> Horned lark
> Mourning dove
> Ring-billed gulls
> Bald eagle
> Red-winged and rusty blackbirds
> Eastern phoebe
> American tree, song, and house sparrows
>
> An interesting observation: Along Zenser Rd./Turtle Creek, the bare
> trees held hundreds and hundreds of male cowbirds and a few female
> cowbirds,
> hundreds and hundreds of female redwings and few males, many grackles and
> a few
> rusties.
>
> Ed and Bev Neubauer
> Englewood, Ohio
>
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