Since it's been over two years since a public announcement on the Ohio
checklist, I thought I'd offer a *unofficial* update on new additions at
least. The Ohio Bird Records Committee did not accept documented reports
of the following potential additions to the state list: McCown's and
chestnut-collared longspurs and common pochard; other reports remain
under review, such as for ferruginous hawk.
        Added to the official state checklist (now at 424 species I believe)
are the following:

        Allen's hummingbird  Holmes Co 11/12/2009
        Dusky flycatcher  Ottawa Co 6/3/05
        Reddish egret  Ashtabula Co 6/5/08
        Whooping crane  various nineteenth-century dates in Scioto, Hamilton,
and Preble counties.

        The last species was added after an amendment to OBRC criteria which
allowed the addition of species documented by specimens, identified by
reputable authorities, which have since been impossible to locate.
        These species can be added to the last edition (2008) of the OBRC
Annotated Checklist. Readers interested in obtaining this checklist, and
those curious about the whooping crane addition (my contribution), can
write me for details. Official OBRC reports will be published in the
fullness of time.
        Details on these are, as always, available on request from Ned Keller,
Secretary of the OBRC.
Bill Whan
Columbus--still scuffling to catch up with Vic's report from 2110.

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