There seems to be nothing shockingly unusual about a scissor-tailed
flycatcher in Ohio at this time (we have 15 accepted records, a lot of
them in May, and other strays of this western bird are now being seen as
far east as New Hampshire and New Jersey), but the Kilby Rd bird seems
to be the most persistent on record in Ohio. If you want to see this
bird in the state, by all means try this one. Three of the previous
records were promptly shot (not recently: nowadays there's probably no
really good reason to collect specimens of this species here), and
nearly all the rest have been one- or two-day wonders. They are of
course common in their western breeding-season range, and Florida
vacationers can reliably see them there in winter, as well.
        Coming up should be the brief spring passage of migrant whimbrels. They
prefer an over-water route, and are most often seen here along the Lake
Erie shore, but a few birds veer inland, even including a remarkable
flock of 106 near Killdeer Plains on one occasion. Observers in Toronto,
where the largest regional numbers are seen, give 24 May--Monday--as the
best day to look for them, on average. There are only a few early June
records, so the window is a narrow one.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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