I received a message from Bill Kencaid who stated he went to chase the Pacific Loon. He did not get the Loon however he did find 6 Willets at Caesar Creek. He asked me to post this.
GB
Bruce Miller
Columbus, OH
Web Photo Gallery: http://www.redtail.smugmug.com/
My Blog: http://redtail565.blogspot.com/
> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 20:22:57 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Pacific Loon: No Joy. Laughing Gull: Tally-Ho
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Larry Gara and I lept out to Harveysburg Road overlooking Caesar Creek Lake
> to have a go at the Pacific Loon reported this morning by Rick Asamoto. We
> were joined in short order by Bob and Julie Foppe, Rick himself, John Habig
> and Shane Eggleston, then Dan Sanders and several others. Pretty soon we
> had a number of stellar birders equipped with absolutely superb
> optics scanning the lake for the loon. Alas, it was not to be. We had four
> or five Common Loons in a variety of plumages and five Double-crested
> Cormorants in both juvenile and adult plumages, but no Pacific Loon.
>
> The day was not a total loss, however. Bob Foppe found a Laughing Gull in
> definitive alternate plumage. Almost everybody had a look at it and we all
> agreed on the large bill and the uniformly dark upper wing, lacking the
> white bases on the primaries which distinguish the Franklin's Gull. Not a
> bad consolation prize.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
> PS: Just had a phone call from a usually reliable source reporting a
> Bobolink out on Starbuck Road north of Wilmington. More news when it
> breaks.
>
>
> --
> Robert D Powell
> Congress Farm Research Institute
> Wilmington, OH, USA
> [log in to unmask]
> http://rdp1710.wordpress.com
>
> Nulla dies sine aves
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
> Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
>
> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
> http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
_________________________________________________________________
The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail.
http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
|
