Whimbrels have started to appear on their southbound migrations. Jean
Iron's shorebird report from last week
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/SHOR.html#1279502017  notes 21
adults seen in James Bay, ON. Those that show up in Ohio in the
southbound migration tend to hang around a lot longer; Conneaut has been
the most reliable spot recently. See
http://www.ccb-wm.org/news/2010_spring/Hope_returns.html  for stories on
their prodigious movements; check out the links, too.
        The stand of dead trees on the west side of the Upper Sandusky Res
(DeLorme 47-B6/7) has always looked good for red-headed woodpeckers, and
while eating lunch there yesterday I finally spotted one. It was a young
bird, so a family must have moved in. These birds are getting harder and
harder to find, even though a century ago the species was far and away
the state's most numerous woodpecker. Funny thing, I saw only one
kestrel all day; this bird was said to be the state's most abundant
raptor at one time. One thing their declines seem to have in common is
ever fewer nest sites...
Bill Whan
Columbus

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