I too have been fooled by Bluejays and mockingbirds sounding like Killdeer!
KathyN
Medina OH
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From: Katrina Heinzen <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: Ohio birds <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:33:11
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Reply-To: Katrina Heinzen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Killdeer
And not to take away from anyone's conclusions or research, simply adding
another thought on the subject of hearing killdeer... I recently thought I
heard one right over my head in Cleveland Heights and looked up to see a
starling sitting on a wire doing a stunning imitation.
:)
Katrina Heinzen
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Linda Sekura <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks, Scott. Yes, it's a great book. I'm in awe of Larry Rosche & keep
> his books in my car year-round. I had trouble learning birds until 4-5
> years ago when I started studying Larry's guidelines, hotspots, and tips.
>
> What surprised me was hearing the killdeer long after they've disappeared
> from the city areas I frequent, including large expanses of NASA Lewis
> Field, where they're ubiquitous spring thru fall - and gone after the
> abundant
> grasshoppers have laid their eggs and left us. To see them last week on
> the mudflats at ONWR, sucking on crustaceans & insects, felt right. But
> all
> this was just gut feeling from my meager experiences.
>
> Linda
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/9/2010 8:19:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Friends,
> The Killdeer are still with us. The authoratative Birds of the Cleveland
> Region book lists Killdeer as "common to abundant" on the monthly
> distribution chart for that species through the 2nd third of November,
> then
> uncommon to occasional in occurrence until March when they become
> common/abundant once again. BOCR reflects data for the counties of Lake,
> Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, and Geauga. You can purchase it
> online at the Kirtland Bird Club (active in all seven of these counties,
> and
> beyond!) at http://www.kirtlandbirdclub.org/booksale.htm
>
> Scott
>
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