- RBA 
* Ohio 
* Statewide 
* December 19, 2010
* OHST1912.10
 
- Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species):
 
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Long-tailed Duck
White-winged Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
American Bittern
Thayer¹s Gull
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Shrike
- Transcript

This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for December 19, 2010.
Compiler: Sean Williams. Email: [log in to unmask]

Species in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE REVIEW LIST SPECIES. Details of these
sightings are desired by the Ohio Bird Records Committee. Careful
observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification for
submitting your data. For details and pointers see:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/documentation.php
 
Greater White-fronted Goose: One bird in a flock of Canada Geese at Mingo
Park in Delaware on 16 Dec (Sean Williams and Bill Heck).
 
Snow Goose: One light-phase bird flew over Snipe Marsh in Delaware on 16 Dec
(Sean Williams). A blue-phase bird was at Blacklick Woods on 17 Dec (Rob
Thorn).
 
Cackling Goose: One bird still present in Delaware, on the Olentangy River
on 16 Dec (Sean Williams).
 
Long-tailed Duck: One bird at Harveysburg Rd at Caesar Creek State Park on
14 Dec (Rick Asamoto). Another one was at Jisco Lake in Jackson County on 18
Dec (Tom Bain).
 
White-winged Scoter: A female reported at the North Pool boat ramp at Caesar
Creek State Park on 14 Dec (Rick Asamoto).
 
Red-necked Grebe: The bird found by Dave Slager remained at Hoover Reservoir
in Franklin County on 13 Dec (Bill Heck).
 
American Bittern: A bird was flushed by Rob Thorn along a creek at Big Run
Park on 17 Dec.
 
Thayer¹s Gull: A first cycle bird reported at East 55th St. Marina on 14 Dec
(Jen Brumfield).
 
SLATY-BACKED GULL: A probable Slaty-backed Gull was reported by Jen
Brumfield on 14 Dec at the East 55th Marina in Cleveland. A description from
Jen: ³The bird was very close to Herring Gull in size, with a very bulky
build - pot-bellied and squat. Heavy-billed. The mantle shade was between
Lesser Black-backed and Great Black-backed, closer to Lesser Black-backed.
Literally, slaty. The head was heavily streaked and darkest around the eye,
with streaking running down fairly heavily onto the nape and  neck. The
legs/feet were rich dark pink. There was a broad strip of white on the
tertials.² Unfortunately, the bird vanished and could not be photographed.
 
Eastern Phoebe: One was sighted in Joe Faulkner¹s yard on 14 Dec. Another
was seen at Blue Limestone Park in Delaware on 16 Dec (Sean Williams).
 
Northern Shrike: One juvenile was at Delaware Wildlife Area in a field north
of pond 1B on 17 Dec (Sean Williams). One was at Highland Park Cemetery ³in
a wooded ravine between the putting green and the National Guard armory on
Green, just south of Harvard² on 19 Dec (Inga Schmidt).
 
 
- End Transcript
 
 
Good birding,
 
Sean Williams
Delaware, OH



---
Sean Williams, '11
Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt
Ohio Wesleyan University
HWCC 724
Delaware, OH 43015
617-470-4094

______________________________________________________________________

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]