Beginning about May 10 last year, these fields were also loaded with singing
Dickcissels.  Another nifty bird to keep eyes and ears out for in the fields
at Sears and Old Stage.

Bird well,

Paul

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Cindy Beckman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Bobolinks were reported by one team during the Dayton Audubon Society
> Birdathon
> this past weekend.  They were seen at the same location where they were
> found
> last year.  In Greene County, take Old Stage Road off Route 42, south of
> the
> village of Spring Valley and just north of Roxanna New
> Burlington Road. (Many
> birders are familiar with Roxanna-New-Burlington Road because of
> Spring Valley
> Wildlife Area's location).  At the top of the hill on Old Stage Road, turn
> right
> on Sears Road.  The Bobolinks were seen in the fields near this
> intersection,
> just as they were in 2010.  The birds are frequently very close to the
> road.
> The birder reporting the birds saw them at around 5:00 PM on Saturday.
>  Cindy Beckman
> Cheepers! Birding on a Budget
> www.cheepersbirding.com
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob Powell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 8:17:56 PM
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton county Bobolinks
>
> For at least the second year in a row, Bobolinks have returned to a horse
> farm on Starbuck Road in northern Clinton county.  I saw eight there this
> afternoon, as well as four Northern Bobwhite, six Eastern Meadowlarks, and
> a
> host of blackbirds, grackles and starlings.  Unfortunately, the pasture
> that
> attracts the birds is on private land and the owner does not want the
> location published.  Furthermore, it is a about 300 yards from the road,
> which pretty well puts them out of telescope range even if there were
> somewhere safe to pull off the road.  Kind of tragic, actually.  This is
> the
> only location I know of in the county that has Bobolinks on a more or less
> regular basis.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Robert D Powell
> Congress Farm Research Institute
> Wilmington, OH, USA
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>
> Nulla dies sine aves
>
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sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
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