After hearing Robert Hershberger's recent quote on on the Bobolink area rare
bird alert  (available at http://www.gregmillerbirding.com/), "I don't think I
have ever received so many reports of Dickcissel", I checked a local site that
produced Dickcissels years ago but continues to undergo housing development. Yet
there this morning 6/23 was a persistently singing male in the good-looking
field on the west side of Coblentz Road between Midway and State Streets. The
bird seemed to hang out 50 yards on either side of the driveway for one of the
new houses on the hill, I believe it was 9375 Coblentz. It was near the sign on
the brown fence reading Lot #13.

It would appear to be a good time to check those Atlas Blocks in Eastern Ohio
that don't often get Dickcissel for grassy, or fallow fields with lots of tall
weeds.
On another note, I don't think the Eurasian Collared-Dove in Kidron, Wayne
County has been reported here yet. The bird is hanging out behind the L.E.
Sommer & Son feed mill on Emerson Road 1/4 mile east of Kidron Road. The bird
has been there for at least a month. To my knowledge, no one has seen two birds
together although I saw a silhouette flyby as one dove sat on a wire that looked
really good for a second collared-dove about a week ago.

As I type this at 3PM Thursday, Ben Morrison reports a second male Dickcissel
singing on Coblentz Road.
Kent Miller
Hartville, OH

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