Let's hope the format of my email doesn't mess up as usual when I post to the list-serve. Highlights from this weekend include:

Tundra Swan - at least 1,000 are in the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (ONWR) area


Merlin - one at the Woodland Cemetery (1/22)

Virginia Rail - a probable bird was flushed by Ryan Lesniewicz along the Magee Marsh boardwalk (near marker 19) this afternoon. I was not able to relocate it but feel certain on the identification. A photo of its tracks is posted on the Black Swamp Bird Observatory's (BSBO) Facebook page.

Northern Shrike - one was along Veler Road north of MS3 during the ONWR Auto Tour (1/21). Sherrie Duris had another at the southwest corner of MS7. The shrike regularly reported along the Magee Marsh causeway was relocated by Mark Shieldcastle along the East Beach Trail (1/22). See maps (http://www.bsbo.org/birding/birding_hotspots.htm)

Rusty Blackbird - one briefly visited the BSBO Window on Wildlife on 1/21

Common Redpoll - the single female found on 1/20 at private feeders 2.5 miles from BSBO returned today (1/22). Greg Links called one out at Woodlawn Cemetery moving along the sweetgum tree tops (1/22).

White-winged Crossbill - the crossbills continue at Woodlawn Cemetery numbering at least 30 individuals. They were feeding eye-level in conifers at the northeast section of area 41. See map

(http://historic-woodlawn.com/pdfs/MapReDesignOct09.pdf)

Good birding,

Ethan Kistler
nomadicbirder.blogspot.com

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