On Wednesday, Sept. 12, Kimberly Kaufman had a very brief look at a hummingbird with a strong face pattern behind the Black Swamp Bird Observatory. Thursday morning, Mark Shieldcastle and Kate Zimmerman had a very brief look at what was evidently the same bird. I went to the observatory and watched for almost three hours, and the only hummingbirds that I heard or saw were Ruby-throats and one Rufous/Allen's (as reported last night). However, this afternoon, Jeremy Ross and a couple of others had a good view of the bird, visiting a feeder, and they felt that it appeared to be a Broad-billed Hummingbird.

Black Swamp Bird Observatory is located just north of Route 2 at the entrance to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area in n.w. Ohio. The BSBO "window on wildlife," where the bird was observed, will be open to the public until 5 today and from 11 to 5 tomorrow.

Note that at this point the ID should be considered tentative. The bird apparently has been in the area for 3 days, but it makes VERY infrequent visits to the areas visible behind the observatory, so take this into account if you are considering coming to look for it. We'll post more information if the bird is seen again and (hopefully) photographed for documentation.

Kenn Kaufman
Oak Harbor, OH




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