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Lori Brumbaugh <[log in to unmask]>
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 15 Dec 2012 11:40:55 -0500101_ISO-8859-1 Kurt Brocone just informed me the Rufous is still present in his yard in
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Kenn,
Could you elaborate on why the bird is not a Western Kingbird? I would
appreciate the educational process of elimination.
Thank you,
Lori Brumbaugh
Cincinnati


In a message dated 12/9/2012 3:03:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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The  hybrid kingbird at Sandusky, originally found on Saturday Dec. 8 by Al
 Freeman, was seen by many observers today, Sunday the 9th. The
identification  is still unknown, but the bird undoubtedly has some ancestry of
Scissor-tailed  Flycatcher and some ancestry of one of the yellow-bellied kingbirds
(with  Western and Couch's specifically under discussion). This morning it
was not  seen at all during the first hour and a half of daylight, but after
that it  was moving around the edges of open short-grass fields and wooded
areas in a  neighborhood just west of Pipe Creek Wildlife Area. On the
accompanying Google  Map, I've put some markers to show the main areas where the
bird was spending  its time:
http://goo.gl/maps/kIkz0


If for some reason you can't  access the map, the area is between the Cedar
Point causeway and the Pipe  Creek parking lot on the northeast side of
Sandusky, mostly south of 1st  Street and west of F Street.


The bird would perch quietly for  minutes at a time, usually at the edge of
a wooded area. When foraging, it  would usually fly out and hover low over
the ground, often calling as it did  so. The only callnote that we heard
during the morning was a strident single  note, recognizably similar to the
"kip" of a Western Kingbird but more drawn  out and with a harsher tone
quality. I only succeeded in getting very poor  recordings of the voice, but I'm
hopeful that someone else may have gotten  better audio later in the day.


Although this isn't a full species  and won't "count" for anyone's list,
I'd say it's one of the most interesting  birds I've seen in Ohio! Vagrant
kingbirds found late in fall in other parts  of North America often have stayed
around for several days, so perhaps this  bird will do the same; weather
forecasts for the next few days don't look too  severe.


Kenn Kaufman
Oak Harbor,  Ohio






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