I can add two other unique nestings: the red crossbill in Ross County in
1973, and the red-breasted merganser in 1956 in Ottawa County.
Bill Whan

On 3/19/2015 4:33 PM, Paul Gardner wrote:
> If "rarest breeding bird" means the species that breeds most rarely in Ohio, then I would nominate Common Raven. There is one nesting from last year in Belmont County. http://www.ohiobirds.org/publications/cerulean/14-07.pdf
> It is probably the first known nesting in 100 years or more.
>
> Fish crow is another that may be joining our avifauna as a breeding bird.
> There is one record of Western Kingbird nesting in the state in 1933. I believe the entire family was shot-gunned and now resides in the OSU Museum as study skins.
> All of the above species are common elsewhere. If you define "rarest breeding bird" as the species breeding in Ohio that has the smallest overall population, then I'm even less sure what the answer is.
> Piping Plover is endangered, but it hasn't been confirmed as nesting here since 1942.
> Golden-winged Warbler is "near threatened", but I'm not sure when it was last confirmed as nesting in the state.
> Cerulean Warbler has a conservation status of "vulnerable", and it's a fairly common nester in Ohio. This would be my best guess, but I'd be interested in other ideas. Paul Gardner
> Columbus, OH
>        From: Dillon Nott <[log in to unmask]>
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>   Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 7:12 AM
>   Subject: [Ohio-birds] Rarest Ohio bird
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> I've been reading a lot of articles latey about Ohios rarest breeding bird.
> NOT migratory birds like snowy owls or artic terns, but I wanna know what
> our rarest bird is. What's your opinions? My first thought was Barn owl,
> but there's a lot of birds out in Ohio, please email me your opinion! :)
>
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