Hello Ohio birders,
Thank you Bill for the excellent heads-up. One of my brothers found a Leach's petrel on a farm pond in Western Massachusetts after a tropical storm. (He thought it was a purple martin at first.)
I thought that since some birders are moth-ers you might be looking out for the black witch moth which is well-known to ride northward on tropical storms from Mexico and Texas. In flight, they look like small bats.
Happy birding (and moth-ing).
Dave Horn
Columbus (and Worcester, MA)
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Whan
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 11:01 AM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Weather or not
Just a reminder that the hurricane is due to move our way as it sputters out http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR4.html . Some folks near Galveston posted photos yesterday of as many as 140 frigatebirds inland, and several others in states along the storm's projected path are talking about keeping an eye out; practiced observers say frigatebirds and tropical terns are the most likely waifs to appear. Our chances are not good, but they are a lot better with weather to push them our way, so just a reminder to keep alert for birds moving way overhead, and others settling down or hunting over fair-sized bodies of water. Most of our storm-driven rarities have occurred--rarely, of course--in conditions like this, and include especially frigatebirds, and royal and sooty terns. The frigatebirds are far more likely to be discovered flying overhead, but royal terns will set down on beaches, etc. (as did the Hoover Res bird over five days four years ago) though sooty terns--who apparently prefer not to rest on water--will, based on Ohio's single record, spend all their local hunting time over water. Good luck, Bill Whan
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