Hi Jim,

Yes that part of Northern Summit County is in the 5 county area I mention.
The  5 Ohio counties where Juncos can be common nesters are,  Ashtabula,
Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Summit.

Haans

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Haans Petruschke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In June I posted about unique vocalizations among some of our nesting
> Junco population.  Lisa Rainsong, became interested in this, and began
> doing high quality recordings of the birds in my area (Gildersleeve
> mountain in Kirtland) and in other locations in Lake and Geauga counties.
> She has done a blog post which can be found here:
>
> http://listeninginnature.blogspot.com/2015/07/creative-ornamentation.html
>
> Additionally, Lisa was contacted by a licensed bird bander who works in
> Pepper Pike,  (Eastern Cuyahoga County), who bands fledgling Juncos every
> year, and has noted that some of these birds winter over.
>
> So it appears that at least some of our breeding population not only
> has vocalizations not found elsewhere, and unique choices of nest
> locations, (hanging baskets and in shelters),  but is also non migratory.  Combine
> this with the very very small (probably <100 individuals) mid 20th century
> breeding population and the explosion in the breeding population over the
> past 25 years and we have a very interesting situation.
>
> While confined to a small range in parts of just 5 counties, Juncos have
> become very common to abundant nesters in this area. It is encouraging that
> many people who live in the area are taking a greater interest in this
> population and beginning to appreciate it for being unusual, and different,
> in multiple ways from the rest of the Junco population in North America.
>
> Haans
>

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