In Somerset, yesterday I saw the first pine siskin of the year. Today
there are two dozen on the black sunflower feeders, plus the first purple
finch that I have seen in three years. The migration is on!
In a message dated 11/6/2015 12:01:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Topics of the day:
1. Columbus nighhawks (3)
2. Blendon Woods-Waterfowl, Songbirds
3. Lake Erie Bluffs, 11/5
4. warm temps, frisky starlings
5. AlumCreekDam,HooverDam,Nov4,5: fewMigrants
6. Snowy owl
7. Snowy Owl
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 08:26:56 -0500
From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Columbus nighhawks
Two nighthawks--probably the common variety--were seem from my back
porch flying south this morning. October birds are uncommon, but there
are local records for well into November on very rare occasions.
Bill Whan]
Columbus
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 09:22:41 -0500
From: William Hull <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Columbus nighhawks
Neat observation. My latest is 6 birds on 11/6/2006. Would be
interesting to know where the stragglers originate.
Bill Hull
Cincinnati, OH, USA
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> Two nighthawks--probably the common variety--were seem from my back
> porch flying south this morning. October birds are uncommon, but there
> are local records for well into November on very rare occasions.
> Bill Whan]
> Columbus
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:51:33 -0500
From: "Simpson, Bruce" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Blendon Woods-Waterfowl, Songbirds
Blendon Woods is located in the northeast corner of Columbus off of I 270
& Rte 161. Take the Little Turtle Way exit
Below is a list of some of the Birds seen lately at Blendon Woods
Thoreau Lake
Teal
Green-winged
Blue-winged
Mallards
A Black Duck
Gadwall
N Shoveler
Wood Duck
Rudy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Herons
Green
Great Blue
Hawks
Red-shouldered
Red-tailed
Cooper's
Songbirds
Yellow-rumped
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Fox Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing
E Towhee
Woodpeckers
Pileated
Hairy
N Flicker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Turkeys-Nature Center bird feeders, East Blind feeders at Thoreau
Lake, bird feeders in picnic areas
Blendon Woods Metro Park
Nature Center
614-895-6221
Bruce Simpson-Naturalist at Blendon Woods Metro Park in
Columbus
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 15:07:42 -0500
From: Dave Horn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Columbus nighhawks
Hello All,
This has been a great fall for nocturnal flying insects on which
nighthawks feed -- overnight low temperatures in Columbus have been in the 50s which
is close to the average daily high. Usually by now we've had at least one
bug-killing freeze as well. The nighthawks we are seeing are both late
and lucky.
Dave Horn
Columbus
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Columbus nighhawks
Two nighthawks--probably the common variety--were seem from my back porch
flying south this morning. October birds are uncommon, but there are local
records for well into November on very rare occasions.
Bill Whan]
Columbus
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 15:25:15 -0500
From: John Pogacnik <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Lake Erie Bluffs, 11/5
Andy Avram and I birded Lake Erie Bluffs this morning. It was relatively
quiet with not a lot of bird activity flying overhead. The lake was also
slow, but there was some movement. The most interesting bird was a merlin
flying out quite a way from shore. It flying west very low over the water.
we saw it briefly fly up as if chasing something, but we didn't see
anything. Also of note were 6 swans that flew directly overhead heading south.
They never called at all. we never could relocate them to get an ID. My
thoughts were trumpeter swans. there were quite a few horned grebes on the
lake and a few loons. Andy saw a few fox sparrows earlier. The northern
shrikes have not been seen since last week.
John Pogacnik
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 15:46:53 -0500
From: Keith Tarvin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: warm temps, frisky starlings
I saw a pair of starlings copulating this morning on my way to work.
According to my car thermometer, the temperature was about 62 F. Still
don't know if it was a good idea. My guess is that insects for the kids may
be hard to come by in a month or so....
Keith Tarvin
Oberlin, Lorain County
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:52:11 -0500
From: rob thorn <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: AlumCreekDam,HooverDam,Nov4,5: fewMigrants
I stopped at AlumCreekDam yesterday and Hoover Dam today, looking for late
landbird migrants and waterfowl, and found little of either. The gorgeous
weather seems to have allowed most migrating landbirds to move south, whil
e not really stimulating waterfowl to leave areas around Canada & Lake
Erie. Notables included:
Waterfowl - little other than a few Pied-billed Grebes at both sites, and
1 Pintail with the Mallard below Hoover Dam
Raptors - 1 Osprey was still fishing around hoover dam today.
Vultures - most have moved on, with only 1-2 Turkey Vultures at each site
Gulls - probably 150 Ring-bills were on Alum Creek beach, while around 120
were on the sandbars around County Line Bridge at Hoover. around 10-12
Bonapartes were fishing above each dam.
Fruit-eaters - still flocks of Robins and Waxwings, with more around
AlumCreek Lake where the grape & honeysuckle crops are still strong. A few
Bluebird flyovers were at each site.
Kinglets - no more Ruby-crowns, but a few Golden-crowns were at both spots
Warblers - nothing other than a few Yellow-rumps (4 at AlumCreek; 2 at
Hoover)
Sparrows - still a handful of Chipping at both spots, along with small
flocks of White-throats.
Blackbirds - a few flyover flocks of Redwings were at both sites early,
headed south.
Finches - nothing other than resident House Finches and Goldfinches.
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:44:28 -0500
From: John Schutt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Snowy owl
Hello,
A colleage of mine at Rhodes State College came excitedly to my office
this
afternoon. He had seen a bird around 12:30 p.m. while driving into our
parking lot. He asked me what it could be. He then described that it was
all white except for some gray on the belly (almost striped) and had a flat
face. I asked him the size and he raised his hand about 18-20" off my desk
and estimated the wingspan to be three to four feet and then stretched his
arms out to maybe five feet. The wings were very rounded. He said that it
had come swooping in from one direction, banked tight (this is how he saw
the wing shape,) grabbed something from the ground (or near it,) and then
took off again. He said that it was a "Harry Potter owl" and that it was
the coolest thing that he had ever seen.
We talked about it possibly being an albino. He said that if it were, then
it wouldn't have gray on the belly. And, it didn't have tuffs on the head.
So, I'm guessing that it was a snowy?
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:51:36 -0500
From: John Schutt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Snowy Owl
My prior post was my first to the list. Sorry for leaving out the
location of Rhodes State College:
4240 Campus Drive,
Lima, OH 45804
The bird was seen in the parking lot outside the science building.
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