a curious stop to peer at the the island in the flooded reservoir
visible from this vantage point produced some interesting birds. We saw
15 or more black-crowned night-herons, probably the whole cohort which
has been seen for years in the OSU area of the Olentangy River. Also,
the two herring gulls that took the trouble of trying a nest here last
year are still around, probably intending another try. These are both
quite unusual nesters which will be interesting to keep an eye on.
Islands surrounded by water are pretty scarce in inland Ohio, and should
always be checked out for unusual nesters.
Bill Whan
Columbus

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.


You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]