I'm just finishing a final run through my work on the 382 bird
species of central Ohio (
http://columbusaudubon.org/resources/checklists-and-indexes-coh/ ), and
I notice among other anomalies the number of Ohio water-loving species
which were said to have been first recorded from central Ohio and not
Lake Erie. They include:
        both eiders, king and common
        all three scoters, black, white-winged, surf
        cinnamon teal
        Eurasian wigeon
        magnificent frigatebird
        long-tailed jaeger
        gulls: kittiwake and Franklin's gull, Sabine's gull
Check the dates at
http://columbusaudubon.org/resources/checklists-and-indexes-coh/ to see
the dates, or have a look at Peterjohn's "The Birds of Ohio.". All I can
think is that central Ohio's lakes and reservoirs were far more easy to
search for these water-loving species. Perhaps these species were hard
to see well or collect (some were collected but lost in museum fires up
north) from the lake and the shore. Certainly central Ohio does not
truly deserve recognition as the first-discovery location of these birds...
Bill Whan
Columbus

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