We are in the process of moving to a new home. The previous owners put an owl box in the tree. It is presently being habited by a screech owl. How can I keep it around? It sits in the opening all day and is quite an enjoyment to watch. ----- Original Message ----- From: "OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 19 Nov 2006 to 20 Nov 2006 (#2006-43) > There are 19 messages totalling 792 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Tundra Swans > 2. Alum-Hoover Reservoirs,11-19-06 > 3. R-T loon on Lake Logan 18-19 Nov > 4. Red-throated loon at Caesar Creek SP > 5. Mosquito Lake, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-necked Grebe, Sunday, 11/19/06 > 6. Saturday lakefront highlights > 7. Westerville & Hoover Reservoirs-11.19.06 > 8. Hoover Red-throated Loon 11-19-06 > 9. cattle egret, loons > 10. Cowan burds > 11. Akron/Portage Lakes 11/20 > 12. Migrants (Trumbull Co.) 11/20 > 13. Hoover Nature Preserve (Delaware County) > 14. Carey Christmas bird count > 15. Northeast OH Ross' goose > 16. Hoover Reservoir--11/20/06 > 17. Hoover Reservoir Audubon Christmas Bird Count December 16, 2006 > 18. Caesar's Creek > 19. Hoover Resevoir > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:51:50 -0500 > From: Jim McCormac <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Tundra Swans > > Hi all, > > > > I was up in the western Lake Erie marsh region today, and saw a nice > movement of Tundra Swans. The first flock of ten was seen flying along the > causeway road that goes back through Magee Marsh, then a short time later > I > saw another in-flight group of about 15 along State Route 19 just south of > Route 2. Along 19 a few miles north of Oak Harbor was a tremendous flock > feeding and roosting in some corn stubble fields. There were about > 250-300, > and they stand out a long ways off. > > > > Tom Kemp led a field trip early this morning on behalf of the Toledo > Naturalists' Association, and we found some good birds in the vicinity of > Maumee Bay. There were two Greater White-fronted Geese in with a big pack > of > Canada Geese on the lawn at the state park. We also had two Common Loons > near here, and in the vicinity located two Long-eared Owls. Four tough > Great > Egrets were still sticking it out near the Bayshore Power Plant, as were > five Black-crowned Night-Herons. > > > > Jim McCormac > > Columbus, Ohio > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:38:17 -0500 > From: Rob Thorn <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Alum-Hoover Reservoirs,11-19-06 > > The Columbus Audubon Duck Drop-in trip turned into a duck drop-off tally, > as low numbers of waterfowl greeted the field trip to these two > reservoirs. The high numbers of loons and grebes and flocks of waterfowl > of the prior weeks gave way to fewer birds, although there were still some > good finds. Highlights included: > > Dabblers - mostly absent or hidden, with very few small flocks anywhere on > the 2 lakes. 25 Shovelers at Oxbow Island was noteworthy. > Divers - a flock of scaup at Alum, along with 2 small groups of Bufflehead > (1 at Alum the other in central Hoover) > Mergansers - modest numbers of Hoodeds (30-40) around Oxbow Island at > Hoover, along with 5 Red-breasteds off Walnut St.Ramp > Loons - all Common, but not numerous: 4 at Alum, 10 at Hoover, with no > site having more than 3 > Grebes - Pied-billed at several locations on both lakes; 8-10 Horned on > Hoover, no Eared off the Boardwalk at Hoover Area N > Gulls - small flocks of Bonaparte's Gulls at most stops, including 100-140 > off Oxbow Island; Ring-bills were much less common > Raptors - adult Bald Eagles north of Cheshire causeway at Alum and off > Oxbow Island at Hoover, while 2 juveniles were soaring over the County > Line Bridge at Hoover. > Bluebirds - small high-flying flocks at several stops, indicating that > they're probably still moving through. > > The wild berry crop seemed extraordinary in the lower reaches of each > reservoir. The honeysuckle berries in some areas of Hoover, like the dam, > were so thick as to seem like a scarlet haze around the bushes from a > distance. Despite this, Robins and other fruit-eaters were scarce here. > Most of them seem to be flocking in more urban suburbs of Columbus, > feasing on the strong Bradford Pear crop there. > > Rob Thorn > [log in to unmask] > EarthLink Revolves Around You. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:15:08 -0500 > From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: R-T loon on Lake Logan 18-19 Nov > > John Watts discovered a red-throated loon on Lake Logan in Hocking > Co > mid-day Sat, and he and I observed it there later. Yesterday, it and > possibly another (conditions too poor for definite ID) were present. > Small as it is in the big picture, the number of this species seen this > fall, especially inland, is unusual. Reports of common loons in Ohio > always have outnumbered those of red-throateds by better than 100 to > one. This was the first record for Hocking Co; Peterjohn (2001) notes > "there are very few rcords from unglaciated Ohio." > A report on the Indiana list supplies reason to speculate, if > you're in > the mood. At Lake Lemon yesterday, 5500 common loons were estimated, > accompanied by four red-throateds and a Pacific. > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:31:00 -0500 > From: Bill Heck <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Red-throated loon at Caesar Creek SP > > The red-throated loon seen earlier on the Caesar Creek lake was seen > again yesterday about 11:30 am. Mary and I found it near the same > location as previously reported, off the Furnas boat ramp. This time > the loon was well out in the lake almost straight off the ramp. > > While we were watching the r-t loon, a common loon was polite enough to > land a few hundred feet from it, providing a nice comparison. > > Other than the loons, Caesar Creek was remarkably un-birdy, with only a > single coot visible from the boat ramp. No birds at all were on the > lake near the nature center, giving us a total of zero gulls for the > day. A few Carolina chickadees, titmice, and blue jays were the only > other avian representatives in the area. > > -- > *Bill Heck* > University Data Administrator > Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Phone: (513) 529-5527 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:54:33 -0500 > From: Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Mosquito Lake, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-necked Grebe, Sunday, > 11/19/06 > > Ohio Birders, > I have never been to Mosquito Lake, but heard a lot about it here on Ohio > Birds. So, in spite of dire warnings of possible snow for Sunday night, I > drove up there to see if I could find the 8 Long-tailed Ducks (LTDU) > reported by others. Having never been there before, I started at the east > side of the causeway at the boat ramp just before the causeway starts. I > came in from the east side, because I used I76 - I80 and Rt 15 as my route > to get there. I was attracted by a large flock of apparent waterfowl out > on the lake, but they were decoys! surrounding a partially submerged > hunter! While scanning further I found a Red-necked Grebe, at first > rather close toward the south of the boat ramp parking lot relatively > close to the shore. Eventually, it moved further out into the lake. I > took one digiscoped photo. There were also about 5 Common Loons. Then I > crossed the causeway and parked in the causeway parking area on the south > side of Rt 88 toward the west side of the lake. The LTDU's were right out > in front of me and were not very cooperative at first as they were diving > frequently. It seemed that every time I looked though my scope at them, > they dove. Maybe they didn't like the "big eye" looking at them. > Eventually they became more cooperative. There was one apparent drake, > still with a long tail, and in winter plumage (the white one), as breeding > plumage for LTDU is quite dark and mostly black. The other 7 appear to be > young/juvenile birds, but I'll need to look closely at my photos. I have > photos from outside of Nome Alaska last year (2005) in the dark breeding > plumage. As I worked my way south along the east side of Mosquito Lake, I > kept my eyes to the skies, anticipating snow. East of Cortland, at a park > beach I had 2 young Bald Eagles fly over. There was a very large flock of > 500-1000 Bonaparte's Gulls on the water by the dam. They were resting and > flying across the road to feed in the spillway area. I looked them over > but didn't find anything unusual. A few Bufflehead on the lake. 4 south > of the causeway (3 m, 1 f./im.) and abut 10 at the south end of the lake > on the west side in the water off of the state park. About 5 Ruddy Ducks > mixed in with a large flock of Mallards, obviously staying south away from > the hunters! Smart ducks! I didn't escape snow entirely, as I drove > through about three heavy snow squalls in the Akron and Mansfield areas. > Jay > > Jay G. Lehman > Cincinnati, OH > [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:22:42 -0500 > From: Andy Sewell <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Saturday lakefront highlights > > Having struck out on any out of the ordinary birds on November 11's > Columbus > Audubon Avid Birders trip, several of us went up this last Saturday to > take > advantage of better weather (for birders anyway). We started at Perry Park > about 8:30am and ended at Edgewater Park about 3:30 pm, hitting most of > the > stops in between. > > > > At Perry Park, we didn't see anything rare, but there was a good movement > of > birds heading west, especially Red-Breasted Mergansers. I would broadly > estimate that we saw at least 15,000 mergansers, and I'm probably on the > low > side by quite a bit. There were numerous Ring-Billed, Herring, and > Bonaparte's Gulls on the move as well, with many Bonaparte's Gulls simply > sitting out on the water, along with numerous Horned Grebes. Common Loons > lived up to their name, as at least 15-20 different birds flew by or were > present. We also had Bufflehead and Hooded Mergansers, as well as a lone > Mallard. > > > > The next stop was Fairport Harbor, which was fairly quiet, with a few > coots, > some rafts of scaup, and the usual gulls. A lone Canada Goose was floating > around, an obvious casualty of a hunter who cannot claim to be a dead-eye > with a gun. As there wasn't much going on, we skipped over to Headlands > and > made our way out towards the lighthouse, where two of our group had gone > on > ahead while we were at the harbor. As we looked to see where they had set > up, a Jaegar flew by the lighthouse, a dark bird with white flashes only > in > the wingtips. This was all the motivation we needed to scramble across the > breakwall all the way to the end, where we observed the bird sitting on > the > water for a few minutes, before it got up and flew off. Before it > disappeared, those of us who got good looks noted that the bird had a > slender appearance, with wings that seemed narrow from the base of the > wing > through the tip. Again, white was only present in the wing tips. After > much > discussion and consultation of field guides, we settled upon an > identification of Parasitic Jaeger, based on the slender, not stocky, > appearance of the bird and the narrow appearance of the base of the wings > where they meet the body of the bird. We thought that a Pomarine Jaeger > should have appeared more broad in the chest and the wings, and that was > definitely not the impression this bird gave off. Brad Sparks said his > initial impression upon first sighting the bird from the start of the > breakwall was that it was a falcon, whereas a Pomarine Jaeger should have > bore more resemblance to a gull. > > > > After the Jaeger excitement, we headed to Eastlake Power Plant, where we > had > excellent looks at a Peregrine Falcon, but there was surprisingly little > activity close in to the plant, aside from the usual gulls. We then made a > stop at Sims Park, and had great views of White-Winged, Black, and Surf > Scoters, along with a Red-Throated Loon (thanks to the Amish birders there > who found the bird). Next was an attempt to find the Red-Necked Grebe with > no luck, and we ended the day at Edgewater Park with nice views of the > Brant. > > > > All in all, a great day at the lake, considering we didn't have to turn > into > human icicles to enjoy birding! > > > > Andy Sewell > > Columbus, Ohio > > > > _____ > > This mailbox protected from junk email by MailFrontier Desktop > from MailFrontier, Inc. http://info.mailfrontier.com > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:15:25 -0500 > From: Bill Zimmerman <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Westerville & Hoover Reservoirs-11.19.06 > > Things seemed pretty quiet at most spots. > > Westerville Reservoir: > 11 Wood Ducks > 8 Bufflehead > 60+ Ruddy Ducks > 1 Scaup sp. - female > 1 Pied-billed Grebe > 1 Great Blue Heron > > Mudhen Marsh - bridge > 40+ Canada Geese > 8+ Mallards > 8 Hooded Mergansers (one very striking male) > 20+ American Coots > 3 Great Blue Herons > 1 Northern Flicker > 1 Northern Mockingbird > 1 American Tree Sparrow > > Hoover Reservoir - Sunbury Bridge Island > 1 adult Bald Eagle flying to tree perch > 50+ Canada Geese > 10+ Mallards > > Hoover Res. - Area M Boardwalk > 10+ Mallards > 1 Horned Grebe > 1 Pied-billed Grebe > 1 Red-tailed Hawk (heard only) > 1 Northern Harrier (high overhead and gliding south) > 5 Bonaparte's Gulls > 1 Belted Kingfisher > > Hoover Res. - Area I > 8 Canada Geese > 2 Bufflehead > 1 Pied-billed Grebe > 1 Cooper's Hawk > 1 Red-tailed Hawk > 1 Bald Eagle (juvenile soaring on thermal with Red-tail) > 1 Belted Kingfisher > 10+ Carolina Chickadees > 4 Tufted Titmice > 1 Carolina Wren > 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet (wonderfully close!) > 10+ Cedar Waxwings > 20+ American Robins > 6+ Northern Cardinals > > Hoover Res. - Maxtown Rd. boat launch > 10 Bufflehead > 2 juv. Bald Eagles (flew from near to opposite shore) > 1 Herring Gull > 10+ Bonaparte's Gulls > 10 Blue Jays > > Bill Zimmerman > Cincinnati > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:13:38 -0500 > From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Hoover Red-throated Loon 11-19-06 > > Posting this on behalf of Joe Hammond: > > The previously reported red-throated loon at Hoover Reservoir (Delaware > Co.) was seen during the afternoon of 11-19-06 by Joe & Jill Hammond. It > was well north and east of the Oxbow Road boat ramp and was not hanging > out with any of the 25 or so common loons on the reservoir. > > A walk along the boardwalk from Galena failed to produce the eared > grebe, but did provide nice close-up looks at hooded mergansers and a > horned grebe. > --Joe Hammond > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:22:01 -0500 > From: raymond hannikman <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: cattle egret, loons > > jerry talkington refound the cattle egret along tamarac road in willoughby > about mid-morning today. he searched for the ross's goose at u.s grant > elementary school but did not find the bird. squally weather at headlands > beach state park made for a good waterfowl day with 14 species of ducks. > noteworthy were 27 white-winged scoters, 60+ common goldeneyes, and 4 > black scoters. 3 flocks of tundra swans( about 85 birds in all) were > noted. most impressive, though, was a massive movement of common loons. > the morning's count was 778 common loons, my second highest headlands > count ever, with over 400 birds from about 9:00 am to 9:30 am after the > passage of a particularly squally bit of weather. > > > raymond hannikman > [log in to unmask] > EarthLink Revolves Around You. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:11:42 -0500 > From: Larry Gara <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Cowan burds > > After a long dry period Cowan Lake is again starting to attract the = > migrants which go through this part of Ohio. This morning there was a = > nice variety of waterfowl even without any rarity. Most were seen from = > the beach. > > c. 100 Ring-billed Gulls > Pied-billed Grebe > Hooded Mergansers (always neat to watch) > 1 Redhead > Bufflehead > Lesser Scaup > Gadwall > Mallard > Red-shouldered Hawk (H) > Killdeer > > I also checked the lake at Melvin Gravel Pit and found nada. However, = > one of the workers told me there had biien many ducks there earlier in = > the day so it is worth checking. > > Fall Weather Cheers, Larry Gara > Wilmington, Ohio > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:21:40 -0500 > From: Gregory Bennett <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Akron/Portage Lakes 11/20 > > Monday, 20 November 2006 > North Reservoir: three common goldeneyes, six Bonaparte's gulls > Springfield Lake: ~160 tundra swans > Summit Lake: 24 tundra swans > Peace, > Gregory Bennett > Akron OH > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:30:11 -0800 > From: Ethan Kistler <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Migrants (Trumbull Co.) 11/20 > > Hi all, > > Sat out in my yard in the freezing cold today to watch if anything would > be migrating over. Here's what I had from 3:05pm - 3:35pm including the > direction they were heading: > > Common Loon - 1 (North) > SANDHILL CRANE - 1 (South) > Ring-billed Gull - 1 (South) > Gull Sp. - 1 (South) > Common Grackle - 3 (West) one missing a few secondaries. > > Ethan Kistler > Newton Falls, Ohio > www.freewebs.com/trumbullbirding > > > --------------------------------- > Sponsored Link > > Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - $150,000 loan for $579 a month. > Intro-*Terms > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:46:21 EST > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Hoover Nature Preserve (Delaware County) > > After a morning of volunteer work I managed to shake free in the afternoon > and check the north end of Hoover Reservoir. Linda joined me with hopes of > finding the Red-throated Loon. It is now on her "list" along with the > Eastern > Screech Owl on Old Sunbury Road. This is not the nice list, but rather the > lump > of coal for Christmas list, as both birds keep eluding her. Our luck > wasn't > all bad though as we managed to locate the Eared Grebe at Area M. > > At Oxbow Road we located two nice sized rafts of Northern Shovelers, the > first with 53 individuals and the second with 62. Both were in fairly > close to > the island and easy to view. Further off the east side there was a raft of > 70 > Bufflehead and a raft of over 200 Lesser Scaup, plus a few scattered > Hooded > Mergansers. Where we had high numbers of Common Loons when I visited > Saturday > there was a lone Common Loon there today. Add 1 Belted Kingfisher and some > Canada Geese and that was it at Oxbow Road. > > Area I had 39 Hooded Mergansers, 5 Pied-billed Grebes, and a few Mallards > and Canada Geese. > > Area M was highlighted by the Eared Grebe. In addition there were several > Pied-billed and Horned Grebes. Off the east end of the boardwalk toward > Area N > we located a nice raft of Hooded Mergansers, some American Black Ducks and > Lesser Scaup. Scanning the shore I managed to locate 2 Bald Eagles perched > in a > cottonwood tree. > > The number of waterfowl seems to be fluctuating almost daily with one day > having high numbers and the next practically none in comparison. From now > through spring Hoover Reservoir will constantly hold the opportunity to > find the > unusual if one looks often enough. > > Charlie Bombaci > Hoover Nature Preserve > Delorme 58 C (2) & (3) > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:33:09 -0500 > From: RICHARD COUNTS <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Carey Christmas bird count > > This years Carey, Ohio Christmas bird count this year will be on = > Monday January 1, 2007. Interested participants should contact Rick = > Counts at (419) 209-0145 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] > > Rick Counts > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:37:20 -0500 > From: =?windows-1252?Q?Joe_Sedransk?= <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Northeast OH Ross' goose > > Having failed to find the Ross' goose during its sojourn in Fairport > Harbor, I went to the US Grant elementary school late Monday morning. > It was recess time and the flock of geese was not present. Looking for > suitable habitat for a flock of geese was easy; there is a golf course > adjacent to Lost Nation airport. I quickly found the flock which included= > a > Ross' goose. My use of a scope during a snow squall attracted some > attention, and I learned from several workers that this "white goose" > had been present for at least a week. > I successfully relocated the cattle egret and then spent an hour > trying to find a little gull at Eastlake but was unsuccessful. > There were very many red breasted mergansers and Bonaparte gulls > but nothing else notable. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:38:50 -0500 > From: "TUCKER, Casey" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Hoover Reservoir--11/20/06 > > SGkgQWxsLA0KIA0KSSBzdG9wcGVkIGJ5IEhvb3ZlciBSZXNlcnZvaXIgdGhpcyBhZnRlcm5vb24u > ICBJIG9ubHkgcG9rZWQgYXJvdW5kIGEgY291cGxlIG9mIGxvY2F0aW9ucy4NCiANCkF0IHRoZSBi > b2FyZHdhbGsgSSByYW4gaW50byBDaGVyeWwgSGFybmVyLCBQcmVzaWRlbnQgb2YgdGhlIEdyZWF0 > ZXIgTW9oaWNhbiBBdWR1Ym9uIFNvY2lldHksIHdobyBwb2ludGVkIG91dCBhIG51bWJlciBvZiBn > cmVhdCBsb29raW5nIEhvb2RlZCBNZXJnYW5zZXJzIHR1Y2tlZCB1cCBpbiB0aGUgbm9va3MgJiBj > cmFubmllcyBhbG9uZyB0aGUgc2hvcmVsaW5lIG9wcG9zaXRlIHRoZSBlbmQgb2YgdGhlIGJvYXJk > d2Fsay4gIFRoZXJlIHdlcmUgYWxzbyBhYm91dCAyMCBDYW5hZGEgR2Vlc2UgaGlkaW5nIGluIGFs > b25nIHRoZSBzaG9yZWxpbmUgYXMgd2VsbCBhcyBhYm91dCA2LTggUGllZC1iaWxsZWQgR3JlYmVz > IChpbiB0aGUgdmVnZXRhdGlvbiBuZWFyIHRoZSBPc3ByZXkgcGxhdGZvcm0pLCAyLTMgR3JlYXQg > Qmx1ZSBIZXJvbnMsIGEgc2luZ2xlIEhvcm5lZCBHcmViZSwgYSBmZXJhbCBNdXNjb3Z5IER1Y2ss > IDQgRG93bnkgV29vZHBlY2tlcnMsIDIgTm9ydGhlcm4gQ2FyZGluYWxzLCAxIFdoaXRlLWJyZWFz > dGVkIE51dGhhdGNoLCAxIEJyb3duIENyZWVwZXIsIDEgR29sZGVuLWNyb3duZWQgS2luZ2xldCwg > YW5kIHNldmVyYWwgQ2Fyb2xpbmEgQ2hpY2thZGVlcy4gIFVuZm9ydHVuYXRlbHkgbm8gRWFyZWQg > R3JlYmUuICBDJ2VzdCBsYSB2aWUuDQogDQpDaGVyeWwgYWxzbyBnYXZlIG1lIGEgZ29vZCB0aXAg > YWJvdXQgYSBsYXJnZSByYWZ0IG9mIGR1Y2tzIG9mZiBvZiBPeGJvdyByb2FkLg0KIA0KSSBzdG9w > cGVkIGJ5IE94Ym93IFJvYWQgYXJvdW5kIDM6MTUgcC5tLiBhbmQgb24gdGhlIGRyaXZlIGJhY2sg > SSBmb3VuZCBhYm91dCAzMC00MCBOb3J0aGVybiBTaG92ZWxlcnMgZGFiYmxpbmcgYWxvbmcgdGhl > IHJvYWQuICBGcm9tIHRoZSBwYXJraW5nIGxvdCBJIHdhcyBhYmxlIHRvIHNjYW4gdGhlIGxha2Ug > YW5kIGZvdW5kIHRoZSBmb2xsb3dpbmcgc3BlY2llcy4NCiANCkNvbW1vbiBMb29uICgxKQ0KTG9v > biBzcC4gKDEgcXVpY2sgZmx5YnkpDQpIb3JuZWQgR3JlYmUgKDQpDQpUdW5kcmEgU3dhbnMgKDgp > DQpMZXNzZXIgU2NhdXAgKDIwMC0zMDApDQpHcmVhdGVyIFNjYXVwICh+MjUtMzApDQpSaW5nLW5l > Y2tlZCBEdWNrcyAoNDAtNTApDQpDYW52YXNiYWNrcyAoOC0xMCkNClJlZGhlYWRzICgyMC0yNSkN > CkJ1ZmZsZWhlYWRzICg1MC02MCkNClJ1ZGR5IER1Y2tzICgxMi0xNSkNClJlZC1icmVhc3RlZCBN > ZXJnYW5lciAoMSkNCkhvb2RlZCBNZXJnYW5zZXJzICgzKQ0KQm9uYXBhcnRlJ3MgR3VsbHMgKDQt > Zmx5YnkpDQpSaW5nLWJpbGxlZCBndWxscyAodG9vIG1hbnkgYW5kIHRvbyBkaXN0YW50IHRvIGNv > dW50KQ0KQmVsdGVkIEtpbmdmaXNoZXIgKDEpDQogDQpUaGVyZSBtYXkgaGF2ZSBhbHNvIGJlZW4g > NSBvciA2IEJsYWNrIFNjb3RlcnMsIGJ1dCBJIHdhcyBoYXZpbmcgc29tZSBkaWZmaWN1bHR5IGdl > dHRpbmcgYSBnb29kIGxvb2sgYmVjYXVzZSBvZiBzb21lIGhlYXQgZGlzdG9ydGlvbiBhZ2FpbnN0 > IHRoZSBvcHBvc2l0ZSBzaG9yZS4NCiANClRoZSBzdW5saWdodCBhcm91bmQgNDowMCBwLm0uIHdh > cyBwZXJmZWN0IGZvciBzY29waW5nIG91dCBtYW55IG9mIHRoZSBkdWNrcyBmcm9tIE94Ym93LCBh > bmQgcHJvdmlkZWQgZ29vZCBsb29rcyBhdCBtb3N0Lg0KIA0KVGhhbmtzLA0KIA0KQ2FzZXkNCkNv > bHVtYnVzLCBPSA0KIA0K > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:29:55 EST > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Hoover Reservoir Audubon Christmas Bird Count December 16, 2006 > > As we enter the stage for final preparations for the 2006 Audubon > Christmas > Bird Counts I would like to remind those interested in participating in a > CBC > to check _www.audubon.org/bird/cbc_ (http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc) or > the Ohio Ornithological Society Web Site for a CBC circle near you. There > were > 59 CBC circles in Ohio in 2005, thus there is likely to be one close to > you. > As compilers we always welcome individuals to join us and help make the > counts > a success. > > For those in Central Ohio I invite you to join us for the Hoover Reservoir > Count (Southern Delaware/ Northern Franklin Counties) on Saturday, > December 16, > 2006. To get more information, I can be contacted at 614-891-5706 or > [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) . > > This will be the 51st Annual Christmas Bird Count for the Hoover Reservoir > Circle. Several areas of special note within the circle include Hoover > Reservoir, Alum Creek Reservoir, Westerville Reservoir, the Olentangy > River, > Inniswood Metro Park, Sharon Woods Metro Park, Highbanks Metro Park and > Camp Mary > Orton. > > The main assembly point for the circle is the parking lot at the Hoover > Reservoir dam on Sunbury Road, north of SR 161. We will gather at 8:00 AM > at the > parking lot to break into area teams. > > This year Suzan Jervey, Naturalist at Highbanks Metro Park and Allison > Shaw, > Naturalist at Sharon Woods Metro Park have scheduled public programs at > their respective Metro Parks to do the Christmas Bird Count. I also have a > team > that will cover Camp Mary Orton in the Worthington area. For the latter I > can > be contacted for more details. > > All are always warmly welcome and appreciated. > > Charlie Bombaci, Coordinator > Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:19:46 EST > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Caesar's Creek > > We made a brief run through Caesar's Creek seeing Lesser Scaups, > Buffleheads, Redheads, Ring-necked Ducks, Red-breasted Mergansers, one > Common Loon, 3 > Horned Grebes, 4 Canvasbacks, and one Surf Scoter. We also had a nice > view of > a Red-shouldered Hawk. > Lou Gardella > Lori Brumbaugh > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:20:39 EST > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Hoover Resevoir > > We made a quick stop at Hoover Reservoir on the way to northern Ohio. In > addition to what others saw, we had a Surf Scoter. > Lou Gardella > Lori Brumbaugh > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 19 Nov 2006 to 20 Nov 2006 (#2006-43) > **************************************************************** > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.14.11/543 - Release Date: > 11/20/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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