This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for March 16, 2007. Compiler: Paul Gardner. This is a summary of noteworthy birds reported from Ohio in the previous week or so. Reports have been gleaned by the compiler from various internet sources, particularly Ohio-birds, The Ohio Birding Forum, the RareBird.org forums, Cincinnati Bird Sightings Log, Southwestern Ohio (Dayton) Rare Bird Alert, and from some individual observers who kindly share their knowledge. Questions, comments, complaints and additional noteworthy sightings not posted to one of the above may be sent to the compiler. Species Mentioned (All caps denotes a review-list species) Tundra Swan Great Egret Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Winter Wren American Pipit Pine Warbler SPOTTED TOWHEE Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow HARRIS' S SPARROW Rusty Blackbird Review List Species. (Review list species are sufficiently rare that details of any sighting can help increase our understanding of Ohio's bird life. Suggestions and guidelines for submitting documentation of review list birds can be found at the OOS website (www.ohiobirds.org). EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: A rumor is circulating that a Michigan birder saw two birds from a roadside near Stryker, Williams county (Delorme 25 D4) perhaps last weekend. No further details are yet available. SPOTTED TOWHEE: Last reported on Sunday March 11. A no-show on Monday and through Tuesday morning. The bird's thread on the www.rarebird.org forum has been silent since. HARRIS'S SPARROW: Formerly a virtual "gimme" at the feeders of Mr. Eli D. Miller, 3395 Township Rd. 406, Walnut Creek, Holmes County, the bird has taken to wandering further afield. The most recent reported sighting was in a nearby field by Duane Troyer on the 14th. Seasonal Highlights. Spring migration is upon us. Nesting has begun. (See http://www.ohiobirds.org/obba2/ for info on how to contribute to our understanding of Ohio's nesting birds). Waterfowl migration is full on. Large concentrations of TUNDRA SWANS, 300 at Headlands Beach State Park and 1300 at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge were impressive sights on Saturday March 10. All the ordinary, expected inland ducks were reported in the prior week. Landbird migration is well underway. TURKEY VULTURE, SANDHILL CRANE, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, and PINE WARBLER have all been widely reported; AMERICAN PIPIT, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, CHIPPING SPARROW, and FOX SPARROW somewhat less so. GREAT EGRET: Chris Falloway had one at Funk Bottoms on the 13th. Vic Fazio asks that sightings of great egrets be submitted to eBird (www.ebird.org) for a study of their spring migration patterns. BALD EAGLE: Happily not a rare bird anymore, but noteworthy for its widespread nesting activities now taking place across the state. On public lands, the crowds of families and photographers make a reliable fieldmark. Ottawa NWR has a nest convenient for viewing with binoculars. GREATER YELLOWLEGS: Brad Sparks and Dave Todt had a single bird in the Scioto Bottoms near Portsmouth on Saturday March 10. Danny Jacobs reported a yellowlegs, presumably greater, from Wright Marsh/Killibruck on March 11. LESSER YELLOWLEGS: Casey Tucker reported one from Acton Lake, Hueston Woods State Park on March 9. PECTORAL SANDPIPER: Bob Royse had three in a flooded field in Pike county about one mile south of White Lake on US 104. A locked red gate provides a pull-off for observation. WINTER WREN: Steve Pelikan saw one on at Mt. Airy Arboretum, Cincinnati on March 11. Paul Gardner Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]