In rereading this I did want to mention that I forgot to list the usual culprits such ad chickadee, nuthatches, whitethroated and song sparrows, bluejays,doves, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaune" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:33 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Van Wert County Birds > My dad and I birded at Hiestand Woods which is next to the reservoirs in > Van > Wert County and right across from the Willow Bend Golf course. It was > surprising good for such a small area. We saw the following in about 2 > hours: > > Yellow Rumps-literally dozens > Blue Gray Gnatcatchers-also literally dozens > Brown Creepers-2 > Blue Headed Vireo > Worm Eating Warbler > House Wrens-2 > Carolina Wrens-2 > Mockingbird > Palm Warbler > Phoebes-nest building > Yellow Warbler-1 > Wood Thrushes-2 > Louisiana Waterthrush-1 > Ruby Crowned Kinglets-several > Red-Bellied-in nesting hole-several > Flickers-2 > Downys-several > Coopers Hawk > Red Tail > Goldfinches-numerous > Cowbirds-numerous > > I would also like to comment that I have never seen or heard so many > Chipping Sparrows and Grackles in Van Wert County as there are this year. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Royse" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:58 PM > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Columbus migrants - April 30 > > >> The south winds last night brought in some new migrants here along the >> Scioto River in Columbus. I picked up a few new species for the year, but >> nothing that hasn't already been widely reported elsewhere. At this point >> it seems to be the trees and not the weather that is keeping the >> migration >> slower than usual. >> >> Birds along my local stretch of the Scioto during a 30 min. walk late >> this >> morning produced the following sightings : >> >> 1 Great Crested Flycatcher >> 1 White-eyed Vireo >> 3 Blue-headed Vireos >> 1 Yellow-throated Vireo >> 2 Warbling Vireos >> 2 Red-eyed Vireos >> 2 House Wrens >> 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets >> 7 pairs of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers >> 2 Swainson's Thrushes >> 1 Wood Thrush >> 3 Gray Catbirds >> 1 Tennessee Warbler >> 7 Nashville Warblers >> 3 Yellow Warblers >> 48 Yellow-rumped Warblers >> 1 Black-throated Green Warbler >> 1 Blackburnian Warbler >> 4 Yellow-throated Warblers >> 1 Pine Warbler (female) >> 2 Palm Warblers >> 1 Black-and-white Warbler >> 1 Ovenbird >> 2 Baltimore Orioles >> >> Yellow-rumps are still abundant here, but the numbers of Ruby-cr Kinglets >> and Palm Warblers have thinned a bit since the last infusion of new >> birds. >> I'm still hoping for a territorial Prothonotary to show up here before I >> break down and head to Hoover or Spring Valley for that tick on my >> yearlist. >> >> This evening a walk on the bike path on the other side of the river S of >> 5th Ave. wasn't very productive. Besides the resident Warbling Vireos, >> B-g >> Gnatcatchers and Yellow-thr Warblers, the only passerines of note were >> ~12 >> Yellow-rumped, 2 Nashville, 1 Yellow, and 3 Palm Warblers. An Osprey was >> a >> flyover. Besides getting some excersise, the walk to the bridges at the >> Grandview exits of I-670 was still worthwhile with the arrival of the >> Cliff Swallows in numbers. At least 50 pairs are now occupying and >> retouching last year's nests. I didn't see any new nest building from >> from >> scratch by any of them. >> >> Bob Royse, Columbus >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> 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] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]