- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * April 13, 2007 * OHST0704.13 Species Mentioned (All caps denotes a review-list species) ROSS'S GOOSE Eurasian Wigeon Greater Scaup Surf Scoter Red-necked Grebe American White Pelican Little Blue Heron Broad-Winged Hawk Merlin Virginia Rail Sora Sandhill Crane Solitary Sandpiper Franklin's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Common Tern Forster's Tern Chimney Swift Blue-headed Vireo Northern Parula Palm Warbler SPOTTED TOWHEE Grasshopper Sparrow HARRIS'S SPARROW Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Western Meadowlark Brewer's Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Common Redpoll - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for April 13, 2007. Compiler: Paul Gardner. Email: [log in to unmask] 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. 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). ROSS'S GOOSE: Apparently discovered in Amish country last week, the bird was reported on the 10th and was still being seen on the 11th. Bruce Glick provides directions: DeLorme, page 51, D-4 (bottom of the page). From Millersburg, (Holmes County), take Rts 62/39 east toward Berlin. Before getting to Berlin, turn right (south) on Rt 557 towards the town of Charm. After several miles and just before the Guggisberg Cheese House and restaurant, the bird was with Canada Geese near a small pond on the right side of the road. SPOTTED TOWHEE: Last reported on Wednesday April 11, at the feeder of Ms. Jan Dixon, 1948 Whitby Court, Holland, Lucas County. HARRIS'S SPARROW: Sue Snyder reports the recent cold weather has brought the bird back to the feeders at the home of Mr. Eli D. Miller, 3395 Township Rd. 406, Walnut Creek, Holmes Co. Seasonal Highlights: A return to wintry conditions seems to have arrested migration. GREATER SCAUP, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, ICELAND GULLS and GLAUCOUS GULLS linger along the lake. EURASIAN WIGEON: John Pogacnik found one on the 8th at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in the impoundment directly west of the parking lot. SURF SCOTER: Nancy Anderson had them at Sims Park, Euclid on the 7th. Paula Lozano found nine surf and many unidentifiable scoters on the 12th at the Rocky River lakefront, Cuyahoga Co. RED-NECKED GREBE: Ray Hannikman found a winter-plumaged bird at Headlands Beach State Park on the 7th. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: A bird lingering since March 28th at Delaware Wildlife Area along Panhandle Rd and Leonardsburg Rd was observed on the 11th by Jack Stenger. LITTLE BLUE HERON: Frank Frick refound the Spring Valley Wildlife Area bird on the 6th. The same bird rewarded John Habig on the 10th. BROAD-WINGED HAWK: David Brinkman reported a fly-over in Hamilton County on the 10th. MERLIN: Rick Nirschl saw one snag a blackbird at the Airport Hwy entrance ramp to I-475 in Lucas County on the 8th. Bob Royse had one along Radcliffe Rd in Pickaway Co. on the 10th. VIRGINIA RAIL: John Habig had two at Spring Valley Wildlife Area on the 10th. SORA: Heard by John Habig at Spring Valley Wildlife Area on the 10th. John Kuenzli flushed one at Delaware Wildlife Area on the 12th. SANDHILL CRANE: Heard by John Habig at Spring Valley Wildlife Area on the 10th. SOLITARY SANDPIPER: Su Snyder observed one on the 7th at Shreve Fish Pond across from Wright Marsh Parking Lot on Rt. 226 at the Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area. FRANKLIN'S GULL: Tom Rooney was "fairly certain" of ID'ing these at Spring Valley Wildlife Area on the 6th COMMON TERN: Reported in surprising numbers from Nemisilia Reservoir, Summit Co. on the 7th. FORSTER'S TERN: Kenn Kaufman saw two adult birds on the 12th at the south edge of Oak Harbor, where Highway 19 crosses the Portage River. On the same day, Michigan birder Darlene Friedman saw two at Metzger Marsh. CHIMNEY SWIFT: Brian Wulker reported one from Union Terminal, Cincinnati on the 7th. BLUE-HEADED VIREO: Rob Lowry reported one from Highbanks Metro Park, Delaware Co., on the 7th. Bob Royce found them on the 10th at Shawnee State Forest. NORTHERN PARULA: Albert Scruggs had one at Miami Whitewater Forest on the 6th. David Hess reported on from West Junction Rd. in Southwestern Vinton County near the Jackson C. line PALM WARBLER: Gerry Brevoort reported one from Blendon Woods Metro Park, Columbus, on the 11th. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Bob Royse found one between Charlie's Pond and the Pickaway County Airport on the 10th. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: On the 10th Mark Wessel reported this extraordinary yard bird from Camargo Rd., Madeira. WESTERN MEADOWLARK: Tallied on Becky Cullen's and Greg Link's record-setting March Big Day, the bird at Range Line and Cygnet Roads in Wood County.was last reported on March 31. Since the species tends to linger, it is worth checking for (Delorme p. 36 B/C 2.5). BREWER'S BLACKBIRD: On the 8th John Pogacnik saw two in Ottawa Co. in a field on Reiman Road about a half mile north of Rte 579. BALTIMORE ORIOLE: Jerry Lippert reported one on the Great Oaks Trail in Winton Woods on the 11th. COMMON REDPOLL: One visiting a feeder in Worthington, Franklin Co., didn't stay long on the 12th. - End Transcript 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]