- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * April 27, 2007 * OHST0704.27 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) ROSS'S GOOSE Eurasian Wigeon White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Eared Grebe American White Pelican Little Blue Heron TRICOLORED HERON Cattle Egret GLOSSY IBIS WHITE-FACED IBIS SWAINSON'S HAWK Golden Eagle BLACK-NECKED STILT Willet Upland Sandpiper EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER Northern Parula X Cerulean Warbler Lark Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for April 27, 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: A second-hand report had the Holmes County bird still present as of the 20th. Bruce Glick's directions: DeLorme, page 51, D-4. 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, look for the bird with Canada Geese near a small pond on the right side of the road. TRICOLORED HERON: Andy Bess and Frank Flick found this rare visitor at Acton Lake, Hueston Woods SP, Preble county on the 21st while searching for the stilt. No news since the 21st. BLACK-NECKED STILT: Found at Acton Lake, Hueston Woods SP, Preble county on the 18th by Miami University students. Numerous observers saw the bird through the 21st. No news since then. GLOSSY IBIS: In a flock of 10 dark ibises along the causeway to Metzger Marsh WA on the 26th, Greg Links assigned six to this species. WHITE-FACED IBIS: Greg Links assigned one of the above- mentioned 10 dark ibises to this species, with up to four birds possibly so. Earlier on the 26th, Bruce Bowman reported four of this species in the same location. SWAINSON'S HAWK: Levi Hochstetler, Ed Schlabach and others observed two while doing a hawk watch at Conneaut on the 23rd. One bird landed on the mudflats. SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER: Larry Richardson (fide Jim McCormac) saw one flying westward along the lake at Huntington Reservation Park in Cuyahoga County on the 23rd. EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: Larry Gara reports his wife observed one briefly in their backyard in Wilmington on the 20th. Weekly Highlights: Spring-like weather seems to have compelled the birds northward and the birders outside. As a result numerous first-of-the-season sightings were reported. Species reported this week included 24 warblers plus a hybrid, five vireos, four thrushes, two orioles and numerous other neotropical migrants. Seek and ye shall find. EURASIAN WIGEON: Roger Troutman reported one along Clark Rd. east of Shreve in the Killbuck Marsh WA region on the 22nd. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER: Seen by Tom Kemp at New London Reservoir, Huron County on the 22nd. LONG-TAILED DUCK: Gregory Bennett found a drake still lingering at Springfield Lake, Summit County, on the 21st. EARED GREBE: Seen by Tom Kemp at New London Reservoir, Huron County on the 22nd. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: Still at Buck Creek SP, Clark County, as of the 21st according to Rick Asamoto. LITTLE BLUE HERON: Lara Gara spotted the Spring Valley WA bird on the 22nd. Kenn Kaufman reported that one remained along the causeway at Magee Marsh on the 23rd, and Jon Nicodemus reported one from Miami Whitewater Lake, Hamilton Co., on the 25th. CATTLE EGRET: Lois and Vic Harder reported one from a flooded field at the corner of State Route 2 and Benton-Carroll Road, Ottawa County, on the 26th. Andreas Kanon reported one the same day near the visitor center at Crane Creek. GOLDEN EAGLE: Tom Kemp observed an immature bird over Funk Bottoms on the 21st. Roger Troutman may have had the same bird on the 22nd. WILLET: On the 26th along the causeway at Crane Creek SP, Darlene Friedman saw a flock of 26, an extraordinary number for northwest Ohio. Greg Links reported them from Metsger Marsh WA on the same day. UPLAND SANDPIPER: Brain Zweibel photographed an early migrant on the 24th at Howard Rd in eastern Lucas County, not far from their traditional location at Krause Road. HYBRID WARBLER: Rick Nirschl reports the hybrid warbler, putatively Northern Parula X Cerulean Warbler, has returned for a fifth year to Wildwood Preserve, 5100 W. Central Avenue, Toledo. The bird is found behind the Manor House. LARK SPARROW: Jeremy Ross reports they've returned to the "sparrow field" on the west side of Girdham Road north of Reed Road at Oak Openings Preserve, Lucas County. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: Photographed in a backyard in Parma on the 21st (see Ohio Birds Forum). Another reported by Jo Ann Kubicki from Cleveland Metroparks Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation (CanalWay) on the 22nd. - 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]