On Thursday Mat 10th I spotted on the boardwalk Kenn Kaufman, Jon L. Dunn, and Donald Stokes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Faulkner" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:27 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] people report at Magee, etc. > Fellow Birders, > With all the thorough bird reports from Magee boardwalk and > surrounding areas, I thought I would concentrate on the PEOPLE SITINGS > from the Migratory Bird Day. While the birds were leaving on Friday > and Saturday, the people were arriving, no doubt breaking records at > every site. With thousands on the boardwalk, total gridlock was > achieved several times at several places. Amidst the hoards of > birders, there were some good sightings. At one point I found myself > standing between Dan Sanders and Greg Miller, and felt the pressure to > try for 700 birds this year. Jim McCormac was also sited. Tom Bartlett > was perched in a new location for his Big Sit, having been asked (or > told) by ODNR to move away from the entrance because he was creating a > bottleneck. If you were there, you know that the entire bottle was > clogged, not just the neck. Also talked to Columbus Avid Birder > Doreene Linzell and frequent poster Ben Warner. Later saw Paul > Gardner who kindly posts the rare bird reports to the list. Then > spotted Jen Brumfield, but I'm sure I missed a lot of the northern > species of birders, since I'm a southern ohio boy, myself. Missed > Kenn Kaufman, but know he was around somewhere, and missed Bill Wahn, > but I heard he was seen at Metzger Marsh hiding in the Phragmites > counting birders who visited Metzger. > Generally, about one in ten of the birders were Amish, some from > Indiana, and this year the number of African American birders was up > about four times over past years, which means there were about eight. > It would be nice to see this number go up even more. > The best license plate was Wyoming, and I personally talked to birders > from TWO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, Costa Rica and New Jersey. The > Costa Rica birder said he was glad to be able to see all the birds in > their colorful breeding plumage. The New Jersey birder noted that you > could see all the same birds in New Jersey, but not in the same spot. > Traffic on the auto tour was bumper to bumper, and we suggested that > next year they do three days. Perhaps Friday could be limited to those > with some reference to birding in their Vanity plates. That would > still be quite a lot. > Anyway, despite the crowds, got 120 birds, including 22 warblers, most > of them on Thursday. > > Joe in the woods > Perry County > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]