- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * September 07, 2007 * OHST0709.07 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Little Blue Heron WHITE IBIS GLOSSY IBIS MISSISSIPPI KITE Merlin Whimbrel Red Knot Buff-breasted Sandpiper RUFF (REEVE) Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Laughing Gull Olive-sided Flycatcher Connecticut Warbler Purple Finch Pine Siskin - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for September 07, 2007. Compiler: Brad Sparks. 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). WHITE IBIS: Su Snyder and Denise Kline observed and photographed a juvenile of this species on 9/2 on a farm near Holmesville in Holmes County. The landowner said that the bird had been around for a few days. Subsequent attempts to find the bird all failed. GLOSSY IBIS: A bird at Burr Oak Lake (Morgan County) was reported to Bill Whan on 9/4. Glen Crippen relocated the bird on 9/6 at the northern end of the lake. MISSISSIPPI KITE: The pair of birds at the Brass Ring Golf Course near Logan (Hocking County) were finally confirmed as breeders last week. On 9/3 Arthur Osborn saw the two adults and the juvenile flying over the golf course. RUFF (REEVE): On 9/1 Craig Holt observed a Reeve making a quick stop at Conneaut. Highlights: Little Blue Heron: On 9/3 Craig Caldwell found an immature bird in the Crane Creek Estuary at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. On the same day Bob Glauser reported one from the Middle Bass Island State Park marina. Merlin: Glen Crippen studied one closely at Burr Oak Lake (Morgan County) on 9/4. On 9/6 William Hull reported one from near Milford. Whimbrel: One was observed flying over Conneaut Harbor by Lana Hays on 9/2. Red Knot: Rick Counts found one bird at Findlay Reservoir #1 on 9/3. Buff-breasted Sandpiper: This species made a big movement through the state in the past week. On 9/2 Doreen Linzell and Gretchen Fluke found two birds at the Hoover Mudflat Boardwalk. By 9/6 the flock had grown to 17 birds, as reported by Aaron Boone. Su Snyder had two birds a Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area on 9/2. On 9/3 Rick Counts had seven individuals at Findlay Reservoir #1, a traditional spot for the species. Red-necked Phalarope: In a example of the “Patagonia Picnic Table Effect”, Bill Heck found two birds while looking for the Red Phalarope on the east shore of Hoover Reservoir on 9/4. Red Phalarope: Originally found just north of Pelican Island on the east shore of Hoover Reservoir by Bill Kincaid on 9/2, the bird remained on 9/6 but had moved to the area by the mudflat boardwalk. Jim McCormac also found one bird in Lawrence County on 9/2. This is a few weeks early for this species to be arriving in the state. Laughing Gull: Rob Thorn sorted one from a flock of Ring-billed Gulls at the Alum Creek Reservoir beach on 9/2. Olive-sided Flycatcher: On 9/3 Matt Anderson located three individuals at the intersection of Girdham and Reed roads in Oak Openings Metropark. Ben Warner happened upon one at Hoover Reservoir, while searching for the Red Phalarope on 9/5. Connecticut Warbler: An always hard to find warbler, Nancy Anderson had the good fortune of finding one at Wildwood Park on Cleveland’s east side on 9/3. Purple Finch: States to the north of us are already reporting good numbers of these birds, so it may turn out to be an irruption year. 0n 9/3 Donald Morse had one at his New Richmond (Clermont County) feeders. Matt Anderson reported one at Oak Openings Metropark on the same day. Pine Siskin: Always a delight to see, John Pogacnik had one at his feeders in North Perry on 9/2. - End Transcript ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]