- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * September 14, 2007 * OHST0709.14 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Eared Grebe MISSISSIPPI KITE Merlin Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Red Knot Western Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper RUFF Red-necked Phalarope Black Tern Olive-sided Flycatcher Golden-winged 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). MISSISSIPPI KITE: Jim McCormac reports that as of 9/13 the birds at Brass Ring Golf Course have not been seen for a week. The birds have likely migrated south. Let’s wish them a good migration and many safe returns to Ohio. RUFF: A molting male briefly landed at Conneaut Harbor on 8/8. Gabe Leidy was in the right place at the right time to see it. Highlights: Eared Grebe – Doug Overacker found a remarkable four birds at Buck Creek State Park (CJ Brown Reservoir) on the morning of 9/8. Later that day the Columbus Avid Birders found one at the Cedar Point Chausee. Merlin – Gabe Leidy reported three from Conneaut on 9/8. Hudsonian Godwit – The Columbus Avid Birders were lucky enough to see eight at the Cedar Point Chausee on 9/8. The next day the flock had grown to nine for Ben Warner. Marbled Godwit – Donald Morse Jr. found one flying over the beach at East Fork Lake on 9/9. Red Knot – On 9/8 one was associating with the Hudsonian Godwit flock on the Cedar Point Chausee. Walt and Dana Shaffer had two at Conneaut on 9/9. Western Sandpiper – Andy Sewell counted an astounding 25 birds among a flock of peeps on the Cedar Point Chausee on 9/8. Walt and Dana Shaffer identified two at Conneaut on 9/9. Rob Thorn had two at Hoover on 9/10. Buff-breasted Sandpiper – This species migration through Ohio is winding down. Only one remained at Hoover on 9/10 (Rob Thorn) and one was at Conneaut on 9/9 (W & D Shaffer). Rick Asamato found one on the beach at Buck Creek State Park on 9/13. Red-necked Phalarope – Willis Brubaker identified a bird along Wilderness Rd. in the Funk Bottoms wildlife area on 9/9. Charlie Bombaci found one on the east side of Hoover Reservoir on 9/10. Black Tern – Rick Asamato observed a single bird at Buck Creek State park on 9/9. Hoover Reservoir hosted four birds on 9/8 (Columbus Avid Birders) and one bird remained there on 9/12 (B & E McNulty). Olive-sided Flycatcher – Karl Overman reports seeing one outside of the Ottawa NWR visitor’s center on 9/9. Ben Fambrough found one at Shaker Lakes on 9/13. Golden-winged Warbler – A bird that many people consider themselves lucky to see a few times in their lives, Ben Warner had the good fortune of seeing two in the span of a few days. He found one at Sheldon’s Marsh SNP on 9/9 and another at the Brown Family Environmental Center on 9/12. Purple Finch – This species continues to irrupt into the state. Ken Kaufman reported seeing them at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory’s feeders on 9/10. Rob Thorn spotted one at Battelle – Darby Metropark in Franklin County on 9/12. Pine Siskin – Greg Links observed one at his feeder in NW Ohio on 9/13. - End Transcript ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC ______________________________________________________________________ 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]