- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * September 21, 2007 * OHST0709.21 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) ANHINGA MISSISSIPPI KITE Golden Eagle American Avocet Hudsonian Godwit Red Knot Western Sandpiper Baird’s Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Laughing Gull Franklin’s Gull Little Gull Sabine’s Gull Black Tern WHITE-WINGED DOVE Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Golden-winged Warbler Connecticut Warbler Yellow-headed Blackbird - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for September 21, 2007. Compiler: Paul Gardner. Email: [log in to unmask] ANHINGA: Paul Rodewald observed a fly-by exploiting thermals from a steel mill in Warren, Trumbull county, on the 15th. MISSISSIPPI KITE: Ben Snow reported seeing a juvenile and adult bird flying over Swan Township in northern Vinton County on the 19th. That would be about 10 miles or so south from the Logan-area golf course that produced Ohio's first breeding record of this species. Golden Eagle: Sandra Gaunt reported a first year bird flying west of Columbus on the 16th. American Avocet: John Pogacnik reported on the 16th that he found one on the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge driving tour. Hudsonian Godwit: Kent Miller passed along word that two were seen from the Cedar Point Causeway, Erie County, on the 19th. Red Knot: Just like the above: Kent Miller passed along word that two were seen from the Cedar Point Causeway, Erie County, on the 19th. Western Sandpiper: Charlie Bombaci reported them from Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, on the 17th. Aaron Boone had seen one there on the 13th. Baird's Sandpiper: Richard Counts found three at Findlay Reservoir No. 1, Hancock County, on the 16th. Troy Shively found a single specimen amid a mixed flock of shorebirds at Indian Lake, Logan County, on the 20th. Buff-breasted Sandpiper: Ben Warner reported a flock of them at Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, on the 14th. Aaron Boone saw one there the next day. Charlie Bombaci reported them from there on the 17th. Richard Counts found four at Findlay Reservoir No. 1, Hancock County, on the 16th, but Michigan birder Karl Overman found only one remaining on the 18th. Red-necked Phalarope: Nancy Anderson found one at the Cedar Point Causeway, Erie County, on the 16th. Su Synder and Winnie Sarno found two there the next day. On the 19th there were five, according to a report passed along by Kent Miller. Laughing Gull: John Pogacnik spotted an adult at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on the 16th. Robert Lane photographed a second- winter adult at Conneaut, Ashtabula County, on the 17th. Troy Shively saw a juvenile at Indian Lake, Logan County, on the 20th. Franklin's Gull: Troy Shively saw a juvenile at Indian Lake, Logan County, on the 20th, making a nice study with the preceding bird, one would imagine. Photo is at Rarebird.org. Little Gull: Ray Hannikman spotted an adult bird and a first-year bird at Headlands Beach State Park on the morning of the 20th. Sabine's Gull: Perhaps Ohio's most sought-after nonreview species. Ray Hannikman saw a juvenile flying over the lake at Headlands Beach State Park on the morning of the 20th. Black Tern: Although not in the league of the preceding, three black terns were a good find for Ray Hannikman at Headlands Beach State Park on the 20th. John Pogacnik saw one at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on the 16th. WHITE-WINGED DOVE: John Pogacnik reported one from the Vehler Road area of the driving tour route at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on the 15th. He could not relocate the bird the next day. Olive-sided Flycatcher: Charlie Bombaci reported one from Hoover Meadows, Delaware County, on the 15th and another from Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, on the 17th. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Lori Brumbaugh had one in the backyard of her Cincinnati home on the 19th. Golden-winged Warbler: Charlie Bombaci found one at Hoover Meadows, Delaware County, on the 15th. On the 19th, Gene Stauffer spotted one at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park in Franklin County. Connecticut Warbler: Philip Chaon observed one well at Headlands Beach State Park on the 14th. Yellow-headed Blackbird: Seen on the driving tour of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge according to John Pogacnik on the 16th. - 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]