- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * April 11, 2008 * OHST0804.11 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Long-tailed Duck Northern Bobwhite Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Iceland Gull EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE Northern Shrike Western Meadowlark Common Redpoll - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for April 11, 2008. Compiler: Paul Gardner. Email: [log in to unmask] SPECIES IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE REVIEW-LIST SPECIES. Details of these sightings are desired by The Ohio Bird Records Committee. Careful observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification for submitting your data. For details and pointers see: http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/documentation.php Long-tailed Duck: Tappan Lake, Harrison County, hosted a raft of eight on the 6th. Northern Bobwhite: Heard at Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area, Sandusky County, on the 5th. Red-necked Grebe: An alternate plumaged bird was at Eastwood Lake near Dayton on the 5th. On the 7th, a winter-plumaged bird was offshore from John Pogacnik's North Perry home, Lake County. Eared Grebe: One was found at Beaver Creek Reservoir, Seneca County, on the 5th. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Rich Cressman had a good find of one at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, on the 7th. Bill Whan also passed along word that three birds have returned to their usual breeding site in the Columbus suburb of Bexley. Iceland Gull: John Pogacnik had one offshore at North Perry, Lake County, on the 6th. EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE: John Pogacnik had an unusual report of one amid a migrating flock of Mourning Doves at his North Perry home, Lake County, on the 6th. Northern Shrike: One remained at Sandy Ridge Reservation, Lorain County, on the 5th. Ohio birders are probably coming to the end of an unusually good winter for observing this species. Western Meadowlark: The bird that summered at the intersection of Rangeline and Cygnet Roads in Wood County in 2007 has returned. Delorme (2004 edition) p.36 B/C 2.5 Common Redpoll: A few linger on. The latest reports from private feeders were from Cuyahoga on the 6th, Lucas on the 7th, Geauga on the 8th, and Ashtabula on the 10th. Ethan Kistler's map of Ohio counties reporting redpolls this winter reached the halfway point with 44 counties (http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2615). - 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]