- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * May 9, 2008 * OHST0805.09 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Little Blue Heron WHITE-FACED IBIS PLEGADIS IBIS Northern Goshawk King Rail Willet Laughing Gull EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE Golden-winged Warbler Northern Parula x Cerulean Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow HARRIS'S SPARROW Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Evening Grosbeak - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for May 9, 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 Little Blue Heron: John Pogacnik reported a fly-by offshore from his North Perry home on the 4th. WHITE-FACED IBIS: The Toledo Naturalists' Association RBA (419 877- 9640) reports that one is being seen in an off-limits area of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge that will be accessible during the monthly autotour this weekend. Check the wetlands in the western part of the refuge especially along the eastern extension of Vellar Road. PLEGADIS IBIS: A dark ibis, unidentifiable to species, was photographed at Pipe Creek Wildlife Area, Erie County, on the 4th. Northern Goshawk: Kathy Mock reported what seemed to be an adult of this species flying over her home in Barberton, Summit County, on the 3rd. King Rail: On the 7th, Ryan Steiner, following a lead from the Bobolink RBA (330 763-5119), was able to find one at Killbuck Marsh at the railroad tracks on Willow Road. Willet: The Bobolink RBA (330 763-5119) reports that one was seen this week at Wright Marsh, Wayne County. Their numbers greatly reduced from last week, Jim Fry found only four at the swimming beach at Lake Logan, Hocking County, on the 5th. Laughing Gull: On the 2nd and 3rd, up to three breeding plumaged adults were being seen at the beach and in a field below the dam at Buck Creek State Park, Clark County. Ray Hannikman reported a first summer bird from the beach at Headlands Beach State Park on the 7th, and Craig Holt found a breeding plumaged adult at Conneaut Harbor on the 8th. EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: The Bobolink RBA (330 763-5119) reports that one can be seen at 32466 State Route 93, which is south of Baltic in Coshocton County. Golden-winged Warbler: On the 2nd, Bob Foppe found one at Camp Friedlander, Clermont County. Jeff Grabmeier relocated the previously reported bird at the beginning of the pet trail in Highbanks Metroparks, Delaware County, on the 3rd. On the 7th, they were reported from the Magrish Riverlands Preserve, Cincinnati, and from the "far west patch of woods on the Ottawa River Interpretive Trail, Toledo." On the 8th, one was at Oak Openings Metropark, Lucas County, at "Oak Openings Parkway where it comes closest to Swan Creek a bit west of White Oak Picnic area." Northern Parula x Cerulean Warbler: Notable amid the reports of hybrid Lawrence's and Brewster's Warblers, was the report by Rick Nirschl that this unusual hybrid, originally found by him in 2004, has returned for the fifth year to the same location in the Wildwood Metropark, Toledo. His directions are "Take the stairs behind the Manor House down to the boardwalk on the floodplain and listen for the bird singing from the sycamores 40- 80 yards north of the bottom of the stairs." Clay-colored Sparrow: One visited the North Perry home of John Pogacnik on the 2nd and 4th. Photo at www.RareBird.org. Le Conte's Sparrow: Ray Hannikman spotted one at the dunes area of the Headlands Beach State Park Nature Preserve on the 7th. HARRIS'S SPARROW: The Bobolink RBA (330 763-5119) reports that birders are welcome to view the one visiting the feeder at Vernon Kline's home west of Holmesville at 10544 County Road 329 in Holmes County. Western Meadowlark: On the 4th John Habig found the previously reported bird still singing at Range Line and Cygnet Roads west of the town of Cygnet in Wood County. Yellow-headed Blackbird: Mary Warren passed along word of one along the Magee Marsh Causeway on the 5th. Rick Nirschl found a pair near the old mobile home along Krause Road in Ottawa County on the 7th. Evening Grosbeak: On the 4th a "one-day wonder" visited the feeder at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory office just off Route 2 at the entrance to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. - 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]