There is an interesting article on cormorants in Environment Canada. It makes mention that the cormorant may not be a native Great Lakes bird. Maybe we should tone it down and study up. Bob Faber Hiram --- OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are 18 messages totalling 974 lines in this > issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Cliff Swallows in Marblehead > 2. CVNP Coliseum Grasslands - 5-24-08- Henslow's > Sparrow, Sora, etc. (Summit > Co.) > 3. Lazelle Woods Cooper's Hawl > 4. Akron Ross's goose > 5. OSU Wetland May 24 > 6. RED HEADED WOODPECKERS - lake county > 7. Backyard birds Beavercreek FOY > 8. headlands piping plover and connecticut warbler > 9. Saturday bird list for Magee Marsh > 10. Native Ohio birds still being systematically > killed off by wildife staff > 11. great crested flycatcher wakeman lorain county > 12. Hoover Nature Preserve, Delaware County - Ohio > Young Birder's Club Field > Trip > 13. Shorebirds- Big Island, 5/24 > 14. Bell's Vireo - Columbus > 15. Pickerington & Big Walnut,5-24 > 16. Big Island Wildlife Area 47 Red Knots > 17. Lakeshore Waterbird Survey, 5/24 > 18. Grant Nature Park (Montgomery Co.) findings > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 09:30:30 -0400 > From: Bob Morton <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Cliff Swallows in Marblehead > > Has anyone recently visited the old Marblehead, Ohio > quarry? About ten year= > s ago, I hiked back in the area off Rt. 163 and > noted a cliff about 70 feet= > high and an eighth mile long. It was full of > thousands of Cliff Swallows n= > esting. Just wondering if they are still there. > Please advise and thank you= > . Robert in Fremont > > _________________________________________________________________ > Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family > Safety. > http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_= > Refresh_family_safety_052008= > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: > [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 07:17:06 -0700 > From: Carrie and Bryn Roberts > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: CVNP Coliseum Grasslands - 5-24-08- > Henslow's Sparrow, Sora, etc. (Summit Co.) > > This morning (Sat 5/24/08) at the CVNP Coliseum > Grasslands there was at least one HENSLOW'S SPARROW > back on territory. > > Other birds of interest: > SORA (2) > NOTHERN HARRIER (1) > Bobolink (10+) > E. Meadowlark (5) > Savannah Sparrow (5+) > > and a coyote for good measure.... > > Good birding- > Bryn Roberts > Richfield, 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 11:15:19 -0400 > From: =?windows-1252?Q?Al_La_Sala?= > <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Lazelle Woods Cooper's Hawl > > The Cooper's Hawk's eggs have finally hatched. > Shortl after I arrived at= > =20 > the park, I saw her leaving on one of her hunting > trips. About an hour=20= > > later I heard her squeaking so I knew she was about > to return to the=20 > nest. I hurried over there and saw her standing on > the rim of the nest.=20= > =20 > She had her back to me but I could see that she kept > leaning forward as i= > f=20 > she was feeding her nestlings. > > Also seen: > Mallards (flying over), Red-Tailed Hawk,Mourning > Doves,Red-Bellied=20 > Woodpeckers (their eggs have hatched too), Eastern > Phoebes (adults and=20= > > fledglings),Blue Jays, American Crows, Barn > Swallows, Northern Rough- > Winged Swallows, Carolina Chickadees,White-Breasted > Nuthatch, Blue-Gray=20= > > Gnatcatcher, American Robins (adults and > fledglings), Swainson's Thrush,=20= > > Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwings (a flock of at least > 8), European Starlings,= > =20 > American Redstarts (male and female playing a game > of chase), Chestnut- > Sided Warblers(male and female playing a game of > chase), Northern=20 > Cardinal, Scarlet Tanager (male only-I wonder if the > female is off nestin= > g=20 > somewhere),Song Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, > Red-Winged Blackbirds, Commo= > n=20 > Grackles, Brown-Headed Cowbirds, American Goldfinch, > House Finch, House=20= > > Sparrow > Mammals: Raccoons, Gray Squirrels, Eastern > Cottontails > > Al La Sala > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: > [log in to unmask] > === message truncated === ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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