- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * July 4, 2008 * OHST0807.04 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron MISSISSIPPI KITE BLACK-NECKED STILT American Avocet Whimbrel Bell's Vireo Clay-colored Sparrow Western Meadowlark - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for July 4, 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 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Reported from the Preston Road, Columbus, nest site on the 30th. MISSISSIPPI KITE: On the 28th, Jay Lehman saw a subadult kite at the Brass Ring Golf Course, Logan. Glen Crippen passed along word that a single kite was seen soaring near the ranger office near the entrance to the lodge at Burr Oak Lake State Park, Morgan County, on the 29th. BLACK-NECKED STILT: Two pairs remain in the pond along the east side of TR 80 in Seneca County, just south of Seneca County Line Road (CR 113) and north of C34 near Bellevue. Apparently there is a nest behind the pond on a grassy berm near a large rock. American Avocet: Chris Pierce located one at Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area in the impoundment near the pumphouse on the 29th. It remained on the 3rd. Bob Sams found one on the dike between the Findlay Reservoirs, Hancock County, on the 3rd. Whimbrel: Bill Whan saw one fly over Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area on the 3rd. Bell's Vireo: The OSU west campus birds, located just west of the Carmack Road, No. 5 parking lot, were reported most recently on the 30th. Clay-colored Sparrow: The Oak Openings MetroPark bird seems to have relocated by the 29th to the east side of Girdham Road, about 150 yards south of the bike trail near the south end of the fence that runs along the road. There have been no reports - positive or negative - since the 29th. Western Meadowlark: The resident bird at Range Line and Cygnet Roads west of Cygnet, Wood County, was noted by Dave Slager on the 28th. - 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]