- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * August 29, 2008 * OHST0808.29 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Long-tailed Duck Little Blue Heron TRICOLORED HERON WOOD STORK American Avocet Whimbrel Marbled Godwit Western Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope Olive-sided Flycatcher Connecticut Warbler Yellow-headed Blackbird - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for August 29, 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: Ray Hannikman found a very rare summer visitor at Headlands Beach State Park on the 25th. Little Blue Heron: An adult was reported in the section of Medusa Marsh, Erie County, northeast of the intersection of OH 2 and OH 269 from the 24th to the 26th. Single juveniles were seen by Sheryl Young on the 26th at Willow Pt. Wildlife Area, Sandusky County, and by Bob Foppe on the 27th at Camp Dennison, Hamilton County. TRICOLORED HERON: A bird found by Jen Brumfield on the 24th at the Medusa Marsh location mentioned above was reported through the 27th. WOOD STORK: One of only a handful of Ohio records and the first to be "chasable". Robert Schlabach, following a tip, located two juvenile birds in Coshocton County south of Plainfield on the 25th or 26th. Bruce Glick reported them to the Ohiobirds list-serv on the 26th. Numerous birders have seen them since, with a third juvenile being added on the 27th. Bruce provided these directions: "Old DeLorme Page 61 5C. From U.S. Route 36 east of Coshocton, take State Route 93 south through West Lafayette and Plainfield. Stay on route 93 south, passing the Y where SR Rt. 541 goes off to the southeast, and after another 1-2 miles, just after a mowed hayfield on the right, take C.R. 145 to the right (west) for approx. .5 -.7 miles - to a small V-shaped pond, just after a bridge over a creek. The pond is right beside the gravel road on the right side and recent cuttings of branches (power company) are on the ground by the road." American Avocet: Two birds were at Conneaut, Ashtabula County, on the 24th. Another was seen at Headlands Beach State Park on the 25th. Whimbrel: Craig Holt saw two at Conneaut, Ashtabula County, on the 24th. Marbled Godwit: On the 28th, Bill Heck found one at the much birded flooded fields south of the railroad tracks on CR 292 northwest of Bellevue. Bob Baran photographed one at Glacier Ridge MetroPark, Union County, on the 22nd. It was seen by numerous birders through the 28th. On the 29th, Aaron Boone found one at O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Franklin County, (off Dublin Road just north of the town of Shawnee Hills) that is suspected of being the same bird. Aaron provided this Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/5qdj78. Western Sandpiper: John Habig spotted six on a mudflat in the Great Miami River across from Carillon Park, Dayton, on the 22nd. Two hung around to be photographed by Rick Asamato on the 25th. Photos at http://www.ohiobirds.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=870. Buff-breasted Sandpiper: One continued to be reported at the flooded field near the railroad tracks along TR 292 in Sandusky County, just north of the Seneca County line, from the 25th to the 28th. Red-necked Phalarope: On the 22nd, Kenn Kaufman saw one juvenile at the "Sprague's Pipit" flooded field along South Ridge Road (175) about 2 miles east-northeast of US 20 in Sandusky County. It was relocated on the 24th. Rob Lowry found two in Sandusky County at the flooded fields south of the railroad tracks on CR 292 northwest of Bellevue on the 27th and 28th. Ray Hannikman reported one from Highlands Beach State Park on the 27th. Olive-sided Flycatcher: Reported on the 25th from Highlands Beach State Park by Ray Hannikman; by Rob Thorn on the 26th from Blendon Woods MetroPark, Franklin County, where Thoreau Trail crosses the pipeline right-of-way; and from the boardwalk at Shaker Lakes Nature Center on the 28th by Matt Valencic. Connecticut Warbler: Ray Hannikman reported a "well-analyzed" Connecticut Warbler from Headlands Beach State Park on the 23rd. Yellow-headed Blackbird: On the 22nd, Kenn Kaufman spotted a female amid the starlings at the flooded field on T80, a half-mile south of the Sandusky-Seneca county line west of Bellevue. - 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]