I was boating at Buckeye Lake today. We saw what may have been a frigate bird.We tried to come up with another option, but couldn't. I am hoping someone else will check it out. We chased it down several times but could never see the red under the neck. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:00 AM, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are 10 messages totalling 454 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. visiting ohio looking for good birding spots > 2. Darke County > 3. Swifts in Clintonville - Columbus > 4. Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene and Warren Counties, 9/24 > 5. Space available on Columbus Audubon trip to Hawk Mountain Oct 3 - 5 > 6. Scioto Audubon Metro Park (downtown Columbus) - Bald Eagle > 7. NE shorebirds > 8. Juncos > 9. Identify the hawk flying with the Eagle > 10. Blendon Woods Sept 24 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:29:51 -0400 > From: =?windows-1252?Q?Jonas_Grundman?= <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: visiting ohio looking for good birding spots > > hello Ohio birders, > > My name is Jonas Grundman and I am from Omaha Nebraska. My wife and I wi= > ll=20 > be attending a wedding in the first week of October we will have a few da= > ys=20 > of free time. I was hoping to get some ideas of good birding spots > that=20= > > are non-birder friendly (try as I might I just can't get her into it). T= > he=20 > best places would be ones close to civilation and have 1-3 hour hikes or = > be=20 > car birdable. > > We will be in London Ohio just outside of Springfield and will most likel= > y=20 > head northward towards Sandusky.=20=20 > > Thanks for any input! Jonas (omaha NE) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:28:46 -0400 > From: Regina Schieltz <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Darke County > > Tues. evening the Darke County birds had a premeeting walk at Chestnut = > Street Marsh in Shawnee Prairie Preserve. > and some of us went on Robb's early morning bird hike on Tues. morning. > > Birds seen were > > Can. geese > mallards > great blue herons > great egrets 6 > killdeer > least sandpiper 1 > chimney swifts 2 > downy woodpeckers > flickers > eastern phoebes > red eye vireo > bluejays > crows > C, chickadee > t. titmouse > wh. br. nuthatch > C. wren > wood thrush > robins galore > catbird > starlings > Cedar waxwings > black thr. green warblers > American redstart > pine warbler > Blackpoll warbler > e. towhee > chipping sparrows > Cardinals > redwing bb > grackles > cowbirds > goldfinches > house sparrows > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:33:51 -0400 > From: "=?windows-1252?Q?Joan_M._Frederick?=" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Swifts in Clintonville - Columbus > > Shaune Skinner and I observed the swifts at the old Clintonville Electric= > =20 > chimney last night. We estimated 500-600 birds entered the chimney betwee= > n=20 > 7:30 and 8 pm. The chimney can be seen from the Kroger parking lot at Hig= > h=20 > and North Broadway, but there is some parking on Brighton Road, just > one=20= > > block south of North Broadway and that location gets you much closer to t= > he=20 > birds. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:37:44 -0700 > From: Cindy Beckman <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Spring Valley Wildlife Area, Greene and Warren Counties, 9/24 > > 44 species 8:45 - 11:40 at SVWA this morning > =A0 > Double-crested Cormorant > Great Blue Heron > Turkey Vulture > Wood Duck > Mourning Dove > Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard, not seen) > Chimney Swift > Belted Kingfisher > Red-bellied Woodpecker > Downy Woodpecker > Northern Flicker > Empidonax Flycatcher - no vocalization, not sure which one > Eastern Phoebe - several, mostly juveniles=A0showing a yellow wash on > breas= > t > Eastern Wood-Pewee > White-eyed Vireo > Warbling Vireo (showing yellow wash but light lores) > Philadelphia Vireo > Red-eyed Vireo > Blue Jay > American Crow > Northern rough-winged Swallow > Carolina Chickadee > Tufted Titmouse > White-breasted Nuthatch > Carolina Wren > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > Swainson's Thrush - several > American Robin > Gray Catbird - still plentiful > Brown Thrasher > European Starling > Cedar Waxwing > Magnolia Warbler > Cape May Warbler > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Common Yellowthroat > Wilson's Warbler > Field Sparrow > Song Sparrow > Northern Cardinal > Rose-breasted Grosbeak > Indigo Bunting > Red-winged Blackbird > American Goldfinch > =A0 > =A0 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:34 -0400 > From: Bill Heck <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Space available on Columbus Audubon trip to Hawk Mountain Oct 3 - > 5 > > There are a few spaces left on the Columbus Audubon trip to Hawk Mountain > October 3 - 5. Carpooling departure is from the Columbus area (or wherever > you are) on Friday the 3rd, with return on Sunday evening. The group will > have use of a chalet in the Hawk Mountain area, and the emphasis is on an > enjoyable group experience -- in addition to the raptors! > > If you are interested, check out the details at the CA Web site: > > > http://www.columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?view=details&cid=1%3Aevents&id=1%3Ahawk_mountain&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=42 > > -- > Bill Heck > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:45:37 -0400 > From: "TINIANOW, Jerome" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Scioto Audubon Metro Park (downtown Columbus) - Bald Eagle > > I had a great sighting at about 11:20 a.m. this morning of a Bald Eagle > fro= > m the boat ramp at the Scioto Audubon Metro Park near downtown Columbus. > T= > he eagle was flying north from the Greenlawn Dam area. It made several > laz= > y circles above the Scioto River in the area just north of the boat ramp. > = > It eventually worked its way north and out of view up the Scioto. I had > tw= > o guests from out of town with me and they could not believe we were > seeing= > this bird so close to downtown. > > > > Jerry Tinianow > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:19:34 -0700 > From: Craig Holt <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: NE shorebirds > > I traveled a big loop today in NE Ohio searching for shorebirds.=A0 I'd > rat= > her have had more birds and less miles, but so it goes with this group by > l= > ate September.=A0 I had 12 species total.=A0 Early morning at Conneaut > harb= > or: 5 black-bellied plovers, 4 Am. golden-plovers, killdeer, semipalmated > p= > lover, greater yellowlegs, ruddy turnstone, sanderling, and semipalmated > sa= > ndpiper.=A0 Also here were great egret, great black-backed gull, Caspian > te= > rns, belted kingfishers, chimney swifts, 2 Carolina wrens, gray catbirds, > a= > nd cedar waxwings.=A0 Over at Malek Pk. were more killdeers, n. flicker, > e.= > bluebird, and 25 chipping sparrows.=A0 A little farther west at Ashtabula > = > harbor, all I saw of note were 150+ double-crested cormorants.=A0 Long > driv= > e to Lorain, parked and walked around all the impoundments.=A0 Found 12 > kil= > ldeers, semipalmated plover, 2 solitary sandpipers, semipalmated > sandpiper,= > and 2 pectoral sandpipers.=A0 Also n. shoveler, 6 green-winged teal, sora, > tree swallow, and a few warblers--most were only briefly seen or > heard.=A0= > A yellow-rumped and 2 yellow warblers were all I could positively ID.=A0 > I= > t was windy enough that most of the songbirds were probably hunkered down.= > =A0 One more long drive to Berlin Res.=A0 Shorebirds here: 30 killdeers, 2 > = > greater yellowlegs, 3 lesser yellowlegs, 4 semipalmated sandpipers, 10 > leas= > t sandpipers, and 3 pectoral sandpipers.=A0 Also here were 30 great blue > he= > rons, 11 great egrets, and hundreds of ring-billed gulls.=A0 Later, Craig= > =0A=0A=0A > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:27:23 -0400 > From: John Habig <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Juncos > > I had four or five DE Juncos at my office feeder in Lebanon today. > > > > John Habig > > 261 Lantis Dr. > > Carlisle, Ohio 45005 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:34:08 -0400 > From: Matthew Valencic <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Identify the hawk flying with the Eagle > > http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/HawkFlyingWithBaldEagle > > > > My son took a series of pictures of this mature Bald Eagle at Sandy Ridge > on > Sunday. When we looked at them on the computer we noticed a hawk in four > of > the frames. He said it was soaring with the Eagle as it moved across the > marsh. The lens is 300mm and the Eagle and hawk were up high so this is > the > best we can offer. > > > > After some study I think it is a Cooper's, but the white spot between the > tail and the wings leaves me puzzled. It might be sun reflecting or it > might actually be white feathers. The broad wings and narrow tail suggest > Accipiter. The straight leading-edge of the wing suggests Cooper's over > Sharp-shinned. On one of the pictures I zoomed way in and the breast > appeared reddish and the tail appeared to have a well-defined terminal dark > band. > > > > I left the pictures as they were so you can zoom-in yourself for more > details. I welcome your more expert opinions. > > > > Regards, > > > > Matt & Adam Valencic > > Chagrin Falls, 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: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:34:48 -0400 > From: "McNulty, Robert" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Blendon Woods Sept 24 > > Warbler numbers were relatively low today. Had to look for birds on = > several > trials.=20 > cape may > magnolia > american redstart > black throated blue > bay breasted > chestnut sided > black and white > tennessee > black throated green > northern parula > ovenbird > wilson's > blackpoll > common yellow throat > blackburnian > Hooded was heard singing > > red eyed vireo > blue headed vireo > ruby crowned kinglet > indigo bunting > rose breasted grosbeak > swainson's thrush > gray cheeked thrush > bluebird > wood thrush > eastern phoebe > turkey > cedar waxwing > > Bob and Elaine McNulty > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 23 Sep 2008 to 24 Sep 2008 (#2008-268) > ***************************************************************** > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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