Aha...that particular species roosts within 5 miles of my house...at close range you can notice long protruding tentacles... Was out at Luigi's in downtown Akron last night and saw a steady stream of chimney swifts pouring into a chimney across the street for about 20 minutes... Denise in Akron "Look at the birds..." Matthew 6:26 --- On Tue, 9/16/08, Jeff Maass <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Jeff Maass <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Oh! I forgot! To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 1:06 AM The one today was the "goodyearus" variant. I watched it fly by at my house 1 mile West of Twin Lakes (near Dublin). Bet it was glad it wasn't coming by Sunday afternoon! Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Steve > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:01 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Oh! I forgot! > > There was one more bird that I was able to photgraph. While > there the birds were disrupted for a time because of a giant > bird called Magnus Bonusannus blimpus. Sorry no common name, > that was the name given to me in college for such a critter, > I Imagine a Latin/English translator will have it. :) Every > time it flew over, the other smaller birds would take off and > circle around until it went by. Must be part of it's > migration pattern because I've seen it in the area before. > > Gotta love it! > > Steve > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]