- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * October 4, 2008 * OHST0810.04 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Little Blue Heron GLOSSY IBIS Marbled Godwit Western Sandpiper Red Phalarope Laughing Gull Little Gull Golden-winged Warbler Connecticut Warbler Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for October 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. Little Blue Heron: One was at Hueston Woods State Park on the 28th. GLOSSY IBIS: Two arrived at Mill Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Mahoning County, on the 4th. To arrange access to the sanctuary, email Bill Jones ([log in to unmask]). Marbled Godwit: One was lingering on the eastern shore of the Hoover Reservoir Nature Preserve, Delaware County, on the 1st. Western Sandpiper: John Pogacnik had two at Conneaut on the 28th. Red Phalarope: John Pogacnik had one at Conneaut on the 28th. Laughing Gull: One was still being seen on the swimming beach at Pleasant Hill Lake, Richland County, through the 27th. Little gull: One remained on the swimming beach at Headlands Beach State Park on the 29th. Golden-winged Warbler: Robert Jackson saw two in a in downtown Cleveland cemetery across from Progressive Field on the 29th. Connecticut Warbler: On the 29th one was seen on private property in Ashtabula County and another on private property in Cleremont County. Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow: Andy Bass found one at Miami Whitewater Wetlands, Hamilton County, on the 27th (“Walk the hedgerow until you get to the dike that goes to the viewing blind, the bird was seen right there”). David Brinkman found one in the same park the next day ((“north of farm road near the bat house”). Jen Brumfield saw one at West Creek Reservation, Cuyahoga County, on the 1st, and multiple observers reported them from the old Richfield Coliseum site from the 2nd to the 4th. The coliseum site is in Summit County on Rt. 303 just west of the I-270 interchange. - 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]