Patrick and I also saw two Blue Winged Teal as we were leaving Metzger. Thanks to all for a great weekend! Karyn and Patrick Otte ---- Kathi Hutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To add to Chris' excellent report about this weekend, and to continue > the phoebe reports, I saw an Eastern Phoebe along the dike that > separates Lake Erie from the marsh at Metzger after the majority of the > group departed on Sunday. Unlike the one that has been calling its name > at my house in SW Ohio for the past week, this bird was silent, just > bobbing its tail in the weeds along the trail. > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > Not to be too picky, Chris, but I think you meant to say that the Tundra > Swans were at Ottawa. > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > The whole weekend was lots of fun, especially Norman Smith's talks on > Snowy Owls and the many other raptors he has studied and banded over the > years. I really loved the many photos of his two "assistants" (his > young son and daughter) holding hawks and owls. > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > ~Kathi Hutton > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > Felicity, Clermont County > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > http://katdocsworld.blogspot.com > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> / > <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-BIRDS> > > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:20:43 -0400 > From: Chris Knoll <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: BSBO Annual Banquet Field Trips > > Here is our bird list for today from Metzger and Ottawa National > Wildlife > Refuge. > > 1. Canada Geese - both places > 2. Mute Swan - Metzger > 3. Trumpeter Swan - both places > 4. Tundra Swan - Metzger > 5. Wood Duck - 2 flyovers at Ottawa > 6. Gadwall - both places > 7. American Wigeon - both places > 8. American Black Duck - Ottawa > 9. Mallard - both places > 10. Northern Shoveler - Ottawa > 11. Northern Pintail - Metzger > 12. Green-winged Teal - both places > 13. Canvasback - Metzger > 14. Redhead - both places > 15. Ring-necked Duck - both places > 16. Lesser Scaup - Metzger > 17. Bufflehead - both places > 18. Hooded Merganser - Ottawa > 19. Common Merganser - Metzger > 20. Ruddy Duck - Metzger > 21. Pied-billed Grebe - both places > 22. Horned Grebe - both places > 23. Great Blue Heron - both places > 24. Great Egret - (2) - Ottawa parking lot > 25. Black-crowned Night Heron - Metzger > 26. Bald Eagle - both places > 27. Northern Harrier - Metzger > 28. Red-tailed Hawk - Ottawa > 29. American Coot - both places > 30. Sandhill Cranes - 4 - calling and flying; Ottawa > 31. Killdeer - both places > 32. Wilson's Snipe - Ottawa > 33. Ring-billed Gull - Ottawa > 34. Herring Gull - Metzger > 35. Mourning Dove - both places > 36. Great-horned Owl on nest - Ottawa > 37. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Ottawa > 38. Downy Woodpecker - both places > 39. N. Flicker - both places > 40. American Crow - Ottawa > 41. Horned Lark - Metzger > 42. Tree Swallow - Ottawa > 43. Winter Wren - Metzger > 44. American Robin - both places > 45. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Ottawa parking lot fly-over > 46. European Starling - Metzger > 47. American Tree Sparrow - Ottawa > 48. Song Sparrow - both places > 49. White-throated Sparrow - Metzger > 50. Northern Cardinal - both places > 51. RWBB - both places > 52. Eastern Meadowlark - Metzger > 53. Rusty Blackbird - Ottawa > 54. C. Grackle - both places > 55. Brown-headed Cowbird - Metzger > 56. American Goldfinch - 1 male - Ottawa > > Later birding fans, > > Chris Knoll > Education Director > Black Swamp Bird Observatory > Call us anytime: 419-898-4070 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]