> - RBA > * Ohio > * Statewide > * August 10, 2009 > * OHST0908.10 > > - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) > > Least Bittern > Little Blue Heron > American Avocet > Willet > Upland Sandpiper > Whimbrel > Red Knot > White-rumped Sandpiper > Baird’s Sandpiper > Buff-breasted Sandpiper > Long-billed Dowitcher > Wilson’s Phalarope > Red-necked Phalarope > Black Tern > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker > Sedge Wren > Blue Grosbeak > > - Transcript > > This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for June 19, 2009. > Compiler: Gabe Leidy. 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 > > Least Bittern: Conneaut’s birds remained 2 Aug for > Craig Holt and Mark Vass. > > Little Blue Heron: One remained at Ottawa NWR, in > Pool MS 8b, 8 Aug (Jim Witter). > > American Avocet: Three visited Conneaut Harbor 2 Aug > (Craig Holt, Mark Vass) and a juv 5 Aug (Greg Emmert, Craig > Holt) was joined by another bird that evening (Lana > Hays). Three were notable at Clear Fork Reservoir 3 > Aug (Su Snyder, m.ob.). Ottawa NWR’s Pool 2A hosted > one 8 Aug (Jim Witter). > > Willet: Craig Holt and Mark Vass saw a bird at Conneaut 2 > Aug. > > Upland Sandpiper: One was calling from the field west > of the Toledo Express Airport 1 Aug (Matt Anderson). > > Whimbrel: Rick Asamoto was lucky enough to view one > at Buck Creek SP’s beach 5 Aug. A bird passed > Conneaut 7 Aug, but didn’t touch down (Bob Royse). > > Red Knot: A bird touched down briefly at Pipe Creek > WA 1 Aug (Emil Bacik, Gabe Leidy). > > White-rumped Sandpiper: Willow Point WA hosted an > adult 1 Aug (Emil Bacik, Gabe Leidy) and Conneaut Harbor > another 5 Aug (Craig Holt). > > Baird’s Sandpiper: Emil Bacik observed birds at > Willow Point WA 8 Aug and Pickerel Creek WA 10 Aug. > > Buff-breasted Sandpiper: Brian Zwiebel identified one > in a photo he took at Ottawa NWR’s Pool 2A 3 Aug. > > Long-billed Dowitcher: Emil Bacik identified a bird > at Pipe Creek WA 1 Aug. > > Wilson’s Phalarope: Pickerel Creek hosted two birds > 1 Aug (Emil Bacik, Gabe Leidy) and another 10 Aug (Emil > Bacik). > > Red-necked Phalarope: The season’s first showed up > at Pickerel Creek WA 10 Aug (Emil Bacik). > > Black Tern: One remained at Knox Lake 1 Aug for > Charlie Bombaci. > > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Craig Holt observed one in > Ashtabula 5 Aug - in Monroe Twp. at Root Rd. covered > bridge. These northeastern breeders have been reported > seldom this summer. > > Sedge Wren: Up to five singing males have been > present at Miami-Whitewater Wetlands (Steve Bobonick, W. > Travis Young). > > Blue Grosbeak: A pair remains along Jeffers Rd within > Oak Openings MP, across from the Horse Riders parking area > (1 Aug - Matt Anderson). Armleder Park, near > Cincinnati, continues as a reliable spot (Kirk Westendorf, > John Zahnen). Prairie Lane, SR 651, and the New > Bedford-area within The Bobolink Area hosted birds in the > past week (Bobolink-Area RBA). > > - End transcript > > Gabe Leidy > Cleveland, 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]