Other notable Great Plains birds at Hoover that appeared to have just blown in included 60 Gadwall, 1 Northern Pintail, and 8 Northern Shovelers out in the middle of the reservoir. Obviously, it's a great day to be checking your local patch for unusual species blown in by this system. Franklin's Gulls, in particular, seem susceptible to winds like this and could occur today or tomorrow anywhere gulls gather in Ohio. I'll post photos of some of the Franklin's Gulls soon at this website: www.flickr.com/photos/daveslager Good birding! Dave Slager Columbus, OH Dave Slager Graduate Student Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab School of Environment and Natural Resources The Ohio State University 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210-1085 [log in to unmask] On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just heard from Ben Warner and Dave Slager, who were looking at ten > Franklin's gulls on the mudflats visible from the Big Walnut causeway at > Hoover Reservoir, evidently courtesy of violent winds from the west. If > they keep blowing, we may get some black-tailed gulls, who knows? > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]