In a message dated 5/22/2010 12:00:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: There are 16 messages totalling 733 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Blendon Woods May 20 Thursday 2. Scissor-tails and whimbrels 3. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Hamilton County (2) 4. Rail? with young -- CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh 5. Birding Blacklick Woods M.P. Cerulean Warbler etc. (5/21) Ben Warner 6. Kirtland's and Connecticut at Magee 7. Rail? with young - CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh (2) 8. Kirtland's' 9. MigrantExodus,Columbus,5-20,21 10. Bell's Vireo on Hilliard Heritage Trail 11. OT: Comment on closed Magee Sportsmen's Center 12. More: Virginia Rail with young -- CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh 13. Pickerel Creek 14. Connecticut Warbler and Sandhill Crane Lake County 5/21 ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:32:12 -0400 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Bob_and_Elaine_McNulty?= <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Blendon Woods May 20 Thursday Worm eating warbler (Hickory Rodge trail near the intersection with the=20= overlook trail) Kentucky warbler (Upper part of brookside trail, carrying nesting materia= l,=20 only heard single call notes, no singing while we were there) Hooded warbler Louisiana waterthrush Magnolia warbler An interesting observation: we heard a song that sounded like a Dickcisse= l=20 back on the Pond trail, just inside the wood edge. Elaine located a towh= ee=20 singing the song from 40 feet up.=20 purple rocket fire pink foxglove beardtongue Batelle Darby Wetlands: (2) black bellied plover and (1) black tern Bob and Elaine McNulty ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:33:20 -0400 From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Scissor-tails and whimbrels There seems to be nothing shockingly unusual about a scissor-tailed flycatcher in Ohio at this time (we have 15 accepted records, a lot of them in May, and other strays of this western bird are now being seen as far east as New Hampshire and New Jersey), but the Kilby Rd bird seems to be the most persistent on record in Ohio. If you want to see this bird in the state, by all means try this one. Three of the previous records were promptly shot (not recently: nowadays there's probably no really good reason to collect specimens of this species here), and nearly all the rest have been one- or two-day wonders. They are of course common in their western breeding-season range, and Florida vacationers can reliably see them there in winter, as well. Coming up should be the brief spring passage of migrant whimbrels. They prefer an over-water route, and are most often seen here along the Lake Erie shore, but a few birds veer inland, even including a remarkable flock of 106 near Killdeer Plains on one occasion. Observers in Toronto, where the largest regional numbers are seen, give 24 May--Monday--as the best day to look for them, on average. There are only a few early June records, so the window is a narrow one. 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:33:19 -0700 From: Robert Sparks <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Hamilton County Hello Everyone, I have not seen any updates on the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Hamilton Co= unty today.=A0 I am sure many people will want to look for it (myself inclu= ded) tomorrow.=A0 So any updates on the bird today would be greatly appreci= ated!! Thanks, Brad Sparks Reynoldsburg, OH=0A=0A=0A ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:35:32 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Rail? with young -- CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh At Ira Beaver Marsh CVNP around 11am today I saw some sort of rail I think with three little ones in tow. I got a better look at the babies than the adult. They were black fur-balls on long legs with long bills with a ring around the bill. Cute as the dickens. Thoughts on ID are appreciated. Located on right side of boardwalk just as you get to the marsh. Also saw 2 prothonotary warblers numerous calling blue winged warblers blackpoll warblers Am. redstarts common yellowthroats yellow warblers cedar waxwings several yellow throated vireos warbling vireo red eyed vireo wood duck with ducklings baltimore orioles heard orchard oriole scarlet tanager rb grosbeaks green and great blue herons Karen Gray Copley / Summit Co ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:40:34 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Birding Blacklick Woods M.P. Cerulean Warbler etc. (5/21) Ben Warner Birding is hoppin' this morning I got out early and have had some goodies.= The Cerulean Warbler is currently singing away right in front of the Natu= re Center in fact, I got a look at it from the center windows a moment ago= !!! This guy is a potential nester here, so I'm excited to see what develo= ps. We had a fresh bunch of migrants today with many, many American Redsta= rts and other warbs here this morning. As reported further north, many fem= ales.?highlights: Cerulean Warbler - singing male with mind blowing looks Magnolia Warbler Hooded Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Ovenbird Yellow-throated Warbler Northern Parula American Redstart Black-throated Green Warbler Tennessee Warbler Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush E. Bluebird Acadian Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Scarlet Tanager Baltimore Oriole Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Rosebreasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Yellow-billed Cuckoo etc.=20 ???? Haven't heard any reports from Pickerington Ponds yet but will keep= everyone posted if I can.=20 -Ben Warbler, I mean Warner ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:47:38 -0400 From: Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Kirtland's and Connecticut at Magee As of a little after 1 p.m. today (Friday May 21) there was another Kirtland's Warbler on the east beach (Wildlife Beach) at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area in n.w. Ohio. Iain Campbell and Christian Boix from Tropical Birding were among the individuals who saw it. The bird was about 100 yards east on the beach. Note that this area is about a quarter-mile east of the parking lot for the Magee boardwalk. A Connecticut Warbler was also seen earlier near the lakefront dike, just northeast of the eastern end of the boardwalk parking lot. Kenn Kaufman Oak Harbor, Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:45:39 -0700 From: Marc Nolls <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Rail? with young - CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh Over the past several weeks multiple Virginia Rail (2) and Sora (3) have be= en visible and vocal in that same spot. Per the description, the chicks see= m to be Virginia Rail. See page 155 of Sibley=E2=80=99s Guide for illustrat= ions of both chicks (Virginia Rail with a ring on the bill). Good find - exciting news. Marc Nolls Akron, 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 16:25:18 -0400 From: "Warren, Mary" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Kirtland's' The Kirtland's Warbler was still present at the Wildlife beach as of 4:15 pm today. No luck relocating the CT.=20 Bird Walk tomorrow at 8:30 am leaving from the west end of the boardwalk. Bird Center opens at 8 am with the Friends offering coffee and donuts.=20 Happy Birding Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 FAX: 419-898-4017 [log in to unmask] "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." John Burroughs ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:41:49 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Rail? with young - CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh Can anyone give more specific directions to this area? Karyn ---- Marc Nolls <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=20 > Over the past several weeks multiple Virginia Rail (2) and Sora (3) have = been visible and vocal in that same spot. Per the description, the chicks s= eem to be Virginia Rail. See page 155 of Sibley=E2=80=99s Guide for illustr= ations of both chicks (Virginia Rail with a ring on the bill). > Good find - exciting news. > Marc Nolls > Akron, OH >=20 > ______________________________________________________________________ >=20 > 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/f= orum/. >=20 > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=3DOHIO-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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 17:51:12 -0400 From: rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> Subject: MigrantExodus,Columbus,5-20,21 I spent parts of the last 2 mornings at 2 of the better migrant traps in south Columbus - Berliner Park and 3-Creeks - and was startled by the low #s of migrants. The nice day on Thursday apparently allowed the earlier wave to exit, while the crappy weather today hasn't allowed much replenishment. Notables included: Flycatchers - lots of resident Acadian, Pewees, and Great Crested at both locations, but no late Empids yet Vireos - also plenty of resident Warbling & Red-eyed at both locations, but no Philadelphias (which are often 3rd wave birds here) Thrushes - plenty of Swainson's at both locations, about the only migrant in good numbers, but no Gray-cheeks Warblers - slim pickings, with a few Redstarts at each spot, plus a Canada in Berliner along the bikepath. Others - plenty of Indigo Buntings, but it's hard to distinguish migrants from residents. Only 1 Scarlet tanager (at Berliner), and no grosbeaks. ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 18:32:31 -0400 From: Brian Gara <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Bell's Vireo on Hilliard Heritage Trail I saw and heard a Bell's Vireo this afternoon, along the Hilliard = Heritage Bike Trail. It was slightly west of the Hayden Run Road = trailhead, about 50 meters past the 3 mile signpost. This is about 1 = mile further west than I've seen this bird in year's past. ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 18:27:36 -0400 From: Robert Setzer <[log in to unmask]> Subject: OT: Comment on closed Magee Sportsmen's Center I marked this "OT" - i.e., off topic - as it really does not impact birding. However, it does impact birding visitors. I know there are people on the Ohio list who are the right people - or who will refer my note to the right people. Yesterday (Thursday, May 20) Judy and I again visited Magee Marsh after having birded there the day before and having spent the night at Port Clinton. After a long birding session, and with the growing heat and humidity, we were looking forward to the facilities at the Magee Sportsman's Center to refresh and maybe watch birding videos while we cooled off. It was closed! Yes, the "open" sign was not on the road, but I figured maybe it had not been put out. The gate was open. I note that first time visitors would not even know a sign usually would be there. So we drove into the lot and walked to the building, only to find the note on the front door that said it was closed due to a meeting. While we were there - maybe 10 minutes at most - three other parties tried to access the closed building. I can just imagine how many people were impacted that day! To elderly, handicapped, or just more compulsive people the rest rooms in the building are significant. On hot days, the AC is also something to be enjoyed! It is especially important to non-locals who do not know the area! Fortunately, we had visited the beautiful facility at Ottawa the day before. It is a mile west from the Magee entrance road. We told the others about it, but wondered if it would also be impacted by a "district-wide" meeting! We were pleased to find it open! Refreshed, we enjoyed a nice picnic in the covered unit by the parking lot before continuing our birding at Metzger Marsh. OK, here are the points I am making: 1) May is the big month for Magee Marsh! Many visitors - and many for the first time - know only of what they read on the Internet. We do have expectations based on what we read, or have experienced before. Why close an important birding facility for a day in May? (Yes, BSBO was open, the Big Week was over, and porta facilities are available, and so on ., but that is not the point.) 2) If the Magee facility is closed, at least place a sign in the parking lot at the beginning of the sidewalk to the building. We watched a woman with her elderly mother walk half-way there as we were returning from the building and signed to them "closed". I can just imagine a handicapped person go thru the unloading process and get to the closed building! 3) Be sure to put a referral and directions to Ottawa on the sign! Had we not been there the day before, we would just have assumed Magee was the main place and the near-by Ottawa facilities would be more primitive. We also assumed Ottawa would be closed as well since it was a "district-wide" meeting. Yet, we also knew there were at least porta facilities there at the hiking trail lot, so we proceeded. 4) It was fortunate that the Ottawa volunteers were present! Why not the Magee volunteers at least? Interestingly, we had handed out Magee "birder's cards" at each establishment we frequented on this trip. If it is important to support birding, please do so. 5) If you want an "all hands" meeting, try some other time of year! 6) Yes! This is a very special place, and, yes (!) it significantly contributes to the Ohio economy! And, certainly, yes (!!!), we will return to Ohio again - and maybe even take a longer trip to see other places the Ohio birders have posted on the list. Lest you get me wrong, I am not totally upset about this, just a bit disappointed. We had a great trip! Many "lifers", many great encounters with birders, and a really great time for the two of us. By spending a night, we were able to range farther into local areas we had not previously explored. I used the Big Week, BSBO and Kaufman links on the Internet to get good places to stay and visit. What a great area! We will return! I'll blog my experience (without the above comments) after I process the hundreds of pics we took. It may take awhile. Just my "two bits" for the right people. Everyone else please just press "delete". Thanks for listening. "Dr. Bob" Setzer Rochester Hills, Oakland County, Michigan "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Blog: <http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/> http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 18:54:39 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: More: Virginia Rail with young -- CVNP - Summit Co.- Ira Beaver Marsh Having had several helpful replies from this forum and more time to look at field guides, I am fairly certain I saw a Virginia rail with three chicks this morning. Thanks for everyone's input! I also forgot to mention I saw an Alder flycatcher in about the same area as the rail, calling from a willow tree further out in the marsh. I also add great crested flycatcher, eastern kingbird, a wilson's warbler, and barn, tree and northern roughwing swallows to my previous hurried list. Good birding! Karen Gray - - - - - At Ira Beaver Marsh CVNP around 11am today I saw some sort of rail I think with three little ones in tow. I got a better look at the babies than the adult. They were black fur-balls on long legs with long bills with a ring around the bill. Cute as the dickens. Thoughts on ID are appreciated. Located on right side of boardwalk just as you get to the marsh. Also saw 2 prothonotary warblers numerous calling blue winged warblers blackpoll warblers Am. redstarts common yellowthroats yellow warblers cedar waxwings several yellow throated vireos warbling vireo red eyed vireo wood duck with ducklings baltimore orioles heard orchard oriole scarlet tanager rb grosbeaks green and great blue herons Karen Gray Copley / Summit Co ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 19:16:07 -0400 From: Frank Renfrow <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Hamilton County Several other birders along with myself had no luck finding the flycatcher= from 1:00-2:30 PM today. You might want to keep checking the cincinnatibi= rds.com site as well for possible updates:=20 Frank Renfrow Fort Thomas, KY ______________________________________________________________________ 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:42:25 -0400 From: Mike Bracken <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Pickerel Creek Location: Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area Observation date: 5/21/10 Notes: Rapture Day!!!! Number of species: 41 Canada Goose 75 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 8 Bufflehead 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 15 Great Egret 10 Turkey Vulture 22 Osprey 2 Bald Eagle 12 [3 adults, 2 second year juv, 7 juvi's] Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 7 American Coot 4 Killdeer 22 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 8 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 5 Northern Flicker 5 Eastern Kingbird 2 Blue Jay 9 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 12 Marsh Wren 1 American Robin 15 European Starling 18 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle 11 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 8 House Sparrow 4 ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:44:49 -0400 From: John Pogacnik <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Connecticut Warbler and Sandhill Crane Lake County 5/21 There were lots of migrants today at my yard in North Perry. There were at least 19 species of warblers with at least 1 Connecticut and 6 mourning warblers. Also of note was a single sandhill crane flying high overhead. Also seen were black-billed cuckoo, alder flycatcher, and Philadelphia vireo amongst the more common species. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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