A nice find Al, as to the June-July distribution of White-throated Sparrow, this former breeding species along the northern tier of counties from Marblehead to Ashtabula, can be found most summers as a non breeding visitor near the Lake Erie shoreline. Few records exist farther south, especially beyond the first 10 days of June when late migrants may still be moving north. this eBird map, although incomplete, illustrates the current pattern. http://tinyurl.com/24c4bb8 An increasing number of summer records (greater field effort owing to the Atlas?) have surfaced for the southern half of Ohio. A quick scan of recent issues of North American Birds produced these observations ... 2004: Hamilton County, 28 Jun (S. Corbo) Athens County, early Jun (M. Boyd) 2005: Hocking County, 13 Jun (D. Horn) ref. to same location as prior summer 2007: Gallia County, 9 June (B. Sparks) Hamilton County, 7-22 Jul (B. Zimmerman) no doubt a few others have been overlooked. Were these added to eBird by the observers, a fuller picture would emerge of the summer distribution of these laggards. cheers Vic Fazio Lawton/Fort Sill M.R., OK From: Al La Sala <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [Ohio-birds] White-Throated Sparrow To: [log in to unmask] Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 7:34 PM Tjis afternoon, I decided to take a walk around my apartment complex behind Polaris Town Center to see what I could see. I saw some movement in a willow where I knew willow flycatchers, yellow warblers, and common yellowthroats had nested in different years. Expecting to see one of those species, I raised my binoculars to see, lo and behold, a white- throated sparrow...in June! Maybe they decided to stick around and nest here. Why else would they still be here? Has anyone else seen white- throated sparrows in the Columbus area this time of year? Meanwhile I was able to confirm two more species for the OBBA II in this block. They were both upgrades from probable or possible to confirmed. The first of the two was the northern rough-winged swallow. I saw northern rough-winged swallows in my apartment complex every spring and summer since I first heard of the OBBA II but I could never figure out if they nested here. Today on my walk, I saw five nrws fledglings being fed by their parents. I'll post pictures in the forum later. The second was a female Baltimore oriole in Lazelle Woods Park carrying food. Al La Sala 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]