I was able to spot one of the juveniles crossing the road (from south to north near the bridge) on saturday morning. Other birds that day: Willow Flycatcher, Black-billed Cuckoo and those below. More of the story: amcobirder.blogspot.com Bird on! -Nathan Begin forwarded message: > This is exciting news! As predicted and prophesied by some this > spring during the Purple Gallinule invasion, it seems some Purple > Gallinules have found love at the northwest marshes of the > Clearfork Reservoir! I went there this evening with Dave and Emily > Slager (8-9:30pm) and re-found the little family. I only saw one > adult but did see at least 4 different black, fuzzy, baby > Gallinules following the adult around! Other observers have located > and counted at least youngsters and both adults! Really cute little > black fuzzballs. Even heard the adult vocalize. IF you go there to > see them Please be respectful of the habitat and the rare birds and > do not disturb the birds (no recording playback) or the marsh and > stay right there along the roadside. The birds are a bit tricky to > see through the spatterdock lilly pads and burr reed and cattails > etc. so be patient. here is a google map of the area in Richland > Co. near Lexington Ohio. > > > Link: <http://maps.google.com/? > ie=UTF8&ll=40.725625,-82.654878&spn=0.004464,0.009602&t=h&z=17> > > > The birds are fairly faithful to the area north of the road, in the > far western reaches of the marsh, and often are seen in the lower > weedy areas in the middle of the Lilies. There is a couple pull- > offs right before you cross the small bridge on Orweiler Road. Its > not very busy. Other birds there this evening were Common Moorhen, > Swamp Sparrows, Green Heron, Wood Duck, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Blue > Bird, and hundreds of roosting Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds. > Cool stuff! And the babies were found by local Amish young men, > nice work! Here is a photo Someone Else took (Bruce Glick) of the > adult and some babies. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php? > pid=31290960&l=ec20ac4ffe&id=164901416 > Cheers! > - Ben 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=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]