Sean, add 4 active hummingbird feeders in northern Wyandot Co. to your map.It is in the old DeLorme, pg.47, A-6,7. Rick Counts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Williams" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:31 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] No Nelson's Sparrows, Snipe Marsh, Delaware + word of caution > Birders, > > Since last Wednesday, Sep. 22nd, I have heard no positive reports of the > Nelson's Sparrows, or even of any Ammodramus species. > > However, every day many birders (3+) have been present. What bothers me is > that every day I see one or more birders freely walking around in the > marsh. > This is not how I originally found the birds, so you may not be improving > your chances. Admittedly, before I found the birds and before there were > other birders, I braved the cold wetness once every two weeks. I'd like to > caution birders that if multiple people tromp the marsh every day, there > may > be no Nelson's Sparrow habitat left!! We're talking about a very small > marsh, possibly only an acre. There are now obvious walkways through the > cattails and wet grasses. Please be respectful of the birds on their great > migration to wintering grounds. I hope I'm not sounding too crabby! :P > > Thank you! > > > Sean > > > > --- > Sean Williams, '11 > Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt > Ohio Wesleyan University > HWCC 724 > Delaware, OH 43015 > 617-470-4094 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]