My daughter agreed to share the attached photos of a Screech Owl she spooked from her front porch in Cleveland. I thought Ohio-Birds would be the best way to make them available. Please let me know if this is not proper, and also let me know how I may make the higher-resolution photos available. Thanks! Jim Moore -------------------------------------------------- From: "OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 12:01 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 8 Oct 2010 to 9 Oct 2010 (#2010-282) > There are 5 messages totalling 225 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Villa Angela SP/ Wildwood- Northern Mockingbird > 2. Sandy Ridge NorthbRidgeville > 3. Villa Angela/Cleveland 10/9/10 & 10/8 > 4. 3-Creeks,Columbus,10-09 > 5. Conneaut and Mosquito > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 13:06:44 -0400 > From: Sally/Dave Isacco <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Villa Angela SP/ Wildwood- Northern Mockingbird > > I birded there today from 9AM-10:30AM. Have never been there before; = > quite busy on the weekend. Heavy traffic due to the nice weather and = > the marina. I had 36 species; the nicest for me being the Northern = > Mockingbird. More Ruby-crowned than golden-crowned kinglets. The = > Hermit thrushes outnumbered the Swainson's. Yellow-rumps abundant of = > course. Only 2 Tree creepers. Blue jays-numerous. =20 > > Sally Isacco, Chardon > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:14:35 -0700 > From: Beverly Walker <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Sandy Ridge NorthbRidgeville > > Sam and Bev Walker 8:30-11:30 > > Rusty Blackbird-20 > Redwing blackbird-30 > Northern Flicker-10 > E Bluebird-12 > White crowned sparrow-2 > European starling-20 > Yellow rumped warbler-10 > Great Egret-10 > Great blue heron-6 > Mallard-30 > Canada goose-30 > Sandhill crane-1 > Coot-10 > N.Shoveler-10 > Greenwing Teal-6 > Bluewing Teal-2 > Double crested Cormorant-2 > Wood duck-2 > Killdeer-6 > Turkey vulture-5 > > Good sightings, > Sam Walker > North Olmsted > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 17:13:51 -0700 > From: Nancy Anderson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Villa Angela/Cleveland 10/9/10 & 10/8 > > I had to go to Columbus today to see a relative and didn't get back until > 5pm. I really wanted to know what I could find at Villa Angela/Wildwood > before the walk Sunday. I had been there Friday afternoon, had seen a few > good birds but didn't post it as I only saw two species of warblers. I > believe some more birds came in today that I did not see Friday and some I > saw Friday were still there. First here is some of what I saw from 6:05pm > to 7:15pm Saturday (less what was already posted today) > > Villa Angela 10/9 Saturday > > American Coot 1 honking loudly in Euclid Creek (Wildwood) > Red-breasted Nuthatches 4 (3 in pine tree near lake west end - one > southwest of bathhouse area > Winter Wrens 2 > Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (west of grassy knoll area) > Nashville Warbler 1 > Black-throated Blue 1f > Blackpoll Warbler 1 > Common Yellowthroat 1 > Wilson's Warbler 1 > Field Sparrow 1 > Song Sparrow - few > Dark-eyed Junco 1 > > Villa Angela on 10/8 Friday 12:00 to 2:15pm > > Winter Wren 1 > House Wren 1 > Eastern Phoebe 1 > Blue-headed Vireos 2 (one in field, one in pine tree near lake) > Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 or 4 (all in pine tree near lake west end) > Brown Creepers 4 > > Winter Wren 1 > House Wren 1 > Ruby-crowned & Golden-crowned Kinglets - some of each > Hermit Thrush 4 > Yellow-rumped Warbler - so many it was annoying > Blackpoll Warblers - few > Field Sparrow 1 > Fox Sparrow 1 (near lake) > Song Sparrow - few > Lincoln Sparrow 1 in field > White-throated (didn't count) & White-crowned 2 > Dark-eyed Junco 3 > > Sims Park 10/8 (Friday) > > Northern Flickers 3 > Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 > both Kinglets > Hermit Thrush 3 > Yellow-rumped Warbles 10+ > Nashville Warbler 2 > > Sims Park 10/7 Thursday > Red-breasted Mergansers 6 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 > > > Nancy Anderson > Richmond Hts, 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 21:37:46 -0400 > From: rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: 3-Creeks,Columbus,10-09 > > I spent a few hours birding around this expansive park in south Columbus > this morning. I stopped at the Confluence access, the Borrow Pits area, > and the Groveport Blacklick bikepath. Small flocks of Robins, Waxwings, > Blue Jays, and Redwings were moving south or southwest all morning, but > numbers were not overwhelming. Notables included: > > Herons, Egrets - the borrow pits along the multi-use trail near I-270 are > low enough to be attracting these birds, with 21 Great Egrets and 2 Great > Blue Herons > > Shorebirds - the pits also held some of these, including 10 Kildeer, 6 > Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 2 Solitary Sandpipers > > Flycatcher, Swallows - only 1 Phoebe (at Confluence) and only 2 > Rough-winged Swallows (also at Confluence) > > Vireos, Kinglets - 1 Philadelphia Vireo was at Confluence, while both > Kinglet species were widespread and numerous at all sites > > Wrens, Nuthatch - still 2 House Wrens (1 at Confluence, another at GBBP). > 2 Red-br. Nuthatches were hanging out in the pine grove at Confluence. > > Thrushes,Mimids - no thrushes other than Robins, but a steady stream of > Robins overhead all morning, perhaps totaling 200+. Gray Catbirds were > still lurking at all 3 locations, but in very low #s. > > Warblers - 8 species, but Yellow-rumps were far-and-away the most common. > Others included Nashville (3), Tennessee (2), Black-thr.Blue, > Black-thr.Green, Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Redstart. > > Sparrows - nothing unexpected, but Swamp sparrows, White-crowned, and > Juncos were all around the weedfield adjacent to the borrow pit. > > Blackbirds - flocks of Redwings at several places, the biggest being about > 100 birds (mostly females) at the Borrow Pits. Cowbirds were at several > locations. > > Other migrants - single Indigo Buntings were still around Confluence and > GBBP. Flyover Horned Larks were also at several locations. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:23:18 -0700 > From: Craig Holt <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Conneaut and Mosquito > > It was a pleasure to join the OOS field trip group at Conneaut this > morning= > .=A0 I was there from 7:45 to 1:45, the day's tally included: gadwall, 10 > g= > reen-winged teal, greater scaup, common merganser, 3 pied-billed grebes, a > = > good movement of 425 double-crested cormorants, juv. black-crowned > night-he= > ron, bald eagle, osprey, peregrine falcon, Am. coot, 2 Am. golden-plovers, > = > 5 semipalmated plovers, lesser yellowlegs, sanderlings, least sandpiper, > ju= > v. white-rumped sandpiper, 10 dunlin, 150 Bonaparte's gulls, 2 great > black-= > backed gulls, 40 common terns, Forster's tern, belted kingfisher, horned > la= > rk, 10+ Am. pipits, golden-crowned kinglets, ruby-crowned kinglets, winter > = > wren, 25+ yellow-rumped warblers, field sparrow, white-crowned sparrows, > an= > d a Lapland longspur.=A0 In the afternoon I stopped at Mosquito L.=A0 > Again= > I joined in with other birders, which made for a fun day.=A0 Of note > there= > were: gadwalls, Am. wigeon, n. shovelers, green-winged teal, 7 ruddy > ducks, wild turkey, bald eagle, killdeers, 10+ lesser yellowlegs, greater > = > yellowlegs, the continuing Hudsonian godwit (fifth day, bird is feeding > lik= > e crazy), 7 least sandpipers, 12 pectoral sandpipers, 3 dunlin, and 15 Am. > = > pipits.=A0 Craig Holt , Lowellville=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] > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 8 Oct 2010 to 9 Oct 2010 (#2010-282) > *************************************************************** > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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