Wow - thanks! I've been seeing many starlings AND bluejays. Learning to ID birds is hard enough without the karaoke. Linda -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Neugebauer <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 1:12 pm Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Killdeer I too have been fooled by Bluejays and mockingbirds sounding like Killdeer! KathyN edina OH ent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- rom: Katrina Heinzen <[log in to unmask]> ender: Ohio birds <[log in to unmask]> ate: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:33:11 o: <[log in to unmask]> eply-To: Katrina Heinzen <[log in to unmask]> ubject: Re: Killdeer And not to take away from anyone's conclusions or research, simply adding nother thought on the subject of hearing killdeer... I recently thought I eard one right over my head in Cleveland Heights and looked up to see a tarling sitting on a wire doing a stunning imitation. ) atrina Heinzen On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Linda Sekura <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Scott. Yes, it's a great book. I'm in awe of Larry Rosche & keep his books in my car year-round. I had trouble learning birds until 4-5 years ago when I started studying Larry's guidelines, hotspots, and tips. What surprised me was hearing the killdeer long after they've disappeared from the city areas I frequent, including large expanses of NASA Lewis Field, where they're ubiquitous spring thru fall - and gone after the abundant grasshoppers have laid their eggs and left us. To see them last week on the mudflats at ONWR, sucking on crustaceans & insects, felt right. But all this was just gut feeling from my meager experiences. Linda In a message dated 11/9/2010 8:19:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Friends, The Killdeer are still with us. The authoratative Birds of the Cleveland Region book lists Killdeer as "common to abundant" on the monthly distribution chart for that species through the 2nd third of November, then uncommon to occasional in occurrence until March when they become common/abundant once again. BOCR reflects data for the counties of Lake, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, and Geauga. You can purchase it online at the Kirtland Bird Club (active in all seven of these counties, and beyond!) at http://www.kirtlandbirdclub.org/booksale.htm Scott ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. ur thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. dditional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: ttp://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS end 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]