- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * December 5, 2010 * OHST0512.10 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species): Snow Goose Cackling Goose Cattle Egret Purple Sandpiper PARASITIC JAEGER Pomarine Jaeger BLACK-HEADED GULL Little Gull Franklins Gull EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE Northern Shrike Common Redpoll - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for December 5, 2010. Compiler: Sean Williams. Email: [log in to unmask] Species in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE REVIEW LIST SPECIES. Details of these sightings are desired by the Ohio Bird Records Committee. Careful observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification for submitting your data. For details and pointers see: http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/documentation.php Snow Goose: Two white phase birds were seen at Guilford Lake in Columbiana County on 3 Dec (Bob and Denise Lane). Cackling Goose: 10 birds overall seen in the Delaware Area, 9 of which were at the Kroger Distribution Center on rt 36, on 5 Dec (Sean Williams). Cattle Egret: At Barr's Mills and Nebraska Rd and Winkleplike intersection, Barr's Mills, one bird was seen in a field between "Schlabach Finishing" and an Organic Valley Dairy farm (Bobolink RBA). Purple Sandpiper: One bird flushed at Lorain Harbor on 2 Dec (John Pogacnik). PARASITIC JAEGER: At Huron Pier, one light phase adult was seen on 5 Dec (Gabe Leidy). Pomarine Jaeger: One bird made a brief visit by Lorain Harbor on 2 Dec (John Pogacnik). BLACK-HEADED GULL: Jen Brumfield found a bird with about 5000 Bonaparte¹s Gulls at Lorain Harbor, which was present through 5 Dec. Little Gull: Two adults reported at Fairport Harbor on 5 Dec (Jen Brumfield). Franklins Gull: At Lorain Harbor on 2-5 Dec one adult, basic plumaged bird was seen (John Pogacnik). EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES: 3 birds reported at the ³elevator² in Celina on 4 Dec (Russell Owl). Northern Shrike: One bird reported at Ottawa NWR on 5 Dec (Doug Vogus), and another seen at Bath Nature Preserve in Summit County on 3 Dec (Sandy Brown). Common Redpoll: 2 flyovers at Huron Pier on 5 Dec (Gabe Leidy). - End Transcript Good birding, Sean Williams Delaware, OH --- 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]