- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * December 26, 2010 * OHST2612.10 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species): Snow Goose Rossıs Goose Cackling Goose Long-tailed Duck Black-legged Kittiwake Thayerıs Gull MEW GULL Eastern Phoebe Northern Shrike Pine Warbler HARRISıS SPARROW Common Redpoll - Transcript This is the Ohio Rare Bird Report for December 26, 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 reported at the national quarry in Bluffton on 25 Dec. Rossıs Goose: Three individuals were present at the pond in Castalia on 26 Dec (John Pogacnik). Cackling Goose: Four birds were reported at the national quarry in Bluffton on 25 Dec. John Pogacnik reports two birds at the pond in Castalia on 26 Dec. Long-tailed Duck: One female was present at Hoover Reservoir on 24 Dec (Alex Hughes). Black-legged Kittiwake: Jerry Talkington found one first-year bird sitting on the jetty wall at Eastlake Powerplant on 21 Dec. Thayerıs Gull: An adult was seen at East 72nd Street on 21 Dec (Philip Chaon). MEW GULL: This bird was seen at East 72nd St. on 23-24 Dec among thousands of Ring-billeds. Phil Chaon offered the following description: ³The gull was noticeably smaller and darker mantled than the surrounding Ring-billed Gulls with very heavy streaking on the head and neck, a dark eye and a small, yellow, un-ringed bill. When the bird stretched it's wings their was significantly less black on the primaries and large white spots on the primaries.² Eastern Phoebe: One bird was seen at Armleder Park on 20 Dec (Brian Wulker). Northern Shrike: Philip Chaon relocated a bird at Squire Valleevue Farm in Cuyahoga County on 21 Dec. Another was reported by Dan Sanders et al. on 23 Dec at Bath Nature Preserve. Ryan Steiner reports a bird at Killdeer Plains along Wyandot-Marion Rd on 26 Dec. Pine Warbler: An immature bird was found on 21 Dec at Squire Valleevue Farm in Cuyahoga County at Picnic Area 6 (Phil Chaon). HARRISıS SPARROW: This bird has been seen well through 26 Dec, visiting a feeder at 9041 Bear Hollow Rd in Applecreek. Common Redpoll: It seems weıre getting a small irruption of this species. Stan Plante had one in Geauga County on 23 Dec. John Pogacnik had 60+ at his feeders in Perry on 25 Dec. Doug Vogus reported one at his feeders in Akron on 26 Dec. - 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]