________________________________ From: OHIO-BI What is a SEO? ________________________________ From: OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:00 AM Subject: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 21 Nov 2011 to 22 Nov 2011 (#2011-327) There are 11 messages totalling 433 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. YES BLACK-TAILED GULL 2. Kelleys Island Monthly census - 11/20/2011 3. Rufous Hummingbird Confirmed / Mahoning County 4. BLACK-TAILED tues AM YES 5. Red-throated Loon- Mahoning Co. 6. BLACK-HEADED GULL at Gordon Marina 7. West side - Cleveland CBC 8. E Mahoning Co. lakes 9. Black-tailed Gull Photos 10. Darke Harrier 11. SEOs soon. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:27:40 -0500 From: JB <[log in to unmask]> Subject: YES BLACK-TAILED GULL 8:15 am : Robert Hershberger and David McConnell just called to say that the= y have been watching the Black-tailed Gull sitting atop the blue industrial b= uildings on the east side of the harbor. They have seen it in flight as well= . They are scoping the bird from point C (the cement bridge) looking northea= st. In addtion, an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull is also present, so observ= ers be wary to assume any dark-backed gull is the Black-tailed.=20 JB Jen Brumfield Cleveland, OH [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=3DOHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:39:02 -0500 From: H Thomas Bartlett <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Kelleys Island Monthly census - 11/20/2011 On Sunday, Tom Behlen, Paula Bartlett, and myself conducted the 15th November census. The first November census was conducted November 21, 1997. Time flies! After a week of mostly south-southwest winds, hundreds of Common Loons and and Horned Grebes around the island, we conducted the census in north-northwest winds and many of the loons and grebes had left. But we were in for a pleasant surprise or two. The first two hours of the count were normal, but at around 9:30-10:00 AM we were at the state park on the north side of the island. There were several groups of duck hunters in the bay and off the breakwall which were keeping most of the waterbirds out of the area. Then we heard a strange honking sound. Looking up we observed a flock of 280+ Snow geese. Moments latter, another flock of 80+ flew over. Then as we were working the North Quarry trail, a flock of 150+ flew over. This group was lower and I noticed several small birds in with them. We counted 5 Ross's Geese in the group. There may have been more but they were gone to the southwest. Should have looked at the first groups closer. Ross's Goose is new to the island counts. We later learned that other flocks of Snow Geese had been observed as well. I believe this is my largest count of Snow Geese for Ohio. Have to check Ottawa NWR and Killdeer Plains records. The census ended with 54 species observed and 5311 individuals. The 15 year average of species per count is 54. The 15 year average of individuals per count is 11159 individuals. Our species count is average but our individual count is less than half "normal". Numbers of gulls and waterfowl were down, as was that of Double-crested Cormorants. The 24 individuals observed was our lowest number ever. The average number of cormorants over 15 years is 3200 individuals. In 15 years, 106 species of birds have been observed on the November count. 510 Snow Goose 5 Ross's Goose 39 Canada Goose 7 Gadwall 76 Mallard 2 Greater Scaup 7 Lesser Scaup 3 Surf Scoter 2 White-winged Scoter 2 Black Scoter 4 Scoter species? 809 Bufflehead 196 Common Goldeneye 1271 Red-breasted Merganser 70 Common Loon 53 Horned Grebe 24 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Bald Eagle * Sharp-shinned Hawk * Cooper's Hawk * Red-tailed Hawk 1 Merlin 71 Bonaparte's Gull 28 Ring-billed Gull 176 Herring Gull 1 Great Black-backed Gull * Eastern Screech-Owl * Great Horned Owl * Northern Saw-whet Owl 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 32 Downy Woodpecker 22 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 67 American Crow 61 Horned Lark 107 Black-capped Chickadee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 9 Brown Creeper 4 Carolina Wren 2 Winter Wren 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 5 Hermit Thrush 178 American Robin 973 European Starling 148 Cedar Waxwing 45 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 12 American Tree Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 86 White-throated Sparrow 26 Dark-eyed Junco 43 Northern Cardinal 17 Rusty Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 32 House Finch 37 American Goldfinch 25 House Sparrow 54 species observed on the census 5311 individuals observed on the census * = species observed on the island on count day but not on census route Tom Bartlett -- H. Thomas Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [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] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:47:14 -0500 From: robert lane <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Rufous Hummingbird Confirmed / Mahoning County The hummingbird that has been at the Lane residence in the town of Damascus= =2C Mahoning County=3B since Thursday November 10th=2C was banded this morn= ing by Allen Chartier at 9:30AM. It was identified as an adult female Rufou= s Hummingbird. The chubby little girl weighed in at a whopping 4.3 grams. T= oday is Day #13 of the celebrity visitors stay. Our guest has been wonderfu= lly photo documented by both Jim Dolan and Dane Adams. We have enjoyed watc= hing the daily comings and goings of this little ball of energy. Birders dr= eam of finding that ultimate yard bird=3B my wife Denise has been lucky eno= ugh to have this colorful dynamo=3B and back in 2005=2C two Black-billed Ma= gpies. What next? =20 Bob Lane=20 = ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:04:16 -0500 From: JB <[log in to unmask]> Subject: BLACK-TAILED tues AM YES > seen very well on blue building roof left of pink cranes as viewed from Pa= rk pavillion. (Lake Shore Park, point "B" on map) 8-9AM. Took one short fl= ight and then returned to same spot. Still there when we left. Jeff Fagan a= nd Sandy Faison (NYC) =20 ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:54:13 -0500 From: Geoff Malosh <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Red-throated Loon- Mahoning Co. My wife Kristin, who works at an industrial site in Youngstown, sent me pic= tures of a bird they found in a parking lot on their site this morning. It = turned out to be a Red-throated Loon, which obviously wrecked last night mi= staking the lot for a body of water. The bird appeard to be okay... it had = no broken wings, it was alert, etc. I advised them to release the bird on w= ater, which they did on the Mahoning River about an hour ago. It quickly sw= am to the middle of the river and seemed to be doing just fine. Geoff Malosh Pittsburgh= ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:40:45 +0000 From: jen brumfield <[log in to unmask]> Subject: BLACK-HEADED GULL at Gordon Marina Greetings -=20 Drew Wheelan just called to report a Black-headed Gull at Gordon Park Marin= a (just west of Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve/Dike 14 and just east o= f East 72nd Street) amongst a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls "wheeling around t= he harbor." at 2 pm Jen Brumfield=20 [log in to unmask] Cleveland=2C Ohio 330-701-6452 Bird Illustrator / www.jenbrumfield.com Birding Tour Guide (Ohio)=2C Local Patch Birding / www.jenbrumfield.com Birding Tour Guide (worldwide)=2C Tropical Birding / www.tropicalbirding.co= m Outdoor Education Specialist/Artist=2C Cleveland Metroparks / www.clemetpar= ks.com Nikon Birding Optics ProStaff / www.nikonbirding.com = ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:11:49 -0500 From: Nancy Howell <[log in to unmask]> Subject: West side - Cleveland CBC Birders, The West Side of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count . also known as the Lakewood CBC will be held on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30. The Western Cuyahoga Audubon's website, www.wcasohio.org <http://www.wcasohio.org/> has a map, a list of areas needing coverage and the contact person (me). Let me know if you would like to participate, part of the day, all of the day, do some owling .. and don't forget the delicious chili lunch at the Rocky River Nature Center at 1 PM. There is a minimal charge for participating, $5.00 if you want to receive the highlights of the 112th Christmas Bird Count. ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:16:07 -0800 From: Craig Holt <[log in to unmask]> Subject: E Mahoning Co. lakes I went to Evans L. and Pine L. in eastern Mahoning Co. today to see what wa= terbirds were around.=A0 The rain and poor light made it pretty difficult t= o scan the lakes, and a number of birds were left unidentified.=A0 These 2 = lakes are quite close to each other, so here's a combined list of birds tal= lied: Canada geese (many), 3 tundra swans, 4 gadwalls, mallards, 15 n. shov= elers, 3 buffleheads, 85 hooded mergansers, 35 common mergansers, 50 ruddy = ducks, 21 common loons, 8 pied-billed grebes, 13 horned grebes, 30 double-c= rested cormorants, 1 great blue heron, 110 Am. coots, ring-billed gulls (hu= ndreds), 25+ herring gulls, and 1 belted kingfisher.=A0 Craig Holt, Lowellv= ille ______________________________________________________________________ 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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:16:35 -0500 From: "Laura C. Gooch" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Black-tailed Gull Photos Folks, Andy Jones and I were among those lucky enough to get good, clear (if a bit distant) looks at the Black-tailed Gull this (Tuesday) morning. I took some photos for the record, which can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgooch/6385486989/in/set-72157628102074531/ Laura Gooch Cleveland Heights ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. 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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: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:57:17 -0500 From: "Steve J." <[log in to unmask]> Subject: SEOs soon. Just a note to say that this was the same weekend when SEOs showed up last year at Big Island, so keep your eyes out. ;-D. Happy Thanksgiving Steve Jones (Aka sjlarue) ______________________________________________________________________ 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/. 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