Hi Ohio birders: We now have TWO Fish Crow nests in Shaker Heights. The second nest was discovered today, just south of the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. Hans Clebsch discovered the nest, and asked me to forward the sighting to the listserv. I've confirmed the identification thanks to a recording Hans made, and have also received comments supporting the identification from Kevin McGowan and Caleb Putnam. This second nest is very close to where Laura Gooch recorded Fish Crows with her microphone in May 2011, and to where Katrina Heinzen reported a probable Fish Crow a little over a month ago. Congratulations to Hans on this sighting! Fish Crows have apparently been here, under our noses (and ears!) for several years. The nest that Michelle Leighty and I found was being attended by helpers, presumably from a successful nesting in the area in 2011. Since my first posting about this species, I have received several private e-mails from people in the Shaker Heights area that have heard Fish Crow-like noises for several years, and in one case, a decade. The Fish Crow populations in our larger region - western NY, southwestern MI, southern ONT - rarely, if ever, give the two-noted "uh uh" call that many of us hear when we go birding/vacationing along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and coastal plain. To everyone in the Cleveland area: get out there and confirm that your neighborhood crow is who you think they are! Keep in mind that female American Crows give a nasal begging call this time of year that could be confused with Fish Crow. Check out Kevin McGowan's excellent site again to make sure you can tell them apart: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/FishCrow.htm Andy -- Andy Jones, Ph.D. Director of Science William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology and Head of Department of Ornithology Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle Cleveland, OH 44106 http://www.cmnh.org/Ornithology.aspx Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco ______________________________________________________________________ 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]