This is beginning to resemble the story of fish crows in Massachusetts in the 1970s. Dave H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Jones" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 3:37 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Second (!!!) Fish Crow nest in Shaker Heights > 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] > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 7092 (20120427) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7092 (20120427) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.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=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]