If the RUFF is present today, will someone please shoot me an email? I used to live in Japan and have a soft spot for Eurasian birds. Thx - Kris D'Atri Wooster On May 3, 2012, at 10:51 PM, Tom Bain wrote: > A female Ruff was located this evening in Wright Marsh, Killbuck Wildlife > Area. Park off R226 in the small wildlife area lot a few miles south of > Wooster (from R30, take route 3 south a short distance to R226 south, then a > few more miles at most). Walk the gravel road leaving the lot east, then > northeast until you pass under the power lines, then begin looking in the > pool and flat areas to the west and north. The Ruff was reportedly > discovered Monday by Aaron Miller (hope I have the name right), then lost > until this evening at about 7:00 PM. Jackie and I found the group that found > the Ruff while we were looking at three White-faced Ibis we followed from > the east side. We left the Ruff in the same area at about 8:15 PM. Two > Short-billed Dowitchers with a single chunky Long-billed Dowitcher gave easy > close looks, too. A nice evening. > > The Ruff closely resembled the Sibley illustration of breeding female with > loose floppy tertials, lanky and busy. We'll get a photo out there (it's > already on Jackie's Facebook wall). > > Tom and Jackie Bain. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]