Hello all, I am driving to the upper peninsula. Is there somewhere in Michigan, perhaps near Detroit, that is good for seeing shorebirds? On another note, here is a disturbing story about thousands of dead loons washing up on Michigan's shores: http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20130106/LIFE09/130109616/dying-loons-thousands-of-dead-birds-are-showing-up-on-northern-michigan-8217-s-shorelines#4 Thanks for your help! Nancy Ortman ________________________________ From: OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 12:00 AM Subject: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 5 Aug 2013 to 6 Aug 2013 (#2013-218) There are 4 messages totalling 257 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Carbon Offset Projects in Ohio 2. Timing of shorebird migration 3. Western Sandpipers, Ottawa Co. 4. AOU checklist changes ______________________________________________________________________ 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, 6 Aug 2013 00:03:35 -0400 From: Cheryl Harner <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Carbon Offset Projects in Ohio A few days ago Laura Dornan asked a great question: "Does anyone know of = a=20 good grass roots habitat conservation project in Ohio?" The 2011 Carbon Offset Birding Project supported by Midwest Birding=20 Symposium and Ohio Ornithological Society was a huge success. We started=20 raising funds to acquire additional land at Meadowbrook Marsh, and that=20 purchase has been completed. You can reap the rewards of our efforts whe= n=20 you visit Meadowbrook Marsh during this year=E2=80=99s MBS. Well done, birders! This year's official Carbon Offset Birding Project is a habitat restorati= on=20 at the Boss Unit at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. There will be a boot= h=20 at the Midwest Birding Symposium, and volunteers will be on hand to recei= ve=20 your donation for this project. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me,= or=20 go to the MBS website's "Special Activities" page for all the details.=20 https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/mwb2013/events.php#cobp It is an honor to be a bird watcher in this great state, amongst so many = who=20 are willing to give back to their community and provide protected habitat= =20 for the future. Every little bit helps and it goes to a worthy cause.=20 Consider donating to offset your carbon, or just pitch in $10. for=20 conservation. Down-load a carbon offset form now, and you'll see just how easy "being=20 green" can be. Cheryl Harner Richland Co. -----Original Message-----=20 From: Laura Dornan Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 11:29 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Funk Bottoms and a plea for help Tim & I went to Funk yesterday looking for the avocet. No luck there but= we did see a white swallow from the observation tower. It was flying among = a flock of feeding tree and bank swallows. It looked pure white but as it = was at a good distance and flying all about, it was impossible to tell for su= re. There was a single sandhill crane on RT 95. And loads of green herons everywhere, especially on RT 95. One was even sitting on a telephone wire= ! Never seen that before. A good day, even without the avocet. Now a request. Does anyone know of a good grass roots habitat conservati= on project in Ohio? Every year we keep track of the miles we drive while birding for the Carbon Offset Bird Project and we would like to make a CO= PB donation to a different project each time. In the past, we have made donations to Meadowbrook Marsh (the OOS "official" COBP project), Tri-Moraine Audubon, Friends of Metzger Marsh, and The Nature Conservancy= , Northeast Ohio. While I would willingly give to all of them again, I wou= ld like to "spread the wealth" if I can find another project that is also deserving. Perhaps another Audubon Society that has a local habitat conservation project that can use some help or a school that wants to bui= ld an outdoor learning lab? If anyone knows of a worthwhile conservation project, please let me know of it, off-list. Thanks for the help!! Laura Dornan Stark County ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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, 6 Aug 2013 00:57:28 -0400 From: Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Timing of shorebird migration At this point in early August, we're already more than a month into the southward migration of shorebirds. It will continue for at least another three and a half months; the "fall" shorebird migration is something that we can enjoy from midsummer to early winter. The first southbound shorebirds in late June and early July are always adults, but now we're seeing substantial numbers of juveniles of a few species. These young birds in their crisp new plumage are beautiful and distinctive, and worth looking for. Juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers are so much more colorful than adults right now that they're almost startling, washed with a warm buff tinge that will fade quickly. Juvenile Least Sandpipers are incredibly bright, a rich reddish brown, the brightest ones looking practically orange. Juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs are spangled with pale spots on the upperparts, an elegant pattern to go with their elegant shape. It's a great time of year to be looking at shorebirds. Timing of migration is predictable for each species, and for the adult and juvenile age groups of each species. For example, all of the Black-bellied Plovers, Sanderlings, and Stilt Sandpipers that I've seen so far this season have been adults; juveniles will come later. Among Least Sandpipers and Lesser Yellowlegs, during the last few days, juveniles have started to outnumber adults. The peak passage of adult Short-billed Dowitchers already has gone through, while juveniles haven't yet arrived in full numbers. The Baird's Sandpiper that we saw at East Harbor State Park on August 5 was an adult; most Baird's in Ohio are juveniles, and they mostly occur later in the season. For birders who are studying shorebird ID, it can be very useful to know what's expected at each point during the season. To help with that, I've written an account of the timing of fall shorebird migration in Ohio; it's available through the BSBO birding pages, at http://cranecreekbirding.blogspot.com/2013/07/timing-of-fall-shorebird-migration-in.html At any rate, migration season is in full swing. Hope to see some of you out in the field! Kenn Kaufman Oak Harbor, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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, 6 Aug 2013 01:09:59 -0400 From: Justin Bosler <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Western Sandpipers, Ottawa Co. Hello all, On Monday, 5 August, I located 2 molting adult Western Sandpipers mixed with= Semipalmated Sandpipers at two separate locations in Ottawa county. The ind= ividual in the afternoon was in the flooded fallow field on W Schiller Rd., j= ust W of Benton-Carroll Rd. between Oak Harbor and Rocky Ridge.=20 Good birding, Justin Bosler Port Clinton, OH Sent from my iPhone= ______________________________________________________________________ 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, 6 Aug 2013 07:50:24 -0400 From: Haans Petruschke <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: AOU checklist changes Not many obvious changes. Acanthis flammea, and hornermanni *remain* separate species too!. :-) Haans On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Ned Keller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The American Ornithologists' Union recently published its Fifty-Fourth > Supplement to its Check-list of North American Birds. There are no lumps or > splits that affect the Ohio list, but there are several changes to > scientific names, and to the order that species appear in the list. > > The actual supplement is not yet available online, but a summary of the > changes is available at > http://blog.aba.org/2013/08/2013-aou-check-list-changes.html. > > The new official Ohio list, reflecting those changes, is now online at > http://ohiobirds.org/site/library/checklist/official.php. > > > -- > Ned Keller > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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. 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