The long thin line that passed through northern Ohio prior to the storms hitting was part of the storm system. They mentioned it on the news last night and had a name for it. I knew I should have written it down. My son and I were out about the time it went through and we had a large branch come down. There have been a ton of green darners around and I have seen some large passing flocks of chimney swifts. I was at a closed are along the Chagrin in Willoughby Hills Tuesday and had about 1,500 chimney swifts feeding over a new wetland. I also had a couple soras, a flyby northern harrier, and a single LeContes Sparrow. John Pogacnik -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Troutman Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie? Just a point on the mystery critters. I'm by no means a dragonfly authority but do darners actually migrate at night? I was under the impression they were diurnal or maybe crepuscular but not nocturnal. The time on the radar site indicates that it was well after dark. Roger Troutman Lexington, Ohio On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Robert Hinkle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I didn't think of Darners, Ethan.. that would be even MORE cool ! Can > they fly fast enough to keep ahead of the approaching storm, or > perhaps they were pushed by winds ahead of the storm, if they're Darners? > > Bob Hinkle > Solon, OH > > > On Sep 11, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Ethan Kistler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I don't think I would call that narrow line a wave of Bob and > > others, > > > > I don't think I would call that narrow line a wave of birds. One > possible explanation could be insects, perhaps Common Green Darners. > Today I have noted reports all over Facebook and email mentioning > 'flocks' of hundreds of Common Green Darners appearing all over Ohio. > A quick Google search yielded this article ( > http://www.loudounwildlife.org/HHMigrationDragonflies.htm), which > explains their migration. It states "Sometimes the migration takes > place in huge mass flights of hundreds of > > thousands or millions of dragonflies that congregate along seacoasts > > or lakeshores and then fly enmasse..." > > > > Ethan Kistler > > Newton Falls, Ohio > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Robert Hinkle <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:46 PM > > Subject: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie? > > > > > > Take a look at this radar image at 9:44 pm Wednesday 9/11 -- > looks like a long narrow wave of birds left Ontario just ahead of the > storm that's moving through and are just now arriving on our North > Shore. If these are indeed migrating birds, this is a really great radar picture. > I've never seen anything like it. > > > > Comments?? > > > > > > http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=CLE&loop=yes > > > > > > > > Cheers.Bob Hinkle, Solon 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] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > __ > > > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]