The thin line that went through Northern Ohio yesterday was called an outflow boundary. John Pogacnik > Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:43:36 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Migration Wave Coming Across Lake Erie? > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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