Great news! I'm sure those rails will apreciate it. I wonder how much it's going to cost them to leave that hay uncut, and whether tips (the monetary kind, not the advice kind ;-) ) from visiting birders wouldn't help offset those losses? Just a thought ;-) Good birding, -Paul On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:56 PM, robert lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks go out to The Henry Troyer Jr. Family for being gracious hosts at > the previously mentioned Black Rail site, at 31642 TR231, in extreme > northeast Coshocton County. Son John David Troyer was an excellent guide, > taking us right to the Black Rail hay field location. During our visit, we > believe we were hearing two rails calling, one to the right, and one to the > left. Consulting with several birders from the previous day, they had the > same thoughts. When we departed The Troyer's front porch at about 11AM, we > were informed they planned to continue mowing and bailing at about 3PM this > afternoon, Tuesday. They were not going to mow any of the areas where Black > Rail calls had been heard. John David informed us that at 7PM tonight, he > planned on trying to see and hear the elusive rail or rails once again. > Visitors are welcome. Be aware if traveling to the area, there is a second, > different, TR231, three miles to the east, in nearby Tuscarawas County. > > > Bob and Denise Lane / Mahoning County > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > -- Paul J. Hurtado Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University Mathematical Biosciences Institute, http://mbi.osu.edu/ Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, http://ael.osu.edu/ E-mail: [log in to unmask] Webpage: http://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]