Thanks to the recent posters (on Ohio-birds and Facebook) we saw several male and female dickcissels up close today on Wecht Rd. Life bird #355 for us. also saw many Savannah sparrows and a few bobolinks, plus gorgeous Wayne County countryside. I'm guessing this is an unusual nesting spot for these "western Ohio" birds. Marty Cohen On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:59 PM, robert lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > A congratulations goes out to Josh and Tonya Wengerd for discovering a > Dickcissel bonanza, just prior to last weekend. Josh and Tonya, area > residents of the nearby town of Dalton, found what I believe to be the > largest concentration, and easiest to view, Dickcissel colony I have ever > seen. A thank you from my wife Denise and I, also goes out to the birding > couple, for sharing their sighting with Denise on Saturday, while she was > the registrar at Friday and Saturday's successful "Time And Optics" 3rd > Annual Optics Fling. On our way home from "The Fling" Saturday afternoon, > we were pleasantly surprised with what we found; at least six males sitting > along the fence line on the north edge of the road. The site location is > east of the town of Dalton, south of US30 between Eckard Road and West > Lebanon Road on Wecht Road (T-71). The celebrity birds are found all along > the north side of the road, sitting on the fence and fence posts, singing > up a storm. There is no need to ever get out of your vehicle! Bob 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]