Hi Jim, Yes that part of Northern Summit County is in the 5 county area I mention. The 5 Ohio counties where Juncos can be common nesters are, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Summit. Haans On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Haans Petruschke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > In June I posted about unique vocalizations among some of our nesting > Junco population. Lisa Rainsong, became interested in this, and began > doing high quality recordings of the birds in my area (Gildersleeve > mountain in Kirtland) and in other locations in Lake and Geauga counties. > She has done a blog post which can be found here: > > http://listeninginnature.blogspot.com/2015/07/creative-ornamentation.html > > Additionally, Lisa was contacted by a licensed bird bander who works in > Pepper Pike, (Eastern Cuyahoga County), who bands fledgling Juncos every > year, and has noted that some of these birds winter over. > > So it appears that at least some of our breeding population not only > has vocalizations not found elsewhere, and unique choices of nest > locations, (hanging baskets and in shelters), but is also non migratory. Combine > this with the very very small (probably <100 individuals) mid 20th century > breeding population and the explosion in the breeding population over the > past 25 years and we have a very interesting situation. > > While confined to a small range in parts of just 5 counties, Juncos have > become very common to abundant nesters in this area. It is encouraging that > many people who live in the area are taking a greater interest in this > population and beginning to appreciate it for being unusual, and different, > in multiple ways from the rest of the Junco population in North America. > > Haans > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]