Thanks for the tip on the Merlin! As of 8pm this evening, my son Matthew and I just saw the Merlin sitting on top of the tree behind the Veterinarian Hospital. Tim Rice Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:57 PM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Jason Simonis just stopped by. He had just gotten good looks at a merlin > here in Columbus, a few blocks away. He has seen merlins at this > location at other more routine times of the year, but July is quite > unusual, and suggests the merlins that have repeatedly been reported at > Union Cemetery may be staying to nest. The site is a large dead tree > behind a veterinary hospital at Weber and High in Clintonville, and > solid additional sightings would be significant, here and of course at > Union Cem. Merlins aren't supposed to be nesting in Ohio--the > just-completed OBBA doesn't mention them--but there have been some > nestings reported, to which we may probably add this one. More careful > reports are much needed. > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]