Thanks for a wonderful and informative comment Bill Whan. If anyone would like to see photos of this Juvenile Swainson's Hawk here in Ohio I have posted a few here https://kenbuschphotography.smugmug.com/Birds/Swainsons-Hawk/ On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is a rare hawk in Ohio. There have been some amusing preposterous > records of course, but I don't know if anyone has located and counted the > credible reports. Peterjohn (2001) admits only two acceptable sight records > for the state. It seems some may stray into NW Ohio in the fall, when this > plentiful species of the plains farther west may get snagged in the river > of broad-wings following the western end of Lake Erie each fall; > unfortunately, this river seems to disperse really quickly, and the birds > are spread out by the time they get here. In the NE, fall hawk-watchers at > Conneaut regularly report a few there, too, but...surprisingly few of these > fairly distinctive migrants are photographed for confirmation, and it is > very very seldom that one will hang around, as the Holmes County individual > has. Hawk Mt in PA has only about twenty records over decades. Nobody's > going to venture a number of Swainson's well seen in Ohio, and very seldom > will anyone get a chance to chase one. So, if you really want to see an > out-of-range Swainson's in Ohio, jump on this chance to see this > elsewhere-common species. > Bill Whan > Columbus > > > > On 9/19/2015 11:03 AM, KBPhotoshop wrote: > >> How many sittings are there of this Hawk in Ohio? Thanks >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> I arrived between 5:00 &5:30 pm and the immature dark phase Swainson's >>> Hawk >>> spent the time until just at or after sunset in the cut alfalfa field >>> north >>> of Hiland Wood Working and behind the shoe store (south of SR39 in the >>> south west corner of the intersection with TR401) chasing after and >>> catching insects apparently grasshoppers. It was an excellent show. It >>> is >>> unusual for us eastern birders to see a hawk running on the ground >>> through >>> the short grass but this is reported to be a common behavior for >>> Swainson's >>> Hawks in their western US and Canada territory. The SWHA flew north of >>> SR39 at or after sunset and then swung east toward some trees or woods as >>> it disappeared from view. Several of us had followed the lead of a local >>> grandfather and two grandsons who walked along the western edge of the >>> field to get a better look at the hawk. The backlighting from the >>> setting >>> sun provided better photo ops than from right behind the shoe store >>> looking >>> toward the wood working factory. Great bird for Ohio! A new one for >>> Ohio >>> for me! Thanks for all the prior reports and alerts. >>> Jay >>> >>> Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH >>> Sent from DROID RAZR HD >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> 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] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Busch >> Photographer and Graphic Artist >> Ken Busch Photography >> KBPhotoshop.com >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> 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] >> >> >> > -- Ken Busch Photographer and Graphic Artist Ken Busch Photography KBPhotoshop.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]