In Spring 2015, a fellow poster on a smallmouth bass forum put up a photo of a "swarm of baby birds" that clambered over his feet on a Little Miami-side game trail near Middletown and Corwin Roads in this very vicinity. The pic was of Northern Bobwhites. So perhaps not a recent release! Bird well, Paul Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 19, 2017, at 2:23 PM, Ricardo Garcia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I was amazed and delighted to hear a northern bobwhite calling today--first > time in many years. Location was a farm/cow pasture on Middletown Road, > east of Hwy. 42, just west of the intersection with Red Oak Road. I have > heard and seen bobolinks in this area from Red Oak Road the last couple > years, but not this year, although I did hear some dickcissels. I assume > the presence of the quail must be the result of a recent release, but still > hearing that call takes me back about 50 years. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]