I have had breeding juncos since 1987 in Munson Twp - initially the only location i found them in summer was in hemlock ravine back in the woods. By 1993 they were nesting out of the ravine and in the yard in a variety of shrubs/vines I assumed they were in the ravine because it was cooler and moved to the yard around the bird feeders due to easy food - but that certainly could be wrong. Right now there are at least two pairs running around with fledglings and for the first time in a long time, no cowbirds. Barb Partington Munson Township > On Jun 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Haans Petruschke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, > > It is probably worth reminding those in NE Ohio that Dark-eyed Junco is now > a common nesting species in its breeding range. Nesting habitat is not > restricted to Hemlock ravines and never really was. Kirtland called them > common nesters in the Beech forests east of Cleveland. The hemlock ravine > notion seems to be the result of speculation by Williams in the first > edition of Birds of the Cleveland Region when nesting was at its nadir in > the mid 20th century. > > Contemporary observation indicates they may nest anywhere on the glaciated > Allegheny Plateau, and habituate to new circumstances easily. For instance > in central and southern Geauga county they are often reported nesting in > hanging planters. > > If you are on the higher elevations in Lake, Geauga, eastern Cuyahoga, > Northern Summit, Portage and Ashtabula counties, you have a good chance of > finding nesting Juncos in habitats with forests, good quality running water > and a healthy herbaceous ground cover layer. > > Haans > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Lisle Merriman < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Have seen a Brown Thrasher four days in a row in Parma, near office >> (heavily industrial area near Brookpark Rd and Chevrolet Blvd.; Cuyahoga >> Cty). Suspect he is nesting in shrubs; he's perched on wires and carrying >> on wonderfully. >> Also saw four male Dark-Eyed Juncos at Sulphur Springs Picnic Area, South >> Chagrin Reservation (Cuyahoga Cty), on Sunday 6/18. Seems a bit odd, but >> perhaps not; hemlock ravine. >> >> happy summer birding! >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]