Howdy-- I could use some help with historical bird records. Below is a list of what I am thinking are dates of the first published Ohio appearances of certain bird species that took place in central counties in Ohio (Franklin County and the six surrounding ones). They are the earliest Ohio records I have found for these species...oddly enough. I have some more earliest records, but these puzzle me. Unless someone can give me published earlier records of these species I am going to assume that the central Ohio records below are Ohio's first recorded. Seems to me there are a *lot* of waterbirds in a rather dry portion of the state for one thing! King eider 1880 Common eider 1895 Surf scoter 1917 White-winged scoter 1876 Black scoter 1876 Eurasian wigeon 1906 Cinnamon teal 1895 Purple gallinule 1877 Long-billed curlew 1902 Ruff 1872 Black-legged kittiwake 1925 Franklin's gull 1906 Double-crested cormorant 1860 Mississippi Kite 1978 Golden eagle 1878 Prairie falcon 1983 Harris's hawk 1917 Frigatebird 1880 All birds above are specimens, but other documentations could be acceptable. Citations are necessary. Thanks for any documentations you can add! Bill Whan ______________________________________________________________________ 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]