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> Topics of the day:
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>  1. Fish Crows Summit County
>  2. Iceland And lesser black backed gulls...Dayton
>  3. sapsucker in Mahoning Co.
>  4. sapsucker in Granville
>  5. Bluebirds at the feeder, Summit County
>  6. Dublin,1-06:Mergansers,Bluebirds
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Jan 2018 14:54:34 +0000
> From:    jen brumfield <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fish Crows Summit County
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> While the thought has been that Fish Crows likely vacate Ohio in winter, Brian Tinker secured perfect quality audio recordings of at least 2 FISH CROWS in Summit County on Jan 5th. Found by Susan Carpenter earlier in 2017, they are remarkably still hanging around Chapel Hill plaza area on Howe Ave, heard near Jared, “but could be anywhere around there.”
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> Jen Brumfield
> Cleveland, Ohio 
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:44:17 -0500
> From:    Eric Elvert <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Iceland And lesser black backed gulls...Dayton
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> There have been 3 individual iceland gulls including one thayers type at E River Rd in Dayton on the Great Miami River across from Brightwood college. One was still on the river edge this morning while i was there 12/6 along with 2 Lesser black backed gulls. There have been up to 4 lesser black backed gulls seen. Originally found by Chris Zacharias and Rick Asamoto a few days ago.
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> Eric Elvert 
> Dayton, Ohio
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Jan 2018 21:02:47 +0000
> From:    Craig Holt <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: sapsucker in Mahoning Co.
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> I've had a gorgeous male yellow-bellied sapsucker visiting my feeders here in Poland Twp., Mahoning Co. since 12/27.  With the recent arctic chill he's been a daily visitor.  My first ever here at the feeders.   Craig Holt
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Jan 2018 16:11:52 -0500
> From:    Lyn Boone <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: sapsucker in Granville
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> And now we also have a beautiful male yellow-bellied sapsucker at our suet
> feeder in Granville... first appearance in our yard recently, though. We've
> had 'em on occasion before, but never during such bitter weather in January.
> Happy New Year to all,
> Lyn Boone
> Granville (Licking Co.)
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>> I've had a gorgeous male yellow-bellied sapsucker visiting my feeders here
>> in Poland Twp., Mahoning Co. since 12/27.  With the recent arctic chill
>> he's been a daily visitor.  My first ever here at the feeders.   Craig Holt
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Jan 2018 16:53:34 -0500
> From:    Betsy MacMillan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Bluebirds at the feeder, Summit County
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>  I've never had Bluebirds at my feeders till today. They very rarely have
> been seen in my yard, but today a pair was on my feeders and did not stay.
> I went right out and sprinkled mealworms on the tray beneath the thistle
> feeder and within 45 minutes they were back eating them.  Now I have 3
> bluebirds, feeding on the tray, the ground, landing on my deck, and
> drinking from my bird bath.
>  Thanks to the man ahead of me at the bird store in Akron who was buying
> mealworms to feed his Bluebirds.  I only ever had put them out in the
> summer, but decided to try again now. Maybe you should offer mealworms
> too, especially if you've seen them in your neighborhood! Bluebirds make a
> cheerful, colorful addition on these frigid days.
> Happy Birding,
> Betsy Mac
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> PS -A Red-shouldered Hawk hunted my yard for over an hour today, but came
> up empty.
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> Date:    Sat, 6 Jan 2018 17:25:55 -0500
> From:    Robert Thorn <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Dublin,1-06:Mergansers,Bluebirds
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> I roamed through several parks in this NW Columbus suburb this morning,
> starting at Trabue Preserve, then going to Avery Park and Glacier Ridge,
> before finishing up along the Scioto River gorge at O'Shaughnessy Dam and
> Amberleigh Park.  Snow & ice away from the river made ground -feeders
> virtually non-existant, but there were still plenty of woodpeckers, flock
> birds, and fruit-eaters.  The river had better diversity, and the ice-free
> areas had decent waterfowl flocks, though mostly it was Mallards and
> Geese.  Notables included:
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> Mute Swans - 3 of them were hanging out by a hole in the ice at Lake Corazon
> Mergansers - Hoodeds were at several areas along the river, but Amberleigh
> also had 10 Commons
> Raptors - Red-tails were at many locations, but other raptors were fairly
> scarce
> Flickers - the big woodpeckers were much in evidence, with 5 at Glacier
> Ridge, and 2-3 elsewhere
> Kinglets - only had a few Golden-crowns, at Trabue and O'Shaughnessy Dam
> Bluebirds - 1-2 at many different locations, often feeding on berries
> Mockingbird - 1 was in a yard next to Lake Corazon, defending a berrybush
> Sparrows - not much besides a handful of Juncos & White-throats, but did
> find a flock of 8 Tree Sparrows in a planted prairie area at Glacier Ridge
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