- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * April 4, 2008 * OHST0804.04 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Northern Bobwhite Red-throated Loon Eared Grebe Northern Goshawk Franklin's Gull Little Gull Northern Shrike Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for April 4, 2008. Compiler: Paul Gardner. Email: [log in to unmask] SPECIES IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE REVIEW-LIST SPECIES. Details of these sightings are desired by The Ohio Bird Records Committee. Careful observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification for submitting your data. For details and pointers see: http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/documentation.php Northern Bobwhite: A pair visited the yard of Tracy Morgan in Scipio Township, Meigs County, on the 28th. Red-throated Loon: Carol Takacs reported a possible immature flying by the beach at Madison, Lake County, on the 31st. Eared Grebe: Jill Bowers reported one at a pond at the southeastern corner of OH29 and OH364 in Mercer County on the 30th. On the 2nd, Janet Wertz reported one at Mogadore Reservoir, Portage County. Northern Goshawk: Bruce Glick et al. tallied one during a hawkwatch at Conneaut, Ashtabula County, on the 31st. Franklin's Gull: Len Powlick reported one at O'Shaughnessy Reservoir, Delaware county, on the 1st. The bird could not be relocated that afternoon. Little Gull: Bret McCarty photographed one at East 72nd Street on the 27th (www.RareBird.org). John Pogacnik reported one flying by his North Perry home on the 30th. Northern Shrike: The bird in residence at the causeway at Crane Creek State Park, Ottawa County, was seen again on the 2nd. Inga Schmidt reported that the bird near her home on Chagrin River Road at the Geauga/Cuyahoga County line was relocated on the 31st. Common Redpoll: Much more widely reported this week than in the last few. They were reported from private feeders in Lucas, Huron, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Ashtabula, Auglaise, Delaware, and Summit. They were still at the Oak Openings Metropark feeders on the 30th. Evening Grosbeak: A female grosbeak was seen again at Mohican State Park at the second house past the fire tower on the 3rd. Ryan Steiner provides these directions: "If you are driving 97 through Mohican State Park you will see a sign that says 'juvenile correctional facility' with an arrow. Turn on this road. You will pass the facility and then a large red fire tower. You will come to a short row of houses and the last house on the right side (gray with some sort of tower like thing built into the front of the house) of the road. The feeders are in the back of the house." - End Transcript Paul Gardner Columbus, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]