- RBA * Ohio * Statewide * June 13, 2008 * OHST0806.13 - Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species) Eared Grebe Least Bittern Yellow-crowned Night-Heron MISSISSIPPI KITE BLACK RAIL Western Meadowlark - Transcript This is the Ohio Statewide Rare Bird Report for June 13, 2008. Compiler: Brad Sparks 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 Eared Grebe - Becky C reports that 2 birds were found on 6/11 on different ponds created by the flooding around Bellevue. One bird was on a pond south of Hale Rd, just east of CR 288. The other resided on a pond south of the rail road tracks on CR 292 (this is the second set of tracks south of SR 20). Least Bittern - John Pogacnik heard one singing in the marshes of the Arcola Creek Estuary on 6/10. This is in extreme NW Lake county. Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron - On 6/11 Alicia Elmer alerted Jim McCormac to the presence of a single bird on Norwalk Reservoir in Huron County. The bird has been present since early May. MISSISSIPPI KITE - Two birds were reported from opposite sides of the state on 6/7. Chuck Anderson saw one fly over SR 235 just N of Weston. Ethan Kistler spotted one over Lake Kelso in Geauga County. BLACK RAIL - The now famous birds are still being found at Charlie's Pond on Radcliffe Road in Pickaway County. The birds have changed to a pattern of calling most actively early and late in the day, likely due to the high temperatures of the past week. The last person to report the birds was Marcia Brehmer who caught a glimpse of one of the birds on 6/9. Western Meadowlark - Chuck Anderson reports that a bird was still present in Williams County on 6/11. The location is a field in front of mailbox #8633 Rd P50, about 1/2 of a mile east of Rd. 8. End Transcript ______________________________________________________________________ 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]