Sandhills heading N through W Van Wert/Paulding Counties on Sat afternoon 3/6/10. WL Warren Convoy, OH On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:00 AM, OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are 13 messages totalling 402 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Eagles Lorain Sandy ridge > 2. Redwing Blackbirds , Allen County , Lima, Ohio > 3. Spotted Towhee- yes > 4. Crows, Red-wing Blackbirds, Snow Buntings on South Bass > 5. Butler County Great Miami River, March 6 > 6. Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds > 7. Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs > 8. DarbyCreek,3-06 > 9. Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6 > 10. Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co. > 11. Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods > 12. Columbus snow geese > 13. Muskingum River Ducks > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 04:25:08 -0500 > From: Scot Moscovits <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Eagles Lorain Sandy ridge > > Went by the eagles nest at Sandy ridge (Lorain County) on Friday. The fem= > ale is on eggs and the=20 > male was hanging near by. Hopefully the results will be better this year.= > Also saw a nice American=20 > Kestrel sitting in a tree near the parking lot. I didn't go by the GHO ne= > st but talked to a gentleman=20 > that said he's seen the female on the nest. I thought they had moved this= > year but maybe not.=20 > Finally watched a nice red head woodpecker and a bunch of titmice. Also s= > aw a flock of crows fly=20 > over, probably about 10. Spring is slowly making it's way here. > > Scot > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:45:32 -0500 > From: Russowl <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Redwing Blackbirds , Allen County , Lima, Ohio > > At the feeder this morning we are being overran by redwing blackbirds. = > Something to hear their familiar call this morning. Warm weather is = > coming !! Also over at the nest in Rimer ,Ohio the eagles are about to = > go on eggs. Have had great views of them gathering grasses and corn = > stalk to line the nest. Russell Lima, Ohio > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:55:15 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Spotted Towhee- yes > > Hi all- > Just saw the spotted towhee near holmesville. The bird is foraging in the > ravine across the road from the house (8018 tr 55). It was hiding in the > brush for a while. But was seen quite well at 9:05 and again around 9:40. > Good luck and good birding! > Steve > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:59:13 -0500 > From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lisa_Brohl?= <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Crows, Red-wing Blackbirds, Snow Buntings on South Bass > > On South Bass we have been seeing large numbers of American crows migrati= > ng > through, 25 Thursday morning, 20 the morning before. Yesterday > (3/5/10)afternoon, I counted 92 crows in one large group moving north at > about 3:00pm from my vineyard on South Bass Island. > While fishing this morning (3/6/10), I heard and saw snow buntings singly= > or > groups of two at a time heading north over the ice.=20 > Had a small flock of common grackles in my yard today. Susan Harrington > reported 3 red-winged blackbirds at her feeders on February 22. > Although, we still have alot of ice and snow, it is starting to look like= > > spring! > > Lisa Brohl > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:24:16 -0500 > From: Mike Busam <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Butler County Great Miami River, March 6 > > Greetings... Charlie Saunders and I checked a couple spots along the > Great Miami River in Hamilton and Fairfield this morning. There was a > Tree Swallow, one American Pipit, 4 Killdeer, 4 Greater Scaup and 5 > Lesser Scaup along the river in Hamilton. > > Roughly two miles south of Hamilton in Fairfield, we found a Least > Sandpiper on the Tetanus Beach gravel bar. We assume it's the same > bird that has been seen off and on this winter upstream on the gravel > bars in Hamilton, though we haven't seen the sandpiper there in three > weeks. > > Take care, > ---Mike Busam > Butler County > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 13:57:04 -0500 > From: =?windows-1252?Q?Al_La_Sala?= <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Turkey Vulture and Bluebirds > > This afternoon I saw my first Turkey Vulture (definitely NOT a creagle)of= > =20 > the year soaring over Lazelle Woods Park in northern Franklin > County.=20=20= > > > The Eastern Bluebirds haven't yet returned to Lazelle Woods but I did see= > =20 > a couple house hunting at Emily Traphagen Nature Preserve in southern=20 > Delaware County. > > Also at Traphagen, I heard and saw downy and red-bellied woodpeckers=20 > drumming, saw a male northern flicker chasing away an interloper, and=20 > heard an American Woodcock and a Killdeer. > > Al LaSala > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:27:41 -0500 > From: Matt Valencic <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Tinker's Creek Eagle on eggs > > I went back this morning to see if I could confirm the Eagle sitting on > eggs. It sure looks to me like this bird is incubating eggs - it stood up, > moved around then plopped back down and just kept looking around. Here are > a few digiscoped pictures from the platform (estimated to be about 0.3mile > from the nest on Google Maps) > http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/TinkerSCreekEagleOnNest3610# > > I will try to get here once a week as the season progresses and keep you > posted. For those interested here is the location on Google Maps > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en > < > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1163728096047377160 > > 06.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z= > 16> > > &ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=116372809604737716006.000480fd808d6b44028d6&ll=41.288578 > ,-81.388586&spn=0.011431,0.01929&t=h&z=16 > > > > Good Birding, > > > > Matt Valencic > > Chagrin Falls, 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:40:55 -0500 > From: rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: DarbyCreek,3-06 > > The Columbus Audubon trip to areas along Darby Creek found the area still > frozen in late winter, figuratively and literally. All of the ponds along > the creek, including the big former quarry lakes at Darby Bend Lakes were > frozen. Even most of the Hilliard ponds stretching between Spindler Park > and the Heritage bikepath were also frozen. Only the creek was open, and it > had only small flocks of Canada Geese and Mallards. We stopped at Darby > Bend Lakes and Sycamore Plains in Prairie Oaks MetroPark and the Darby Dan > wetlands and Cedar Ridge in Battelle-Darby MetroPark. The notable birds > were: > > Turkey Vulture - 1 was soaring over Cedar Ridge, slowly heading north > > Kildeer - 4 were calling forlornly from the icy pond edges at Darby Bend > Lakes, probably wondering if they were at the right spot > > Pileated Woodpecker - 1 was calling in the old riparian woods at Sycamore > Plains > > Horned Larks - a few were flying over at every stop. Their migration is > proceeding apace. > > Blackbirds - small numbers of Redwings were around the Prairie Oaks sites, > while a flock of Grackles was foraging around the entrance to Darby Bend > Lakes. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:44:58 -0800 > From: Steven Pendleton <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Eurasian Wigeon & more Sat., 3/6 > > Hi all, > The Eurasian Wigeon was present between 3:30 and 4:00 this afternoon at TJ > Evans Park in Newark. A lifer for me. In addition there were many Redheards, > several Canvasbacks, 2 Ring-necks, and 2 male American Wigeons. A worthwhile > trip even without the lifer. > Steve Pendleton > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:02:55 -0500 > From: Margaret Bowman <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Dillon Wildlife Area, Muskingum Co. > > I had a function to attend in Cambridge today, so I stopped briefly at = > Dillon. Except for a narrow ribbon of open water essentially following = > the flow of the river through the reservoir, it is frozen solid. Among = > the 150 or so Canadas resting on the ice, I spotted a single=20 > > blue-phase snow goose. =20 > > Otherwise, a couple of singing=20 > > song sparrows, a single=20 > cardinal, and a few=20 > starlings were the only avian life seen. Driving back through, even the = > song sparrows and Canadas had disappeared, but I did see a=20 > > gull sp,=20 > > not well enough to ID. Disappointing day for birding, but a pleasant = > drive in the sunshine. > > Margaret Bowman > Licking Co., 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:59:56 -0800 > From: Kathy Miller <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Red-shouldered Hawk Gahanna Woods > > The=A0 Red-shouldered Hawk was at the water tower at 2:45 today at Gahanna > = > Woods on Taylor Station Rd. in Gahanna. We have seen as many as two at > this= > same location in the past. It was in the=A0 Cottonwood tree=A0south > of=A0t= > he water tower. > =A0=0A=0A=0A > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 21:44:07 -0500 > From: Randel Rogers <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Columbus snow geese > > At 6:30 this evening there were 7 snow geese feeding in an area of mowed > gr= > ass at the intersection of Georgesville and Norton roads in SW Columbus. > T= > here are some large fields near here that often hold geese at night > (retent= > ion ponds still seem frozen over) - maybe they will spend the night. > = > = > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:02:09 -0500 > From: Becky Wright <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Muskingum River Ducks > > Saw 20 ring-necked ducks, 16 hooded mergansers in small groups, 10 = > redheads, 5 pintails, 7 common mergansers, 1 pied-billed grebe, 2 black = > ducks and the usual geese etc. between Beverly and Lowell along the west = > side of the Muskingum River today. =20 > > Becky Wright > Marietta > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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=3DOHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > End of OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 5 Mar 2010 to 6 Mar 2010 (#2010-66) > ************************************************************** > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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