regarding orioles - had several nesting pairs and young this year, eating voraciously at feeders and grapes - all left last week. Barb Partington Geauga county On Jul 27, 2010, at 5:22 PM, rob thorn wrote: > I visited several sites on these reservoirs north of Columbus > yesterday and today looking for shorebirds and early landbird > migrants. At Hoover, I stopped at Hoover dam and Oxbow Island, while > at Alum Creek Lake, I visited New Galena boat launch and the beach/ > visitors' center area. Water levels are still too high for most > shorebirds; Alum Creek Lake is very high, while Hoover Reservoir is > just starting to get some exposed shoreline. Notables included: > > Cormorants - a few lurking around Hoover > > Shorebirds - small numbers of Kildeer at many locations. The only > other sandpiper was a single Least Sandpiper on the Alum Creek Lake > beach. > > Larids - big influx of Ring-billed Gulls, with 60-80 around Hoover > dam yesterday and 370 on Alum Creek Lake beach today. An immature > Herring Gull was at Hoover dam, while 2 Caspian Terns were at ALum > Creek Lake beach. > > Purple Martins - small #s of migrants, with 2-3 at both Hoover Dam > yesterday and at New Galena boat launch on Alum today. > > other Swallows - a few Cliff Swallows were still feeding large young > at the Hoover dam colony, while the Alum Creek Lake dam colony seems > finished. Barn Swallows were at many places, but never in large > numbers. > > E.Kingbirds - small #s at many shore locations on both lakes. The > upcoming week may be their peak migration period. > > Yellow Warblers - fair numbers, with 3 migrants at Hoover Dam and > another 4-5 at New Galena boat launch on Alum. > > Orioles - nothing at either location, which is very surprising. > Have they mostly left for the season? > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]