Thanks to Tania for all the great posts. I seem to have missed the one that gave address and/or directions. Help please... Pam Jordan Ashland Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Ohio birds <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of OHIO-BIRDS automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:01:51 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 5 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2017 (#2017-302) There are 10 messages totaling 505 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Calliope Delaware Ohio 2. http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1355003&MLID=VA01&MLNM=Virginia (2) 3. Tundra swanns - geauga co 4. Long-tailed Duck at Hoover Reservoir (2) 5. Cuyahoga and Summit Co birding 6. Northern Saw-whet Owl 7. Ottawa NWR Monthly Census 8. Brant at Dillon State Park Beach - Muskingum County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 08:33:16 -0500 From: Tania Perry <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Calliope Delaware Ohio Our Calliope has appeared this am. Yesterdays behaviors includes; episodes of preening, courtship practice runs that allowed to us to observe his accent up to 70 or so feet then diving back down to arise again for another run. He continues to feed frequently at both feeders now and is expanding his territorial presence in our yard. For the past two days he aggressively chases and stands his ground in the honey locus, which up until now has been the neighborhood hang out for the chickadees, morning doves, nut hatches, various woodpeckers, among others, to await my daily feeding service. He also seems to be feasting in delight on the many flying insects that do not elude his presence. At on point and time he easily remained perched on the wire and would flick his tongue as the insects entered his terrain. Needless to say he is where the food and shelter are plentiful. Why leave? Now that is the ultimately question. I continue to gather data on behavior patterns and environment conditions as he remains. This valuable data hopefully will allow us in the future to be better stewards and a catalyst for this species survival and for all our avian neighbors. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 08:46:01 -0500 From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1355003&MLID=VA01&MLNM=Virginia This email contains summaries of of troves of fall raptor records from the east coast, which should be of great interest for hawk counters here. You can get an idea about the role of weather for migrants, as well as the larger changes in their numbers over many years. Bill Whan ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 11:39:36 -0500 From: Inga Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Tundra swanns - geauga co There are around 40 tundra swans on LaDue Reservoir. Thirty were here when I arrived a few minutes ago, and the rest just flew in. You can hear them, gently murmering. Inga Schmidt Sent from my iPhone ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 13:54:16 -0500 From: Jen Niederlander <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Long-tailed Duck at Hoover Reservoir I just spotted a male LONG-TAILED DUCK at Hoover Reservoir, northern Franklin County. The bird was visible with a scope from the Walnut Boat Ramp off Sunbury Road, which is just north of the Walnut Street & Sunbury Road intersection. This individual was swimming around with a mixed group of ducks, and spent lots of time with the Buffleheads. Easily identified with its long tail, white crown and dark cheeks. It was present when I left at 1:00 PM. Happy Birding! Jen Niederlander ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 15:59:00 -0500 From: Elaine & Marty Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Cuyahoga and Summit Co birding Sun eve before the rain: * Bath Nature Preserve (Summit) - greater yellowlegs (3), trumpeter swans (2) Monday: * Erie St cemetery (Cleve) - fox sparrow, 2 golden crowned kinglets, Cooper's hawk keeping the rest away * Cleve Lakefront Nature Preserve & Wendy Park - very quiet. * Summit Lake (Akron) - lots of "ducks", besides mallards and Can geese: ruddy duck (20) coot (20+) ringed neck duck (20) shoveler (12) green winged teal (6) canvasback (1m) common merganser (1f) pied billed grebe (1) bufflehead (15) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 16:01:32 -0500 From: David Tan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1355003&MLID=VA01&MLNM=Virginia Yep First Kiptopeake watch 1936 with an outline of how raptors numbers have changed. Before 1940, and vulture was a rarity. Much comparison to Cape May but the dynamics really are quite different. Cape May is ocean side while Kipto is bay side with several miles land, marsh and barrier islands between the hawk watch. Many birds do go down the east side only to return north on the bay side to be counted. Very interested is the differences in wind direction, the difference between a good day and a poor one, between the to stations. Kiptopeake however is an amazing funnel for migrants of many kinds. There is an on going jaeger count there this fall, all three species. Earlier in the season, Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Cave Swallows, White-winged Dove and more were turned up. Neat was the time several years ago when a vagrant Zone-tailed Hawk passed Cape May southbound. Kiptopeak was alert, and about an hour later it was seen passing there! Tan On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This email contains summaries of of troves of fall raptor records from > the east coast, which should be of great interest for hawk counters > here. You can get an idea about the role of weather for migrants, as > well as the larger changes in their numbers over many years. > Bill Whan > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] -- David Tan Columbus [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 16:05:29 -0500 From: David Tan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Northern Saw-whet Owl At 10 pm Nov. 3 a Northern Saw-whet Owl called from a ravine off Cleveland Ave. NE Columbus. I was pasive listening, it called three times. -- David Tan Columbus [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 17:05:11 -0500 From: Douglas Vogus <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Ottawa NWR Monthly Census *NOVEMBER 05, 2017 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.* *ROUTES*: Usual morning and afternoon routes (east and west sides in the morning, back side in the afternoon.) *TIME*: 8:00am - 12:00pm; 1:25pm - 4:30pm *TEMP.*: 59 ~ 70 ~ 64 *COND.*: Overcast and gray, front from the west; incoming storms at 12:30pm, turning very dark, high winds from W/SW and steady rain, downpours at times, with very poor visibility, lightning, thunder, and a tornado warning. *OBS. EAST*: Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. *OBS. WEST*: Katie Clink, Amy Didion, Jimmy Joyce, Jim Koppen, Kathy Kretz, Dave & Kim Myles, Ed Pierce, Douglas W. Vogus. *OBS. AFTERNOON*: Ed Pierce, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus. *I. MAMMALS*: 6 SPECIES. 1. Northern Short-tailed Shrew - 1 2. Eastern Cottontail - 1 3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 7 4. Common Muskrat - 2 5. Mink - 1 6. White-tailed Deer - 5 (doe) *II. BIRDS*: 74 SPECIES, 5,559 TOTAL BIRDS. 1. Snow Goose - 23 (22 blue,1 white) *(one flock headed west - seen from Krause Rd.)* 2. Canada Goose - 546 3. Trumpeter Swan - 41 *(one with yellow neckband, bird flying, too far away to read)* 4. Tundra Swan - 62 5. Wood Duck - 98 6. Gadwall - 460 7. American Wigeon - 6 8. American Black Duck - 10 9. Mallard - 564 10. Blue-winged Teal - 8 11. Northern Shoveler - 15 12. Northern Pintail - 26 13. Green-winged Teal - 16 14. Ring-necked Duck - 73 15. Hooded Merganser - 17 16. Ruddy Duck - 6 17. Pied-billed Grebe - 22 18. Horned Grebe - 2 *(in Lake Erie at the Ottawa fish gate)* 19. Mourning Dove - 19 20. American Coot - 9 21. Sandhill Crane - 10 22. Killdeer - 31 23. Hudsonian Godwit - 5 *(in MS5 - thanks to Paul Jacyk for this find!)* 24. Dunlin - 151 25. Least Sandpiper - 3 26. Long-billed Dowitcher - 18 *(13 along Krause Rd. & 5 in MS5 with the godwits)* 27. Wilson's Snipe - 1 *(flushed from Stange Prairie)* 28. Greater Yellowlegs - 13 29. Lesser Yellowlegs - 18 30. Bonaparte's Gull - 564 31. Ring-billed Gull - 920 32. Herring Gull - 23 *(11 second-year birds)* 33. Double-crested Cormorant - 83 34. Great Blue Heron - 56 35. Great Egret - 37 36. Bald Eagle - 6 (5 adult,1 immature) 37. Northern Harrier - 2 38. Cooper's Hawk - 2 39. Red-tailed Hawk - 11 40. Great Horned Owl - 1 41. Belted Kingfisher - 2 42. Red-headed Woodpecker - 6 (3 adult,3 immature) 43. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 15 44. Downy Woodpecker - 28 45. Northern Flicker - 4 46. Blue Jay - 114 47. Horned Lark - 13 48. Black-capped Chickadee - 17 49. Tufted Titmouse - 5 50. White-breasted Nuthatch - 12 51. Brown Creeper - 2 52. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 34 53. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 54. American Robin - 1 55. European Starling - 296 56. Cedar Waxwing - 9 57. House Sparrow - 31 58. House Finch - 5 59. Pine Siskin - 1 *(fly-over at Adam Grimm Prairie)* 60. American Goldfinch - 44 61. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 62. American Tree Sparrow - 32 63. Field Sparrow - 1 *(hedgerow along Stange Prairie)* 64. Savannah Sparrow - 1 *(Adam Grimm Prairie)* 65. Song Sparrow - 31 66. Swamp Sparrow - 14 67. White-throated Sparrow - 21 68. White-crowned Sparrow - 3 69. Dark-eyed Junco - 26 70. Northern Cardinal - 17 71. Red-winged Blackbird - 641 72. Rusty Blackbird - 100 73. Common Grackle - 4 74. Brown-headed Cowbird - 45 *III. REPTILES*: 3 SPECIES. 1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1 2. Northern Water Snake - 2 3. Eastern Fox Snake - 1 *IV. AMPHIBIANS*: 3 SPECIES. 1. Bullfrog - many 2. Green Frog - 2 3. Northern Leopard Frog - 14 *V. FISHES*: 2 SPECIES. 1. Eastern Gizzard Shad - one large school 2. Common Carp - 3 *VI. BUTTERFLIES*: 5 SPECIES. 1. Cabbage Butterfly - 1 2. Clouded Sulphur - 1 3. Pearl Crescent - 1 4. Red Admiral - 2 5. Monarch - 1 Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 19:28:17 -0500 From: Margaret Bowman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Long-tailed Duck at Hoover Reservoir I saw the Long-tailed Duck about 2:32, from the parking area near the Walnut Bike Trail, south of the Walnut Boat Ramp. I was scoping the raft of ducks when a boat came by and flushed the entire raft. I tried to relocate them for about an hour and a half. The Buffleheads came down within scope sight of the Walnut Boat Ramp, but I was unable to relocate the others, and they appeared to have flown over the bridge and into Delaware County. There was a very distant raft of ducks visible from the Galena Boardwalk (Area M mudflats?), but it was too distant to identify. Margaret Bowman -----Original Message----- From: Jen Niederlander Sent: Monday, November 06, 2017 1:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Long-tailed Duck at Hoover Reservoir I just spotted a male LONG-TAILED DUCK at Hoover Reservoir, northern Franklin County. The bird was visible with a scope from the Walnut Boat Ramp off Sunbury Road, which is just north of the Walnut Street & Sunbury Road intersection. This individual was swimming around with a mixed group of ducks, and spent lots of time with the Buffleheads. Easily identified with its long tail, white crown and dark cheeks. It was present when I left at 1:00 PM. Happy Birding! Jen Niederlander ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.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. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php<http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php>. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 19:55:11 -0500 From: Brad Perkins <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Brant at Dillon State Park Beach - Muskingum County Jamie Boyd alerted me a little after 5:00 PM today that his friend Lori had found a Brant near the swimming beach at Dillon State Park. I was very close and got there in time to get good looks at it, as it was only a little ways off shore. Pictures that I got are not of high quality since the light conditions were not good at 5:15-5:30 PM, but Jamie and I both got pictures and Lori watched it from close range for quite some time before Jamie and I got there. I will check out the area again in the early morning when there is some daylight to see if it is still hanging around. 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