I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a ptarmigan. The entire history of eBird shows 3 Willow Ptarmigans in the northeast US. The nearest was near Watertown, NY in April 2014. Interestingly, other 2 records (VT and ME) were also in the spring. Rock and White-tailed have no records in the eastern US. There could be other records that are not in eBird of course. On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Dean Sheldon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Given the current Arctic temperatures prevailing here along the Lake Erie > shoreline, have there been any sightings of Ptarmigans in this region? > We had one informal report of a "chunky, chicken-sized, all white bird with > a black tail (while in flight)." The bird was spotted in a frozen > agricultural field flying toward a wooded area. Snowy Owls have been seen > in this part of southern Huron County. > *Dean Sheldon* > *Greenwich [Ripley Twp]* > *419.752.1451* > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at 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. 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]