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Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Location: Armleder Park -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
About the same as Monday. The field is drying up fast and could be totally dry by the weekend. Also service berries nearing peak ripeness, at least at the south end, if you're interested in those.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 8
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 3
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 1
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 11
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) 1 Flying over the fields at dusk again.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Location: Spring Valley Marsh
Reporter: Jack Verdin
Other Birders:
Second year bald eagle brief fishing then went to gravel pit on roxanna.
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Location: Miami Whitewater Wetlands
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
Around 8:30 pm an American Bittern began calling from the cattails to the left of the observation blind. A few minutes later a second American Bittern flew into the same area and also began calling. The birds were calling up until I left at 9:15 pm. Also had around 12 Wood Ducks, several of which might have been the same pair flying around. But still, that's the largest number I've seen at the wetlands at one time.
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
From 5:15 - 5:25 there was a single Stilt Sandpiper. It was there when I arrived and then took off and flew towards the river. Only other shorebirds were 5 Killdeer and 2 Spotted Sandpipers.
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Location: Ridge and Norham Road, Pleasant Ridge
Reporter: Maureen Basedow
Other Birders:
Great Blue Heron (1).
It swooped into a near-permanent deep mud puddle on Norham, briefly landed and flew off.
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Stopped this morning and nada.
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Location: Round Bottom
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
4 Long-billed Dowitchers- heard vocalizations
2 Semipalmated Sandpipers
2 Spotted Sandpipers
1 Solitary Sandpiper
6 Least Sanpipers
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Armleder Park -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
Not as good as Lost Bridge, but Armleder was pretty decent for shorebirds tonight. There were possibly other peeps out there since I was scopeless.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 8
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 3
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 7
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 2
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 3
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 25
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 3
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) 1 Flying over the fields at dusk.
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) 1 Calling from the north end of the bike path.
I last checked Roundbottom Friday night and had about 4 species of shorebird and the field was drying up at that time. Not sure if conditions have changed since then.
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Have been away so haven't been able to track yard migrants for awhile.
Today there were single Canada and Blackburnian Warblers and a Summer Tanager. The Canada sang most of the morning. The Summer started singing mid-morning and continued off and on through early afternoon.
Canada doc photo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoverde/7196434868/in/photostream
Has anyone stopped at the shorebird spot in Newtown recently? I am curious if birds have still been utilizing it.
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Pat Bell
Other Birders:
Black Tern at Lodge Pond at about 4:00pm. Still there when I left at about 6:30pm
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmbell64/7199957152/
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Fernbank 5:30 - 7 pm
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: Hazel and Rosie (basset hounds)
American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Common Grackle.
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Hall's Creek
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders:
Hairy Woodpecker.
I know they are not uncommon, but I only encounter them once or twice a year.
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Miami Whitewater wetland
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:
one Black Tern seen about 11:30am.
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Lost Bridge
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders:
Wow, I was at the Lost Bridge last night at 5:30 and only saw a single Spotted Sandpiper and 2 Canada Geese. Just 12-15 hours later and Paul found tons of birds. Just goes to show how fast this area can change.
Date: Monday, May 14, 2012
Location: Lost Bridge
Reporter: Paul Krusling
Other Birders:
A lot of shorebirds at the lost bridge this morning.
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Lesser Scaup 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 6
Turkey Vulture 1
Black-bellied Plover 14
American Golden-Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 8
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 12
Pectoral Sandpiper 12
Dunlin 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 9
Barn Swallow 5
Cliff Swallow 25
Tufted Titmouse 2
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 25
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center RW-Cabin Pond- Afternoon
Reporter: Jennifer Reinhart
Other Birders:
1 Indigo Bunting, 1 Red Winged Blackbird. Un-identifed bird seen from air (had forked tail?)Could not distinguish color, maybe a barn swallow?
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Location: Campbell County, KY between Cold Spring and Silver Grove
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders:
I saw a Belted Kingfisher fishing in the creek near my house. He was there from around 6:00 PM until about 8:00 PM. It is normally not a very deep creek, though it is up and running swiftly from the rain today, so I never expected to see one anywhere close to my house.
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: Armeder
Reporter: Mark Sabo
Other Birders:
3:00PM
Lark Sparrow found on the north end of the park behind the pond on the gravel driveway just beyond the no trespassing sign.
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Location: Gilmore ponds
Reporter: Bob Paxson
Other Birders:
Bell's Vireo at Cattail marsh area, singing, mid morning. Also Willow Flycatchers, Prothonotary Warblers, YB Cuckoo,and more.... Great spot still after 20 years absence(in town to run the Pig!) Sorry for the late post but now back in Florida.
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders: Samantha Frodge
Notable from our Birdathon sighting list was a vocal Connecticut Warler at the "entrance" to the fort, about 150 or so yards up the Fort Trail where it first starts to flatten out.
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Whitewater River
Reporter: Erica Lynne
Other Birders: Jonas
Sandpipers,
Trip List: Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Baltimore Oriole
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center
Reporter: Erica Lynne
Other Birders: about a dozen of us for the biweekly walk
Trip List: Upland Sandpiper (?), Chimney Swift, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker Heard, Eastern Wood-Pewee 1, Blue Jay, Barn Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Cedar Waxwing ~6, Yellow Warbler Heard, Prothonotary Warbler 1, Scarlet Tanager 1, Field Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting 1, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch 1
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: Clifton Backyard
Reporter: Lori Brumbaugh
Other Birders:
Finally a little more action in the yard this morning. The highlight was an Audubon's Warbler which stayed long enough for 2 lousy shots. Other warblers included 3 Redstarts, 4 Blackpolls, 2 Blackburnians, 1 Nashville and 2 Tennessee's. Also a Red-eyed Vireo and a Swainson's Thrush made appearances.
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Kathy McDonald
Other Birders:
American White Pelican, flying over US 50 into the Oxbow.
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Location: Sharon Woods
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
Spent several hours near a mullberry tree and waited for the birds to come to me. Swainson's Thrush and female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, along with Gray Catbird, Eastern Kingbird, Indigo Bunting, many Cedar Waxwings and Baltimore Orioles, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers, Pileated (heard), Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Red-tailed Hawks, and Great Blue Herons.
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Location: Smith Tract, Ham Co Park, Pippin Rd pits
Reporter: Jim Rettig
Other Birders: Dennis Roth
Bell's Vireo, 2; Common Tern, 6; Willow Flycatcher. 1.
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Location: Covedale yard
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
25+ cedar waxwings
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
4 Forster's Terns
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Location: Newport Pavilion Target, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
Blue Grosbeak, belated post.
I noticed last week that all the perfect conditions are coming together behind the new Newport Pavilion Target for Blue Grosbeak habitat. Lo and behold there was one singing away from a mulberry tree on Monday and I could hear one chipping today (Wed.). There are also a number of Rough-winged Swallows which may be nesting on the cut above the new Kroger superstore.
Unfortunately (or fortunately?) what is bad for the local natural environment is often good for our less common birds. What was once a nice little neighborhood of wooded hillsides, a church, a park etc., is now a jagged cut and future landslide area, reseeding in the primary vegetative growth and vetch planted for ground cover which the Blue Grosbeak loves. There are also several wet scrapes between the Target and the Kroger, where the Killdeer are hanging out, and a few other shorebirds could possibly turn up as well (until they fix the drainage problem).
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Location: armleder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
8:30 - 9:15 AM. South end: 1 chat, 1 thrasher, 1 orchard oriole, 5 baltimores (3 male,2female), 1 pileated wp.,1 meadowlark,1 solitary sandpiper and the best 1 Northern waterthrush (he was under the grate on the new bike path, right before the locked gate. Gave me two minutes of close observation. Also my 140th species at Armleder.
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Location: Winton Woods
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Got about an hour of birding in today walking the Kingfisher Trail. Two new year birds: Least Flycatcher & Lincoln's Sparrow. Good warblers included: Cape May (male and female), Nashville (male and female), & Magnolia. Good Birding!
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Location: Spring Valley Wildlife Area
Reporter: Sam Corbo
Other Birders:
An American Bittern flew up out of the cattails just long enough to snap a fuzzy set of pictures before disappearing again, just north of the boardwalk about halfway to the observation platform.
A Yellow-throated Warbler was singing incessantly near the gas station in Spring Valley at the intersection of 42 and Spring Valley-Paintersville.
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Location: McFarland Woods
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
I tried to use the sightings checklist but it didn't go through. I spent an hour at McFarland Woods this afternoon. It is located along Westwood Northern Blvd. near Mt. Airy Forest. Highlights included Cape May and blackburnian warblers in the same binocular field of view in the same tree, a blackpoll warbler, 3 yellow-throated warblers, Tennessee warbler white-eyed, red-eyed and blue-headed vireos, summer tanager, flycatchers - phoebe, great crested, Acadian, and pewee, Swainson's and wood thrushes, hummingbird (collecting material), chickadee families feeding fledglings, and a barred owl heard in the distance.
33 species total.
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Location: Lindale (South of Amelia), Ohio 132
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Was very surprised to see a male Bobwhite pacing back and forth trying to cross st rt 132. I haven't seen one around my neck of the field for about 10 years or so.
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Location: Ohio River, New Richmond
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
on the way home from work, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers flying downriver and 2 wooducks flying around the flooded woods.
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Location: Caesar Creek Beach - ID correction
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
8 Terns reported earlier are Forster's Terns.(not Common) Tail longer than wings and white underparts. Images on Flickr.
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Location: Lake Isabella
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
Both owls out of nest. Oldest on branch in nearby tree with adult. Youngest reported on ground in woods close by but out of sight.
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Jim Rettig
Other Birders: Dennis et al
Blue Grosbeak, 1-2 males and a female, north end, near 1.4 marker, singing continuously; near lake a Green Heron, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 8AM.
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Location: Caesar creek beach
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
8 common Terns at 2pm.
Mound Rd mudflat - NO mud.
Sent iPhone
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Location: White Oak Middle School
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
Heard a black-throated blue warbler singing when I got out of the car this morning.
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Location: Ault/Magrish
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder
Our best bird today was an Olive-sided Flycatcher near the overlook at Ault Park at the top of a snag that was a life bird for both of us. Otherwise, we saw a male A. Redstart, heard a Black-throated Blue and got a few FOY birds.
Migration seemed slow this weekend over on the east side of town. Plenty of summer residents seemed to be back but there seemed to be only a smattering of true migrants and nowhere has seemed especially birdy.
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Location: Sharonville, OH
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Just heard the resident pair of Common Nighthawks for the first time this year. On US 42 right off the 275 exit
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake North of parking lot
Reporter: Bob Holmes
Other Birders: Sam Fitton
Bell's Vireo
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Location: Gilmore Pond Berk Road Entrance
Reporter: Bob Holmes
Other Birders: Sam Fitton
Connecticut Warbler
American Restart
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Location: backyard
Reporter: cindy rogers
Other Birders:
saw with mine own eyes the grey catbird and a pileated woodpecker flew across the road right in front of me.
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Round bottom road's flooded field
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
Sandpiper species were in fairly large numbers.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Killdeer 3
Semipalmated Plover 2
Trip List:
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Location: Farbach Werner Nature Preserve
Reporter: Paul Seevers
Other Birders:
Blackpoll, Prothonotary, Blackburnian, Yellow, Magnolia, Tennessee, and Yellow-throated Warblers. Scarlet Tanager and Common Yellowthroat. All flitting around the barn in the locust trees, except for the Common Yellowthroat which was in the prairie.
Rare day at Farbach. Its not every year that we get big days like this!
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Location: Armeleder
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:
Arrived between 11:00 & 12:00. Blue Grosbeak 1 male singing & giviing characteristic call note & seen, in north grassland next to playing field, west of paved path, south of the mowed grass trail that cuts across north grasslands & perpendicular to north south paved paths. BLGR often singing from very low perch near ground. Dickcissel, 1 singing & seen on east side of same paved path, close to path. There is a lone small cottonwood tree at this location south of mowed grassy path referred to previously. Sedge Wren, 1 singing, out in center of grassy area east of the same path previously referred to, heard from the location of the cottonwood. Gave the characteristic two sharp intoductory notes--tick..tick followed by lower pitched chatter. Quite distant east of the path at the small cottonwood.
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake
Reporter: Brian Wulker
Other Birders:
Checked Ellis briefly mid morning yesterday. Lots of shorebirds, but nothing exciting, probably more than 200 individuals consisting of both Yellowlegs, Solitary, Spotted, Least and Pectoral Sandpipers. 1 Great Egret to the right of the dike, and I flushed a Sora while walking along it.
Many resident breeders along the bike path, but not too many migrants. I did briefly hear a Bell's Vireo singing a few phone poles closer (near the turn in the path on the left side of the road) to the parking lot than its usual spot from previous years.
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Location: Back yard feeders
Reporter: James Shelton
Other Birders:
For three days now, 2 male and three female Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks have been hogging the sunflower seeds. They also like the suet.
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Location: Hisey Park
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders:
Heard a yellow-breasted chat calling loudly, frequently and distinctly from the meadows reverting to thickets.
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Owensville
Reporter: Ann Geise
Other Birders: Bob Kemp
Around 8:40 pm heard a lone Chuck Will's Widow calling from woods behind house.
Trip List:
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Location: Withrow Nature Preserve
Reporter: Patricia Lee
Other Birders:
10+ American Goldfinch
2 American Woodcock
2 Baltimore Oriole (nesting!)
1 Black-and-white Warbler
4 Blue Grosbeak
2 Blue Jay
1 Carolina Chickadee
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Eastern Bluebirds
3 Eastern Towhee
4 Orchard Orioles (caught two mating!)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Red-Bellied Woodpecker
5 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Wilson's Warbler (FOS)
6 Yellow-rumped Warblers
There were a lot more, but I was "supposed to be" hiking with the dog and my birding-by-ear is plain wretched. I think I need a tutor!
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Location: Boone Cliffs/Middle Creek Road
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:
Overcast in the morning, full leaf-out and a poor birder's ear makes a trip list for Boone Cliffs less than meaningful, so highlights-
Boone Cliffs: Tennesee Warbler 3, N. Parula 5, Ovenbird 1, Ky Warbler 5, American Redstart 1, L. Waterthrush 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2, Yellow-throated Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 2, Swainson's Thrush 1, Wood Thrush 7, Acadian Flycatcher 1, Eastern Towhee 11, Broad-headed Skink 2.
Middle Creek Road (upper 1/2 mile): N. Parula 3, American Redstart 1, L. Waterthrush 2 (I think a different pair than on the cliff property), Prairie Warbler 2, Scarlet Tanager 1. Red-eyed Vireo 2, White-eyed Vireo 1.
Notable misses: Worm-eating Warbler, Hooded Warbler. I'm familiar with both songs.
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Location: Ault Park
Reporter: Naomi Gerwin
Other Birders:
Cedar waxwings hanging out in weeping cherry trees, and a blue groesbeak.
Date: Friday, May 4, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Highlights:
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 20
Sora (Porzana carolina) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) 3
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 15
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 10
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 35
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Campbell Lakes
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders:
Spent an hour during lunch around Geyser Lake at Spring Grove. Sightings include Yellow rumped warblers, Palm Warblers, BG Gnatcatchers, FOS Cedar Waxwings (100+), Baltimore Orioles, RT Hummingbirds (collecting spider webs for nest building), Northern Flicker preening on the ground, Catbird flushed from a tree by some college students studying the trees around the lake, and a Pied Billed Grebe.
Stopped at Campbell Lakes after seeing something perched in the tree next to the river. The female Bald Eagle was resting during my visit, but quickly spooked by a loose dog. The Harrison nest is home to 2 eaglets this year.
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: United American Cemetery -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
3 Common Nighthawk
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Quiet at my house today. Only warblers were singles of Black-throated Green and Yellow-rumped. Did see first Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Least Flycatcher.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Westwood backyard
Reporter: Elizabeth Brennan
Other Birders:
FOS Ruby-throated hummingbird, female and male.
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: Multiple
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Decided to do a LONG birding day with pretty good results. Here are the highlights and locations.
Burnet Woods: Magnolia Warbler, Black-and-Whiite Warbler, Nashville Warbler
Campbell Rd lakes: 14 Forster's Terns (actively feeding & making a circuit between the 3 lakes)
Miami Whitewater: Warblers: 12 sp best being Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian, & Cape May, Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Pewees, Veery, both Tanagers and Orioles
Lost Bridge: 2 WILLETS (in the skypool opposite side of the road as the gravel pit. On the distant shore from the road very hard to pick out from similar colored mud backdrop. They were hanging closely by 2 Canada Geese last seen around 230 pm)
Shawnee Lookout: Blue-winged Warbler, Redstarts, Yellow-breasted Chat, Blue-headed & Yellow-throated Vireos, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (down at the canoe access ramp)
Kilby Rd gravel pit: 2 Common Loons, 2 Grasshopper Sparrows
Firebird Ln (Fairfield): very flooded still which brought in more ducks including 1 Shoveler, also 2 Great Egrets present, few shorebirds including 2 Dunlin
Great day! 111 sp, 20 warbler sp
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: Magrish/Armleder/Ault/California Woods
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:
Very little migrant activity in the places I visited today. Highlights-
Ault: Many Cedar Waxwings in the Weeping Cherry trees on Observatory Rd.
Armleder: 3 Blue Grosbeak near the dogpark. A few sky pools remain. Too muddy to see what shorebirds might have returned to the scraped field.
California Woods: Scarlet Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher, L. Waterthrush.
Magrish: Local breeders.
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2012
Location: backyard
Reporter: cindy rogers
Other Birders: Will Rogers, Petunia the pom
Took the doggie outside around 6am and heard the grey catbird. He/she was singing and doing the "mew" call. Petunia and Will were unimpressed.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Armleder/Ault
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
The 5 Cattle Egret were sitting on the fence of the alternate dogpark when I got there this evening but were eventually flushed by dogs and flew out of the park to the north.
I got in at Ault Park this morning for a bit and had 15 species of warbler. The only ones I saw that others haven't reported yet were a Black-throated Blue and a Canada.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Home near Owensville,OH
Reporter: Jo Johnstone
Other Birders: Dave Johnstone
We had at least 8 male rose-breasted grosbeaks and at least 4 females today. They've been hanging out here for several days, singing for their seed. Love them!!
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: West Chester Twp. Butler Co.
Reporter: Sharon Feldstein
Other Birders:
Male Rose-breasted Grossbead in my elderberry bush on May 1 and a pair at my bird feeder today.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach / Harvey Rd. New Richmond
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of note: 1 Semipalmated Plover on beach and grass/parking lot, 3 Spotted Sandpipers, a female Red-breasted Merganser flew in and landed just off to the left of the beach, 1 Osprey.
Birds heard in woods up from the beach (closed road area/sparrow field): Numerous Northern Parulas, Yellow, Am. Redstart, Prairie, Kentucky (Turkey Ridge as well), Nashville, Tennessee, Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher, 2 Barred Owls seen and heard.
3 Solitary Sandpipers were in a wet field at the end of my road.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake Wetlands, West Chester
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:
We had between 4 and 5 inches of rain yesterday, and the fields at Ellis Lake are completely flooded. There were some yellowlegs, mostly Lessers, hidden in a strip of vegetation atop a spit of high ground; a few Solitary Sandpipers and Killdeers, but otherwise, it's acres and acres of deep water. I suppose as it draws down, there could be good mud flats for at least the next week, with or without rain. And one never knows what might stop in for a spell.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders:
Not the huge fallout I was hoping for after last night’s storms, Spring Grove Cemetery was still pretty good this morning. Some of the species I had at the cemetery from 8:30 to 11:00 this morning included: Black Vulture 4, Red-shouldered Hawk 2, Cooper’s Hawk 1, Wild Turkey 1, Eastern Wood-Pewee 2, Least Flycatcher 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 3, Eastern Kingbird 1, Red-eyed Vireo 4, Warbling Vireo 3, Wood Thrush 2, Swainson’s Thrush 3, Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 1, Northern Parula 2, Yellow Warbler 2, Magnolia Warbler 1, Cape May Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 15+, Yellow-throated Warbler 2, Palm Warbler 2, Blackpoll Warbler 1, Black-and-white Warbler 2, Ovenbird 1, Scarlet Tanager 2 and Baltimore Oriole 5.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Chilo Lock #34 Park
Reporter: Keith Robinson
Other Birders:
1 Great Egret in the wetland.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Today was the best yard day of the year so far probably due to the weather last night. Warbler count will probably increase throughout the day as birds start to sing more.
5 of the Blackburnians and 6 of the Baltimore Orioles were all in the oak when I first checked it. Here is a photo of one of the Blackburnians:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoverde/6989713300/in/photostream
Highlights:
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 2 flyovers, calling
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 18
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 1 (I believe this is the 1st I have seen in the neighborhood over a span of 14 years)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 2
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 4
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 12 At least...
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 20 At least...
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Rd, Newtown
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
The flooded field across from Riverside Park is currently hosting 3 Dowitcher sp. (9:30-10:15 am). One looks good for possible Long-billed: slightly larger and darker than the other two. No white seen on its belly; bill has a very subtle, gentle downward droop from the mid-point. In feeding posture, its body looks chunkier/rounder than the other two birds. I am not comfortable calling it LB, though, since I have never seen one. They were very close to the road the whole time I observed them.
Also present, 2 Solitary, 1 Spotted, many Yellowlegs (all Lesser to my eye) Killdeer, coots, and the usual waterfowl.
Will try to check again at lunch when the sun angle is better.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Location: Roundbottom, Armleder, Magrish
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:
Highlights-
Roundbottom Road, flooded sod field next to Farmer's Market: 3 Dowitchers, 1 Virginia Rail.
Armleder at 9am: 5 Cattle Egrets in and near the newest dog enclosure, 1 Blue Grosbeak. Flock of shorebirds flew into the same area. Armleder has some nice flooding in the lower areas, but not too many feet rise from park closure.
Magrish: 1 Wilson's Warbler.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Mt. Airy Forest and Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Susan & Linda Osterhage
Other Birders: Just Linda
Overall a pretty decent day for warblers.
Mt. Airy Forest:
Yellow-rumped
Nashville
Palm
Chestnut-sided
Yellow
Blackpoll
Magnolia
Black-throated Green
Black & White
Parula (song only)
Shawnee Lookout:
Cerulean
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Redstart
Black & White
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: MaGrish
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
5-6pm. One very vocal Worm-eating Warbler near the Martin house, lots of yellow and yellow rumps. FOS Veery singing along Kellog in the meadow and FOS Blackpoll in the swamp behind the levee.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Road Wetland
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
Went back this afternoon and found 10 Long-Billed Dowitchers in same location, along with several Lesser Yellowlegs and Blue-winged Teals.
Images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder/6987533916/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake/ West Chester Wetlands
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
Made a quick stop after work today and to add to the birds Mike saw there also was a Pectoral Sandpiper and a Dunlin. And in regards to the Dowitchers that are there, I plead the 5th.
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:
Also one thursh sp.
Trip List: Spotted Sandpiper 2, Solitary Sandpiper 3, Lesser Yellowlegs 3, Pectoral Sandpiper 2, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1, Tennessee Warbler 2, Northern Parula 1, Yellow Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 20, Prothonotary Warbler 4, Yellow-breasted Chat 3, Baltimore Oriole 1
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Armlieder park
Reporter: Jim Rettig
Other Birders: Dennis
Dickcissel seen near 1.4 marker on the walking path. And elsewhere Cedar Waxwings, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Yellow Warblers, Great Egret, many White-Crowned Sparrows.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders: Mark Gilsdorf
After Mark left, the clouds rolled in and made it much easier to pick out plumage details on the dowitchers. Of the 6 that I could see cleanly, I believe they were all SB. The other two were obscured by grass. After Mark left I found a single Semi Plover and a Green Heron.
The sod to the left of the flooded area has the potential to turn an interesting shorebird.
I know this would be somewhat unprecedented in spring. However, a gentleman who stopped by while I was there indicated that he had seen a Red Knot Sunday morning.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Milford -- Miami Woods
Reporter: Jan Watkins
Other Birders:
FOS: Yesterday, 4/30, one Cedar Waxwing eating berries on Serviceberry bush next to window. This occurs each year. A "scout" visits and then a flock arrives and eats all berries in one visit!
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: New Richmond yard
Reporter: Tracy Brewer
Other Birders:
Make that 10 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks...
2 more males just showed up. One male is chowing down on Nijer seed that I have in a tray feeder...he has been there for 15 minutes straight...he won't leave it...LOL...
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake Wetlands, West Chester
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:
There is nice shorebird habitat at Ellis Lake. There weren't a ton of shorebirds this morning, but some are coming and going and it's nice to see them. It's worth checking if you're nearby.
This morning: Killder, 3 Semipalmated Plover, 6+ Spotted Sandpipers, 10+ Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 6+ Solitary, 12+ Least, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Short-billed Dowitchers.
The dowitchers flew in with a Greater Yellowlegs. It's Cincinnati Warbler Day, and in honor of Dr. Frank Langdon, I shot the dowitchers and took all the appropriate measurements. Bingo. It's that easy.
In truth, this pair of dowitchers looked fine plumage wise to me. I couldn't make a case that they were LBDOs, though they never called. By date, and probability, Short-billed is really far more likely in this area, though it's an interesting ID issue and I'm glad it's being discussed. A little conversation is always a good thing.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Newtown Farmer's Market skypool
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders: Bill Hull
Bill Hull and I stopped by to check the sky pool next to the Farmer's Market on Roundbottom Road this morning before work. Had three Soras at different locations and heard a Virginia Rail calling. At least 8 SB/LB Dowitchers that were too backlit for me to try and ID beyond that.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: New Richmond yard
Reporter: Tracy Brewer
Other Birders:
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks have been here for over a week....they are multiplying ...as of this morning I saw 8 at my feeders.
3 Baltimore Orioles ( males ) chasing each other around...and talking about the oranges but haven't touched them yet.
Lots of Wood Ducks.
House Wren building a nest in the house on the porch.
Chickadee sitting on 5 eggs in a nest box in the yard.
Titmouse with 3 babies in another nest box in the yard.
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Gary Stegner
Other Birders:
I took a short walk along Hickory Trail this morning and saw that Dickcissels are returning. Other sparrows included grasshopper, Henslow's, savannah, white crowned and field. Blue grosbeaks were also present (I actually saw one along the sidewalk leading to the Visitors Center). Shorebirds along Hickory Trail were both yellowlegs, solitary and pectoral sandpipers and Wilson's snipe.
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Location: West Price Hill backyard
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
While watching the sky tonight for tonight's whimpy storm, two common nighthawks flew overhead!
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Location: Farbach-Werner NP
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
This afternoon, brief stop yielded 2 chestnut-sided warblers and a red-shouldered hawk sitting low, (within about 15-20 yards away) being buzzed by a blue-gray gnatcatcher and scolded by up to a dozen robins.
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Location: Round Bottom
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
Rails must have been grounded before the storm!
3 Soras I saw, so probably a lot more. One even stood in the open water!
A low estimate of 8 Virginia Rails calling; probably a lot more but it was hard to judge because the water echoed their calls.
1 possible YELLOW RAIL- saw very small bird in undergrowth, yellow-brown in coloration, smaller than nearby Sora
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Highlights from this morning:
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 2
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 2
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 2
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 2
Wood Duck (male) was sitting in a tree down the street this morning. It flew away as we walked under the tree. I am pretty sure I have never had a perched Wood Duck in neighborhood prior to this. :)
I relocated a Summer Tanager later in the day in the ravine while I was pulling garlic mustard that was immigrating from a neighbor's property.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Route 4 Fairfield
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
Heard my first Common Nighthawk of the year peenting away above the Thorton's gas station on Route 4 in Fairfield Saturday evening.
Date: Monday, April 30, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, Bantam Ramp
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
1 Lincoln's Sparrow seen briefly in the vegetation between the parking lot and the lake. I pished, and it flew up enough for me to ID it, then back in the weeds. I wasn't able to get a picture.
Osprey, also, many warblers singing. 5 Spotted sandpipers at the Tate ramp as well
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Armleder Park - evening
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
I enjoyed a quick evening trip to Armleder with highlights being FOS Willow Flycatcher (2) and a singing Sedge Wren. Wren seen briefly in the overgrown field south of the park road adjacent to the field where parking for the canoe launch is available.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:
7 Male Bobolinks moving in a group.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Ault/Magrish
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder and Jim Lundberg at Magrish
The BELL'S VIREO was singing from the trees and shrubs around the pavilion at Ault Park that face the service road and prairie probably at about 920am. It took me a few minutes to remember what the song was and probably 4 times as long to finally see the little sucker. Breeding habitat exactly where I saw it is kind of questionable but I imagine there's plenty of options within a minute's flight. Other notables include Ceruleans at both Ault and Magrish and Chestnut-sided and Northern Waterthrush (unfortunately across the river) at Magrish. Here's 2 full lists copied from eBird:
Ault Park:
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 3
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1
Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) 1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 5
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 5
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 8
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 30
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 2
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 4
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 1
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 2
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 4
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 5
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 20
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 6
oriole sp. (Icterus sp.) 1
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 8
Magrish Riverlands Preserve:
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 3
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) 1
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) 2
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) 1
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 8
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 1
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Morning yard highlights:
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 3
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 2
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 1
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 2
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 3
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder, Jay Lehman, Bob Holmes, Sam Fitton
Eric and I stopped by and were joined by Jay and a little while later Bob and Sam.
No disrespect to Les intended, but I believe the 4 dowitchers that were at the flooded field this afternoon were all Short-billed. The bird from Friday was not present.
There was a fair amount of turnover while we were there so I suppose one dowitcher could have left and another arrived but I think it was probably the same 4 birds.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: West Price Hill backyard
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
I was sitting at my picnic table in the backyard. I couldn't believe my ears. I heard a distinctive BELL'S VIREO song at around 5:10 pm. The bird only sang once, and there were starlings in the vicinity. Has anyone ever heard a starling imitate a vireo of any species? I've seen and heard Bell's Vireos on several occasions, and so I'm very familiar with the song, but the location of this bird, in the city limits at that, has me wondering whether the starlings made this call.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Our house--Kenwood
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
Ethan posting...
We observed a Blue Headed vireo in the same tree and same time as least flycatcher, nashville warbler, and palm warbler.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Woodland Mound, Steamboat Dr.
Reporter: Patricia Lee
Other Birders:
3- American Redstarts
2- Warbling Vireo
1- Eastern Phoebe
~200 American Goldfinch (were in 3 diferent groups along the riverfront)
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Our House--Kenwood
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
Ethan posting...
5 warblers and 1 flycatcher today with the usuals.
Yellow warbler 3
Yellow rumped warbler 3
Nashville warbler 1
Palm warbler 1
Black throated green warbler 1
Least flycatcher 1
I first heard "che-BECK" and then I flushed the flcatcher to a place where it was easily seen. If I see anything more I will post.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Newtown Farmers Market/Roundbottom Rd.
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
The Long-billed Dowitcher was still there at 9:30 this morning. There were also 3 Short-billed Dowitchers to give the viewer a great side by side comparison of both species.
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: CVG
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Had an errand that took me to within a few miles of CVG this morning so I stopped to check on the Ferruginous Hawk. It was still present. The number of raptors was very impressive.
Ferruginous Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 16
American Kestrel - 2
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Mockingbird Hill Farm Williamsburg OH. (Clermont)
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders: Tammie
Two firsts for the year in the yard this morning. Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Indigo Bunting
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Indian Creek Wildlife Area (Brown County)
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders: Tammie Stanley
Tammie and I went to various locations at Indian Creek before the rain hit today. We found some interesting birds including several grassland species.
Snowhill Road:
Canada Goose 6
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Parula 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
Greentree Marsh:
Canada Goose 75
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 1
Blue-winged Teal 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 5
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 6
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 12
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 18
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Rusty Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 24
Turner Rd:
Canada Goose 5
Northern Bobwhite 1
Wild Turkey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 7
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 8
American Pipit 30
Lapland Longspur 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 10
Savannah Sparrow 3
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
American Goldfinch 20
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Pendery Park, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
1 Osprey flying by over the Ohio River.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Kerry Kirk
Other Birders:
Stopped by for a quick drive through on the way home this afternoon. Highlights were a Common Loon and 2 Great Egrets. Both new birds for me.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders: Chuck Halliday (hope that is correct)
Went looking for storm knock-downs. Found one Willet and up to 7 Least Sandpipers. These were not found at about noon today. Lesser Yellowlegs about 6, Solitary Sandpiper at least 3.
The Willet was calling almost continously, preening and bathing, showing wing stripe. Still present at 8:00 pm. At noon there were two distant Dunlin and at least one Greater Yellowlegs.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Road Wetfield: 5:30 -6:00 pm
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:
Long-billed Dowitcher 1, still present, approaching if not in breeding plumage, very hump-backed profile, vertical barring at wing bend and toward tail, quite reddish underparts to under tail, base of bill more straight at interface with head rather than tapered up and below at interface with head, very sharp demarcation between white on back, rump and dark tail, bars on tail have more black/dark than white visible when the bird raised it wings in alarm. Lesser Yellowlegs 5, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Pectoral Sandpiper 1. Dowitcher was feeding in grassy part beyond edge of main.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Stuck at home most of the afternoon but at least I was serenaded by a Wood Thrush. Highlights:
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 1
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Magrish Preserve 10:00a.m-10;30a.m
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:
Still pretty quiet. Spring may have arrived early but migration is still slow. Best bird was a very cooperative Least Flycatcher. Also 1 Tennessee Warbler, 2 Baltimore Orioles, 1 Indigo Bunting and 1 Gray Catbird.
This may not be a very good year at Magrish. Along with the thick leaf cover, There has been a lot of work along the utility easement including the removal of many trees to the left of the entrance to the preserve. On top of that there are orange barrels on Salem Ave, Looks like road construction starts next week.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Lake Isabella
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
While watching the owl chick, I found a large flock of mixed birds in the sycamore trees next to the river.
2 Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) on nest
1 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
1 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
1 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
1 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
1 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
1 Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
2 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
6 American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
2 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
1 Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
1 Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
2 Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)
3 Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
4 Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
12 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
4 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
17 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Lost Bridge
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders: Robyn Lung
Highlights:
CASPIAN TERN 5
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Milford/Miami Woods
Reporter: Jan Watkins
Other Birders:
FOS: Ruby-throated Hummingbird yesterday (4/27) at feeder, 6 PM. Due to low light and short visit, unsure of gender. Date within my usual range for first of season sightings.
Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Our house--Kenwood
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
Ethan here...
This morning at about 9:45, had a yellow warbler singing and actually a female one-legged blue grosbeak. That was a nice wake up call!
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders: Mark Gilsdorf
I stopped on the way home from work, about 4:15, to see if the Willet was there. Once again, no sign of the Willet. I suspect it is gone. However, a beautiful Long-billed Dowitcher was there when I stopped. Mark stopped by shortly after I left, just before 5, and saw it as well.
I had a few glimpses through the vegetation of a Common Tern flying over the old gravel pit as well.
As Jonathan Frodge noted below, it is best to scope from across the road to keep from flushing the birds.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Westwood off Ferguson Rd my backyard
Reporter: Gary Hill
Other Birders:
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Single adult at my bird feeder around 8:30 AM.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: Jim Rettig
Other Birders:
Willet still present at 1:30 PM today.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Winton Woods
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
The great blue heron colony along the paved trail near the pipeline has at least ten great blues and a pair of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, one of them on a nest!
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
To add to jay's post, I had a pair of shovelers, about a dozen blue-winged teal and a pair of courting Eastern kingbirds yesterday. The kingbirds frequented the end of the dike along the tree line close to the railroad tracks.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Ellis Lake
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:
20 Yellowlegs, 2/3 Lesser, 5 Semipalmated Plovers to the west beyond largest pool in short grass & mud, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Sandpipers. 1 Sora seen along grassy dike north of circle, flew up & dropped into higer weeds west of dike. Baltimore Oriole 3, male chasing female, 1 singing. Orchard Oriole, House Wren & Yellow Warbler singiing.
Missed the Willet this morning on Roundbottom. Saw it yesterday. Glad Patricia found it J reported.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Newtown
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:
No Willet at 1100
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Latonia, KY
Reporter: Chela Lucia
Other Birders: none
A rose-breasted grosbeak visited our birdbath this morning, and two white-crowned sparrows were spotted yesterday and today. These are new species for our small yard, which we just renovated with bird-friendly plants and a new birdbath.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Newtown Farmers Market
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders: Samantha Sayre
Sorry for the extremely late post. Last Saturday at this location Samantha and I had a Dunlin well into breeding plumage (as previously reported) and a Short-billed Dowitcher. -Thought I'd add these species into the mix because it seems to support Bill's theory that this spot is going to attract birds thru the season. As a side note: I found that parking in the soccer lot and scoping across the road provided pretty decent views and allowed me to position directly across from different areas but still being screened from disturbing the birds by the raised roadway.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach area
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of note this morning: 1 Adult Bald Eagle, 1 Osprey, up to 3 or more Common Loons, 2 molting Dunlin on beach, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs on the tate ramp "beach" to the left of the ramp, 4 Bonaparte's Gulls, Prothonotary Warbler, FOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo, both Orioles, Yellow, Prairie, Blue-winged, Yellow-rumped warblers etc,
Had Savannah Sparrow on beach yesterday.
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Rd., Newtown
Reporter: Patricia Lee
Other Birders:
I feel pretty confident in saying that the WILLET is still around the flooded field. I had almost given up this morning too when (about 9:30) he stood up from behind taller grass almost in the exact middle of the water. Late night, I guess? He pruned himself for a few minutes and then gave a good stretch of the wings (what made me feel so certain in ID). He wandered around groggy looking for a bit, and then joined everyone else already partaking in breakfast. Interesting observation of behavior-- he doesn't seem well-liked by the pectorals. They kept trying to shoo him off!
Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
After being very conspicuous yesterday, there was no sign of the Willet this morning. However, there were 2 Dunlin, both starting to get a smattering of black belly feathers.
Given the lack of "east side" shorebird habitat this site has potential through the season. I suspect there is a drainage issue with the field as it has been holding water in that corner for quite a while now. The Little Miami River should be good for shorebirds this spring as well given how low it is. The gravel bars at Armleder have held nice mixes of shorebirds in years past.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Rd, Newtown
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders: Susan WIlliams
Thanks to Jack and Mark for getting the word out on the Willet in the flooded field by the Newtown Farm Market. Susan and I had great looks at it from 6:30-7:30pm. It was a Life Bird for her and an Ohio first for me. We also had Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe and Killdeer, as well as Canada Geese, Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler (2), American Coots, Chimney Swifts and 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Lower Little Miami River (various stops)
Reporter: Jack Stenger
Other Birders: Mark Gilsdorf
Mark and I birded the lower Little Miami River Corridor this morning/early afternoon and had good species diversity, but no big surprises outside the aforementioned Willet. By my count we had 99 species (not counting the ones I forgot to count) on the day by casually birding multiple habitats within the valley.
There was good shorebird habitat at the Armleder “Bean Field” and the flooded field by the Newtown Pits (next to Newtown farmer’s market). We had Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Killdeer at both locations and snipe and a Semipalmated Plover at Armleder.
Other notables at Armleder:
2 Bobolinks (males in the North Field)
2 Grasshopper Sparrow
15 Savannah Sparrow
1 Blue Grosbeak
1 Osprey
On the day, we had 17 species of warblers, 10 of which breed in the area, and the other 7 being the expected late April migrants. Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated, Northern Parula, Nashville, Yellow, Tennessee, and Common Yellowthroats were widespread and found at many stops.
One female Common Goldeneye and 2 female Scaup (probably Greater by brief look) were notably late waterfowl in the nearby gravel pits. We also saw 3 Herring Gulls flying up the Ohio River towards downtown.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Round Bottom
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
Willet remains at 7:45; probably the most conspicuous bird there. Constantly sunning wings and chattering.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Soccer fields on Kellof Ave near Rivertowne Marina / Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
While waiting for soccer practice to end saw a Merlin, 2 Warbling Vireos, Eastern Kingbird and a flyover Common Loon.
In the morning, yardbirds included:
2 Red-eyed Vireos
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Palm Warbler
1 Blue-winged Warbler
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Montgomery co Ohio Butler co Ohio and Hamilton co. Ohio
Reporter: Daniel Boone
Other Birders:
First Chimney swifts of season in Monroe and Sharonville. Heard a Hooded warbler at Germantown reseve.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: caesars creek gorge
Reporter: adrian smith
Other Birders:
After hearing that a new influx of migrants may have turned up overnight i went for the gorge......turned out to be pretty lively with newbies!
YR warbler, Louisiana waterthrush, N parula, yellow throated warbler, nashville warbler, common yellowthroat, black throated green warbler, yellow warbler plus red eyed vireos, phoebes, indigo buntings, catbird, house wrens, orchard orioles cotinually chasing each other around the pond, broad winged hawks!
Also had an osprey perched in a tree by clarksville road and two full plumage common loons by the dam and as a bonus a new yard bird when i got home with a rose breasted grosbeak!
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Finneytown
Reporter: Daniel Hadley
Other Birders:
FOS hummingbird working our native honeysuckle vines 7pm wednesday evening.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Felicity
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
FOS Ruby-throated Hummingbird, male, at my window feeder, 2:50pm.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Road
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:
Willet still present. Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Broad-winged Hawk soaring. Left at abou 1 or 1:30 pm.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Franklin County, IN, roadsides
Reporter: Bill Buskirk
Other Birders:
This morning (26 Apr) I decided to slowly drive Franklin County back roads to see what kind of numbers I could get for residents and early migrants. Starting at 0700 I worked the roads slowly until about 0930 when wind speeds increased and song activity began to wane. The area was SW of Brookville, S of the Whitewater River West Fork and not as far west as Metamora. After that, I visited the flatlands around Bath where overnight rains have produced some nice shorebird habitat -- as yet largely uninhabited. Highlights were large numbers on several species, as well as a few new arrivals.
Roadsides -
Broad-winged Hawk 1 my FOY
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Acadian Flycatcher 2 my FOY, 2 locations
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 my FOY
White-eyed Vireo 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 6
Warbling Vireo 13
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 54
Carolina Chickadee 3 (only)
Tufted Titmouse 56 (lots of song today)
Carolina Wren 23
House Wren 22
Wood Thrush 36 (lots of song today, a high count)
American Robin 270 (estimated)
Gray Catbird 52
Ovenbird 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 (surprised not more)
Northern Waterthrush 2, my FOY
Blue-winged and Prairie Warblers - none, but undoubtedly missed as now beyond my hearing range.
Kentucky Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 29
Cerulean Warbler 1, my FOY
Northern Parula 1 (also certainly underheard)
Yellow Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 4, my FOY
Eastern Towhee 15
Chipping Sparrow 34
Field Sparrow 31
Song Sparrow 63
White-throated Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 7 (no Summers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9, my FOY, along Whitewater River bottomland where they breed
Indigo Bunting 2, my FOY, seen only
Orchard Oriole 18
Baltimore Oriole 33
Bath, northeastern Franklin Co. -
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Pectoral Sandpiper 19
Water Pipit 1
Rusty Blackbird 1 female
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:
Broadwing Hawk, Nashville Warbler, Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Wood Thrush, Hairy Woodpecker, a few other unsurprising birds.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Eastwood metro park Dayton
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
No pacific loon this a.m. 11 common loons to make it difficult.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Newtown Farmers Market, Round Bottom Rd
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger & Mark Gilsdorf
My son Jack Stenger and Mark Gilsdorf are out birding together while I sit here chained to a desk. Jack just called and asked me to post the following report for them. There is a WILLET in the wet field along Round Bottom Road near the Newtown Farmers Market. Jack and Mark first saw the Willet around 11:00 AM and it was still there at 11:15 AM. There are several yellowlegs, pectorals and other common species also present.
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Nick Baker
Other Birders: John Edmundson
Quick stop at the Miami Fort trail. Highlights were:
Wood Thrush
Cerulean Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Pileated Woodpecker
BG Gnatcatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebakeshow/
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders: Josh Eastlake
Stopped by at lunchtime (maybe before Jason was there as we didn't see him)
Highlights:
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) 1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 2
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 1
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 2
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Quick stop for about 45 mins this afternoon on a break from work. Highlights: 2 Nashville Warblers & 6 Chimney Swifts
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, Williamsburg Wetlands
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
9am-10:30am
Warblers included Yellow, Prairie, Blue-winged, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, and my FOY Yellow-breasted Chat, whose vocalizations included a perfectly whistled "Bob!" as in the first half of a bobwhite's call.
Other birds included many Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a cooperative Brown Thrasher,
two Swamp Sparrows aggressively chasing each
other, a pair of Blue-winged Teal, a calling White-eyed Vireo along Bantam Rd that I couldnt find, and my FOY Great Crested Flycatcher (1) and Indigo Buntings (2; 1 adult male, 1 male still molting.)
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Backyard window feeder, South Clermont Co by river
Reporter: Francine Kidd
Other Birders: Richard Kidd
In one day, we heard a lovely wood thrush, and our grosbeaks are back!!! Saw male at a past favorite feeder in our bedroom window.
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: armleder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
Quick walk this AM produced fos 3 indigo bunting, fos 3 chimney swifts, fos towhee, fos black & white warbler & worm-eating warbler, several yellow rumps, heard two prothonories in their usual spots, fos orchard oriole, fos eastern kingbird, 2 wood ducks, 1 pileated. and at least a dozen white crowned sparrows. Lots of the usuals too.
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Blue-headed Vireo and Nashville Warbler in ravine as well.
Full leaf out is making it tough
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Clifton yard
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Worm-eating Warbler in my ravine.
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Location: Our House--Kenwood
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising, Josh Rising
I might as well stop posting because we had a singing male Warbling Vireo in our backyard!
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Winton Woods - yard
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Jackie Seymour
Still have at least three pine siskins hanging around my feeders.
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Shawnee Lookout, Hamilton Co, OH
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders: Veronica Renfrow
We decided to go to Shawnee Lookout to have a picnic and take a hike to celebrate our 20th anniversary. There was at least one singing American Redstart and one singing Cerulean Warbler along the beginning part of the Miami Fort trail. We got very nice looks at both, and sighted what might possibly have been the Cerulean's nest high up in the canopy. We were rather disappointed to see the Hamilton County Park District is also doing extensive herbicide spraying not only for invasive species but just for lazy landscaping purposes.
We also saw one Osprey soaring when we crossed back over the lost bridge upon leaving.
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Location: Newport Riverfront, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
Six or so Cliff Swallows, flying under the I-471 bridge.
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Winton Woods Park
Reporter: Jack Stenger
Other Birders: Jay Stenger
There were five Black-crowned Night Herons in the Great Blue Heron colony visible from Valleyview Drive, east of the Hawk Knoll picnic shelter. We saw another individual nearby.
Although we did not see a black-crowned on a nest, the birds were in pairs, courting and apparently nest building.
Add another chapter to the ongoing saga of black-crowneds and the Mill Creek (and tributaries).
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center - Redwing Trail
Reporter: Tyler Ficker
Other Birders:
Highlights included:
2 barred owls
2 yellow rumped warblers
1 blackpoll warbler
1 prairie warbler
1 ruby throated hummingbird
1 louisiana waterthrush (heard)
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Western Hamilton County (various)
Reporter: Jack Stenger
Other Birders:
I birded some areas in the Lower Great Miami/Whitewater valleys this morning. Highlights below.
Lost Bridge:
4 Semipalmated Plovers
4 Spotted Sandpipers
10 Killdeer
Kilby Road Gravel Pit Area:
2 Grasshopper Sparrow
2 Blue Grosbeak (1m, 1f)
1 Lark Sparrow
Campbell Lakes Preserve
1 Grasshopper Sparrow
Blue Rock Rd. extension area
1 Lark Sparrow
1 Blue Grosbeak (m)
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Anderson Township Backyard
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Warbling Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Anderson Township Backyard
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Blue-winged Warblers singing all day long from a powerline cut 100 yards from my backyard.
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Anderson Township
Reporter: Judith imhoff
Other Birders:
One male ruby-throated hummingbird at our feeder at 8 a.m. this morning.
This is a FOY for our garden.
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Location: Winton Woods
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
1 blue-winged warbler at kingfisher picnic shelter.
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Location: Round Bottom
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
Basically same as previous posts, but with an American Wigeon joining the rest. There were also hundreds of Tree Swallows flying above.
~30 yellowlegs, mix of both species
12 Pectoral Sandpipers
16 Blue-winged Teals
3 Northern shovelers
2 American Coots
45 Canada Geese
6 Mallards
9 Red-winged Blackbirds
1 American Wigeon
~225 Tree Swallows
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Hueston Woods SP & Brookville Lake
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger
Jack and I birded Hueston Wood & parts of Brookville Lake on Sunday, April 22. We also spent a fair amount of time birding the fallow farm fields between Hueston & Brookville. The cold morning temperature of 38 degrees apparently had a negative effect on the songbirds (it certainly did on me), as things were pretty slow compared to our birding over the previous few days. We did have some interesting birds, in fact 92 species for the day, but all were expected on this date. Highlights included 8 Ospreys, 3 Bald Eagles, Forster’s Terns and Vesper Sparrows.
A drive thru Winton Woods on the way to Hueston Woods yielded a Black-and White Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler.
Some of the species we had at Hueston Woods State Park from 8:00 thru 10:00 AM included: Blue-winged Teal 2, Pied-billed Grebe 1, Horned Grebe 1, Green Heron 2, Osprey 2, Cooper’s Hawk 1, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk 3, American Coot 3, Greater Yellowlegs 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 9, Forster’s Tern 3, Belted Kingfisher 1, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 2, Eastern Phoebe 1, Yellow-throated Vireo 4, Warbling Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 1, House Wren 9, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6, Eastern Bluebird 6, Hermit Thrush 1, Cedar Waxwing 1, Northern Parula 2, Yellow Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 9, Yellow-throated Warbler 2, Prothonotary Warbler 4, Common Yellowthroat 3, a Purple Martin and many Tree, N Rough-winged & Barn Swallows over the lake.
From there we birded farm fields along Stout Road north of Brookville and around the Boston Airport until noon. Some of the species we found in this area included: Northern Harrier 1, Coopers Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 2, American Kestrel 1, American Pipit 25~, Horned Lark 50+ (including 1 juvenile), Savannah Sparrow 6, Vesper Sparrows 6 and Eastern Meadowlark 7.
We birded the Brookville Lake area from noon until 2:30 PM. Some of the species we had there included: Hooded Merganser 2 (a pair), Common Loon 6, Double-crested Cormorant 42, Black Vulture 16, Osprey 6 (including 1 at the historical nest and another pair mobbing an eagle, which might indicate a second nesting pair), Bald Eagle 3 (2 im, 1 near adult), Cooper’s hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 3, American Kestrel 1, Ring-billed Gull 15~, Chimney Swift 50+ (one flock in Brookville), Belted Kingfisher 1, Northern Flicker 2, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Eastern Phoebe 1, Eastern Kingbird 1, Horned Lark 40+ (including 2 juveniles), House Wren 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, Eastern Bluebird 5, Gray Catbird 1, Brown Thrasher 1, Northern Parula 1, Yellow Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Yellow-throated Warbler 3, Prairie Warbler 2, Louisiana Waterthrush 1, Common Yellowthroat 3, Eastern Towhee 4, Savannah Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 6, White-crowned Sparrow 5, Eastern Meadowlark 4, Baltimore Oriole 1 and 15+ Cliff Swallows at the Dunlapsville Causeway Bridge. There were literally thousands of swallows foraging over almost every part of Brookville Lake. While we made no effort to count them, 2000 would be a very conservative estimate. My impression was mostly Tree Swallows but plenty of N Rough-winged, Barn and Cliff Swallows were in the mix.
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach/ Harvey Rd., New Richmond
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of Note: 1 Bonaparte's Gull (breeding plum), 1 FOS Forster's Tern, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 adult Bald Eagle, 2 Common Loons, 1 DC Cormorant, Cliff, NR wing, Barn and Tree swallows.
On my way to the park, there were 8 Wilson's Snipe in a corn stubble field down the road from my house.
some pics at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/53481458@N00/
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Location: Goshen
Reporter: Lee Gruber
Other Birders:
Summer Tanager singing this chilly morning. Mid afternoon an Eastern Kingbird hunted from a tall dead limb for an hour, Tree Swallow parents didn't seem to mind. The "spee" of the BGGnatcacher and the plaintiff song of the Wood Thrush are welcomed back.
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Location: E. Walnut Hills
Reporter: Linda Wallpe
Other Birders:
FOS female RT Hummingbird appeared last night at 6:30 and returned again today.
A pair of Barred Owls appears to be nesting in the woods near Owls Nest Park.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
Finally getting around to posting for Saturday. Of note was a visual on a Blackburnian and the high number of Parulas. Local breeders were back in numbers.
Wild Turkey 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (boat ramp puddle)
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
White-eyed Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 50
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Wood Thrush 8
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 50
Blue-winged Warbler 4
Kentucky Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 2
Cerulean Warbler 2
Northern Parula 12
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 5
Eastern Towhee 10
Chipping Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 25
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 3
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Spring Valley, Caesar Creek Gorge,
Reporter: Darlena Graham
Other Birders: Bird Club field trip participants
Sorry for the late posting, still problems with my computer at home. Before the other participants arrived I scared up a Great Horned Owl near the entrance to the road into the beach area and heard a Wood Thrush. We started the field trip with a great Common Loon near the beach. It moved out shortly afterward so we headed over to Spring Valley. On the way the lead car found a Wild Turkey sneaking into the undergrowth. At Spring Valley we picked up great looks at 3 of the 5 Virginia Rails we were hearing, heard at least 4 Soras and 1 American Bittern.
Killer looks at a Palm Warbler, Common Yellow-throat, Yellow Warbler and several Yellowo-Rumped Warblers.
also: Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
2 Winter Wrens
House Wrens
Other than these we basicall the usual suspects.
Leaving there we went over to the Gorge area where we heard but did not see:
No. Parulas
Yellow-throated Warblers
2 Ceruleans (at the top of the steps)
Despite the uncooperative weather we had a fun day.
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Avoca/Bass Island
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
Avoca Park:
1 Bald Eagle - Looked like an adult to me. I wonder what nest it was coming from or going to.
Otherwise, the same stuff that's been there for a while.
Bass Island:
2 Solitary Sandpiper
~60 Chimney Swift feeding in the air over about a dozen each of Barn and N. Rough-winged that were flying/feeding directly above the surface of the water.
1 E. Kingbird
1 Prothonotary
1 Nashville
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Indigo Bunting
1 oriole sp.
And what sure looked like a Wild Turkey crossing 4 lanes of traffic from the plaza next to Kroger over to the garden center.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Riverside Marina, Dayton, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
The possible Ross X Snow or some such little goose is still present at the marina, hanging out with two white barnyards and the Canadas. Might be a good pick up for someone's big day count if it sticks around much longer.
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Magrish and Armleder
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:
Armleder Park
1 Northern Parula near dry small retention pond
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
4 Prothonotary Warblers
1 Common Yellowthroat
Magrish Preserve
1 Baltimore Oriole
15 Chimney Swifts
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Yellow-throated Warbler
10 Yellow-rumped Warblers
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Magrish
Reporter: mark bogosian
Other Birders:
Lots of birds flying around the parking lot here today. Best sightings: Blue Grosbeak, Palm Warbler.
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
2 Dunlin were on the beach this morning. Not much else singing or heard. FOS Orchard Oriole and a Yellow Warbler singing.
Picture of Dunlin at:
http://flic.kr/p/bATgJ7
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Felicity
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Along with my usual suspects, I had my FOY Orchard Oriole this morning, singing from the treetops between my yard and my neighbor's.
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Gilmore Ponds
Reporter: Tom Laughlin
Other Birders:
Osprey
Great Egret (7)
Great Blue Heron
Greater yellow legs
Lesser Yellow Legs
Blue Winged Teal
Mallards
Wood Ducks
Coots
Canadian Geese
Yellow Rumped Warbler
Green Heron
Pied Billed Grebe
Dbl Crested Cormorant
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Deer Park home
Reporter: Darrel Booth
Other Birders:
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeck.
Unable to count the following species.
Assorted Sparrows
Norther Cardinals
America Robin
Tufted Titmouse
North Carolina Chickadee
Grackles
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Location: Winton Place
Reporter: Julie Nieset
Other Birders:
It was just really wonderful waking up this morning listening to the usual cacophany of bird songs, and also hearing a Wood Thrush in the woods behind our home.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Lunken to East Fork
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders: Eric Elfner
Did some BBB (Birding By Bike) in the drizzle/mist. Heard at least 5 Prairie Warblers along Rt 52 between 275 and 10 Mile road. On 10 Mile heard 2 more Prairie, 3 YT Warblers, 1 L Waterthrush, 2 YR Warblers, 1 N Parula and my FOY Wood Thrush. We were too cold/wet to hike at East Fork - but on the way back we heard many GB Gnatcatchers on 10 mile. At Rt 52 and 8 Mile, we saw what appeared to be an eagle soaring over the river - but without binoculars I couldn't make a positive ID.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Winton Woods Park
Reporter: Jack Stenger
Other Birders:
This morning I spent ~3 hours birding around pine stands at Winton Woods Park. I hoped to find Pine Warblers, which breed in the park. Winton didn’t disappoint. There was one singing male at each of the following three locations: 1) Woods North of Sharon Rd. where it intersects with Lakeview Dr., 2)Parcours Trail, and 3)campground.
Other highlights were 2 Pine Siskins and a Tennessee Warbler in the Campground/East Woods area. The Tennessee is notably early, but not alarmingly so.
incomplete list:
1 Barred Owl
2 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Phoebe
1 Blue-headed Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
5 House Wren
1 Brown Creeper (full song)
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
17 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Eastern Bluebird
4 Wood Thrush
1 Brown Thrasher
6 Northern Mockingbird
3 Cedar Waxwing
1 Blue-winged Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
8 Nashville Warbler
3 Northern Parula
14 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Black-throated Green Warbler
9 Yellow-throated Warbler
3 Pine Warbler
1 Palm Warbler
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
13 Eastern Towhee
4 Dark-eyed Junco
10 White-throated Sparrow
2 White-crowned Sparrow
2 Pine Siskin
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Armleder
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Spent two hours at Armleder this afternoon. About half the time was not focused on birds. Highlights were Blue Grosbeak, Cliff Swallows, and the number of Prothonotary Warblers.
Armleder Park, Hamilton, US-OH
Apr 21, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
48 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 4
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 3
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 8
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 4
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 6
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 8
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 1
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 22
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 14
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 1
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 14
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) X
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) X
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 2
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 15
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 50
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) 6
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 17
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 8
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 35
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 15
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 8
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 10
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Oxbow, Lost Bridge & Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders: Oxbow Inc. Bird Walk with six participants
Cold wet day but still had a fairly good day in spite of the weather.
Most of the ducks were seen from the levy near the casino.
Oxbow area: 32 species
Canada Goose 32
Wood Duck 14
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 6
Green-winged Teal 3
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 12
Turkey Vulture 8
American Coot 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 18
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Tree Swallow 75
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 7
European Starling 31
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 13
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Common Grackle 27
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
American Goldfinch 4
Lost Bridge:
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Mourning Dove 3
Tree Swallow 23
Barn Swallow 1
American Robin 7
European Starling 21
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 11
Shawnee Lookout:
Canada Goose 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 21
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 2
Eastern Towhee 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
American Goldfinch 2
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: spring valley and miami river
Reporter: adrian smith
Other Birders:
Two seperate outings today.....spring valley bike path had FOY Baltimore Orioles and Warbling Vireos but not much else!!
On way home to wilmington via back roads came accross a flock of 25 american pipits bathing in a roadside puddle!
This evening walked the bike path next to the canoe launch near fort ancient and had blue winged warblers and northern parula!
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Our House--Kenwood
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
This is really weird compared to our previous postings, but we had at least 2 Yellow rumps calling and being very visual and we got a great view of him/her.
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger
This is a correction from a previous post I made for Shawnee Lookout on Friday April 20th. In the original post I inadvertently made a mistake for the numbers of Northern Parulas. The number I posted of 32 is incorrect and the actual number of Northern Parulas was actually 23. It wasn’t a transposition mistake but a counting mistake. In a line of numbers on my field notes I picked up a 1 & 5 as 15, but it should have been only 6.
Northern Parula is a species whose numbers, in my opinion, have been steadily increasing in our region over the past twenty years. But in re-reading my post we thought that seemed a particularly high number, which made me go back and re-add my numbers. 23 is still an outstanding number as our database records show only one higher total, which was 25 noted in Franklin County, Indiana by Bill Buskirk on 04/30/2003. The third highest record is also from Shawnee Lookout when Jack & I had 16 on 04/24/2005. Just in case anyone is interested the 4th & 5th maximum count records were 15 reported by Neill Cade from Boone County Cliffs on 04/26/2001 and 14 reported by Dave Styer from Burnett Woods on 04/21/1976, an outstanding record at that time. (*Note, I did not search e-bird records)
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Felicity
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
SR 222/133 south out of town - Oddest sighting of the day was the OSPREY, fishing in a small farm pond in a field of beef cattle.
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Chilo Lock 34 Park/Crooked Run Nature Preserve
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
8:00-10:00 am, light rain Best locations were the parking lot and the edge around the wetlands in the park and the meadow field in the preserve. New birds for the year for me were:
Yellow Warbler (two males counter-singing along the fence row between the wetlands and the service buildings)
Gray Catbird (at the same place)
Blue-winged Warbler (2, meadow)
Yellow-throated Vireo (singing the trees along the estuary, at the beginning of the meadow trail)
Trip List:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Fairview Park, Clifton
Reporter: Evan Leon
Other Birders:
Deciding my bed was neither cold nor damp enough for my tastes I took a stroll through Fairview park this morning. Not hopping by any means but I am impressed by the number and diversity of passerines that pile into every little copse or thicket on this side of campus.
White Eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Winged Warbler 3 (this time only singing their own song)
Hooded Warbler 1
Yellow-Rumped Warbler 1
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet 1
White-Throated Sparrow 20+
The Usual Suspects ~
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Ault/Magrish/California
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Jim Lundberg at Ault
Some of the same stuff Jack and Jay got. The only warbler we got that they didn't report was a Blackburnian. Just heard most of our stuff, too. I'm not a big fan of early leaf-out. Blue-grays at all stops.
Ault Park:
1 Great-crested Flycatcher
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue-winged Warbler
2 Nashville
1 N. Parula
1 Blackburnian
3 Yellow-rumped
1 Yellow-throated
4 Black-throated Green
Magrish Riverlands Preserve:
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Brown Thrasher
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
1 Prothonotary Warbler
3 Tennessee
4 Yellow-rumped
3 Indigo Bunting
California Woods:
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Wood Thrush
2 Louisiana Waterthrush
3 N. Parula
1 Yellow-throated
1 Black-throated Green
1 Scarlet Tanager
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Felicity
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
FOY Green Heron arrived at dusk - I heard a "Ske-ow!" call, looked up and he was gliding in from the south and landed in a tree next to my pond.
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: East Fork Lake overlook and tailwater area
Reporter: mark bogosian
Other Birders:
Prairie Warblers prevalent along the road to the tailwater area. Orchard Oriole seen at the overlook.
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Oxbow, 4:00 pm
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders:
Spent about 1 hour this evening checking out the oxbow. The best birding was from the dike looking down on Jackpot Pond. The Wood Ducks and Teal were spectacular in the sunlight. An adult Bald Eagel soared and just before I left.
I missed the Caspians at Lost Bridge. At 5:00 I didn't see any birds at Lost BridgeSuch is the nature of the area. The birds are always moving.
Canada Goose 23
Wood Duck 4
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 6
Green-winged Teal 3
Double-crested Cormorant 62
Great Blue Heron 9
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 7
Bald Eagle 1
Rock Pigeon 9
Mourning Dove 21
Chimney Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 12
European Starling 7
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
American Goldfinch 2
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Our House-Kenwood
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising, John Rising
Ethan posting here...
Yet another rarity for this area!! A male Scarlet Tanager entertained us for about 2 minutes. What is up with this year??
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: My Backyard in Landen Ohio
Reporter: Di Miller
Other Birders:
Red-Headed woodpecker (not the usual red bellied) on the ground under my my feeder at 6:30 this evening! Gorgeous ruby colored head, beautiful white body and black wings--a first for me!
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Larwenceburg Road Gravel Pit
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders: Donna
5 Caspian Terns on sand bar in sky pool south of the road (430 pm today).
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Shawnee Lookout & the Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger
My son Jack and I birded several western Hamilton County locations today from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. We started at Shawnee Lookout and decided we would try to keep an exact count of the number of individuals of at least the migrant species we found. We heard many more birds than we saw and I give credit to Jack and his remarkable ears for many of these numbers, especially the high numbers of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Northern Parulas, two species I don’t hear anywhere near as well as he does. We had 92 species for the day (including 15 species of warblers), 70 in 2.5 hours at Shawnee Lookout. We didn’t really have anything rare, but just good numbers of the expected migrants, most of which were returning breeders.
Some of the more interesting species we found at Shawnee Lookout this morning included: Wild Turkey 5, Black Vulture 4, Red-tailed Hawk 3, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Eastern Phoebe 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, White-eyed Vireo 9, Yellow-throated Vireo 7, Warbling Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 2, No. Rough-winged Swallow 2, Barn Swallow 5, Cliff Swallow 20~, House Wren 8, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 44, Eastern Bluebird 4, Wood Thrush 5, Gray Catbird 2, Brown Thrasher 3, Cedar Waxwing 1, Blue-winged Warbler 3, Nashville Warbler 1, Northern Parula 32, Yellow Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Yellow-throated Warbler 11, Prairie Warbler 1, Prothonotary Warbler 1, Louisiana Waterthrush 2, Kentucky Warbler 2, Common Yellowthroat 7, Yellow-breasted Chat 1, Scarlet Tanager 2, Eastern Towhee 27, Chipping Sparrow 18, Swamp Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 13, White-crowned Sparrow 1, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, Orchard Oriole 1 and Baltimore Oriole 1.
A quick drive through the Oxbow yielded 18 Double-crested Cormorants, Warbling Vireo 1, Prothonotary Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 2, and a Savannah Sparrow. Shorebird habitat is sparse in the Oxbow at the moment, fairly high water in the Oxbow and the ponds and no sky pools in the fields. The shallow pond near Lost Bridge looks decent but it was empty during our look.
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Miami Whitewater Forest & other locations
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger
My son Jack and I birded Miami Whitewater Forest (the main park, not the wetlands) from about noon to 1:00 pm. Again, we tried to keep an exact count of the migrant species.
Some of the species we saw and heard today at MWW included: Solitary Sandpiper 1, Red-headed Woodpecker 1, Eastern Phoebe 3, Eastern Kingbird 1, White-eyed Vireo 2, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo 6, Red-eyed Vireo 1, House Wren 4, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 26, Eastern Bluebird 3, Wood Thrush 3, Brown Thrasher 1, Northern Parula 3, Yellow Warbler 5, Yellow-throated Warbler 4, Prairie Warbler 1, Cerulean Warbler 6, Common Yellowthroat 2, Hooded Warbler 1, Scarlet Tanager 1, Eastern Towhee 6, Chipping Sparrow 15+ & Orchard Oriole 2.
We also made short stops at Kilby Ponds, Fernald Preserve and a drive through Winton Woods at 2:00 pm on our way home.
Some of the species we had during a short stop at the Kilby Road Ponds included: American Kestrel, Horned Lark, White-crowned Sparrow and 3 Eastern Meadowlarks.
Some of the species we found during a 30-minute stop at the Lodge Pond at Fernald Preserve included: Blue-winged Teal 10~, a Solitary Sandpiper, a Wilson’s Snipe, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Savannah Sparrows and in the pines along the entrance driveway were 4 Yellow-throated Warblers and 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers. Seven Mockingbirds seen along the entire stretch of Fernalds main road seemed like a notable number.
The Winton Woods Settling Pond had a lone Ring-necked Duck and a Pied-billed Grebe. Elsewhere in the park we picked up 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Northern Parula and 4 Yellow-throated Warblers.
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Milford Technecenter
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Prairie Warbler
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Roundbottom Rd, Newton
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Thanks to William Hull's report (above) I was able to do some shorebirding over my lunch hour. I missed his snipe and Solitary Sandpiper, but picked up Dunlin.
Trip List:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Coot
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Eden Park
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
A brief lunchtime stop turned up a few new arrivals.
Turkey Vulture 1
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Baltimore Oriole 1
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Location: Spring Valley Wildlife Area
Reporter: Doug Straight
Other Birders:
Trip List: Virginia Rail
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: Flooded field next to Newtown Farmer's Market
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Stopped this morning on the way to work:
Apr 20, 2012 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Flooded field
15 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 102 Includes 12 goslings
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 6
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 31
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 7
American Coot (Fulica americana) 4
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 6
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) 1
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 4
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 14
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 4
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 20
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Location: Greater Cincinnati Airport Viewing Area
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Jack Stenger
We visited the CVG Airport Viewing Area on Donaldson Road this evening from around 6:00 to 6:30. We located the Ferruginous Hawk after about a 10-minute scan. We first saw the bird hovering along the runway well to the left of the viewing area. The bird was actively hunting most of the time we were there.
Some of the other species we observed during our 30-minute visit included 8+ Red-tailed Hawks, an Eastern Kingbird, a Savannah Sparrow, 2 Grasshopper Sparrows, a Vesper Sparrow that gave us close views at 15 feet, 20+ Eastern Meadowlarks (the second most common species we saw after starlings), and 2 adult Killdeer with a brood of 6 chicks following them around on a gravel road just inside the fence.
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