Cincinnati Bird Sightings Log

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: Backyard near Blue Ash
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

Spent the day placing baby mantis all over the yard and weeding my garden. The Mockingbird sang for hours i kid you not. Later while fixing a snack a first for my feeders was a Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak. He was eating suet and later came back from the woods across the street for corn. Looked in a book and saw they like elderberry,blackberry and cherry. Had to smile since i worked removing honeysuckle to free up a elderberry bush surrounded by black berry and i planted a Chokecherry tree all across the street on the edge of the woods. Hard work is rewarded. Karma.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: Armleder Park 5:30- 6:15 p.m
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:

My observations are similiar to Don Martin. I also saw 6 Bobolinks. They flushed from the same area as yesterday, in the field across from the dog park The Dickcissel didn't sing as often today. Found a pair of Blue Grosbeak and the male was all blue.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: Southgate, Ky
Reporter: Eddie Ehrman
Other Birders:

My FOS Common Nighthawk last night. My LOS Common Nighthawk tonight.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: A.J. Jolly Park, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

Just a quick stop:

2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 male Wood Duck, 2 Great Blue Herons, 4 Eastern Phoebes, 3 Baltimore Orioles.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Don Martin
Other Birders:

I walked the loop tonight between 6:30 and 7:15. In addition to the "usuals" I observed the following:

Dickcissel - 1
Bobolink - 6
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Orchard Oriole - 2

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Location: Armlender
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:

quick trip produced pair of great egrets, 1 scarlet tanager, black vultures, 1 orchard oriole, many indigo buntings, 1 chat, & several species of warblers. Also 5 great blue herons.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: Backyard next to Rapid Run Park
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders: Mike Acheson

Several warblers late Wednesday evening including Blackburnian(1 male), Northern Parula(1 male), and Yellow-rumped (~dozen). Warbling Vireo and singing Brown Thrasher.
Unfortunately, found a dead female Ruby-throated Hummingbird on our deck.

Trip List:

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: Winton Woods backyard
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: None

Nice early morning activity FOY female Rose-breasted Grosbeak and 3 Pine Siskins at my feeders.

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Location: 3847 St. Lawrence Ave. Price Hill
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the feeders and then singing from a nearby tree.

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: Wilder, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

I forgot to post that I had one singing male Blue Grosbeak by the Country Inn (Escape Theatre area) on Monday.

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Location: My neighborhood near Blue Ash/ Kelley Nature Preserve
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

Awoke to the cool surprise of my Praying Mantis in full hatch mode at least three of the 30 egg cases that is. So i spent sometime releasing them all over the neighborhood and the Still Single Mockingbird was blasting away full tilt. He has started jumping around and almost dancing in the tree tops. Funny stuff. I figure he will eat a few baby mantis. Later a shopping trip took me by Kelley Nature Preserve so i stopped to look at the river and saw a Kingfisher flying all around and tried to sneak on it but no luck. Heard a Pileated Woodpecker across the river. Short visit. Just before dark i went across the street and walked thru the woods and figured the regular 3 deer and robins would be the only thing to report but I decided to walk thru Sycamore Township's Composting Area on the edge of the woods and heard Killdeers. Never seen or heard them in the compost area. Then one appeared and tried to lure me away from what might be a nest site. It flew and made sure I was paying attention to it. Well as i was exiting the composting area, the killdeer's real worry was walking towards the composting area. A raccoon with a limp. Listened for a bit but the raccoon seemed worse for wear and no killdeer calls came.

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Location: Armleder 3:30-4:20p.m
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:

Dickcissel was singing in the tree that Kirk found it last night, Found a pair of Blue Grosbeaks while watching the Dickcissel. Found the female first then a first year male flew in , they exchanged pleasantries and disappeared into the grass. Flushed a male Bobolink in the short grass field across from the dog park. It flew about 20 ' and disappeared into the grass. Also there is a Spotted Sandpiper flying around the S fields Watched it land in the fields three times in three different places
There were 3 Semipalmated Plovers, 6 Least Sandpipers and 2 Spotted Sandpipers on the gravel bar under the "old" river overlook. Also found the Cliff Swallow flying over the river. There is a Bank Swallow flying around the S parking lot that seems to be very interested in one of the nest boxes.

Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Location: Magrish Preserve
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:

Magrish was in full swing this morning with Pileated Woodpecker, cuckoos, orioles and several warblers including a Golden-winged.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Farbach-Werner NP
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

On my lunch hour I watched a male blackpoll warbler just over my head when all of a sudden it was chased off by a territorial male yellow-throated warbler (this bird has been consistently heard in this spot of the preserve (behind the nature barn). Nice looks at both. Also had a blue-headed vireo, palm warbler and four singing Nashville warblers.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Rowe Woods Cincinnati Nature Center
Reporter: Dennis Smoyer
Other Birders:

Rose Breasted Grosbeak at my feeding station late in the day. Barred owl has been calling very vigorously these last three nights coming in the direction of the wildflower trail.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Armleder / Clifton
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:

I was at Armleder just before Eric. My highlights were:

5 singing Savannah Sparrows
1 Grasshopper Sparrow
1 Broad-winged Hawk

I did not find the previously reported Red-breasted Mergansers but I did see 3 females last weekend.

In Clifton 9 Common Nighthawks flew over the house about 7:00PM.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Front Yard Near Blue Ash
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

While fixing my broken wagon wheel,just because you can drop heavy trunk wood doesn't mean you can move it anywhere once it's on the ground, I heard the sound of baby birds. So i looked and saw some house finches going into a bush right on the edge of my yard. I looked at a pretty good sized nest but it's too high up for me to see any babies. Plus while up in the tree the last couple of days i have seen some great really close bird flybys. And had a great above view of a grackle flying under me. Different views being higher up.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Armleder Park 5:00-5:30 p.m
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:

Very quick visit after work. Checked the overlooks. Found 1 Greater Yellowleg, 1 Spotted Sandpiper and 1 Killdeer on gravel bar. Found 1 Cliff Swallow flying above the river. One Great Egret was perched in the dead tree on the other side of the river. It was the same tree that the Peregrine Falcon likes to use. Also found 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 1 Orchard Oriole, 3 singing Savannah Sparrows and three Eastern Meadowlarks.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Armleder Park -- 7-915pm
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:

1 Dickcissel (singing in the tree with fewer leaves next to the middle of the southern mowed path)
10 Least Sandpipers
5 Spotted Sandpipers
1 Solitary Sandpiper

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: Camp Dennison
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

I wouldn't post this but looking at the database its getting late. There was 1 Horned Grebe in breeding plumage with 3 Coots.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Miami Twp Clermont, Goshen and Southern Warren County
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

In my backyard I had a RB Nuthatch moving with some Warblers. This was a female which makes sense, probably their last push headed north.

Goshen area had a pair of RH Woodpeckers on nest.

Just north of this location in the same block there were a pair of Bobwhites in Warren County.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Maineville, Ohio backyard
Reporter: Jason Husband
Other Birders: None

A single Red-breasted Nuthatch showed up at the feeders around 6:30pm and is still here as of 8:30pm.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Feeders, Home, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:

1st female Ruby-throated at feeders.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Kings Mills, Ohio, yard
Reporter: Karen Wolnik
Other Birders:

FOS male Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder I put out yesterday. Most frequent visitors are the Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers sipping the sugar water.

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Gilmore Ponds
Reporter: Ken Phillips
Other Birders:

Seven male indigo buntings around the marsh area. (I'm certain that I saw a like number of females, but I cannot ID the females well enough yet!)

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Ellis Lake Wetlands, West Chester
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:

The skypools have probably largely dried up by now. Sunday there were good numbers of expected birds at the site:

Least Sandpiper ~100
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 50+
Pectoral Sandpiper 20+
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killder 10+
Dunlin 2

The numbers of Least Sandpipers were impressive. I counted over sixty in the near skypools. Scanning back beyond into the short vegetation and mud, dozens more Leasts were moving back and forth just about everywhere I looked.

With a little intentional management, this could be a good seasonal spot for migrant shorebirds. But we could say that about many places in the tri-state! If only more shorebird species were in the "game bird" category. ;-)

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:

Did an hour long walk around the north and east edges as well as the pond.

Mallard 3
Black Vulture 1 (soaring very high on a thermal with a Red-tailed Hawk)
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Swainson's Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 3
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 5

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Linnett Leisner
Other Birders:

Great Egrets, Wood Ducks, Blackpoll and Prothonotory Warblers, Blue Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrows, Savannah Sparrow, Dicksissel, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, lots of Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Yellow-breasted Chat singing it's little heart out, Pileated Woodpecker, female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, pair of Red-breasted Mergansers, Cedar Waxwings and all the rest we expect to see there! I love this place! I feel very fortunate to live less than ten minutes away!

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:

Singing Northern Parula and Wood Thrush heard from my office window

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Rowe Woods Cincinnati Nature Center
Reporter: Dennis Smoyer
Other Birders:

Sitting on the patio at my residence Sunday afternoon and I observed some movement up the hill where my power line runs towards the Grosbeck lodge. I glassed the movement and observed a female turkey. She went very rigid and let out a loud cluck and then a red fox darted past her. I watched the fox move along the edge of the hill and then it disaapeared. When it showed itself again it was carrying what appeared to be a young turkey in it's jaws.

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:

Three male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS at the feeders behind the Rowe Building at lunchtime

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: Dayton Riverfront, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

One pair of Gadwall at the Yacht Club. Also, I talked to several people there that saw a pelican hanging out at the Yacht Club last week. They described it variously as brown or grey, so it could have been a Brown Pelican or possibly an immature White Pelican. They did get photos and hopefully I'll get a look at them later. Just my luck I was out of town (but did pick up a first Brown Creeper nest record for the State of Georgia instead :-).

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: RAPTOR facility
Reporter: Susan Williams
Other Birders:

I watched a pair of Northern Rough-Winged Swallows building a nest under the Covered Bridge near the RAPTOR facility.

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: Armleder and California Woods
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:

Armleder: in addition to some of what is expected, a Mute Swan hanging with Canada Geese, Hooded Warbler near the new observation point, Blue Grosbeak upriver 200 yards from the observation point, several Orchard Oriole sightings, Pileated Woodpecker moving across open field.

California Woods: Barred Owl proximity of Kirk and Eric's sighting. You might find the owl there again. I have seen it twice out of three visits. I tied a white cord around the trunk of the maple that it was perched in. You can find the maple on the left side of the wooden steps, going up the Ridge Trail, but view the owl from the Ridge Trail above the wooden steps after the trail makes a sharp left turn. The foliage is heavy, but keep moving up the trail until you find an opening to view the perch.

Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Location: Finneytown back yard
Reporter: Jerry Lippert
Other Birders:

One female Nashville Warbler and one Swainson's Thrush in the back yard today.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Front yard near Blue Ash
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

Sitting on my front porch taking a break from what is now about a 12 foot tree of hardcore thick trunk wood, I saw a Grackle chasing a Red tailed Hawk across the street over my home. The Grackle was making a lot of noise and getting really close to the hawk with each dive bomb. While this went on until the Grackle broke off the chase and the Hawk flew across the street above the 24 acre Woods. And no sooner does the hawk get above the woods when the Crow, that was calling from in the woods earlier when I was dumping wood, comes chasing after the hawk big time. It was cool to watch and this went on until another RT hawk showed up and the Crow broke off the attack.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Shawnee Lookout Park
Reporter: Laura Keene
Other Birders:

I had a cool sighting yesterday at Shawnee Lookout Park. I observed (and photographed) mating Yellow-billed Cuckoos. The male obtained a caterpillar, hopped on the back of the female and passed her the caterpillar while mating. He then left and picked up another caterpillar which he returned to feed to her. www.so-keene.com/YellowBilledCuckoo.htm

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Cincinnati Bird Club & Audubon Society

By my count at least thirty-six birders took part in the Cincinnati Bird Club and Audubon Society joint field trip to Spring Grove Cemetery yesterday morning, Sunday May 4th. The weather was beautiful and the birding pretty good, but I think the strong north winds of the previous night hindered migration somewhat. Our highlights were Black-throated Blue Warbler, Pine Siskins (breeding?), and 19 species of warblers. We started at 7:30 (kinda) and wrapped up about noon. While there was great variety, I thought warbler numbers were generally low. We finished with 91 total species, a pretty good number for this one location, and one that reflected a real group effort. We had a great group of people and camaraderie was high. I may have missed a species or two or underrepresented a number because we didn’t compare notes or have a tally afterwards, although I have been at many tallies where there were less people.

Our complete list (X means no attempt to count): Canada Goose X, Mute Swan 1 (the local bird), Wood Duck 2, Mallard X, Great Blue Heron 1, Black-crowned Night-Heron 7 (at nest site), Green Heron 2, Turkey Vulture 15~, Cooper’s Hawk 1, Red-shouldered Hawk 1, Broad-winged Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 2+, Killdeer 3, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Ring-billed Gull (on Mill Creek), Rock Pigeon X, Mourning Dove X, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4+, Chimney Swift 10~, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3, Red-bellied Woodpecker 6, Downy Woodpecker 5, Northern Flicker 2, Pileated Woodpecker 2+, Acadian Flycatcher 1, Least Flycatcher 3, Eastern Phoebe 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 6, Eastern Kingbird 2, White-eyed Vireo 1, Yellow-throated Vireo 4, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Warbling Vireo 5, Red-eyed Vireo 10~, Blue Jay X, American Crow X, Tree Swallow X, N Rough-winged Swallow 4+, Barn Swallow 1, Carolina Chickadee X, Tufted Titmouse X, White-breasted Nuthatch 6+, Carolina Wren 5+, House Wren 12, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10+ (one on nest), Veery 1, Swainson’s Thrush 2+, Wood Thrush 3, American Robin XX, Gray Catbird 2, Northern Mockingbird 2, Brown Thrasher 1, European Starling X, Tennessee Warbler 3, Nashville Warbler 4, Northern Parula 1, Yellow Warbler 6, Chestnut-sided Warbler 2, Cape May Warbler 3, Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 10+, Black-throated Green Warbler 2, Blackburnian Warbler 1, Yellow-throated Warbler 6, Pine Warbler 1, Palm Warbler 10~, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler 2, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 1, Ovenbird 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Scarlet Tanager 5, Eastern Towhee 2, Chipping Sparrow 25~, Field Sparrow 2, Song Sparrow X, White-throated Sparrow 10~, Northern Cardinal X, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3, Indigo Bunting 4, Red-winged Blackbird X, Common Grackle X, Brown-headed Cowbird XX, Orchard Oriole 1, Baltimore Oriole 14, House Finch X, Pine Siskin 2+, American Goldfinch X, and House Sparrow X.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Magrish 11:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders: Kirk Westendorf, Jim Lundberg and Mark Bogosian

Warblers: 3+ Yellow, 2+ Tennesse, 3 Blackpoll, 1 Black and White, 1 Cape May, 1 Nashville, 1 Magnolia, 1 American Redstart, 2 Prothonotary,30+ Yellow-rumped, 3+ Palm and 1 Yellow-breasted Chat. There were a flock of 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers in a tree next to the parking lot "flycatching" a swarm of flying ants. We finished with 19 different warblers today.
Vireos: 1 Red-eyed and 1 Warbling.
Orioles: 1 Orchard and 8+ Baltimore .There seem to be more Baltimore Orioles at this park than anywhere else. You can see 5-6 Baltimore Orioles sometimes without leaving the small parking lot.
Also: 2 Mallards, 1 Wood Duck, 2 Cedar Waxwings,3+ Indigo Buntings, 1 Great-crested Flycatcher. 1 Summer Tanager, 6 Rough-winged Swallows and a pair of Eastern Towhees.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: 3847 St. Lawrence Ave. Price Hill
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:

Some interesting birds in the yard (or heard from same) today.

Trip List: Red-shouldered Hawk 1, Common Nighthawk 1, Chimney Swift 20, Northern Mockingbird 1, Cedar Waxwing 2, Yellow Warbler 1, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Chipping Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 1

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Ault Park. 7:30-10:30 a.m
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders: Kirk Westendorf and Jim Lundberg

It was a beautiful day and the birding was good.
Warblers:3 Blue-winged,1 Black and White, 1 Black-throated Blue. 4+ Nashville, 1 Black-throated Green, 1 Tennessee, 1 Magnolia, 1 Palm, many Yellow-rumped, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 3 Hooded ( heard), 2+ Blackburnian (heard), 4+Ovenbirds. Saw the Black and White Warbler and Black-throated Blue together in the same tree next to the parking lot.
Vireos: 4+ Red-eyed, 1 Warbling, 1 Yellow-throated and 1 Blue-headed.
Tanagers: 1 Scarlet and 2 Summer.
Cuckoos: Saw 2 Yellow-billed and heard many more. Also heard 1 Black-billed call multiple times.
Flycatchers: 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees
Woodpeckers: 1 Pileated, 1 Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied.
Raptors: 2 Cooper's Hawks, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk..
Two male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in the same tree. Two Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 1 Brown Thrasher, 2 Gray Catbirds,1 White-throated Sparrow, many Chipping Sparrows.
Robins, 10+ Wood Thrushes but no other thrushes.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Kellywood Ave.
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

Common nighthawk (FOY) heard at 10:15 p.m.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Ross County
Reporter: Paul Krusling
Other Birders: Jeff Davis

I know this is a bit outside our area, but Jeff and I saw a snowy egret actively foraging in the Scioto River today in Chillicothe. When a group of people approached the bird it flew a short distance downstream exposing its yellow feet.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Miami-Whitewater
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders: Pete Kavouras

Highlights of a great day of 94 species include: horned grebe, canvasback, marsh wren, Henslow's sparrow, Kentucky warbler, yellow-throated vireo nest.

See full report at
http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/OHIO.html

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Western Hamilton County
Reporter: Paul Wharton
Other Birders:

I birded several abandoned gravel pits in western Hamilton County this morning looking for a few specific birds. I was both 3-for-3 and 0-for-3 depending on the target. I struck out on Blue Grosbeaks, which I found in all 3 places last year. However, I did find LARK SPARROWS at all 3 spots. The gravel pit along Kilby Road that was recently purchased by the Hamilton County Park District had at least 3 Lark sparrows that were acting very territorial. The same area also had several Grasshopper sparrows, 6-7 Savannah sparrows, Field, Chipping, and Song sparrows, plus several E. Meadowlarks, E. Kingbirds, and several flyover Great Blue Herons. I saw at least 6 Great Blues fly over towards a small area along the Whitewater River. It was in private property so I didn't explore.
I also had a singing LARK SPARROW in the open area south of the Osprey nest platform at Campbell Lakes Preserve, another HCPD property along Campbell Road. A third LARK SPARROW location is the gravel pits across from Dravo Park on East Miami River Rd. This spot is less than a mile from where Lark sparrow bred last year and were recently seen again this year. All 3 of these spots were sparcely vegetated with much exposed gravel and very little dirt. With all of the gravel pits in the Whitewater and Great Miami River valleys, I strongly suspect that we are overlooking Lark sparrows and Blue Grosbeaks.

Trip List:

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Spring Valley WMA
Reporter: Don Martin
Other Birders: Robbie

Sora - 3 seen
Am Coot - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Yellow Warbler - many
Prothonotary Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - many
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Orchard Oriole - 5

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Higginsport, Ohio
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders: Michele Leonhardt, Paul Ice

The Eagles are doing well. 2 Adults, and 3 chicks. Today was a great day for photos.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Location: Gilmore Ponds
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:

I walked the wet edge of West Pond this morning. Five Sora, 1 American Bittern (I didn't see this bird until I happened to walk up to it, and it didn't flush), + American Coots, 1 Green Heron , and at least two calling Pied-billed Grebes. Also, three Lesser Yellowlegs, 6+ Solitary Sandpipers, and 1 Wlson's Snipe. I was out a bit late and probably missed a lot, but the conditions and the numbers and behavior of the various wetland birds is promising.

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Gorman Heritage Farm Evendale
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

I stopped in to renew my membership and had a oriole of some type fly by me really quick and over the pond by the parking lot. When I went in the building, Sandra said the Orioles are back and I said Yep. Great place.

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Location: Anderson Township
Reporter: Lon Bussell
Other Birders:

Rose-breasted grosbeack.

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Blue Rock Road (new extension)
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders: Wayne Wauligman

Wayne and I located two Lark Sparrows (near the end of the new extension - same area as last year).

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Miami Twp Clermont
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

Good afternoon in the rain for migrants. Best bird was a singing Worm-eating Warbler that was down several yards but sang for 10 mins or so.

Also 1 Tennessee Warbler, 1 Black and White, 1 Bay Breasted Warbler, 5 Palm, and 7 YR Warblers.

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Shawnee Lookout Park
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders:

There was a strong fall out at Shawnee Lookout this morning. Conditions were perfect for it with strong south winds and scattered storms overnight and a low ceiling and scattered showers this morning. Winds are forecast to be from the north tonight, so maybe that will keep many birds put.

When I arrived at 8:30 AM I realized immediately it was going to be good, so I decided to keep an actual count for most species. I had 101 species for the day and 25 species of warblers. Certain other species such as Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, House Wrens and Easter Towhees to name a few, were abundant. A pair of Blue Grosbeaks is back at Mt Nebo Rd. From 8:30 until noon, I made frequent stops along Lawrenceburg Rd. from Lost Bridge to about a mile beyond the Miami Fort Plant and then along the main road in the Park.

Some of the more notable species I had this morning included: Wild Turkey 11 (2 flocks, males displaying), Double-crested Cormorant 14, Great Blue Heron 4, Great Egret 1, Black Vulture 2, Turkey Vulture 20+, Cooper’s Hawk 1, Red-shouldered Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 3, Peregrine Falcon 1 (Miami Fort Plant), Solitary Sandpiper 2, Least Sandpiper 7, Pectoral Sandpiper 5, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Acadian Flycatcher 2, Least Flycatcher 1, Eastern Phoebe 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 9, Eastern Kingbird 1, White-eyed Vireo 9, Yellow-throated Vireo 6, Blue-headed Vireo 2, Warbling Vireo 8, Philadelphia Vireo1, Red-eyed Vireo 14, Tree Swallow 30+, N Rough-winged Swallow 15, Bank Swallow 12, Cliff Swallow 15, Barn Swallow 6, House Wren 32 (everywhere), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10+, Veery 1, Swainson’s Thrush 4, Wood Thrush 21, Gray Catbird 2, Brown Thrasher 1, Blue-winged Warbler 1, Tennessee Warbler 4, Nashville Warbler 2, Northern Parula 7, Yellow Warbler 19, Chestnut-sided Warbler 5, Magnolia Warbler 2, Cape-May Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 3, Yellow-throated Warbler 2, Prairie Warbler 1, Palm Warbler 2, Blackpoll Warbler 1, Cerulean Warbler 3, Black-and-white Warbler 1, American Redstart 4, Prothonotary Warbler 1, Ovenbird 2, Northern Waterthush 1, Louisiana Waterthrush 1, Kentucky Warbler 3, Common Yellowthroat 22, Hooded Warbler 2, Wilson’s Warbler 1, Yellow-breasted Chat 8, Summer Tanager 1, Scarlet Tanager 13, Eastern Towhee 33, White-throated Sparrow 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4, Blue Grosbeak 2, Indigo Bunting 24, Orchard Oriole 13 and Baltimore Oriole 27 (Not a typo).

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Lake Grant Wildlife Area Brown County OH.
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:

I spent a wet morning surveying areas around Lake Grant Wildlife Area in Brown county. The Ohio BBS areas include: 76D1SE, 83A4NE and 83A5NW. Some highlights include Canada Goose with two young. Two Eastern Kingbirds harassing a Red-shouldered Hawk as it attempted to catch breakfast. Two Louisiana Waterthrush on territory at two different streams. Northern Rough-winged Swallows checking out drains under the bridge at the dam spill way.

Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-shouldered Hawk
Wild Turkey
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Camp Friedlander, Clermont
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

Among the mix of Warblers in the morning was a singing Golden-winged Warbler. Seems like in the spring I only have them every other year or so, such a tight migration window for them.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Covedale Backyard
Reporter: Jerry Byrd
Other Birders: Jonda Byrd

A red letter day for us with sightings of: a male and female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, a male Scarlet Tanager and an all day visitation at our backyard pools of a Northern Waterthrush. The tanager and waterthrush were 1st ever sighting in our yard in over 20 years of birding.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Armleder Park. 8:30- 9:35 a.m.
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:

Found 1 Green Heron, 2 Spotted Sandpiper and a pair of Mallards around small retention pond
Around the S woods found 3 Baltimore Orioles, 1 Orchard Oriole, Palm Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers and one singing Yellow-breasted Chat.
This is the first Yellow-breasted Chat I have found at Armleder. There was one calling from across the river last year.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Near Blue Ash in my Front Yard
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

So before the rain drove me inside I had a wonderful seat on top of a 15 foot high cut off stump of the Ash tree. I was harnessed in and cutting away and enjoying the view over my house at the trees in the backyard where all the feeders are. It was so cool having the Rock Doves flying over my head and landing on the trees in the backyard and then dropping down behind the house to get the Millet and Milo. Not putting out anything else besides Thistle and Shell Peanuts in feeders. Lots of Male Goldfinches. Oh and the Mockingbird landed on top of the Red Cedar and did the calls of a Blue Jay, Red bellied Woodpecker and many others, plus in the background as i was calling back to him was another Mockingbird across the street near the big woodlot and that's where the Mockingbird headed and landed on top of a tree to sing more. Great day.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Caesar Creek
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:

On the beach this morning 8:00am there were 16 Forster's Terns and 1 Common Tern. Over at Springvalley 1 Common Moorhen.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Farbach-Werner NP
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

While eating lunch at Farbach-Werner NP today I heard what to my
ears sounded like a Canada Warbler but I could not locate the bird. Also a male gnatcatcher was collecting tent caterpillar silk and lichen.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Rowe Woods Wildflower Trail Lower meadow
Reporter: Dennis Smoyer
Other Birders:

Yellow Throated warbler and Ruby Throated hummingbird near stream crossing D on my walk in this morning. Indigo Buntings are in great abundance all along the lower meadow as well as near my residence. Baltimore Oriole singing in the vicinity of the wetland off of Barg Salt. Yellow Rumped Warblers and Blue Grey Gnatcatchers evry evening outside the house the last three days just prior to sunset. Yellow shafted flickers nesting in sycamore outside my front door near bridge to house. Rose Breasted Grosbeak sighted last couple of days aroud the Rowe Wood Visitor Center. Great Horned Owl was on the nest sight this morning and flew off to a over watch location when I approached. I could see two owlets peering over the tree at me!

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: armlender
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:

orchard & baltimore orioles
1st indigo bunting of yr.
blue grossbeak
& the rest of the usuals

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Avon Woods Nature Preserve
Reporter: Olivia Gennett
Other Birders:

Today's new attractions are.....
Chestnut Sided Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Ovenbird

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:

Heard, and then saw, a single Broad-winged Hawk soaring not far above the houses along Ludlow Avenue.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Backyard/ Western Hills
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders:

White-crowned Sparrow: first time we've had this species in our yard.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Rybolt Rd., Green Twp.
Reporter: Pat Riley
Other Birders:

Last evening around 5:30 there were four male rose-breated grosbeaks at my backyard feeder. Looked for some females but saw none. This morning only saw one male at the feeder.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Miami Twp, Clermont
Reporter: Ken Phillips
Other Birders:

For the sixth year in a row I have a brood of barred owls. I hear the hissing, but I've never located the nest! (They've had as few as one, and as many as four chicks. It sounds as if there are at least two.)

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: backyard
Reporter: deb Quilligan
Other Birders:

Sitting on my back deck early evening with the budgies outside with me in their aviary, several wild birds came in to investigate. A pair of cardinals whom I believe are setting up a nest in a nearby bush, couplea’ grackles, a robin... THEN! a teeny little house wren flew in & perched not even 5 feet away. Much head cocking & (I imagine) puzzlement... and wren began to warble, bubble, & gurgle. Budgies answered back. A little wren/budgie “conversation” ensued for about three or four minutes before wren flew off.

Date: Friday, May 2, 2008
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: David Helm
Other Birders:

a Blue Grosbeak, Bobolink, Orchard Oriole at the southern half of Armleder this morning.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders:

I also visited Spring Grove this morning, May 1st, from 9:15 to 11:00 AM. I saw 9 Black-crowned Night-Herons on 5 active nests in the same sycamore they have nested the past few years which is located on the small island near the east shore of Geyser Lake. I echo Neill Cade’s sentiments that we should keep our distance from the nest site and especially stay off of the island (there is a small bridge) as the colony is easily viewed from any number of locations around the lake.

Some other species I observed at Spring Grove today included: Great Blue Heron 2, Red-shouldered Hawk 1, Red-tailed hawk 2, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Least Flycatcher 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 3, Blue-headed Vireo 2, Warbling Vireo 4, Red-eyed Vireo 4, House Wren 12, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10, Swainson’s Thrush 3, Wood Thrush 2, Brown Thrasher 1, Tennessee Warbler 1, Northern Parula 1, Yellow Warbler 2, Chestnut-sided warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 4, Yellow-throated Warbler 2. Palm Warbler 1, Blackpoll Warbler 1, Kentucky Warbler 1, Scarlet Tanager 2, Eastern Towhee 4, Chipping Sparrow 25+, White-throated Sparrow 12, Indigo Bunting 1, Orchard Oriole 1 and Baltimore Oriole 3.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: East Miami River Rd. yard; Colerain Twp
Reporter: Paul Wharton
Other Birders:

This evening, I had 2 Common Nighthawks actively feeding over the yard. They did not act like typical straight-line migrants, instead they covered a fairly small area feeding constantly and silently. First of the year for me.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: Mason backyard
Reporter: Laura Keene
Other Birders:

FOY female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird at the feeder this evening! A welcome sight since the Red-Breasted Nuthatch appears to have departed. He was last seen 4/22/08 (first spotted 9/2/07).

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: Avon Woods Nature Preserve
Reporter: Olivia Gennett
Other Birders: George Hardebeck

Identified this morning were:
Catbird
Magnolia Warbler
Oriole
Wood Thrush
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
Black Throated Green Warbler
and last but not least (putting myself out there, not George) heard a golden wing warbler, however it looked a bit like a hybrid (perhaps Lawrence's?)

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: None

An early lunchtime loop netted 59 species. The Black-crowned Night-Herons have returned to their nesting spot. Please view these birds from a distance as they are still tidying up last year's nests and haven't laid eggs yet.

The Pine Siskins, Pine Warblers, and at least one female Red-breasted Nuthatch are still present.

Warblers featured a gorgeous male Blackburnian and an understatedly-handsome male Black-and-White.

Trip List: Canada Goose, Mallard, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Location: Shawnee Lookout, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: Kim Cade

From 7:00-8:20 PM, we found 81 species in the park and at Elizabethtown bridge. Highlights included: 12 species of warbler, featuring Golden-winged; all of the yellowlegs, swallows, mimic-thrushes, and orioles; and getting-late Black Vulture and White-crowned Sparrow.

Trip List: Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Killdeer, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Acadian Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Near Blue Ash/ and Deer park
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

I was sitting on my front porch taking a break from tree cutting when the noise of Red bellied Woodpeckers going crazy drew my attention to the telephone pole on the corner two houses away. These two RB Woodpeckers were acting like something was really messing with them but i saw nothing besides themselves. The noise brought tons of grackles into the tree near the pole and then two starlings came probably looking for a nest hole to steal but then all of the sudden the Woodpeckers flew off towards the woods across the street. Later while getting my dads mail for him in Deer Park i noticed a mother Robin sitting on her nest in the crook of a drain pipe. She didn't look that concerned. No sign of the white squirrel that my dad feeds peanuts.

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Armleder Park -- 7-915pm
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder

2 Cliff Swallows along with at least a few of every other swallow except Purple Martin.
1 Solitary Sandpiper
7 Spotted Sandpipers
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Wilson's Snipe (heard at dusk)
2 nest-building Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
2 Orchard Orioles

Plus the usual warblers and resident birds for this habitat.

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Camp Dennison/Kelley Nature Preserve
Reporter: Lee Gruber
Other Birders:

many singers today
CD Orchard Oriole,3 Brown Thrashers,5 Palm Warblers, 6 Blue Wing Teal,3 Yellow Warblers,King Fisher,4 Spotted Sandpipers,Warbling Vireo

KNP Indigo Bunting,Baltimore Oriole,Kingfisher

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Mt. St. Joseph/Earth Connection
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders: Sr. Marty

Sr. Marty and I checked out the location for this Saturday's children's birdwalk for the Queen City Bird Festival at the College of Mount St. Joseph (see calendar).
Cape May Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Towhee, American Robin, Mourning Dove, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Downy & Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, House Finch, Red-winged Blackbird. Hopefully, there will be at least 10 species on Saturday morning! If not, there will be lots of other children's activities to keep the young ones entertained. See message board regarding a local chapter of the Ohio Young Birders.

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Feeders, Home, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:

A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at feeder. Picture at http://donaldthebirder.blogspot.com/

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Rapid Run Park/Western Hills
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders:

Small group of Northern Rough-winged Swallows over the reflecting pond. Several Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Palm Warber, and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet bathing in a small stream in the woodlot by the nature trail. Kinglet was also singing this am. Small movement of Blue Jays. Flyover of two Red-tailed Hawks. Red-breasted Nuthatch in pine near ballfield. Eastern Phoebe (h) calling. Gray Catbird in thicket behind my house adjacent to park. Rose-breasted Grosbeck (since Tuesday evening) at my feeder. Great Horned Owl calling almost every night from various locations in the park and from our neighborhood... but never a response in the last few months. Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird observed plucking nesting material (small buds of "leaflets" from a vine) then carrying the mouthful toward the woodlot behind the baseball backdrop.

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Location: I-74
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

3 Cooper's Hawks in direct flight across I-74 just W of Rybolt/Harrison Rd. exit (#11). I don't recall seeing more than 2 Cooper's other than during migration or near a nest.

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Chilo Lock #34 Park
Reporter: Keith Robinson
Other Birders: Laura Seals

1 White-winged Scoter still present in front of the visitor center.

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Location: Caesar Creek beach
Reporter: Larry Gara
Other Birders: nonr

This morning there were on the beach 2 Caspian Terns, a Cormorant,and a CATTLE EGRET The Egret left the beach for the grassy area where it began feeding.

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Location: Armleder Park 4:45-5:30PM
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:

I spent all of my time in the south end of the park near Duck Creek and along the Little Miami slightly upstream of Duck Creek.

Canada Goose 10
Red-breasted Merganser 1f
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 7
Turkey Vulture 6
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Chimney Swift 35
Belted Kingfisher 2
Warbling Vireo 2
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Bank Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 4
American Robin X
European Starling X
American Pipit 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 100
Palm Warbler 7
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee X
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch X

Between South Milford Rd and Armleder I would guess that there were probably close to 1000+ Chimmey Swifts. They were visible anywhere you could see the Little Miami from Roundbottom Rd.

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Brian Wulker
Other Birders: Gale Wulker

Canoe Access ramp: 2 Carolina Wren, 1 House Wren, 10 YR Warbler, 2 Palm Warbler, 3 Magnolia Warbler, 3 Prothonotary Warbler, 1 N. Parula, 2 BG Gnatcatchers 1 Baltimore Oriole, 2 Eastern Kingbirds (Seemed weird, they were 80 feet up in the trees over the river and stayed there for about a half hour feeding, I’ve never seen them that high up), Chimney Swift, Tree and Rough-Winged Swallow, Downy, Hairy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, cardinal, robin, RW blackbird, and blue jay.

In the fields in between the shelter and the river overlook (by the river bend) there were at least 10 Palm Warblers flying among the scattered clumps of brush. (Some landed on the path.)

At the River Bend Overlook: 1 Prothonotary Warbler, 2 Carolina Wrens, 2 Common Yellowthroat, 15+ RW Blackbird, 1 Downey Woodpecker, 2 Gray Catbird (in the recently cut honeysuckle that now is piled by the side of the river.) 2 BG Gnatcatchers, Many Tree and Rough-Winged Swallows, 1 Field Sparrow singing across the river and up to 6-7 Spotted Sandpipers on the opposite bank of the river downstream about 100 yards.

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Location: Camp Dennison/Grand Valley
Reporter: Jeff Brown
Other Birders: Matt Miller

Matt called and said he had a blue grosbeak behind the ranger shed this morning. It flew across the road near the asphalt company as he was on his way back to his vehicle.

Date: Monday, April 28, 2008
Location: Front Yard near Blue Ash
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

Today while turning the last of the 35 foot tree into about 20 feet i was waiting for a hawk sighting but nothing was happening and no sooner does the last widow maker come down as the storm winds roll in and here comes a Beauty of a Red Tail Hawk being tossed around by the crazy winds. Such a wonderful feeling at this lovely sight.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center Rowe Woods
Reporter: Michael Kravitz
Other Birders:

One of the best days I’ve seen here. I birded from 9:00 AM to Noon and again in the late afternoon. In addition to some of the species reported by Lola Irvin during the bird walk (a few entries below)I spotted Eastern bluebird, ruby-crowned kinglet, and heard field sparrow and red-eyed vireo. Highlights were the warblers, especially a few cerulean and MANY yellow-rumped, Baltimore oriole, and rose-breasted grosbeaks at the feeders near the visitor center.

Date: Monday, April 28, 2008
Location: Lake Isabella (River side)
Reporter: Susan Williams
Other Birders:

I watched a pair of blue-gray gnatcatchers nest-building in a tree near the river.
Also heard a northern parula.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Ellis Lake, Gilmore Ponds, Spring Valley, Caesar Creek SP, VOA
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:

Sorry for the belated posting. I ended the day with 22 first of the year (FOY) in Ohio species.

I started the day on Saturday, April 26, here in Southwest Ohio between 9:30 and 10:00 am at Ellis Lake and nearby Gilmore Ponds. At Ellis Lake, I found one Black-bellied Plover (FOY), which flew and revealed the black axillaries/”arm pits,” 18 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Solitary Sandpipers, one Spotted Sandpiper (FOY), one Least Sandpiper and 14 Pectoral Sandpipers and many Killdeer. It was chilly and damp. Along the bike/hike trail to the east I found 2 Cooper’s Hawks, 1 Warbling Vireo (FOY), 1 Chimney Swift (FOY), 4 N. Rough-winged Swallows, 2 Barn Swallows, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 House Wren, 1 Wood Thrush, 6 Gray Catbirds (FOY), 1 Blue-winged Warbler (FOY), 8 Yellow Warblers, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 2 Palm Warblers and 3 Indigo Buntings (FOY).

At Gilmore Ponds, I found 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Sora, 1 Chimney Swift, 4 White-eyed Vireos (FOY), 4 Warbling Vireos, 2 Red-eyed Vireos (FOY), 10 Tree Swallows, 6 N. Rough-winged Swallows, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 8 Gray Catbirds, 3 Brown Thrashers, 3 Nashville Warblers (FOY), 12 Yellow Warblers, 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 4 Palm Warblers, 1 Black & White Warbler, 2 Prothonatary Warblers, 1 Northern Waterthrush (FOY), 1 Yellow-breasted Chat (FOY), 1 Blue Grosbeak (FOY), male, 2 Baltimore Orioles (FOY) and 4 Orchard Orioles (FOY), 3 males and 1 first year male—yellow with black face patch.

At Spring Valley WA, I added 1 Eastern Kingbird, 2 Yellow-throated Vireos (FOY), 4 White-eyed Vireos, 3 Warbling Vireos, 15 Yellow Warblers, 100 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 10 palm Warblers, 3 Prothonatary Warblers, 1 Baltimore Oriole, 3 Orchard Orioles, 1 Virginia Rail (FOY) and 7 Soras at the boardwalk. At the gravel pit north of the Rosanna-New Burlington Road, I found 6 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shovelers, males, 3 American Wigeon, 1 male & 2 females and one Redhead, male.

As the sun started dropping more rapidly in the west, I made a few fast stops at Caesar Creek State Park. First I found one Great Crested Flycatcher (FOY) and another Yellow-throated Vireo in the woods at the Horseman’s Camp Ground on the way from Spring Valley to Caesar Creek SP. At the watertower on the way to the beach off of Route 73, I found a Prairie Warbler (FOY) singing and 1 Northern Parula singing at the parking lot in the gorge below the dam. Again at Caesar Creek SP on the road on the way in to 50 Springs Picnic Area across from the first parking lot on the right, I found Hooded Warbler (FOY).

Just before sunset, at Voice of America Park, I found 4 Bobolinks (FOY) and 1, maybe a second, Henslow’s Sparrows (FOY) singing.

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Location: Winton Woods backyard
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none

For those of you keeping track of certain sightings: I had a red-breasted nuthatch help me fill up my feeders in the afternoon. Well I was filling and he was trying to empty.

Date: Monday, April 28, 2008
Location: Magrish Preserve
Reporter: mark bogosian
Other Birders:

Many migrants easily seen near the parking lot including a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Prothonotary, Palm, and Yellow Warblers.

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Location: Edge of Appalachia and Shawnee State Forest
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders: Darlena Graham, Darry Whitsett, Mary Ann Barnett

We gals took a short, but !SWEET! 24 hour trip to southeast Ohio with Chuck Will's Widow, Ruffed Grouse and warblers being our target birds. We got the Chucks, missed the Grouse, got 21 Warblers and totaled 88 species for the trip.

Arrived Saturday about 4:30 PM and hiked the Wilderness Trail at Edge of Appalachia Preserve. The terrain, wildflowers, and butterflies were wonderful. Besides the usual birds, we saw and/or heard:

Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Catbird
Ruby-cr Kinglets
a Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrushes
Blue-winged Warblers
No. Parulas
Yellow-rumps
Black-throated Greens
a spectacular Blackburnian male
Yellow-throated Warblers
Pine Warbler
Black and White Warbler
many Ovenbirds (every bird Mary Ann looked at was one)
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Orchard Oriole

At dusk, we drove down Waggoner Riffle Rd. listening for Chuck-Will's Widows and munching our dinners. Added Common Yellowthroats and Prairie Warblers to our count. We parked on Copas Road and enjoyed the frog chorus and the emerging bats. And happily heard 3 individual Chucks (and a Barred Owl.)

Sunday morning, we drove the roads in Shawnee State Forest. It was incredibly beautiful with redbuds and dogwoods in bloom and perfect weather. The birds were everywhere! Ceruleans and Hooded Warblers were singing at practically every stop. We watched several Kentucky Warblers chasing each other in and out of the brush beside Pond Lick Road. A group of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks entertained us in the tree tops. I could go on and on.... Additional migrants for the morning:

Osprey (at marina area)
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cape May
Cerulean Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warblers
Kentucky Warblers
Hooded Warblers
Yellow-breasted Chat
Baltimore Oriole

We stopped at Higginsport on the way home early afternoon and enjoyed watching mama eagle feeding her 3 awkward, gangly almost-fledglings.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: Jason Cade

From 7:30-11:00 PM, the cemetery had a nice variety of birds. Highlights included courting Baltimore Orioles, the season's first Eastern Kingbird, 2 pairs of Wood Ducks, a Pied-billed Grebe, and a calling (but not seen) Pine Siskin. The night's best bird was a heard AND seen Eastern Screech Owl.

Mammals were particularly plentiful, including a couple of species of bats, Red Fox, Eastern Chipmunk, Gray Squirrel, White-tailed Deer, Opossum, Raccoon, and one smelled-only Striped Skunk.

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Location: Miami Whitewater Park
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders: Jim Lundberg, Kirk Westendorf and Matt

We found a total of 66 species today from 8:00 a.m until 12:30 p.m
Warblers: Cerulean, Cape May, Common Yellowthroat, Black-throated Green, Black and White, Nashville, Tennessee, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Northern Parula, Palm and La. Waterthrush.
Vireo: Red-eyed, White-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated.
Great Blue Heron, Great Egret and Green Heron.
Blue-winged Teal, Horned Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe and Virginia Rail.
Wood Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole.
Sparrow: Field, Swamp, Song, Chipping, White-crowned and Eastern Towhee.
The highlight for me were the many Cerulean Warblers. Jim saw his first Cape May Warbler. Matt got 6 life birds. Kirk and Jim flushed a Virginia Rail near the wetlands.

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Location: armlender
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:

Mid-morning stroll produced the usual suspects along with a male Baltimore Oriole, black-billed cuckoo & the resident kingfisher.

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Location: Boone Co Cliffs
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: Julie Morris

Warblers --La. Waterthrush, Kentucky, Hooded, Cerulean, Ovenbird, N.Parula, C. Yellowthroat, Yellow, Y-Throated, Y-rumped, Tennessee, Nashville, Black and White, Blue-winged. Other enjoyables were FOS Scarlet Tanager and FOS Great-crested Flycatcher, and nesting Yellow-throated Vireo. Saw four species in copulation..spring is here.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Front Yard near Blue Ash
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:

For the last few weeks i have slowly cut down a 35 front Ash Tree in the front yard and since i am using only non electric tools like axes and saws i have had the pleasure of seeing tons of birds and not to say getting one heck of a great workout. Well day right after dropping one of the tallest limbs down along came two Red Tailed Hawks checking out what the noise was about and flying so low i didn't optics to see them really good and heck they almost run into each other watching me and the tree. And before that a Turkey Vulture was being chased by a Grackle. I have never in my life seen so many Vulture and Hawks flying above my home than i have seen while removing this great tree i have been climbing since i was alive. Great sights.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Miami Whitewater Forest and Wetlands
Reporter: Paul Wharton
Other Birders: 8 Cincinnati Bird Club members

We had a good day in Miami Whitewater as we ended up with 105 species in 5-1/2 hours. We started in the Timberlakes area, moved over to Bowles Woods and then out to the Wetlands. HIghlights included 2 Horned Grebes,1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Gadwall, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Canvasback, 1 Hooded Merganser, 3 Cooper's Hawks, 3 Redtails, 2 Red-shouldereds, 2 Wild Turkeys, only 1 Sora, 10 Killdeer, 9 Gr. Yellowlegs, 20 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Solitary sandpipers, 1 Spotted, 75 Pectorals, at least 15 Snipe, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 1 Barred Owl,1 Ruby Throated Hummingbird, 3 Phoebes, 3 Great Crested Flycatchers, 30+ Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 1 Veery, 3 Swainson's Thrushes, 12 Wood Thrushes, 2 Gray Catbirds, 7 Brown Thrashers, 1 White-eyed Vireo, 1 Blue-headed, 8 Yellow-throateds, 6 Warbling, and 4 Red-eyed vireos, 16 Warblers including 2 Tennessees, 2 Nashvilles, 6 N.Parulsa, 20 Yellow Warblers, 40 Yellow-rumpeds, 1 Yellow-throated, 5 Palms, 1 Blackpoll, 15 Ceruleans, 1 Prothonotary, 6 Ovenbirds, 1 La. Waterthrush, 2 Kentucky, 10 Common Yellowthroats, 2 Hoodeds, and 1 Chat. We also had 1 Summer Tanager, 8 Scarlets, 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 1 Indigo Bunting, 30 RS Towhees, 12 Chipping Sparrows, 10 Fields, 2 Henslow's, 20 Songs, 8 Swampers, and 8 White-throateds, 2 Bobolinks, 2 Rusty Blackbirds, 8 Orchard Orioles, 10 Baltimores and 150 plus Goldfinches. Jay Stenger and Sue Metheny had the 2 best birds of the day- 2 LECONTES SPARROWS. They were seen along the farm road in the grassy fields with the wet spots mixed in. They got the typical looks for LeConte's- medium brown birds with orange on the side of the face, flushed very close and flew very close to the ground and then quickly dropped to the ground. Jay will be writing up full details. Of course, I missed them while I was looking for the calling Henslow's sparrows. All in all, a very nice day with good birds and good company.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Winton Woods
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders: Jerry Lippert

During the Winton Woods Birding Fest Jerry and I did some birding in east side of the park. After a nice warbler fallout in the Spring Beauty Dell (many Yellow-rumped, 2 Black and White, a N Parula, and a Blackburnian Warbler), we headed for the Warren Wells preserve. Jerry spotted a Worm-eating Warbler that was soon "chased off" by a Golden-winged Warbler.
At the banding station, we were treated to a close up view of a Veery (as well as many other migrants - thanks to Lester Peyton and his "master-bagger" son).

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Clermont County Pierce Township
Reporter: Francine Kidd
Other Birders: Richard Kidd

Oh Boy!!! Wwe have 3 male rose breasted grosbeaks at our feeders!

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:

One Cape May Warbler along with several Yellow and lots of Palm and Yellow rumped Warblers.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Mitchell M Forest ,Shawnee, Oxbow,Winton W
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: Julie Morris

Nice warbler day and total of 76 species. Warbs - Prothonotary, Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated, Black and white, Nashville, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Pine, Blackpoll, Black-throated green, Redstart, Blue-winged, N.Parula, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Palm, Cerulean. Other spring goodies were Broad-winged Hawk, 4 Vireo species, Wood thrush, Kingbird, House wren, E. wood peewee, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: East Fork State Park
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:

Birded East Fork this morning. Lot of locals , but not many migrants.

Location: East Fork State Park
Observation date: 4/26/08
Number of species: 69

Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 35
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 6
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 12
Chimney Swift 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 6
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 35
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 24
Tufted Titmouse 24
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
Eastern Bluebird 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 6
American Robin 24
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 6
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 2
Blue-winged Warbler 4
Northern Parula 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 6
Prairie Warbler 2
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Scarlet Tanager 8
Eastern Towhee 6
Chipping Sparrow 24
Field Sparrow 50
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 35
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 35
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 35
House Sparrow 2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Ellis Lake Wetlands, West Chester
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:

1 American Golden Plover, 4 Killdeer, 35 Lesser Yellowlegs, 7 Greater Yellowlegs, 12 Least Sandpipers, 3 Solitary Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 3 Wilson's Snipe, 2 Green-winged Teal.

Jeff Brown happened by independently a little later and the American Golden Plover was still there. It's in an interesting intermediate plumage/molt. Pretty bird.

This area is located off of Firebird Drive along Union Center Boulevard, west of Route 747. There's a white building with red trim--the "Parillo Performance" building, according to the sign--on the west side of Firebird Drive. Follow the drive back to a cul-de-sac/parking area for the Port Union To Gilmore Ponds Bike-Hike trail. The trail itself runs west to Bypass 4 and east to Route 747 at Port Union Road.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center Rowe Woods
Reporter: Lola Irvin
Other Birders: Dave Helm, Leader and 8 bird walk participants

A great spring morning yielded 56 species including 11 warblers. The list includes GB Heron, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Cooper's Hawk, Buteo sps., Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owls (2 young in the nest), Chimney Swift, Ruby-thrtd Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downey, Hairy, N. Flicker, Pileated, E. Phoebe, Blue Jay, A. Crow, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, C. Chickadee, T. Titmouse, WB Nuthatch, C. Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wood Thrush, A. Robin, Blue-winged Warbler, N. Parula, Yellow-rumped, Blk-thrtd Green, Yellow-throated, Palm, Cerulean, Black-and-white, Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, YB Chat, E. Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp, White-throated, N. Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, House Finch, A. Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Wyoming Ohio Hamilton Co.
Reporter: Jeff Hays
Other Birders:

I added a good bird to my yard list last night. Starting at dusk a Whip-poor-will called off and on for about an hour. The bird was calling from a small woods behind the house.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Location: North Bend Yard
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders:

I just retruned home from workimg in Piketon/Portsmouth Ohio where I saw 5 Worm-eating warblers. This morning sitting on the deck I was surprised by yard bird 118; Worm-eating warbler. He appeared just after 4 Rose-breasted grosbeaks were at my feeder. I'm really going to miss this yard when it sells.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Long Branch Farm
Reporter: Benjamin Hart
Other Birders:

2 Green Herons courting. FOS Catbirds.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: Lake Isabella
Reporter: Susan Williams
Other Birders:

Singing warbling vireo on the river side of the park.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Jerry Lippert
Other Birders:

A Wood Thrush, a Yellow-throated Vireo, and a Red-eyed Vireo were heard singing at Shawnee Lookout this morning.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Ault Park
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:

Warblers:
4 Blue-winged, 1 Orange-crowned, 1 Nashville, 1 Parula, 5 Yellow-rumped, 2 Black-throated Green, 1 Black and White, 3 Ovenbird, 2 Hooded, and 2 more species I couldn't get by song only (probably Palm and Redstart)

Also a surprise Red-headed Woodpecker as well as 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3 Red-eyed Vireo, 4 Wood Thrush, 1 Scarlet Tanager, and 1 Baltimore Oriole

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Maineville Ohio backyard
Reporter: Jason Husband
Other Birders: Deana

FOY male Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeders this evening. This is about two weeks earlier than the past three years.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Felicity
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:

New arrivals to the yard this evening: My first Eastern Kingbird and my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird for 2008.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Armleder
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders: Eric B

2 Least Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 2 American Pipits on gravel bar

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Location: Clifton Backyard
Reporter: Lori Brumbaugh
Other Birders:

New arrivals: Yellow, Yellow-rumped and Blue-winged Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Least Flycatcher.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: VOA Park
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:

1 Henslow's Sparrow, 2 Bobolinks, 20+ Eastern Meadowlarks, 5 Savannah Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, 2 Song Sparrows, 90 Red-winged Blackbirds, 1 Great Horned Owl, 1 Wilson's Snipe, 7 Killdeer.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: Mitchell Memorial Forest
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

On nice days I like to study for the GRE outside, especially since my time for birding has been very limited of late. I tend to choose picnic areas within parks and nature preserves. Today I studied at a picnic table in one of the tall pine stands within Mitchell Memorial Forest. As I studied, I did most of my birding by ear with the exception of an active male pine warbler flitting about above me, ostensibly sporting a USFWS band on his left leg. Other spring migrants heard were: red-eyed, yellow-throated and white-eyed vireos, yellow-throated warbler, Northern waterthrush and dickcissel. Also heard a distant barred owl around 5:20 p.m.

Also, a yellow-throated warbler is on territory at Farbach-Werner NP where I ate lunch today.
Yesterday (4/23) I heard the first house wren, two houses down, in our 8 spring seasons we have lived on Kellywood Ave. Technically not a yard bird yet (my two wren houses are still in place) but a new neighborhood bird.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: Clifton Back yard
Reporter: Lori Brumbaugh
Other Birders:

The House Wren arrived this week to eject the chickadees from the nestbox. 4 Baltimore Orioles arrived today,verbally dually constantly and chasing each other. A pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a pair of Flickers were screaming at each other all evening, fighting over a nesthole. Whose it originally was, I have no idea.
The Chipping Sparrows were bugging, trying to trick me into thinking they were warblers.
Finally I had my first Prothonotary Warbler in the backyard this evening. He seemed a big confused, climbing in and out of an open bag of charcoal on my neighbor's porch. He spent the evening going in and out of a tall piece of pottery on her porch, Structurally, I guess it did resemble a snag! He took several baths and sat on the fence singing until right before dark. Finally the yard is starting to rock!

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: Winton Woods Lake shore near Hammel Pond
Reporter: Jerry Lippert
Other Birders:

A great fallout this evening of warblers along Winton Lake, at the exact spot where our banding station will be this Saturday as part of the Winton Woods Birding Fest (7:00 AM - 1:30 PM, April 26th). This area is behind Winton Centre, behind Hammel Pond along the lake shore. There were ~ 30 or more Palm Warblers and 25 - 30 Yellow-rumped Warblers feeding in a concentrated area. Palm Warblers littered the ground in some spots and would fly up and down between the ground and low branches, often with two or three or four of the birds within a few feet of each other. It was one of those times when you physically could not get every bird in the binoculars because there was so much action. All of the birds were actively feeding, flying everywhere, and fairly tame so that close looks were afforded. Mixed in with the Palms and Yellow-rumpeds were Yellow Warbler 2, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2, and nearby were Prothonatary Warbler 1, Orchard Oriole 3, House Wren 3, Carolina Wren 2, Chipping Sparrow 3, Wood Duck 1, Great Blue Heron 1, American Goldfinch 4, Blue Jay 4, Mourning Dove 6, Grackle 18, Starling 20, American Robin 15, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: East Fork North Side
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

Visited the new wetlands searching for some butterflies/dragonflies Bill H had found. While in this area these are the birds I encountered: 1 Green Heron, 4 calling Barred Owls, 1 Wood Thrush1 N Parula, 3 BW Warblers, 2 Pairie Warblers, 5 YR Warblers, and 1 FOS calling/singing Summer Tanager.

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Location: Spring Valley WA
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:

After work stopped to check for new migrants or arrivals. The highlights were: Sora 6, bordwalk, Eastern Kingbird 2 along bike trail, Marsh Wren 1, boardwalk, Wood Thrush 3, first of the season for me, Northern Parula 1 singing, Yellow-rumped Warbler many migrants, Yellow Warbler lots, back in force, Palm Warbler 2, first of the season for me, Prothonatary Warbler 3 singing, Common Yellowthroat 4, singing, boardwalk, Rusty Blackbird 35, count estimate in two different flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles along bike trail. No orioles or vireos, but arrived too late in the day for them to be still singing.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Location: Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Chris Clingman
Other Birders: Suzanne Clingman

White Winged Scoter is still present near the visitor center.
Kingbird arrived today.

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Lake Isabella
Reporter: Jim Scott
Other Birders: STEVE GRUBB

GH OWL HAS FLEGED WAS SITTING ON A NEARBY TREE AROUD DUSK 2 OTHER BIRDERS WITH CAMERAS WERE THERE WAITING IN THE MOTHER TO FLY IN

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Location: Winton Centre in Winton Woods; Finneytown back yard
Reporter: Jerry Lippert
Other Birders:

On Wednesday, 4/23, we had a singing Warbling Vireo and a male Yellow-throated Warbler outside Winton Centre. This seems to be the first day we've had them back this year at Winton Centre. Also in my back yard in Finneytown there was a singing White-throated Sparrow.

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Location: Southgate/Ft.Thomas
Reporter: Eddie Ehrman
Other Birders:

Chimney Swifts last night and this morning(24th) back in this part of town.

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Location: Gilmore Ponds
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:

I was out between 7 and 8 p.m. There were a few birds that we didn't find Sunday during the field trip. 40 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 Prothonotary Warbler, 1 pair Eastern Phoebe, and a couple Orchard Orioles. There were a couple Pied-billed Grebes calling from West Pond. I haven't seen cormorants at Gilmore Ponds in a long time.

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Location: Armleder Park -- 7-9pm
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:

1 Great Crested Flycatcher, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 American Woodcock (still displaying), 1 Great Horned Owl, 2 Yellow Warblers, 2 Yellow-rumped, 1 Yellow-throated, 2 Palm, 1 Common Yellowthroat

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Prairie Oaks MetroPark, Franklin Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: None

The Darby Lakes area was the place to be this evening. Highlights included 1 Surf Scoter (not even on the MetroParks checklist!), 11 Ruddy Ducks, 14 American Pipits, 4 Vesper Sparrows (all singing!), 8 Rusty Blackbirds, and a calling Sora.

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Location: Anderson Twp. backyard & Clermont County
Reporter: Judith imhoff
Other Birders: Ben Imhoff

Four Hummingbirds buzzing around the yard this week. (We have four feeders out and lots of lilac and daffodils in bloom.) And one Zebra Swallowtail along with red admirals and cabbge whites (?) in the garden yesterday.

We saw a red-headed woodpecker Monday while playing golf in Clermont County--first one we've seen in our area since we moved to Ohio.

I think spring has sprung around here!

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Winton Woods
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders:

I took a slow 45-minute drive around the park this evening from 7:45 to dusk, stopping from time to time, and noted the following species.

Wood Duck 4, Pied-billed Grebe 1 (settling pond), Great Blue Heron 3, Cooper’s Hawk 1 (at nest), Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (on nest), Red-tailed Hawk 1, American Coot 14 (settling pond), Eastern Screech-Owl 1, (calling near settling pond), Chimney Swift 6, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 3, White-eyed Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Tree Swallow 60~, N Rough-winged Swallow 4, Barn Swallow 6, Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (pines across from campgrounds), House Wren 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8, Wood Thrush 4, Brown Thrasher 3, Yellow Warbler 1, Yellow-throated Warbler 2, Pine Warbler 1 (campgrounds), Eastern Towhee 8 and Orchard Oriole 1.

An unexpected treat was seeing 3 beaver at the Settling Pond at dusk. Two of them were, for a short time, partly out of the water along the shoreline. Beaver have become common enough, but because of their predominantly nocturnal behavior, I seldom get great looks at them.

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:

Stopped this morning before work. Found a male Orchard Oriole , 2 Yellow Warblers and a Chipping Sparrow near the small retention pond,
Flushed 4 Snipe out of the cattails near the large retention pond. They didn't fly far and landed in the field between the retention ponds. There were 2 more Yellow Warblers around the large retention pond, 1 Common Yellowthroat and 3 N.Rough-winged Swallows.
Checked the S woods and found only 2 pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. Saw 2 Bank Swallows checking out a hole in the steep bank on the other side of Duck Creek

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Boone County Cliffs
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:

I wanted to add Black-throated Green Warblers to Mike and Ann's list of 12 warblers. I saw 2 up on the cliff trail.

And thank you, Mike and Ann for directing me to the Prairie Warbler.

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Rising Sun, Indiana
Reporter: Velda Miller
Other Birders:

Wonderful to come home from work and be greeted by a male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird at the feeder. He and the Prairie Warblers (their calling too) are my sign that spring has arrived!

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: east fork state park
Reporter: mark bogosian
Other Birders:

Migrants seen today at the dam area boat ramp and the overlook: Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Palm Warbler, Prairie Warbler and Warbling Vireo.

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Boone County Cliffs/ Middle Creek Road off of Ky Rt 18/
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders: Mike Acheson

12 species of warblers today along Middle Creek Road. We birded from the intersection with Ky. Rt. 18 to the overlook at TNC's Boone County Cliffs. Yellow-throated, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Blue-winged, Prairie, Pine, Hooded (H), Kentucky (H) Warber, and Northern Parula (dozens!), Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, & Louisiana Waterthrush.

We also found our FOS Baltimore Oriole, several Gray Catbirds, Wood Thrush (H), and a Scarlet Tanager (H). White-eyed Vireo (H), Yellow-throated Vireo, and possible Red-eyed (H?). We also had Blue-gray gnatcatchers (dozens & dozens), Brown-headed Cowbirds (too many to count) Belted Kingfisher, Red-tailed Hawk (2), Wild Turkey, Black & Turkey Vultures. Downy, Red-bellied, and Pileated Woodpeckers. Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Eastern Towhee, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Crow, American Robin, White-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Phoebe, Carolina Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Canada Geese and Mallards.

Lots of spring wildflowers along the way including stands of Virginia Bluebells, Blue-eyed Mary, Spring Beauty, Phlox, Larkspur, Mayapples, Squirrel Corn, Red Trillium, and more including Columbine.
DENSE stands of garlic mustard everywhere was a sad sight.

Dozens of Zebra Swallowtails! And several Red Admirals, a sulfur, and a few Tiger Swallowtails.

Many friendly folks stopped to talk to us and several (!) asked how many species breed along Middle Creek Road. Anyone (Lee McNeely, the Caminiti's, Frank Renfrow) know the answer?

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Location: Gilmore Ponds
Reporter: Peter Kavouras
Other Birders: Just Me

I had a 1/2 hour to bird at lunch today, all along the logging trail.

1 Orange Crowned Warbler
2 Yellow Rumped Warblers
1 Palm Warbler
4 Blue Gray Gnatchatchers
Cowbirds
Grackles
2 Robins
1 Song Sparrow
2 Mallards
1 Turkey Vulture
2 Great Blue Herons

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Miami Whitewater Forest
Reporter: Eddie Ehrman
Other Birders: family

Philadelphia Vireo at dusk hawking insects at the top of a tree by sidewalk on West? side of visitor center(right side looking at it from parking lot)

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Spring Valley Wildlife
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:

South parking lot - Red-shouldered Hawk is on the nest. Pileated woodpecker nest just off the parking lot is VERY active.
Along the pike path - many warblers including Palm, Yellow-rumped, and Prothonotary, warbling vireo.
Rails and Sora heard on boardwalk. Many Canada Geese nesting sites. Muskrat below tower. Many Red-winged Blackbirds. About 100 Coots, 2 PB Grebes, and 2 Mute Swans, in main lake. BW Teal seen last Thursday were gone.
Pictures of woodpeckers at www.pbase.com/nsxbirder/pileated_woodpecker.
The Osprey nest at Haines Road Boat Ramp at Caesar Creek, about 3 miles from SV Wildlife is active again this year. Hope Mom and Pop have better luck with predators than last year.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Adams County
Reporter: Randy Lakes
Other Birders: Kathy Sabo, Mark Sabo

Saw 4 Great Egrets in Adams County on Sunday

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Californai Woods and Magrish Preserve
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:

Around Noon. California Woods: Barred Owl near Kirk and Eric's earlier sighting, above the stairs of the Purple Ridge Trail. Also Red-eyed Vireos.

Magrish: Pretty quiet in the early afternoon. Most of the action was up-river. Another Barred Owl, 2 Prothonetary Warblers, 10ish Wood Ducks, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 1 GBH.

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Mockingbird Hill Farm Williamsburg OH(Clermont)
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders: Tammie Stanley

Tammie saw an Indigo Bunting on our front porch this morning.

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Binning Road (Perintown)
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders:

2 N. Parula, 1 Yellow-Throated, 2 BG Gnatcatchers as well as the expected were singing along the east fork of the little miami.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Miami Whitewater Wetlands, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: None

From 7-9 PM, there were a nice variety of birds parading about the wetlands. The most conspicuous were 2 Mute Swans swimming in the main pond. They were joined by 11 other species of waterfowl, including a female Canvasback. The overwintering Horned Grebe is now in full breeding plumage, and the predominant swallows today were Barn.

Several Soras called sporadically, as did one lone White-crowned Sparrow. A Cooper's Hawk was the lone raptor representative. The Wilson's Snipe put on their "winnowing" show, whereas only 2 Woodcock were heard all night. Killdeer and my year's first Solitary Sandpipers were the other shorebirds.

Afterwards, a quick check of Bowle's Woods and High Plains Picnic area provided calling Barred Owls. Another Barred Owl and a lone Screech Owl were heard in the woods along Strimple Rd. near the south end of the golf course lake.

Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Location: Walton, KY Backyard
Reporter: Carol Morgan
Other Birders: David

Last two days enjoyed this years first Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Last year at this time we had six males and some females spending time at our backyard feeders.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: ayerdayl ln. @ asbury rd.(anderson Twp.)
Reporter: Jason Hovekamp
Other Birders: Wife and Daughter

Is'nt migration wonderful. Currently listening to the beautiful call of a Whip-poor-will. The bird sounded like it was calling from a small wooded area in a neighbors backyard. Goes to show you you never no during this time of year. Only my second time hearing one in Hamilton County. First time was approx. 10 years ago in a western suburb. Happy birding!!!!

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Spring Valley area
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders: Wayne Wauligman

A few areas around Spring Valley had some great birds:
Along Peterson Road (just south of Xenia), a sky pool held one G Yellowlegs, 3 L Yellowlegs, numerous Pectoral Sandpipers a few BW Teal and a single Pipit.
Along Wall Road between Stingley and Gurneyville Roads, in a field being plowed we found 200-300 or more American Pipits.
At the north end of Caesar's Creek, we found a Vesper Sparrow.
Around Spring Valley we heard a Barred Owl; and found Prothonotary, Prairie, N. Parula, Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers; BG Gnatcatchers; many Rusty Blackbirds; Sedge Wrens; Soras; two GH Owls; an American Bittern called; as well as several Swamp Sparrows. Coots and BW Teal were also present.
At Roxanna (south), Ruddy Ducks and Bufflehead were diving. And a single RB Gull. On the north side, many more BW Teal and a Gadwall.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: S. Gilmore Rd., just west of Dixie Hwy.
Reporter: MARK GILSDORF
Other Birders:

While driving back along South Gilmore Rd. after the Gilmore Ponds bird trip, as I crossed Dixie Hwy. and began up the hill, I looked up and saw the crooked wings and white underbelly of an Osprey soaring above me.

Trip List: Osprey 1

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Pond just north of Bethany Rd / Bulter-Warren intersection
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders: Wayne Wauligman

Wayne and I stopped there on our way to the Spring Valley area. The pond had 6 N. Shovelers, 12 BW Teal, 4 GW Teal, Mallards and a few Coots.

A bit further north on Hamilton Road just west of 741, another flooded field held 8 more BW Teal.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Gilmore Ponds, Ellis Lake
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Mark Gilsdorf, Jim Stinchcomb, Jeff Burgess, Rajesh Kandaswamy, David Dankovic

The Cincinnati Bird Club field trip to Gilmore Ponds and Ellis Lake had the following species:

Gilmore Ponds

Canada Goose 10
Mallard 20
Gadwall 5
Blue-winged Teal 100
Northern Shoveler 5
Green-winged Teal 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 7
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sora 1
American Coot 6
Killdeer X
Greater Yellowlegs 30
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 30
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
American Robin 20
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling X
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Field Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Rusty Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
American Goldfinch 10

As was the case last week, all the waterfowl and shorebirds were north of Gilmore, proper. As was the female Northern Harrier, which was hunting the flooded fields and the fenceline by the airport runway. Sharon Pawlowski banded the Blue-winged Warbler. It was a bit slow at Gilmore. Though we had a great time, it was odd to miss Yellow-rumped Warblers, among other species.

Ellis Lake:

Canada Goose 25
Mallard 12
Blue-winged Teal 20
Green-winged Teal 12
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 12
Solitary Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 35
Least Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Snipe 2
Horned Lark 2
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
American Goldfinch X

Those are my 7:00 a.m. figures. When we went back at 11:30 or so, almost all the shorebirds and ducks were gone.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: various Little Miami valley locations
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: indicated within post

Same stuff everyone else is seeing. Highlights:

Armleder (just me):
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Yellow Warbler
1 American Pipit
6 Savannah Sparrows

Magrish Preserve (me, Eric Burkholder, James Lundberg):
1 Prairie Warbler (nice surprise)
1 Prothonotary Warbler
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Baltimore Oriole (FOY always seems more stunningly orange than the rest)
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 House Wren
1 Eastern Towhee (to which I exclaimed, "Carrying nest material!" Aah, the OBBA.)

Stanbery Park (me, Eric Burkholder):
4 Louisiana Waterthrush
1 Yellow-throated Warbler
1 Red-eyed Vireo

Bass Island (just me):
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 Yellow-throated Warbler
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: The Oxbow & Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Joe Bens & field trip participants

Thirteen participants took part on the Oxbow Inc. field trip this very pleasant Sunday morning. We birded the Oxbow proper from 8 AM until 11 AM when the field trip broke up. Joe and I then went over to Shawnee Lookout where we birded until about 12:30 PM when the rain stopped us. We had many new arrivals on the day, 10 species of warblers and 73 species overall. Our rarest bird may have been an Orange-crowned Warbler, which Joe and I first heard, and then saw, at Shawnee Lookout along Lawrenceburg Rd

Below is a list of some of the more interesting species we found today. Where I post two numbers (ex. 2/4), the first number represents birds found in the Oxbow (OX) and the second number, the birds found at Shawnee Lookout (SL).

Wood Duck 6 (OX), Blue-winged Teal 18 (OX), Wild Turkey 4 (SL), Pied-billed Grebe 1 (OX), Double-crested Cormorant 50+ (OX), Great Blue Heron 16 (10/6), Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 (OX), Black Vulture 1 (SL), Turkey Vulture 20+, Red-tailed Hawk 1 (OX), Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult sitting on nest box at power plant), American Coot 30~ (OX), Solitary Sandpiper 1 (sky pool near Lost Bridge), Wilson’s Snipe 2 (sky pool near Lost Bridge), Ring-billed Gull 125 (OX), Chimney Swift 11 (OX) Pileated Woodpecker 3 (SL), Eastern Phoebe 2 (SL), Eastern Kingbird 1 (OX), White-eyed Vireo 3 (SL), Warbling Vireo 6 (5/1), Horned Lark 2 (OX), Tree Swallow 60 (OX), N Rough-winged Swallow 5 (OX), Cliff Swallow 8 (back at Lost Bridge), Barn Swallow 6 (OX), House Wren 7 (2/5), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 (SL), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 30+ (10/20), Wood Thrush 6 (2/4), Brown Thrasher 1 (SL) Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (SL), Northern Parula 12 (SL), Yellow Warbler 7 (4/3), Yellow-rumped Warbler 50+ (35/15), Yellow-throated Warbler 5 (2/3), Palm Warbler 14 (13/1), Cerulean Warbler 1 (SL), Prothonotary Warbler 2 (1/1), Northern Waterthrush 1 (OX), Common Yellowthroat 1 (OX), Eastern Towhee 35 (5/30), Chipping Sparrow 18 (3/15), Field Sparrow 6 (2/4), White-throated Sparrow 25 (10/15), Orchard Oriole 1 (SL) and Baltimore Oriole 1 (OX).

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Woodsdale Park
Reporter: John Hull
Other Birders:

Some good warblers and other migrants at Woodsdale Park, Butler County, just north of the Miami River this morning. Consistent with other sitings this weekend.

Yellow Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Palm Warbler (2), and Yellow-rumped Warbler (6) along with Barn swallows (3), Chimney Swifts (4), and a House Wren.

Additionally some of the usual suspects: Robin, Red-wing, Canada Goose, Starling, Cardinal, Gnatcatchers, Tree Swallows, Titmice, Goldfinch, Song and Field Sparrows, Turkey Vulture, Red-tail (I think I found a nest), Kestrel, Blue Jay, Wood Duck, Grackle, Mourning Dove, Downy WP, Chickadee, GB Heron, and Eastern Bluebirds.

Nice morning; I managed to beat the rain. It is a little swampy there still after recent flooding and hopefully we will get enough rain to keep some water and perhaps some warblers will stay and nest.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Keith Robinson
Other Birders:

One Northern Bobwhite calling in adjacent field. White-winged Scoter was still present in the river in front of the visitor center.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: MWF Area, Blue Rock Rd and Oxbow
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: Julie Morris

Highlights--Blue Rock Rd.Bridge-FOS Cliff Swallows. MWF-FOS's include Baltimore Oriole, white-eyed vireo, N. Parula,palm warbler, blue-winged warbler. At Oxbow,FOS's black-crowned night heron, warbling vireo and Louisiana Waterthrush. Other nice birds horned grebe, horned lark, barn swallows, BG gnatcatchers, yellow and yellow-throated warblers, Canvasback, N. Shoveler, 3 Red-shouldered hawks..total 65 species this morning.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Lori Brumbaugh
Other Birders:

Warblers: Pair of Prothonotaries, many YR, one Prairie, Black and White, YT and Pine. Pair of Kingbirds.

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Nine Mile Valley
Reporter: David Fankhauser
Other Birders:

Glorious day for an early morning birdwalk

Trip List: Canada Goose 7, Mallard 1, Wild Turkey 3, Turkey Vulture 2, Red-shouldered Hawk 1, Barred Owl 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Eastern Phoebe 3, Warbling Vireo 1, American Crow 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3, Carolina Chickadee 8, Tufted Titmouse 3, Brown Creeper 1, Carolina Wren 4, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 nesting, Wood Thrush 1, American Robin 2, European Starling 2, Northern Parula 3, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Yellow-throated Warbler 3, Cerulean Warbler 3, Prothonotary Warbler 1, Louisiana Waterthrush 2, Eastern Towhee 1, Chipping Sparrow 1, Field Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 4, White-throated Sparrow 1, Northern Cardinal 4, Brown-headed Cowbird 2, House Finch 2, American Goldfinch 5, House Sparrow 3

Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Location: Mound Ave. Milford
Reporter: dan kendrick
Other Birders:

By good fortune, I happened to look out out over the Little Miami which flows at the rear of our property and saw a mature bald eagle flying up river around 8:30 am.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Winton Woods
Reporter: Jerry Lippert
Other Birders: Lester Peyton spotted the Prothonotary

Saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and a Prothonotary Warbler, at Winton Woods today, which seemed an odd combination. Also ~ 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a Barred Owl, Turkey Vulture, among other more common birds.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Higginsport, Ohio
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders: Michele Leonhardt

Watched the Adults feed the young twice. If anyone saw the news segment on channel 12 news this morning it said there were 3 chicks. There were 2 chicks spotted during the visit today. Watched as one adult caught a mouse or rabbit for dinner.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Dayton Riverfront, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

A section of the great wall of dirt at the yacht club has finally been opened to allow renewed access. 1 male Hooded Merganser, 12 Double-crested Cormorants, 1 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Cliff Swallow and 20 Barn Swallows.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Fort Thomas, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

No sign of the scoters at the reservoir, haven't seen them since Thursday. It was nice while it lasted as they were so close to home.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: California Woods
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders: Veronica Renfrow

Pair of White-breasted Nuthatches nesting activity in progress. 2 Eastern Phoebes (nesting well underway), 2 Yellow-throated Warblers, 1 Louisiana Waterthrush, 2 Northern Parulas.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Rowe Arboretum
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

1 Pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches gleaning seed from the Scots pine cones. It was so warm I was surprised they weren't concentrating more on invertebrates.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Grant Lake WA and areas SE in Brown county
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:

I was working on areas 76D1SE, 83A4NE, and 83A5NW for the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas this morning. This includes Grant Lake WA and a block SE of Grant Lake. Some notable arrivals this morning include: House Wren, Warbling Vireo and Eastern Kingbird. In block 83A4NE I found Purple Martins already occupying a martin house.
Here is a list of what was seen today:
Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkey, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Horned Lark, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Ellis Lake
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:

Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 50
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectroal sandpiper 3
Wilson's Snipe 1

Also, House Wren and Yellow Warbler singing.
I was there between 9:30 and 10:30 am. See previous posts for directions.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Spring Valley WA
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:

Along the bike trail, north of the connecting trail with cable between Spring valley and the bike trail.

Prothonatary Warbler 1

This bird was singing as late as about 7:45 pm. Beautiful bird and great look.

There were Rusty Blackbirds in the wet woods along the bike trail.

At the boradwalk:

American Bittern 1, singing. Not very loud singing, so the bird might be rather far out in the marsh or is facing away from the boardwalk. This was between about 8:30 - 8:30 pm.

Sora 6, calling
Yellow Warbler 7, singing
Swamp Sparrows still singing

Rusty Balckbirds mixed in with the flock of Red-winged Blackbirds that roost overnight in the marsh.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Stanberry Park
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders:

Four warbler morning. One Lousiana Waterthrush, one Yellow-throated Warbler, 20+ Yellow-rumped Warblers and one singing Ovenbird. Walk back to the shelter house and the Yellow-throated Warbler was calling around it. The Ovenbird was calling to the left of the shelterhouse and the Louisiana Waterthrush is also left of the shelterhouse and down the hill near the stream. The Yellow-rumped Warbler appeared about 9:45 a.m. and seemed to be everywhere. No Wood Thrushes yet..

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Caesar Creek, harveysburg Road
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:

After work I stopped at harveysburg Road on the way to Spring Valley.

Red-breasted Merganser 4

These birds were way out. Telescope needed to ID them.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: SpringGrove Cemetery
Reporter: Lori Brumbaugh
Other Birders:

House Wren, 1 Palm warbler, 3 Pair of Blue Gray Gnatcatchers, many Yellow-throated Warblers and Pine Warblers. Again I saw the YT Warbler on the ground and crawling all over many tombstones.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: Nine Mile Valley
Reporter: David Fankhauser
Other Birders:

Out in the garden this AM, serenaded by WOOD THRUSH and WARBLING VIREO.

Yay Spring!

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Location: North Bend, OH
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders: Donna Rowe

FOS. I just returned home from Western KY where I found FOS Hooded Warbler and Rosebreasted Grosbeak. This morning we woke up to hear the FOS Woodthrush and we had the FOS Rosebreasted Grosebeak at our feeder.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Armleder 4:00-5:30PM
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:

Highlights:
Osprey 1 (eating large fish)
Spotted Sandpiper 1 (along river)
Bank Swallow 3 (flying into excavation in river bank upstream of overlook area)

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Armleder Park -- 7-9pm
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:

2 House Wren (1 south of the canoe landing and 1 in the woods next to the southern parking lot)
15 Blue-winged Teal
1 Wilson's Snipe (heard at I guess 8:45ish while I was standing on the middle paved path)
1 American Woodcock (displaying near the northern mowed path)
1 Great Horned Owl (hadn't heard one here in a few months)
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5 Savannah Sparrows

etc., etc., etc.,

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: West Chester
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders: Ann Baumgardner

2 Chimney Swifts

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: CD Addition
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

I forgot the 5 Bufflehead, 9 species of waterfowl.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Camp Dennison
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:

I haven't been posting much from CD as there hasn't been anything out of the ordinary. This evening there was a good variety of waterbirds. Also if you are in the area there is a Canada Goose X Barnyard GWF Goose looking thing hanging with a group of Canada's.

40 Canada Geese (many on nests), 12 Mallards, 4 BW Teal, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 4 Lesser Scaup, 1 Greater Scaup (pretty late but good looks at a M with the lessers), 1 Canvasback (3rd latest in the database), 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 13 Ruddy Ducks, 1 Horned Grebe, 9 PB Grebes, and 65+ A Coots.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Wal-mart (Colerain Ave.)
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

4 Northern Rough-winged Swallows

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Kellywood Ave.
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:

1st chimney swift of season

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Urbana, Ohio
Reporter: Jeff Brown
Other Birders:

Not local I realize, but I heard several house wrens today at a survey site.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Royal Place, off Herschel in Mt. Lookout
Reporter: Jill Nicholson
Other Birders:

Approx. 2:30 am I was awakened by very loud and unusual calls outside my bedroom window. I looked out the window hoping to see what it was barely managed to make out the silhouette of two large birds of prey flying between my house and my neighbor's. It was only the following AM that I was able to ID the sounds as those of barred owls by listening to recording on the internet.

Recently I put birdfeeders up in the back yard and I suspect the owls were preying on nocturnal critters foraging for seed under the feeders.

Trip List: Barred Owl 2

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: East Fork State Park
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:

It was a good day to stay home from work and get out and bird. Many migrants have arrived or are passing through. I checked the Great Horned Owl nest that was active last year and sure enough I could see one young in the cavity and an adult sitting near by.

Here is the list for today.

Location: East Fork State Park
Observation date: 4/18/08
Number of species: 67

Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 20
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 24
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 35
Killdeer 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 12
Mourning Dove 24
Great Horned Owl 2 GHOW nested in the same natural cavity as they did
last year. One juv. could be seen in the cavity with one adult sitting high in
the forest canopy near by.
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 35
American Crow 12
Tree Swallow 50
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 24
Tufted Titmouse 24
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 6
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 12
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 8
European Starling 12
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Northern Parula 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 12
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 6
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Eastern Towhee 12
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 50
Song Sparrow 24
Swamp Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 250 Large flocks of WTSP found at many locations.
Northern Cardinal 35
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 50
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery & Winton Woods
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders:

I took a little time this morning and kicked around Spring Grove Cemetery for an hour or so and then made a quick visit to a couple of spots at Winton Woods before heading in to work. Yellow-throated Warblers and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers appear to have returned in mass as I had several of each species in both places and another Yellow-throated Warbler in my yard.

Some of the more interesting species I had at Spring Grove included: White-eyed Vireo, Baltimore Oriole, Ovenbird, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler 3, Yellow-throated Warbler 4, Brown Thrasher 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12, Chipping Sparrow 40+, White-throated Sparrow 25+ and Pileated Woodpecker.

Some of the species I found at Winton Woods included: Yellow Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow-throated Warbler 5, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8, and Eastern Towhee 10+. Only 12 American Coots were all I saw on the Settling Pond. The noisy dump truck and wood chipper clearing away the debris from the willow removal project might have contributed to the poor showing.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Location: Avon Woods Nature Preserve
Reporter: Olivia Gennett
Other Birders:

Saw 5-8 solitary vireos this morning. First sighting here this season.

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Location: Ellis Lake
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:

I had never heard of Ellis Lake till Mike Busams report last sunday. I gave it a try this afternoon. I had two Vesper Sparrows in the grass along the bike trail to the west. Other sightings are mostly the same as Jay Lehman's post from yesterday except for one Pectoral and one Spotted Sandpiper.

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008
Location: Avon Woods Nature Preserve
Reporter: Olivia Gennett
Other Birders:

Orange Crowned Warblers spotted 3 times throughout the preserve. Very exciting to see such a non-descript warbler unless you get a good look at its crown!

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Location: Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Chris Clingman
Other Birders: Laura Seals, Keith Robinson, Suzanne Clingman

White Winged Scoter has been in front of the visitor center last three mornings. Also Baltimore Oriole and White Eyed Vireo.

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:

Took a late lunch visit. Not much going on. Ruby-crowned displayed its namesake field mark and sang, which took me by surprise with its complexity.

A Carolina Chickadee was excavating "mouthfuls" of sawdust from a tree cavity about 40 feet up.

Oddly, a Big Brown Bat flew through.




Trip List: Chimney Swift 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1, Carolina Chickadee 5, Tufted Titmouse 3, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2, Red-winged Blackbird 1, Brown-headed Cowbird 4

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Location: Fort Thomas, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:

The adult male Black Scoter and the two immature or female Surf Scoters were still present at around 10:30 AM. However, I could not locate the adult male Surf Scoter. I was a bit surprised that they had all stayed through the day yesterday as there was an incredible amount of work activity going on right at the edge of the very small reservoir, including trucks, workmen, loud machinery, a boat on a trailer, etc. These birds are apparently not very skittish (probably an understatement:-).

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Ellis Lake, Fairfield
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:

After work I checked out this location for shorebirds (north of Symmes Road, east of Seward Road) reported by Mike Busam and Jay Stenger. East of Seward Road Symmes Road becomes Union Centre Boulevard. There is a short road north to a cul-de-sac east of Seward, which provides access to this location and a bike/hike black-topped trail. There was quite a bit of flooded field shorebird habitat to the west of this cul-de-sac. So, I walked west from the cul-de-sac, because in the evening the light is poor looking west. I found a different list of shorebirds than Jay Stenger reported on Tuesday, so there is turn-over of shorebirds here while this habitat lasts. Here is my list of shorebirds.

Greater Yellowlegs 8, Lesser Yellowlegs 16, Solitary Sandpiper 4, Least Sandpiper 3, Wilson's Snipe 1

Also present. Blue-winged Teal 6, Green-winged Teal 2, Horned Lark 2

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: Kim Cade

A very quick look today at Section 51 is encouraging. For the past two weeks, there have been what appear to be several pairs of Pine Siskins occupying the hemlocks and pines in this section. They have been doing pair-chasing, and today there was a display flight by one of the males, circling, kiting, and calling.

There has also been a Pine Warbler singing for the past week and a Red-breasted Nuthatch made a brief appearance. Of course, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Yellow-throated Warblers are setting up shop, and migrating Ruby-crowned Kinglets are also very vocal.

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Winton Woods Settling Pond
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Paula Stenger

8 Ruddy Ducks, including a couple of males in breeding plumage, and a lone Bufflehead were the only waterfowl I saw on the Winton Woods Settling Pond during my brief visit this evening.

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Ft. Thomas Reservoir, Campbell County, KY
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Paula Stenger

All 4 of the previously reported scoters were still present at the Ft. Thomas Waterworks Reservoir this evening between 7:30 & 8:00 P.M.

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Armleder Park -- 7-845pm
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:

There were 3 other birders but I saw most of the stuff I felt was worth reporting before they got there or after they left. Sorry guys:

2 Black Vulture
2 Spotted Sandpipers (FOY)
2 Common Snipe
2 Savannah Sparrows
1 American Woodcock -- Surprised to hear a displaying bird around the middle paved path as I was walking back to the car. Then I heard a few "peents" and saw another display.

Also 3 Swamp Sp., 1 White-crowned Sp., 5 Tree Sw., 2 N Rough-winged, 6 Swifts

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Location: Nine MIle Valley
Reporter: David Fankhauser
Other Birders:

BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER today (4/16), CERULEAN WARBLER Saturday (4/12), Barred Owls calling before sunset, Yellow Rumped Warblers for two weeks. (I STILL prefer the name Sycamore Warbler, since they are always in our S