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Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Location: Lost Bridge/Fernald
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders:
Solitary Sandpipers (3) and Lesser Yellowlegs (6) at Lost Bridge and a 10 minute swing by Fernald netted 7 Horned Larks returning for the winter.
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders:
An Ospery with a fish flew past our house along the river bank and perched at the mouth of estuary. When it saw me watching it flew back into the backwater estuary with it's fish.
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Green Heron
1 Osprey
4 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Least Sandpiper
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 E. Screech-owl
~ 21 Common Nighthawk
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010
Location: Amelia yard
Reporter: Tracy Brewer
Other Birders:
2 Pheasants in my yard this morning....I've never seen Pheasants here before.
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders: sclingman
Red Breasted Nuthatch! Behind the garage in our yard in the back of the preserve about 2pm. I missed them in the spring so it was nice to see one. It seems early for one. There was a Pileated in the same tree.
As I followed the Red Breasted around the yard I was surprised to see an immmature Bald Eagle circling low over the yard. It was very mottled underneath. I watched it make lazy circles upriver along our bank. It crossed the river and came back downriver on the KY side. The last I saw it, it was moving upriver along the KY bank.
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Location: Bass Island/Armleder/UA Cemetery
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
Bass Island (11 - noon):
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Ovenbird
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 A. Redstart
1 Yellow-throated Warbler
Armleder (1-2pm):
2 Yellow-breasted Chat
United American Cemetery (sunset):
10 Common Nighthawk
1 Magnolia Warbler
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Location: Hamilton Riverside Natural Area
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Charlie Saunders
Charlie Saunders called to say that he saw a Baird's Sandpiper on the gravel bars in the Great Miami River at Hamilton Riverside Natural Area early this morning. It was with single Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers.
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Location: Fort Thomas
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders:
My husband found a dead Swainson's Thrush in the driveway this morning. Unfortunately we had managed to run over it with the car making it pretty much unusable for the museum collection. But hey! It's a fall migrant!
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Location: Shawnee Lookout-Lost Bridge-The Oxbow
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: Audubon Society Field Trip Participants
Nineteen folks participated on the Audubon Society field trip this morning. The weather was pleasant and we had an enthusiastic group. The focus of this trip was billed as finding shorebirds, but as many of you know, shorebirding in our area has been slim pickings so far this season and local reports have been scarce. We decided to first bird the Shawnee Lookout boat ramp for migrant songbirds while it was still early and then check out Lost Bridge and the Oxbow afterwards. While we only found 8 species of shorebirds for the day our trip highlights did include 4 Baird’s Sandpipers at Lost Bridge and good looks at an Olive-sided Flycatcher at the Shawnee boat ramp. Aside from widespread Killdeer and a solitary Solitary Sandpiper at the Shawnee boat ramp; all of our shorebirds were found at Lost Bridge on the Great Miami River sandbars looking north. By my count our group had 61 species when we broke up around noon.
I may have missed something along the way but our list included; Canada Geese 60~, Wood Duck 50~, Mallard 15, Northern Shoveler 7 (Oxbow), Double-crested Cormorant 45, Great Blue Heron 35, Great Egret 48 (all in the Oxbow), Green Heron 8, Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 (Oxbow), Black Vulture 4, Turkey Vulture 20+, Osprey 3 (Lost Bridge), Red-tailed Hawk 2, Killdeer 40~, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Solitary Sandpiper 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 7, Semipalmated Sandpiper 1, Least Sandpiper 10, Baird’s Sandpiper 4, Pectoral Sandpiper 2, Rock Dove 60, Mourning Dove 20+, Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1, Chimney Swift 8, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 3, Downy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker 1, Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 (perched on a snag on the west side of the Shawnee boat ramp parking lot), Eastern Wood-Pewee 3, Empidonax flycatcher species 4, Least Flycatcher 1, Eastern Phoebe 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 4, Eastern Kingbird 1, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 10~, American Crow 20~, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4, Cliff Swallow 2+, Barn Swallow 20~, Carolina Chickadee 6, Tufted Titmouse 2, White-breasted Nuthatch 1, Carolina Wren 3, House Wren 2, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1, American Robin 20~, European Starling 100+, Cedar Waxwing 35, American Redstart 1, Prothonotary Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 2, Song Sparrow 6, Field Sparrow 1, Northern Cardinal 12~, Indigo Bunting 12~, Red-winged Blackbird 800+, Common Grackle 4, American Goldfinch 15, House Sparrow 4.
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Location: Winton Woods Settling Pond
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
I made a quick stop at 7 a.m. and found 3 adult Black-crowned Night-Herons perched in the reeds in the middle of the pond.
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Location: Amelia/New Richmond Area
Reporter: Tracy Brewer
Other Birders:
Out doing chores this morning and walked down to the front pond and noticed something moving and I stopped....and about 4 feet away from me preening up a storm was a little Green Heron. I only saw him by accident...and he never did see me...LOL. Wish I'd had a camera...I stood there watching for a few minutes then I backed away. He stayed put. He's here all the time maybe he is just used to me or activity around here. Without even birding this morning these are some of the birds today : Wood Ducks, Mallards, Killdeer, G.B. Heron, L.G. Heron, Downy, Red-Bellied, Hairy, Flicker, Cedar Waxwings, Doves, Chickadees, Chipping Sparrows, Goldfinches, Houe Finches, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Cat Bird, Brown Thrasher, Nuthatches, Indigo B., Robins, Titmouse, House Wrens, Hummers, Turkeys, Crows, Turkey Vultures, Warblers which I don't have time to ID. And hawks that are always hitting my birds around here. You can have them...I'd prefer they eat in someone else's yard.
Date: Friday, August 27, 2010
Location: Luncan Airport/East End
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
I've been trying various spots on the east side of town lately to find shorebirds, since the Armleder beanfield has been drained. Yesterday I stopped to view the MSD settling pond off of Kellog Ave across from Annie's night club. You are able to drive to the back of the gravel lot which overlooks the south side of the pond. In poor light I was able to discern three peeps among 2 dozen killdeer. 2 Green Heron also flew in at dusk. As I arrived home, an E. Screech owl was calling for several minutes straight at a woodlot across from my driveway. It seemed like an odd time of year for vocalizations from this probable resident, but I noticed that I had to double check at first to assure that what I was hearing wasn't the screaming fans at the softball game. The owl and the fans had a pretty similar quality at certain times, so perhaps the fans 'set the owl off' so to speak. I revisited the Luncan MSD pond this morning and had a 1-second look at 1 peep before it flew. I checked the pond again from the bike trail parking lot off of Wilmer and saw about 10 wood ducks and a tough to ID mallard. I've been keeping my hopes up for some late summer wanderers such as mottled duck, so I checked that mallard twice!
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Location: Caesar Creek State Park
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
After finding a Forster's Tern on the beach yesterday, I found 4 Common Terns today. Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder
Yesterday:
Adult and juvenile Osprey, 20+ Double-crested Cormorants, 8 Great Egrets, 3 Belted Kingfishers off Haines Road boat ramp and the Mound Road mudflats. Water is still high, NO shorebirds.
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Location: College Hill/Tanglewood Preserve
Reporter: Steve Pelikan
Other Birders:
Yes! Lots of birds have been moving recently.
In the yard we've had Myrtle, Bay-breasted, Canada, Yellow-throated, and Black-throated Green Warblers; Eastern Wood-Pewees (non-breeders, I'm sure); Blue-headed Vireos still giving partial songs. And a Swainson's Thrush(!) what more could one ask?
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: southeastern Adams County
Reporter: Ned Keller
Other Birders: Kathy McDonald
We had a small, but noticeable, warbler flight Sunday morning in southeastern Adams County. Species included Bay-breasted Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and American Redstart. They weren't close enough, or well-lit enough, to identify all of them. I would estimate about ten total.
At the same time, Pine Warblers were still singing and feeding young.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: Great Miami River South of Lost Bridge
Reporter: Paul Krusling
Other Birders: Norma krusling
Norma and I were canoeing the Great Miami River South of the Lost Bridge. We were fortunate to witness a aerial battle between a third or fourth year bald eagle and an osprey. The bald eagle was trying to steal the osprey's fish. The osprey did get away with his fish.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: Oxbow - Kilby Road Gravel Pits - MiamiWW Wetland
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
Birded in the afternoon - some highlights of each location are listed
Oxbow: 35+ Great Egret, distant look at a small white heron/egret which subsequently disappeared, Prothonotary & Yellow warblers, 30-40 Wood Ducks, 25-35 DC Cormorants
Kilby Rd. Pits: were 'the pits', much of the area has recently been mowed. Field Sparrows, Kestral
MWW: finally had some migrants Least Flycatcher, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER sitting atop the snag next to the bird blind, unidentified marsh bird noise coming from the southern end where there's standing water, near the gravel parking area. If I had to guess, I'd say it was a rail of some sort, but don't have enough experience with the sorts of noises that fall outside of the 'normal' calls. Also, fall is not a season I expect to hear rails, so perhaps these noises were odd amphibian noises...
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: Great Miami River, Fairfield
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Charlie Saunders
Since many of our traditional shorebird hotspots seem more like notspots this season, I thought I'd mention that Charlie Saunders and I found a few shorebirds along the Great Miami River, Sunday.
The river is fairly low, and in places there is quite a bit of exposed gravel bank and sand bars. On the gravel banks and bars near the Fairfield Water treatment plant we found 12+ Killdeer, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Least Sandpipers, and 2 or more Spotted Sandpipers.
We haven't found spot on the Great Miami River in our area quite like that up in Dayton, but maybe someone will.
We ran into Roger Rapien who was birding the Joyce Park bike trail and he reported seeing a nice collection of migrants and local breeders. Among the migrants was a Canada Warbler.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: Campbell Road Lakes
Reporter: John Hill
Other Birders: Mary Ann Morris
After 4 Great Blues, lots of crows, a Red Tail, and an Osprey at Lost Bridge, we cruised north on Kilby Rd. to Campbell Road Preserve, immediately sighting, what we thought at first was another Osprey, but instead, 3 immature Bald Eagles joined by an immature Red Tail - watched them soar low for a while and slowly kite way-up, with occassional acrobative assaults. For 2 years, 1 immature has hung-around the 2 adults nesting in the area. I'm guessing the other 2 are it's sibblings from this March.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: Yard, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Counted ~25 Common Nighthawks (FOS) tonight, all heading east. Also noted Baltimore Orioles moving through the last couple of days.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: shawnee lookout and riverside area
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: julie morris
highlights--Tennessee warbler (FOS), blue-winged warbler, y-b chat, common yellowthroat, y-billed cuckoo, huge numbers of tree swallows. Bring on the fall warblies.
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Location: Armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
8 AM. While August is the worst month for birding, a fifteen minute stint on the beach down by the corner of Duck Cr. & LMR produced 2 kingfishers, 1 spotted sandpiper, a very tame green heron, 1 gbh, 4 cedar waxwings, 3 mallards,1 coopers hawk & a lot of backyard birds. The indigos seem to be thinning out but the hummers still thick.
Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010
Location: GrandValley(Camp Dennison)
Reporter: Lee Gruber
Other Birders:
A very bright Yellow-Throated Warbler chased a Goldfinch away, then came back to his tree to continue looking for lunch.
Date: Friday, August 20, 2010
Location: Melbourne, Kentucky
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders: Greg Foster, Dana Foster
Were were sitting on the patio about 2:00 AM this morning and heard an Eastern Screech Owl and a Barred Owl up in the hills surrounding our house. The Barred Owl sounded very close but we never did see him. We also heard coyotes on the hills as well. Very active night for the wildlife in Campbell County, though we never actually spotted anything.
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders:
Three Caspian Tern were fishing in front of our house in the Preserve at about 7:45pm. It was very cool to watch them dive so much but after awhile it looked like it would be painful to hit the water so many time.
Earlier in the day a Cormerant landed near me when I was swimming. The first I've seen in months. I couldn't resist sneaking up on it while it was fishing underwater. I got about an arms length away before it realized I was no ordinary log and flew off. It was neat to look at it at eye level in the water.
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Location: Winton Woods Settling Pond
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders: Les Houser
Another try for the Sora at the settling pond netted a few very brief looks at the juvenile Sora, but sadly nothing too satisfying.
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Location: Winton Woods Settling Pond
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders:
Swung by the settling pond last night because it sounded more fun than re-hanging a shutter on my house. While trying to determine if a lone spec on the far side was indeed a returning pied-billed grebe (it was) I heard some clucking sounds nearby and too my delight found a juvenile sora in the cattails on the eastern shore. As the edges of the pond have been coming back after their clearing I've been waiting for a rail species to show up. I'm taking Les Houser back tonight to try and refind it. 7pm if anyone else is interested.
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Location: Yard, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
1 high flying (FOS) Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Location: Armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders: Jack
9 AM. A merlin/peregrine darted out from the tree line dirctly across from the south parking lot in hot pursuit of a mourning dove. Quit chase at lot & quickly flew back & disappeared in the trees. By flight pattern, no stoop, racing along both directions low to ground and since this is where the merlin hung out last winter, my guess is that it was a merlin. However, neither of us would confirm it as we did not get a good look at markings.
Lots of hummers.
Date: Monday, August 16, 2010
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Miami Univ. Masters class Environ Inst.
Giving a class today but counted a few birds 42 Great Egrets, 24 Great Blue Heron, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 2 Green Heron, 1 Immature Bald Eagle, 25+ Double-crested Cormorants, 2 Cooper's Hawk, 5 American Crow, 4 Turkey Vultures, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 5 Wood Duck, 4 Killdeer, 1 spotted sandpiper, 1 peep.
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010
Location: Milford/Union Twsp
Reporter: M Hager
Other Birders: Turkeys + much more
9 or so wild turkeys stopped by our property at www.5170romohr.com. Made themselves at home for an hour.
FYI our home/property has been wonderful for birding, and is now FOR SALE. We have identified over 50 species; everything from great blue heron to owls, to indigo bunting. Website has more info. Thx.
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Location: Ohio River, New Richmond
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
1 BLACK TERN (FOS) skimming the river at Skipper's Marina/Restaurant. Lost sight of it to the west.
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Location: Storm water retention pond, near Biggs Eastgate & Rally's
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
While looking for BBWDs, I found a Pied-billed Grebe and a Green Heron. I think this is the only PBG I have seen all year?!? Small mudflats, but only Killdeer. Lots of eclipse plumaged Mallards and some Canada Geese.
I have seen some good ducks in this pond before, that is why I checked it. Jackson Lake was uneventful.
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Location: Fernald Preserve & Shaker Trace Wetland
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
I arrived at 7am and ended the day at Shaker trace at about 12:30. A long day, but a good day. Fernald was more productive than Shaker Trace. Water levels are a bit low at both places. At Fernald I hike and birded the 3 mile Hickory Trail. I recommend it for it's mixed forest and open grassland. Real good birding opportunities. Here's the list for the day.
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Starlings
Song Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
Crow
Eastern King Bird
Gold Finch
Field Sparrow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wood Duck
Carolina Chickadee
Killdeer
Eastern Meadowlark
Kestrel
Northern Cardinal
Great Blue Heron
Red Wing Blackbird
Northern Harrier
Mallards
Green Heron
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Indigo Bunting
Downy Woodpecker
House Finch
House Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Robin
Summer Tanager
White-breasted Nuthatch
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Blue Grey Gnatcatcher
Common Yellow Throat
Common Grackle
Turkey Vulture
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Warbling Vireo
Mute Swan
Grey Catbird
Cooper's Hawk
You gotta' love a 50 bird day!
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
I stopped by the Oxbow this morning around 10:30 am. Found 1 Snowy Egret near a group of 5 Great Egrets, in the shallow marshy end of Oxbow Lake. The bird was clearly smaller than the Great Egrets, had a solid black bill and brightly colored yellow lores in front of the eyes (hard to see if you don’t have a spotting scope), black legs, and muddy, but yellow feet. The best view of the bird is from the short “trail” that leads down to the water in front of the new concrete spillway that was installed last month. Other species of note: 15 Double-crested Cormorants, 7 Great Egrets, 10 Great Blue Herons, 1 Green Heron, 12 Wood Ducks, 8 Mallards, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders: Jeffrey Foster, Dana Foster, Kimberly Kremer
It was a good morning to visit Oxbow. We saw the following birds there in just over an hour right after sunrise.
Canada Geese - 10
Mallard - 15
Great Blue Heron - 25
Great Egret - 50
Little Blue Heron - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Black-crowned Night-heron - 3 (Lifer)
Indigo Bunting - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (Lifer)
Several other birds were seen but could not be positively identified. We did not see any Brown-headed Cowbirds, Common Grackles, or Red-winged Blackbirds today, which was a little surprising.
Date: Friday, August 13, 2010
Location: Y.T. Warbler at my feeder
Reporter: Tracy Brewer
Other Birders:
I just had a Yellow-throated Warbler at my kitchen window feeder a few minutes ago. This particular feeder is inches away from my window. I keep hulled sunflower seeds in it. I looked out and there it was chowing down on the seeds. I've never seen that before. I just started using hulled sunflower seeds at that feeder a couple months ago. I got some pictures of it and a video...LOL. I never know what I'm going to find out here.
Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010
Location: Lebanon, Ohio
Reporter: Charles Fowee
Other Birders:
Another Perigrine Falcon has showed up on the 100ft watertanks,It has been here all week,he has perched under the tank where I guess it,s cool,he caught 3 birds to eat since 7:am.today.I reported a falcon here a few years back, this tank is within a mile from AK-Steel where they had a pair last year
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Location: Downtown - Central Pkwy & Walnut
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
I watched a Peregrine cruising at building-top level for several minutes yesterday afternoon before it apparently landed on the Kroger building.
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Location: East End - backyard
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
I had an (early?) Sharp-shinned Hawk fly over the yard Monday a.m.
Also to answer the question about Purple Gallinules, there haven't been any recent sightings locally. There was a report in June from Spring Valley Wildlife Area, about 45 miles north of Cincinnati. If you have the ability to travel 3-4 hrs. Goose Pond in western Indiana has many interesting birds and in my opinion has some of the best potential to attract post-breeding wanderers. Also, there's a storm brewing in the Gulf that could push some interesting birds northward if it tracks in our direction.
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Location: Ohio
Reporter: Peeter Musta
Other Birders:
I hope you'll forgive asking a question, rather than posting a sighting. I was hoping to inquire regarding any recent Purple Gallinule sightings in Cincinnati/Ohio area. Did any from the onslaught in May remain in the area? I will be travelling in Ohio next week and would be most interested in checking out any last known locations. Please feel free to email me privately. Appreciate any information you can share. Thanks!
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Allan Claybon
17 Great Egret, 12 Great Blue Heron, 1 Little Blue Heron (white phase, see Allan's photo), 3 Green Heron, 15 Double-crested Cormorants, 20 Canada Geese (+1 whiteus gooseus domesticus),1 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Mallard, 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, 9 Killdeer. numerous 500+ Red-winged Blackbird and Brown-headed Cowbird in a mixed flock,3 Indigo Bunting
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders: Jon Seymour
About 3PM this afternoon Jon Seymour identified a Little Blue Heron, White phase, for me after I had taken some pictures of the bird looking South from the South edge of Juno Pond into the Smartweed. I didn't have my bins with me, it was far away, and I could only tell that it was smaller than the Great Egrets. Image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder/4880387508/
Thanks Jon for ID'ing this unusual migrant.
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
2 Great Horned Owl (watched one perched on a gravel riverbank drink from the Little Miami for several minutes)
2 Blue Grosbeak (in the fields surrounding the northern edge of the dog park)
2 Dickcissel
Also had 1 A. Woodcock on 8/2/10.
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Location: Northern Kentucky University
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders:
On both Friday and Saturday night I saw a Great Horned Owl on the NKU campus. On Friday about 9:00 PM he flew by me and perched in a tree for about five minutes and then flew off toward the center of campus. On Saturday night at about the same time I saw him perched on a light pole in one of the parking lots.
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Location: South Dakota
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:
Regarding Chris Rood's question, below: a rare thrush could end up in Spearfish, South Dakota the same way Killdeer could end up near UD Arena on the Great Miami River. Sometimes a rare bird will show up at a given spot; more often, expected birds show up at a given spot. If you check the South Dakota birding list, which has recent archives at www.birdingonthe.net, there are probably posts talking about weather or other factors that might have drawn the bird. There are probably some interesting posts to read about the bird. I imagine they're as surprised as anyone else to have that species in their state. Unexpected birds occur, and sometimes there's not a definitive explanation for how they got there.
Take care,
---Mike
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Location: South Dakota
Reporter: chris rood
Other Birders:
I can't believe that no one has commented on Jay Lehman's post on 7/31 regarding the Orange-Billed Thrush that he travelled to South Dakota to see. When I first read it, I thought it was an inside joke since I had never heard of such a bird. Turns out there is, indeed, such a bird that is native to South and Central America. The only two previous sightings in the U.S. have been in Texas. How in the world did the thrush get to Spearfish, S.D. ?
chris rood
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010
Location: Back Yard - Lebanon
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders:
At 7:45 am - one lone, silent pileated woodpecker searching thoroughly for insects in the bark of catalpa trees.
Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010
Location: Shawnee Lookout
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders:
Birded from about 5 to 7 this evening. Miami Fort Trail gave me sightings of Robins, Cardinals, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatches, Turkey Vultures. Walked the mowed path behind the log cabin and saw a fly-catcher, Indigo Bunting, and what I believe was a female Cerulean Warbler in an area with tall trees on the edge of the field. A Wild Turkey crossed the road in front of me on my way out of the park, and on my way in, in a mud-flat just past Elizabethtown, saw a Great Egret.
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010
Location: Voice of America Park
Reporter: Matt Adams
Other Birders:
I stopped by VOA to check out the Henslow Sparrows reported on Thursday. I did not find them, but I did find a Blue Grosbeak pair - a life-list bird for me. I found them at the end of the freshly-mowed path (about 100yards from Tylersville road), the first one you come to on your way to the dog run. The path was mowed perpendicular to the road, just past the fence that surrounds the electrical station and building. Also saw a ton of goldfinch.
I'm going to check on the Henslow Sparrows again today.
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010
Location: UD Arena & Germantown MetroPark
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
Arrived at the Great Miami River (GMR)across from UD arena at about 7:15 this morning. My 2 previous visits were in the evening, so I wanted to see what the morning would bring. Besides a fisherman who was wading on the mud flats and spooking the birds, the variety was pretty slim.
4 Least Sandpipers
2 Spotted Sandpipers
24 Killdeers
8 Rig-billed Gulls
5 Canada Geese
4 Banks Swallows
2 Cliff Swallows
2 Mourning doves
2 Mallards
Germantown MetroPark
After staying at the GMR for about an hour I drove over to Germantown Metropark and stayed till about 10:40
Birds of interest are:
Mourning Doves
Goldfinches
Robins
Cardinals
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
House Finches
Crow
Carolina Chickadees
Eastern Towhee
Catbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Field Sparrow
Chimney Swifts
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
And the real surprise of the day, a
Magnolia Warbler. I just read a post on Ohio Bird about warbler sitings already. The warbler was feeding and calling in a Locust tree right outside of the nature center building at Germantown Metropark.It stayed for about 5 minutes, left, then returned for several more minutes.
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Location: Voice of America Park
Reporter: Laura Keene
Other Birders:
I stopped by VOA around 7:30 yesterday evening, and the park was brimming with cars and soccer players. I thought I'd see more kids than birds, but a short walk into the meadow gave me great looks at 3 singing Henslow's Sparrows. They were closer than usual with the newly mowed paths. I could hear several other Henslow's in the grass.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keeneone/
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Location: Miami Meadows on SR131
Reporter: Lee Gruber
Other Birders:
There is i think a Merlin that i have seen atop the tall metal power towers as you first drive in to Miami Meadows. The bird had another bird for lunch up there today.Its pretty far so you may need a spotting scope.
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Location: Mockingbird Hill Farm Williamsburg OH (Clermont)
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:
A Great Horned Owl is calling out in the yard this morning.
Date: Monday, August 2, 2010
Location: Burnet Woods
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Found a red-shouldered hawk bathing in the seep at the south end of the pond. It was surrounded by a huge crowd of agitated song birds, including one black and white warbler.
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Location: Greater Miami River across from U of Dayton
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders:
After returning Friday night from a successful 3.5 day trip to Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills in South Dakota to see the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush, I looked for shorebirds on the mud-flats and gravel bars across from UD between intermittant showers on Saturday evening. I found 25 Killdeer, 3 Least Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers and 1 Solitary Sandpiper.
Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Location: I-275 near Airport
Reporter: Barbara Casson
Other Birders:
don't know how excited anyone gets about wild turkeys but I saw two
grazing a distance away from the road
on I-275 between Petersburg and the
bridge coming back from shopping at the
Boone County farmers market....
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Location: Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
Please strike the Least Flycatcher from my last entry. It was a Acadian Flycatcher. Sorry for the mistake.
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Location: Halls Creek Woods State Nature Preserve
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
I'm ashamed to say that living in the Maineville for quite some time, this is the first time I've visited this little gem of a State Nature Preserve. Here is a link to the ODNR web site this place.
http://ohiodnr.com/dnap/location/halls_creek_woods/tabid/945/Default.aspx
I arrived at 8:00 am and was there till 10:20. Woods are rather thick with moderate hiking involved. You'll hear more birds than you can see.
Carolina Chickadee
Eastern Towhee
Cardinal
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Willow Flycatcher
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Wood Thrush
Robin
House Wren
Tufted Titmouse
Great-Crested Flycatcher
Scarlet Tanager
Red Shoulder hawk
Blue Jay
Black-Billed Cuckoo
Least Flycatcher
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Northern Flicker
Date: Friday, July 30, 2010
Location: Miami River near UD Stadium
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders: Les Houser
No Baird's today, but least, semipalmated, pectoral and spotted sandpipers, along with semipalmated plover and many killdeer. Also some nice cliff swallow nests on the underside of the I-75 bridge
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Location: Hanover Twp, Butler County
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Sam Fitton
I don't go birding anymore, but my friends do . . . Sam Fitton found a few Sedge Wrens on Mormon Road, north of SR 130 in Butler County, on July 28. This would be in Hanover Township, if'n my map readin' skills are workin.'
I assume a few other Sedge Wrens would be around somewhere, but I can't remember or find any recent local reports.
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Location: Rybolt Rd.
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
2 green herons flying over
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Location: Great Miami River, Hamilton
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Sam Fitton
Sam Fitton told me he found a hatch-year Lark Sparrow along the Great Miami River in downtown Hamilton this morning. The bird was foraging with House Sparrows along the public boat ramp off River Road on the west side of the river. This is upstream of the low dam by Miami-Hamilton.
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Location: Miami River near UD Stadium
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders:
The sandpiper habitat is great up there thanks to the bridge construction, and you're just a stroll down the grassy embankment to the birds instead of trekking through poison ivy, tall weeds and mud.
Great haul tonight from 7:45 - 8:45. Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary, many spotted's and killdeer, least, semipalm, bairds and pectoral. Two lifers for me (Bairds and Pectoral)
Date: Monday, July 26, 2010
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none
Passed through the Oxbow this evening on the slot to shell road. Did a quick wader count. 38 Great Egret, 13 Great Blue Heron, and 1 Black-crowned Night Heron.
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Location: Meldahl Dam
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders:
I forgot to post the three ospery I saw on Tuesday evening. I stopped in the parking lot at the dam on the way home and saw two osprey perched in a large dead tree on the Ohio side just upriver from the dam each with it's own fish dinner. There was a third osprey pereched on the top rail on the dam. By the time I walked up toward the tree they had both finished eating and flew off toward the Kentucky side. One flew down the Kentucky bank and came back to perch near third osprey on the dam.
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Location: Oxbow region
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
Stopped at a few spots in and around the Oxbow Saturday afternoon. Of note: 18+ Great Egrets, and one Double-crested Cormorant on Oxbow Lake. At Lost Bridge, good mudflats on the river, but only found 5 Spotted Sandppipers and 8 Killdeer. The skypool along Lawrenceburg Road was virtually empty with the exception of a Great Blue Heron and a few Killdeer.
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Location: Quakertown Beach, Brookville Lake
Reporter: Bill Buskirk
Other Birders:
I found an alternate plumage adult WILLET at the Quakertown Beach this morning.
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Location: Armeleder Park
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
Wednesday evening from 6-7:30pm
Scoped the beanfield for shorebirds etc. Species: Mallard (20), Wood Duck (3), Green Heron (3), GB Heron(5), Solitary Sandpiper (2), Least Sandpiper (14), Pectoral Sandpiper (1 - very pale plumage). The habitat here is limited in size but good right now, with many emergent wetland plants and minimal signs of recent disturbance. If the rain keeps up every few days like it has, this will be a great spot thru the late summer-early fall shorebird migration.
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Location: Cowan Lake spillway
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
Larry Gara reported Pectoral and Spotted Sandpipers on the Cowan Lake spillway today on Ohio Birds and I headed up this afternoon to try to get some pictures. In addition to the above, I found Solitary and Least Sandpipers as well. There were also Wood Duck and Mallard families actively feeding in the spillway along with about 75 Killdeer. Lotus are blooming at the East end of the lake and Great Blue Herons can be seen along the shoreline.
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Location: Great Miami River across from UD Arena
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: David Houser
We arrived at the river at about 7:15 this evening and stayed for about 1 hour.
We did catch a fleeting look at the Sanderling before it took off, but all in all a pretty good hour of birding. Notable birds are:
Mallards
Great Blue heron
Canada Geese
Killdeer (lots)
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Ring Bill Gulls
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Location: Great Miami River across from UD Arena
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Following up on postings on Ohio Birds I stopped up in Dayton today to look for the reported Sanderling. I was successful in finding it & it was still present when I left at 1030. There are good mudflats here. I found 2 other good birds here 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER & 1 STILT SANDPIPER. The Baird's looked to be an adult bird very pretty "fresh" plumage. Good size comparison in company with a Least & a Killdeer feeding with it. This bird took to flight (which helped rule out a White-rump) & flew downriver. I was not able to relocate it before I left but there were alot of birds present & I easily could have missed it. Other birds there were 20 Ring-billed Gulls, 45 Killdeer, 12 Least Sandpipers, 2 Short-billed Dowitchers, 3 Solitary Sandpipers, 3 Spotted Sandpiper (including 1 juvenille), 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Greater Yellowlegs
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Location: Rowe Woods, around noon
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
At about noon, I came upon a red-tailed hawk sitting in a tree next to Powell Crosley Lake. It was being mobbed by gnatcatchers, vireos, chickadees, titmice, jays, robins, etc. After several minutes of putting up with this, the hawk flew down to the lake shore along the dam and proceeded to wade into the water up to its neck. The hawk sat there in the water, mostly motionless and apparently cooling off, for approximately 10 minutes. It flapped its wings in the water once or twice, but other than that, the only movement it made was swiveling its head and looking around. It then slowly walked out of the water, flapped its wing a few times, and flew up into a nearby snag.
It was extremely odd to see nothing but a hawk's head sticking out of the water...wish I had a camera with me.
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Location: Armeleder Park
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
Trying to take advantage of the overcast skies, I went Saturday afternoon to check out the beanfield. Several Least, 1 Solitary, 1 Spotted and 1 UnIDed peep were present. Then it poured rain on me. There was also a pair of Kestrels at the north end of the park (nest nearby?) as well as yellow warbler, common yellowthroat, and yellow-breasted chat.
Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010
Location: Higginsport
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders: Jay Lehman
Two BARN OWLS seen this evening between 9:30 and 9:45pm. The first one flew into the sycamore tree to check us out about 1 minute after we parked, then flew off east. The second one appeared and disappeared from behind the tree trunk.
If you go, take insect repellent. The Higginsport mosquitoes are plentiful. And HUNGRY!
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010
Location: Miami U Voice of America Learning Center
Reporter: Jeff Brown
Other Birders:
there is a pair of American Kestrels with at least 1 fledged bird hanging out at the VOALC. they appear to be very acclimated to the people and traffic in the parking lot. I saw them chasing small birds and dragonflies. One was still providing food to the hatch-year bird. Not sure where they are nesting. I saw a successful pair there last year too. I am guessing they have a cavity in one of the old banged-up trees.
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010
Location: VOA Park
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders: 10 others on the walk led by Mike Buffum
Mike was able to point out the Henslow's Sparrow and the Bobolink to those of us who joined the walk at VOA Park last night. The birds I was able to identify in addition to those two were Mallards, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds, Eastern Meadowlarks, Mourning Doves, American Robins, European Starlings, and a Barn Swallow. I also saw a bunch of Canada Geese near the Lodge. Some of the other birders may have been able to spot other species but those are the ones I know for sure from the field trip.
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Location: Higginsport
Reporter: Chris Clingman
Other Birders: Suzanne Clingman
Stopped in Higginsport about 9:30 PM. Barn Owls were calling as drove up to the tree. We beleive there were two adults and one juvenile.
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010
Location: Clifton backyard
Reporter: Lori Brumbaugh
Other Birders:
TENNESSEE WARBLER. I submitted poor photos for review by Ned Keller but he too could find no reason to call it anything but a Tennessee. I saw it taking a bath in my little pond, immediately identifying it as a Tenneessee. When it struck me about the time of year, I attempted to photograph it from the house before another bird chased it off. I have not seen it again.
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
2 Great Egret
12 Least Sandpiper
2 Solitary
1 Spotted
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010
Location: Muscatatuck NWF
Reporter: Virginia Wilson
Other Birders:
Was out from 8:30 a.m. until almost 4:00 this afternoon in search of the Mississippi Kite. I never found it.
Another person (Dennis ?) was there and said that he'd seen it for just a brief moment. The location was along the road the exits the refuge where there is a DEAD END sign as you turn off to the RIGHT from the auto tour road. Just as you cross the bridge there is a wetland to the left. That is where he spotted it.
Hope this helps...
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010
Location: Muscatuck Mississippi Kite
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders: Dan Kaiser not me
From the Indiana listserv, a regional bird.
Subject: Re: Mississippi Kite At Muscatuck NWR
From: Dan Kaiser <dhkaiser AT SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:28:05 -0400
Thanks to Tom for posting my sighting! I have just put up three photos
of the Mississippi Kite which was seen at Muscatatuck NWR today. One
photo, of poor quality, shows the kite carrying a frog. I have not
heard of kites eating amphibians. Photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/
Dan Kaiser
Columbus
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:12:33 -0400, you wrote:
>Dan Kaiser just called to report a Mississippi Kite at Muscatatuck NRW and
>asked that I report to IN-BIRD. It was seen at ~3:00pm at M4, M5 and M6.
>Dan has photos and will post later...
>
>Tom Becker
>Floyd County
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010
Location: Okeana,ohio
Reporter: Karen CLARK
Other Birders:
Have had one adult and 3 young Barred Owls in my yard for about 9 days. What a sight they have been.
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Location: Cincinnati Nature Center Rowe Woods
Reporter: Lola Irvin
Other Birders: 12 Bird Walk Participants
A beautiful and cooler morning greeted us for the CNC bird walk. In addition to the regular species we saw immatures of both Baltimore and orchard orioles. In the warbler category we heard calls of the prothonotary and yellow-breasted chat and saw common yellowthroats in the brushy fields. Tree swallows, barn swallows and chimney swifts circles overhead in the fields. Towhees and a wood thrush were heard along the edge of the forest. We finished at the lake where there were a female and two immature wood ducks.
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Location: Ralph J. Stolle Countryside YMCA, Lebanon, Ohio
Reporter: patrick heekin
Other Birders:
On a 40 acre piece of private Property near the YMCA center. For the last week the property owners have had three Barred Owls come into their large wooded back yard around 6:00 PM. The owls are and adult and two young of the year. I went out and saw them last night and the owls hung out calling and chasing each other from tree to tree for 4 hours. We knew they had arrived because the blue jays started with the alarm calls, and came right at them. The owls were noisy with their own calling to each other. The Blue jays kept them moving from tree to tree but the owls had no interest in leaving until after it was full dark. The two smaller ones, which I presume are the young of the year were clumsy flying and seem to make every landing and adventure. The young ones seemed to sto prefer the lower limbs of the trees. After each landing they would start calling to each other. The adult didn't call nearly has often. We could not find their nest or cavity on the property and the owners don't believe the owl nest or cavity is on the property. We have not figured out why they come from some place off the property to hang out in the same back yard every evening, since they don't appear to be hunting. There are several large fields nearby, so perhaps they are just staging for a hunt in the fields. Quite a display.
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Location: Ohio River across from New Richmond
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders:
While enjoying dinner on a friend's houseboat, a Double Crested Cormorant flew by. I haven't checked my records, but I don't think I've ever seen one on the river in July.
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Location: Shawnee Lookout Park & Kilby Road
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Phil Burgio
With the break in the heat for a little while this morning I thought that I would get in a good morning of birding. Arrived at Shawnee Lookout at about 7 am and hiked the Miami Fort Trail. Stayed for about 2 1/2 hours before heading over to Kilby Road to check what's going on over there before the heat of the day sends me home.Here's a cumulative list.
Indigo Bunting
Cardinal
Lots-O-Robins
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Grackle
Eastern Towhee
American Redstart
Black and White Warbler
White Breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood Peewee
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Tufted Titmouse
Mourning Dove
Carolina Chickadee
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Wood Thrush
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
Song Sparrow
Dickcissel
Gold Finch
House Finch
House Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Eastern King Bird
Field Sparrow
Yellow Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Barn Swallow
Cat Bird
Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Turkey Vulture
Red-Tailed Hawk
Crow
Chipping Sparrow
Kestrel
Red Wing Black bird
Great-Creasted Flycatcher
European
Starling
Not a bad morning if I do say so myself.
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Location: VOA
Reporter: Terry Jackson
Other Birders:
Blue Grosbeak pair
6 Goldfinch
Date: Friday, July 9, 2010
Location: 580 Walnut -- east side of the building
Reporter: donna capella
Other Birders: Peregrine Falcon
During a meeting someone noticed a young peregrin falcon sitting on the edge of the balcony on the 14th floor. It is beautiful... wish I had my camera.
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
4 Least Sandpiper
1 Solitary Sandpiper
And a beaver felling and eating a giant ragweed plant.
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Location: Western Hills Viaduct
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders:
Peregrine Falcon: This morning I observed a large raptor flying low and laboring under the weight of a dark- bodied prey.
As I slowed (thankfully no other traffic was heading westbound!), could see the moustache bars on the falcon.
The bird was flying toward downtown.
Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Location: armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
11 AM. 3 great egrets,foy, at the north pond. All in adult plumage.
Date: Saturday, July 3, 2010
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders: my son Jeffrey
Made it to Oxbow just after sunrise this morning. We were not disappointed as we saw two species we had not seen before - the Great Egret and the Little Blue Heron. Two of the Egrets were in Osprey Lake and the third was in Jackpot Pond. The Little Blue Heron was perched on a stump in the middle of Oxbow Lake.
The birds positively identified this morning were:
Great Blue Heron - 10
Great Egret - 3
Red Winged Blackbird - 20+
Mourning Doove - 25+
Indigo Bunting - 2
Killdeer - 1
Mallard - 1
American Robin - 15
American Crow - 2
Little Blue Heron - 1
There were many others we saw but could not get a good enough view to positively identify. Also, we heard many more than we were able to see.
Date: Friday, July 2, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Black-and-White Warbler (up the beach and across the river)
at least one representative from each of the 6 local swallow species
and an E. Kingbird riding on the back of a Red-tailed Hawk
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders:
Watched and photographed an Osprey fishing out of Geyser Lake. What a sight. I have photos in my Osprey gallery.
Date: Friday, July 2, 2010
Location: Hopple Street Viaduct
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders:
Osprey flying over the Mill Creek at the Hopple Street Viaduct.
Date: Friday, July 2, 2010
Location: Fort Thomas, KY
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders:
Oooo! Raptor drama over the Ohio River a few minutes ago. A juvenile Broad-wing Hawk was dive-bombing a much larger Red-tailed Hawk. Lots of vocalizing by both birds and great aerial maneuvering. Both species nest somewhere around here. I've been hearing and seeing them all spring and summer.
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010
Location: VOA Park
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Phil Burgio
Invited my birding friend, Phil to go along to see if we can spot any HESP. He had told me he doesn't have any on his life list. So we arrived at about 8 pm and parked by the IBA sign. Started walking on the mowed paths across from where I parked. I first thing I noticed was the lack of Bobolinks from when I was here a few weeks earlier. Heard a few faint calls from the HESP as we walked for about an hour, stopping along the way to listen. Then about 9 pm when the sun went down over the horizon then they started to sing. One flew up to the top of a tall weed and sang away for about 15 minutes as we watched. You could tell there was more of them just by listening to all the different locations they were calling from. Just couldn't see them because of darkness. All in all, a very good night.
Date: Monday, June 28, 2010
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock #34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders: Chirs Clingman
In the evening an Ospery flew over our dock following the river bank going downriver. It was carrying a fish and we watched it flying along the river bank until it went over the tree line along the bank on the Ohio side somewhere between Chilo and Meldahl dam. I can't imagine why it would fly that far with a fish unless it was going to feed young. Has anyone seen a nest near the dam?
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock #34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders: Chris Clingman
About sunset a Great Egret flew up river along the river bank in front of our house and curved into the mouth of the estuary.
Our fledging Great Horned was calling for food from the tree over our bird feeders. We've been hearing it every night for over a month, usually somewhere on the edge of the estuary. This is the first time it's been right up at the house.
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
Franklin's Gull?
2 Great Horned Owl (2 imm. and one more large owl sp.)
2 Blue Grosbeak
8 Dickcissel
I'm about 60% sure this was a Franklin's but I'm not willing to call it as such given what I saw and the rarity for this time of year. Black bill, partial black cap on back of otherwise white head, solid white underneath, gray wings, gray body, tail not notched or forked, upper part of tail more white towards body, seemed larger than Bonny smaller than Ring-billed.
That's about all I got. I didn't notice edging on wings, wingtips or tail. I don't have a lot of gull experience other than the usual species for the area (including a few previous Franklin's sightings) but figured it was worth posting as a heads up to all the people that bird the LMR. I was in the south end of the park and it flew in from the west and headed east.
I also encountered a rather odd looking lizard/skink the details of which I'll post on the message board for anyone up for a herp ID.
Date: Monday, June 28, 2010
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Laura Keene
Other Birders:
No luck finding the Little Blue Heron, but two Northern Bobwhite were quite a treat today. One was seen on the entrance road, halfway down the pines and the other across Lodge Pond. I recorded a quick video with my camera:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keeneone/
On Friday evening, I was able to photograph one from the parking lot by the visitor center.
Date: Monday, June 28, 2010
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders: my son Jeffrey
Today was my first trip to Oxbow and I really enjoyed it. I know it is not prime birding season nor was it the optimal time of day but it was still productive as I saw two species of birds for the first time.
We saw 3 Great Blue Herons wading in Oxbow Lake. We also saw 5 northern Cardinals, 2 Indigo Buntings, 50 or more Common Grackles, 2 American Robins, 1 Red Tailed Hawk, 3 Wood Ducks, 1 Song Sparrow, and 1 Yellow Warbler.
This was the first time I had ever seen the Wood Duck or the Yellow Warbler. The Wood Ducks were in Jackpot Pond. The Yellow Warbler flew in and lit in a tree no more than ten feet from us at the Oxbow Lake Overlook. He stayed in the tree long enough for me to pull ot my field guides and positively identify him.
Also while we were at the Overlook, the Red Tailed Hawk flew in and perched on the electrical tower near the Overlook parking area. I got a great view of him through my binoculars to confirm that he was indeed a Red Tailed hawk.
There were many other waterfowl out on Oxbow lake but I could not get a good enough look to identify them. We also heard many more birds than we were able to observe.
I can't wait to go back to Oxbow at a more prime birding time!
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Location: Columbia Parkway - Red Bank Rd.
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
Sunday evening - 3 Black Vultures roosting on a streetlight at the bridge over Red Bank Rd. I guess it's enough like a dead snag to stay the night.
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
3 Black-crowned Night-heron on nests. I could've easily overlooked the other 2 nests or more birds though because I was there last weekend before directions were posted and somehow completely missed seeing any BCNH at all.
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Location: Fernald first pond
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: julie morris, Frank Frick
Little blue heron, 2 green-winged teal, spotted sandpiper (no spots!), 3 green herons.
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Location: CNC--Rowe Woods
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders: 12 CNC Bird Fans
Lovely morning to be out and birding! 12 enthusiastic birders were in attendance, and we enjoyed some very nice summer birds. Nothing out of the ordinary, but the usual suspects put on good shows. Highlights: A very visible and vocal Yellow-Breasted Chat; numerous Baltimore and Orchard Orioles of both sexes in all plumages--sometimes in the same tree; Indigo Buntings dazzling us in the bright early sunlight.... Who says summer birding is boring?
Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Location: East Fork Lake
Reporter: Joe Bens
Other Birders:
I was doing the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas today. I found a pair of Blue Grosbeaks in the tailwater area of East Fork Lake. Also found 10 Species of Warbler along with the normal Summer birds.
Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
Location: VOA Park
Reporter: W. Travis Young
Other Birders: Don Martin
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Hoping for good looks at Bobolinks and Henslow's Sparrows. We were not disappointed.
Henslow's Sparrow 3 (great views and being vocal). One observed seemed to be a juvenile based on plumage.
Bobolinks were numerous and vocal, males and females 15
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Location: oxbow
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders: Cathy Kappa
Took our canoe out on the lake last night and paddled around the edge. Highlights were four Black-crowned Night Herons, and an adult Green-back Heron with two young which were to young to fly.
Complete list:
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 12
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 6
Green Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 10
Eastern Kingbird 2
Horned Lark 18
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 9
American Robin 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 7
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 55
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Location: My back yard
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders:
Little Green Heron
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Location: Hisey Park & Caesar Creek State Park
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders:
Yellowthroats in abundance in low shrubs and tall grasses.
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:
I saw an adult Little blue Heron around noon today at lodge pond in the fernald preserve.
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 N. Bobwhite (seemed to move from across the river to south of the dog park while I was there but I only heard it)
1 A. Woodcock
1 Blue Grosbeak (around the small retention pond)
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010
Location: Winton Woods Settling Pond
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders:
Good looks at male and female blue grosbeaks moving along the edge of the pond. 6 immature hooded mergansers in the water, but the best bird was a summer tanager along the back fence line.
Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: none
Birded from 7:30 to 9:00 pm and saw these species: Eastern Kingbird, Killdeer, Cedar Waxwing, Indigo Bunting, Common Yellowthroat,
Dickcissel, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal.
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Location: Kellywood Ave.
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders: Emily Brinkman (7)
Two new yard birds today. An adult BALD EAGLE gliding high over our front yard and about 15 minutes later, a male SHARP-SHINNED HAWK gliding overhead.
Trip List:
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders:
I counted 5 BCNH nests total. Based upon the first sighting of eggs in the nest, and the duration of incubation, there should be little ones any day. Baltimore Orioles have been posing next to the nesting BCNH. I have photos on my site for those who wish to look.
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010
Location: Armleder Park, this morning
Reporter: Darlena Graham
Other Birders:
Good luck with my target birds. Five singing Dickcissels, in the general area that they used last year, the east end and a Blue Grosbeak near the brushy edge territory on the west end. Employees were driving thru and spraying. Hope they stopped before they mashed the birds.
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
3 A. Woodcock
Also had one bird on 6/2 and 6/9.
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010
Location: east of New Richmond, Ohio
Reporter: Carrie Lockwood
Other Birders: Bill, Jane, Pam, Lauren, Kelsey
A bard owl flew over our heads and landed in a a tree right next to us. We were in a creek. The timing was around 1:00/1:30pm. We were able to watch it for around 10 mins before it flew on. It was wonderfully, beautiful!!
Date: Monday, June 14, 2010
Location: Fairfield East Elementary
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:
There was a White-throated Sparrow singing this morning from a line of trees near Fairfield East Elementary, roughly where SR 129 crosses Morris Road. It was a nice, clear rendition of the song. I don't believe I was fooled by a mimic or starling, etc. I heard it sing three or four times while waiting for a bus.
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010
Location: E Miami River Rd Gravel Pit, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: None
Stopped by briefly @ 10:30 AM and found a pair of LARK SPARROWS breeding right in front of me!
For those who haven't been to this location before, it's located on E Miami River Rd about a mile south of its intersection with Blue Rock Rd. It's across the street from (and just south of) Obergiesing Soccer Complex. There's a cabled-off concrete pad that will hold a few cars.
From the pad, cross the cable and turn left on the trail. Follow it for a few hundred yards and you'll see a pond on your right. The LARK SPARROWS were right on the path, feeding, breeding, and displaying. Other nice birds included a singing male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a Green Heron, and a pair of Yellow-breasted Chats (unfortunately feeding a fledgling Cowbird).
I haven't been on the trail going to the right from the pad so I can't comment on what's there.
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Ty Ficker
Other Birders:
Lots of Canada geese, few indigo buntings, northern flicker, mute swans, mallards, green winged teal, northern shovelers, Red wing blackbirds EVERYWHERE, northern parula, heard one great horned owl
Trip List:
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010
Location: Loveland Bike Trail, Loveland OH
Reporter: Elizabeth Ball
Other Birders:
Very excited to see a Prothonotary Warbler on our morning walk along the trail on the Loveland side of Rail Run Creek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothonotary_Warbler
He was not a bit shy and we were able to get within a few feet of him and watch as he climbed up and down tree trunks, picked off a twig from a tree etc. Very animated but we didn't get to hear him sing.
Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010
Location: Armleder
Reporter: W. Travis Young
Other Birders:
7:30p-9:15p
Mallard 2
Killdeer 4
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Willow Flycatcher 2
Barn Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 20
Chimney Swift 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
American Robin 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 10
American Goldfinch 15
Song Sparrow 10
Savannah Sparrow 5
Common Grackle 4
Red-winged Blackbird 15
European Starling 50
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Dickcissel 5
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010
Location: E. Miami River Rd. Gravel Pit / Kilby Rd, Smith Tract.
Reporter: Matt Stenger
Other Birders:
Went to the gravel pits on East Miami River road in hopes of seeing a Lark Sparrow, no luck. I did see plenty of Orchard orioles, baltimore oriole Yellow breasted chat (by ear) LOTS of Indigo buntings. Also stopped by kilby rd. to try to get a dickcissel (a lifer for me) I had better luck there as I got to see 5 dickcissels also grasshopper sparrows (another lifer). 2 in one day. hmmm, does that mean I'm all out of luck now for the next 6 weeks?
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010
Location: Fernald
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders:
While people have already mentioned the plethora of Dickcissels and occasional Grasshopper Sparrows, I just wanted to add that there were two Bobwhites calling, one on either side of the road as you enter.
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010
Location: Voice of America Park
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
I had a scout meeting cancel, so I thought with the nice evening I would go over to VOA to spot a Henslow's Sparrow. Following the advice of some fellow birders, I park near the Audubon's IBA sign. Walked across the gravel road to pick up the mowed paths to start my search. I probably only walked about 100 yards when I heard my first HESP. I paused for several minutes trying to locate with no luck. Then they quite calling altogether. Walked on and enjoyed the display the countless Bobolinks were putting on. Since it was approaching 9 pm I decided to call it night and retrace my steps back to my truck, when I stopped at the spot i heard them before, and sure enough the were singing again. Waited for a couple of minutes when I noticed a rustling in the grass, and watched a HESP hop up and fly a few feet, no more the 15 feet away from me. Watched it for a few more minutes as another one was singing of the right of me.
I'd like to thank, Jonathan Frodge, Jeff Brown, and Mike Busam for their advise on the message board which helped me to find this life bird.
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Location: East End
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
While mountain biking today I heard a singing Prairie Warbler in an abandoned railroad area between Eastern and Columbia Pkwy. This surprising bit of habitat had white-eyed vireo last year in the same spot. Today I also had acadian flycatcher, rough-winged swallow, brown thrasher, and broad-winged hawk in addition to more common species.
Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Location: East Fork State Park - emergency spillway area / model airplane field
Reporter: William Hull
Other Birders:
Still seeing Grasshopper Sparrows in the emergency spillway area. Also, lots of Butterfly Milkweed blooming there right now.
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010
Location: Little Miami River near Route 48
Reporter: Christi OBrien
Other Birders: Maria O'Brien
We saw a gorgeous bald eagle flying not too high basically right over the Little Miami River where Route 48 crosses over.
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Location: Shawnee Lookout (Miami Fort Trail)
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: none
Visited the trail from 10:30 to 12:30 today. Saw 1 Wild Turkey, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Mourning Dove, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers (together), 2 White-breasted Nuthatches, numerous Robins, 3 American Redstarts, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Indigo Bunting, several Brown-headed Cowbirds. Beautiful morning for walking.
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Location: Armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
This AM I watched 2 pairs of orchard orioles, 1 pair of baltimore orioles, one pair of eastern kingbirds, & 1 pair of yellow warblers all on nests in the same local. Plus heard a y-b cuckoo, saw a prothonotory & catbird, & my first summer time dicksissel. Also lots of regs. Thanx to Ruhi & Tom for showing the way.
Date: Monday, June 7, 2010
Location: Ohio River, Dayton, Campbell Co., KY / Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
One Spotted Sandpiper at the Manhattan Harbour Marina, in the same location where they bred last year, and going in some areas of heavy vegetation, like before. I also saw 2 small shorebirds fly up from the sandy beach area and disappear downriver. They seemed just a lttle bigger than peeps, but were not spotties. Sort of made me think Sanderlings but couldn't say for sure. Last evening I was leaning against a willow on the same beach contemplating how all of a sudden even the muddy Ohio River looks clean compared to what we have been seeing in the Gulf. I then noticed a female Hooded Merganser flying from the marina inlet over to the Ohio side where she landed on the shore in a heavily wooded area. This is the third time I have found Hooded Mergansers in the general vicinty during the breeding season (in differing years), so I suspect there is a possibility of a nest there, and there were some likely looking tree cavities. There were quite a few Cliff Swallows flying around on that side also. Today I drove over to the East End to see if they may be nesting on the waterworks bldg next to St. Rose but saw no sign of anything. I checked the old colonies by the Public Landing and found just a few scattered active Cliff Swallow nests, but most were crumbling and at least one had been overtaken by House Sparrows. There may be one or two active nests left under the I-471 bridge but couldn't tell for sure. The Bank Swallows have moved from the marina to a steep bank about a mile upriver. I counted 12 nest holes on May 31, and could see them going in and out from a distance yesterday. Also tonight there was one female Wood Duck with 9 young about 1/3 grown young.
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010
Location: Gov Bebb Park, Okeana
Reporter: Bob Schlake
Other Birders:
Henslow's sparrows. In the grass field on the right as you enter the park.
I heard several and had one pose quite nice. Thanks Jay for the ID help.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4680690688_c0be7ab85a_b.jpg
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Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010
Location: Boone County Cliffs and others
Reporter: Steve Bobonick
Other Birders: Kevin "the wine guy" Stump
I guided visiting birder Kevin Stump from Seattle, WA around our area for two sessions on Sunday. Kevin is a consultant for wine and spirits and was giving a class to the staff of Palomino Restaurant on Sunday and Monday. Kevin redesigned their wine menu. While a serious birder, Kev had not birded east of Texas. After a total of seven hours in the field, we ended up with 88 species seen and heard.
I picked him up at the Hyatt at 5:30 AM and we spent three hours at Middle Creek Road/Boone County Cliffs. Despite a soaking from a decent thunderstorm, we did some good. Highlights included Worm-eating Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Hooded Warbler(heard), Yellow-throated Warbler (heard), Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Prairie Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, Blue-winged Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager (heard), Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Acadian Flycatcher, Great-creasted Flycatcher, White and Red-eyed Vireos, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole and numerous other common locals.
Following his class, I collected him at 4:45 PM and we started at Shawnee Lookout. A stop at Lost Bridge produced two White-rumped Sandpipers. We missed Prothonotary at the boat ramp but got Orchard Oriole and American Redstart(heard). We dashed over to the Oxbow and ticked off a nice Prothonotary Warbler. Next stop was the Kilby Road gravel pits which produced Grasshopper Sparrow and Dickcissels. I drive through Miami-Whitewater Forest got us a visual on a Hooded Warbler and a Red-shouldered Hawk.
Continuing to the gravel pits on East Miami River Road, we ran into Paul Wharton, who reported on this location recently. With his intel, we added Blue Grosbeak, Lark Sparrow and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Our final stop was VOA Park arriving about 9:00 PM with darkness and storm clouds looming. We flushed a Bobolink, saw two American Woodcocks flying around and heard several Henslow's Sparrows. Lack of light prevented us from getting a visual on the Henslow's.
Kevin ended up with 33 life birds, not including the heard only Summer Tanager, Yellow-throated Warbler and Henslow's Sparrow. We also missed Brown Thrasher and Willow Flycatcher. But Kev was very pleased with the day's results and gave me a nice bottle of Chianti Classico Reserva!
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Location: Lake Waynoka
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
culvert, that is.
also: waxwings are all over the place out there too.
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Location: Lake Waynoka
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Made the following observations of note while conducting OBBA survey:
- one black vulture soaring in the company of several turkey vultures
- one red headed woodpecker fledgling and parent (also saw several other lone adults)
- one mute swan (presumably domesticated)
- watched a red tailed hawk take a rabbit to three newly fledged chicks waiting and calling raucously in a snag
- got a really poor photo of a fox cub before it ducked into a culvet. my aunt watched two of them playing together in the same location earlier that day.
- bluebird fledglings everywhere.
- no sightings of bobwhite in excellent habitat.
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010
Location: Thorn Hill Lake, Kenton County, KY
Reporter: Paul Krusling
Other Birders: Judy Gammon
Judy contacted me and said that she had a lark sparrow coming to her feeder. She photographed the bird. The Thorn Hill area, located on the Licking River floodplain, is undergoing a wetland restoration. So the habitat is not too different from the gravel pits located in SW Ohio.
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Location: East Miami River Rd. Gravel Pits; Colerain Twp
Reporter: Paul Wharton
Other Birders:
I have been watching the Lark Sparrows in the abandoned gravel pits on East Miami River Road near Blue Rock Rd. and they are still there. A quick walk through the area this morning found at least 8 adult birds. They were not singing much, but were doing courtship displays, carrying food, and gathering nesting materials, so they are obviously breeding there. And since it is a gravel pit, there is the obligatory breeding pair of Blue Grosbeaks. Other interesting birds in the immediate area included N. Parula, Yellow-breasted Chat, both orioles, Brown Thrashers, Waxwings, and Wild Turkeys. Part of the area is owned by the Hamilton County Park District and part is privately owned and posted as No Trespassing.
Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
Location: Armleder (north side)
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: Hazel and Rosie (basset hounds)
8:30 - 10:00 am
Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Baltimore Oriole, Blue Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee, Northern Mockingbird, Tree Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Indigo Buntings, American Goldfinches, Killdeer, Song Sparrow, Dickcissel.
Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010
Location: Armeleder Park
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
Following up on the reported shorebirds in the Beanfield, I found the following birds both Wednesday and Thursday evenings: 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Semi-palmated Plovers, 6 and 17 (respective days) Semi-palmated Sandpipers, many Mallard pairs, 1 Green Heron. On Thursday a trio of coyote pups were out on the flats as well, and frolicked for about an hour in the distance.
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Location: Winton Woods Settling pond
Reporter: Ruhikant Meetei
Other Birders:
Following Frank Frick's report on Black Terns, I went there and Saw three of them. They were there till 8pm.
Few images at my gallery:
http://ruhikant.smugmug.com/Birds/Black-Terns/12418509_pkcRc#888681359_fBPHF
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:
Good mudflats in the "Bean Field" today:
2 White-rumped Sandpipers
2 Semipalmated Plovers
5 Semipalmated Sandpipers
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Location: winton woods settling pond
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:
three black terns,two in breeding plumage around noon.
Date: Monday, May 31, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
A few shorebirds were there this evening right before the rain:
2 Semipalmated Plover
at least 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper
20 distant peeps
and 16 Great Blue Heron
Otherwise, the usual species for this time of year.
Date: Monday, May 31, 2010
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: James Lundberg
Other Birders:
In the "Bean Field", counted 26 Great Bird Herons, but no shorebirds in the receding water this morning.
Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010
Location: Ohio river, New Richmond
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders: Ashley
Of note: 2 Forster's terns diving/cruising river, 1 male wood duck eating french fries with mallards at the marina/restaurant.
Date: Sunday, May 30, 2010
Location: MWFW/Kilby/Shawnee/Oxbow
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: julie morris
Good birds and 82 species this weekend on West side..some highlights were Hooded Merganser at MWW, Yellow-billed cuckoo and Olive-sided flycatcher at MWF, Bank swallows, Orchard orioles, Grasshopper sparrows, and LARK SPARROWS at Kilby Rd. (Thanks Paul), Summer tanager at MWF, following warblers-- Hooded, Kentucky, Blue-winged, N.Parula, Yellow, Cerulean, Redstart, Prothonatary, YB Chat, Common Yellowthroat.
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Location: Ellis Lake Wetlands
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:
A female Hooded Merganser flew out of the Ellis Lake pond this morning. There was also a female Hooded Merganser at Liberty Township's Wetlands Park along Route 129 last week. Both seemed to be unmated birds, but they're interesting to find this time of year.
A pair of Phoebes in the Ellis Lake swamp were feeding their nestlings with Blue Dasher dragonflies, which abounded in the swamp interior. Also two Prothonotary Warblers, a Great Horned Owl and multiple Wood Duck and Mallards.
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Location: Northern Clermont / Southern Warren
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:
I was out from 6 to 11 today doing some breeding bird work focusing on two priority blocks that have little data.
In the priority block near Butlerville I had several singing Savannah Sparrows singing in a field, 2 male Bobolinks, 1 Kentucky Warbler singing away plus many birds feeding young or carrying food. No Quail even though there was good habitat.
Driving between blocks I had Grasshopper Sparrows just north of Owensville on SR 132 and then in two fields off Dallasburg North of the intersection of Goshen Murdock.
The Goshen block didn't have anything great but some easy confirmations. Get out there and atlas, migrants are gone.
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010
Location: Boone County Cliffs
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Phil Burgio
Arrived at Boone County Cliffs at around 7 am and it was already active with birds. Notable birds are Indigo Buntings, Scarlet Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher, Louisiana Waterthrush, Worm-eating Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Lark Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Phoebe, Chipping Sparrow, Wood Thrush, Carolina Wren. The real surprise was seeing a immature Scarlet Tanager male as it was going through his color change. His head was almost red, with the black wings, and yellowish body. At first glance it could have been mistaken as a Western Tanager.
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010
Location: fernald
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:
at the first large lake as you enter the preserve I had a cattle egret in full breeding plumage. this was about 1:00pm.
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Location: Milford area, Clermont Co., OH
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders: Veronica Renfrow
14 Semipalmated Sandpipers in a farm field skypool along Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Rd near the corner with US 50.
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders:
I guess the Alder Flycatcher moved on. We heard him 5/14, 5/15, 5/17, 5/18 and 5/19 but not since. Always in the same place on the river bank or near the yard. Nice while it lasted!
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Yellow-breasted Chats doing their mating flight thing on the south end of the park near the canoe launch. Brilliant.
Date: Monday, May 24, 2010
Location: Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
At the Morscher Park wetland in Silver Grove there was a pair of nesting Prothonotary Warblers and a female Wood Duck with 10 young.
Along Uhl Road at a farm on the approach in to Cold Spring there was one singing male Blue Grosbeak.
Date: Monday, May 24, 2010
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Flushed a tight-sitting woodcock out of the nettles in the woods near the beanfield. Scared the pants off of me. Other sightings of note: 1 black vulture, 1 yb cuckoo (because I want to be), 1 willow flycatcher, 2 savannah sparrows, 6 dickcissels, many orioles.
If you like serviceberries, they are ripe and tasty right now. Go to the cul-de-sac northwest of the two easternmost soccer fields (north of the entrance drive) for a pre- and/ or post-birding snack. In a few days, the waxwings will have eaten them all (don't worry - they've got plenty of mulberries to eat).
Location: Armleder Park
Observation date: 5/24/10
Number of species: 50
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 22
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 6
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 7
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus 1
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus 1
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 9
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 1
American Woodcock - Scolopax minor 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus 1
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 6
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 2
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 2
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 1
Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii 1
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 1
Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus 2
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 3
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 16
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 12
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 7
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 4
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 6
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 4
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 1
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 2
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 32
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 45
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 11
Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens 2
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 1
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 1
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 1
Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis 2
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 28
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 8
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 18
Dickcissel - Spiza americana 5
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 31
Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna 10
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 20
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 42
Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius 7
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 3
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 12
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Valley View Preserve
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders:
Saturday evening: before the mosquitoes chased me away, I heard a "quick three beers!" and looked up to see an Olive-Side Flycatcher. Many yellowthroats and chats, as well as 75+ waxwings.
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: Norwood
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: none
American Redstart this morning in our yard; also heard Eastern Wood-pewee and believe this was the flycatcher I saw in our yard on Saturday afternoon.
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: Boone County Cliffs
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders: Samantha Sayre
Our first time here was a nice trip with few birds seen, but many species heard. Highlights Kentucky Warbler, Red-Headed Woodpecker, both seen about a mile along the trail. Additionally: Worm-eating, Yellow, Prairie, Red-eyed Vireo, Broad-winged Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo, Pileated (nestlings too), Wood thrush.
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: Camden
Reporter: Michael Mitchell
Other Birders:
small flock of 5 Cedar Waxwings just outside Camden on Barnets Mill Road crosses Seven Mile Creek
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Location: Oxbow (Shawnee, Lost Bridge, Lawrenceburg)
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Oxbow Bird Tour Group
Started up the hill in Shawnee Lookout to try to get above the dense morning fog. Wonderful views of Blue-winged Warblers and a look at the Perigrine in the box once we could see the towers. After the fog cleared we had great sightings of 2 Immature Bald Eagles at Lost Bridge. They circled over us and around us and landed twice on the opposite side of the scrap ponds like extra large shore birds. Stirred up a lot of excite in the local birds feeding in the ponds. Also a great look at an Osprey perched beautifully across Jackpot Pond from the LCD road. I am reporting what I am aware we saw and heard, the other participants may have some additional observations.
Trip List: Canada Goose 15, Mallard 2, Great Blue Heron 2, Turkey Vulture 5, Osprey 1, Bald Eagle 2, Red-tailed Hawk 1, American Kestrel 1, Semipalmated Plover 2, Killdeer 1, Semipalmated Sandpiper 6, Least Sandpiper 2, Mourning Dove 10, Black-billed Cuckoo 1, Chimney Swift 5, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Warbling Vireo 2, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 1, American Crow 7, Horned Lark 1, Tree Swallow 10, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4, Cliff Swallow 3, Barn Swallow 2, Carolina Chickadee 1, Tufted Titmouse 2, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3, Wood Thrush 2, American Robin 15, Gray Catbird 2, Northern Mockingbird 1, European Starling 25, Blue-winged Warbler 3, Yellow Warbler 10, Cerulean Warbler 3, Prothonotary Warbler 2, Eastern Towhee 1, Chipping Sparrow 10, Song Sparrow 20, Northern Cardinal 20, Indigo Bunting 6, Red-winged Blackbird 50, Common Grackle 15, Brown-headed Cowbird 50, Orchard Oriole 1, Baltimore Oriole 1, American Goldfinch 15
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: Harbin Park, Fairfield
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: Charlie Saunders
There was an Olive-sided Flycatcher in Harbin Park this morning. Charlie found the bird yesterday. Earlier in the week, Charlie said there was a Connecticut Warbler in the park for a couple days.
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: Backtard
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders:
Saw today that the Read-shouldered Hawk nest has four hatchlings. Was able to watch the adults fly in and feed them. One of the hatchlings is significantly smaller than the other three. I fear that the nest will soon be down to three.
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: VOA
Reporter: Jeff Brown
Other Birders:
usual suspects found at the VOA this morning. Hightlights were Bobolinks and Henslow's Sparrows (4 vocalizing). Even with the vegetation managment there are many Willow Flycatchers throughout the area.
Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010
Location: Milford -- Miami Woods
Reporter: Jan Watkins
Other Birders:
This morning, small flock of Cedar Waxwings devouring berries on Serviceberry bush outside kitchen window.
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Location: Cowan Lake
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
Adult Bald Eagle flyover this afternoon at the East end of the lake.
Trip List: Bald Eagle 1, Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Town and Country Soccer Field, Wilder, KY
Reporter: W. Travis Young
Other Birders:
3 Common Nighthawks flying low and being vocal over the soccer field in the lights (around 9:30pm) during a game I was playing. Seemed to be feeding on the insects attracted to the lights.
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: 234 Duffey Road Adams County
Reporter: dan kendrick
Other Birders: Roman and Nathan Mast
A yellow headed blackbird is in a wheat field cooperatively perching from time to time on the fence posts. The amish farmer welcomes birders.
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Camp Craig/ Camp Friedlander
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
I was at a Boy Scouting event today and thought I would get a few hours of birding in the morning. A lot of normal birds,but a few notable ones. White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy, Pileated, and Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Grackle, Cardinal, Robin, Tufted Titmouse, Wood Thrush, Turkey Vulture, Red-Tailed Hawk, Eastern Towhee, Blue Jay, 4 Scarlet Tanagers(2 males & 2 females)Baltimore Oriole, Great Blue & Green Heron, Warbling Vireo, Mallard, Gold Finch, Chipping & Song Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Phoebe, and a Yellow-Rumped Myrtle Warbler, and a Wilson's Warbler, which seems kind of late to still be around. Anyway a good morning.
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Backyard, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Been seeing common nighthawks every evening this week. 3 tonight. not vocal, feeding. This is not the norm this early in year.
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Norwood yard
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: Dave Schwallie, Hazel and Rosie (bassets)
While grilling out back, we saw a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and an unidentified Flycatcher.
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: My Backyard
Reporter: Joe Kappa
Other Birders:
Was finally able to see one of the hatchling Red-shouldered Hawks today. His head looked like a big white cottonball with eyes peering over the edge of the nest. Hopefully there is more than one in the nest.
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Paul Krusling
Other Birders: none
There was a CATTLE EGRET walking on the levy between the casino and Jackpot Pond this morning at around 11:00.
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010
Location: Kilby Road area, Hamilton Co Parks, OH
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
Several other birders along with myself had no luck finding the flycatcher from 1:00-2:30 PM. A very nice spot though - 6 Orchard Orioles, 2 Baltimore Orioles, 10 Yellow Warblers, 4 Willow Flycatchers, 5 Warbling Vireos and lots of other good
birds. A bit of a walk but well worth it even without finding the scissortail. Thanks to Ned and Allan for sending directions.
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Susan Williams
Other Birders:
I was there from 10:30 to 11:30 with no luck at finding the scissor-tailed flycatcher.
Date: Friday, May 21, 2010
Location: Union KY
Reporter: Amy Meyers
Other Birders:
Male Red Breasted Grosbeak at my backyard feeder.
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: eric burkholder
Other Birders: 4 other birders
Got there around 5:00 p.m but didn't find the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher until 6:45 p.m. A birder from Dayton found it in the small group of trees to the West of the silos. It was preening and resting in a small leafless tree, We watched for a about 5 minutes before it began to forage in the field below the silos and red building. Also saw 1 adult Bald Eagle, 1 Blue Grosbeak, 3 Eastern Kingbirds and 1 Belted Kingfisher.
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Winton Woods (Kestral Point)
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: Hazel and Rosie (basset hounds)
Have been trapped indoors at work, but got out this afternoon (for good behavior, I suppose) and went for a walk on the west part of the hike-bike trail. We saw more than I thought we would between 6 and 8 pm. Among our sightings: Canada Geese (with babies), Wood Ducks (with babies), Mallards, Great Blue Herons, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,Robins, Cedar Waxwings, Cardinals, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbirds, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole and American Goldfinches.
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Dayton Riverfront, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
1 Spotted Sandpiper and 40 Bank Swallows at the Manhattan Harbour Marina. I think the swallows are waiting for the river to recede so they can nest in the bank by the boat lift.
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Elizabethtown bridge, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
Having just gotten back in town, I quickly searched back through the flycatcher thread and mistakenly got the impression it was at Lost Bridge. Not sure how I missed all of the references to Kilby Road, but I did see quite a few good birds while I was near the bridge anyway. This was despite the presence of a huge earth-moving machine driving in circles around the skypool compacting the dirt around it (anyone know why?). There was at least 1 Black-bellied Plover and 1 male Wilson's Phalarope. There were quite a few other shorebirds as well but I had to quickly retreat from the dust and noise. Across the road at the large gravel pit there was 1 Common Loon and 1 Double-crested Cormorant. By the way, if someone could email me some clear directions to the flycatcher that would be much appreciated :-)
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Kilby Road Ponds
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher remained at Noon today. Images at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder/
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Corey Braden
Other Birders:
I got a great view of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher this morning at around 11:45. It landed on a tall weed like plant near the railroad tracks and the gray silos. Myself and four other birders were able to view it for about 20 minutes while it searched for food. In was chased away by a Red-winged Blackbird. I also saw a Blue Grosbeak near the parking area on the West side of the park.
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Road Ponds
Reporter: Virginia Wilson
Other Birders:
Added some better photos of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher as seen on Tuesday 5/18 here:
http://www.virginiawilsonphotography.com/gallery/scissor-tailed_flycatcher/index_scissor-tailed_flycatcher.htm
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Location: Armleder Park -- around dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
2 Blue-winged Teal
27 Least Sandpiper
1 Great Horned Owl (immature)
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
3 Bobolink (3 females)
1 Dickcissel (north end)
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Ned Keller
Other Birders: several
I arrived at the area at about quarter to six this evening, and met Jim Mundy and Dan Boone, who were leaving. They saw the flycatcher fly out of the area, to the east, about 5:30. I stayed until about 7:15, when it returned and put on a 5-minute show before flying over some bushes to the south. Thanks to Sue Tackett for spotting it.
The bird was in the area between the railroad track near the silos and the gravel road. Birders who were on the road were not able to see it. I think that the single best spot with the best all-around view would be on the ridge between the gravel road and the railroad, and not on the gravel road - it runs below the crest of the ridge, which hides a lot of ground from view.
At any rate, there is a LOT of very similar habitat here, and the bird seems to be moving around quite a bit.
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Jim Mundy
Spotted the Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher at 4:50 this afternoon. He was perched on a orange post that Hamilton county set in the ground right along the railroad tracks about 100 yards before you get to the silos. After a brief view of him, he flew off to the northwest. Disappeared for a few minutes till he was spotted once again on another of the orange posts, just a little further north of the one prior.
As he flew away he was feeding in the field between the railroad tracks and the gravel road.
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Location: Balcony - Ault Park
Reporter: Chris Mejia
Other Birders:
Black and White Warbler
Heard multiple Barred Owls over past few weeks
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Location: Kilby
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders: bill doss, ann oliver, dan sanders + more
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher still present as of
0945. Observed feeding in the grassy area between silos and gravel drive.
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Location: Milford -- Miami Woods
Reporter: Jan Watkins
Other Birders:
Sighted first FEMALE RT Hummer at feeder about 9 a.m. today...a good sign that there will be nesting in the area.
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Todd Channer
Other Birders: Virginia Wilson
While observing the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, we had a great view of a Bald Eagle that flew overhead very low and landed in a tree above the pond. A few other birds of interest were, Belted kingfishers feeding in the pond, an Orchard Oriole and numerous Kingbirds.
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Jay Lehman
Other Birders: Andy Bess, Kirk Westendorf, two birders from Columbus
I arrived at about 7:00 pm and met two birders who were leaving along the railroad track. See previous posts for the location. They said the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (STFL) bird had been seen about 40 minutes earlier along the tracks, so I walked that direction along the tracks. Kirk arrived and we worked our way across the field from the tracks to the gravel road. At about 7:15 or 7:20 pm, the bird was sighted by the two birders from Columbus, and when I saw them set up their scope and looking, I also found the STFL on a small pole along the railroad tracks in the vicinity of the silos and red barns. It was fly-catching from the pole and a samll nearby tree and then worked down the hill across the grassy field, ocassionally landing in flowering "weeds" and then landed in the grass and disappeared to reappear east of pond 3. That's where Kirk, Andy and I left the bird between 7:30 to 8:00 pm. I took some photos and managed only a few that will be indentifiable, maybe reasonable considering the poor lighting conditions. I will download tonight and post them and post the location.
Kirk and I walked behind the brown barn and parking area across from the gravel road to the STFL location. Near the large concrete slabs/blocks and small trees east of the barn and down over the hill from the parking lot, I heard the Bell's Vireo singing about three times. Then as Kirk and I were looking and listening for the Bell's Vireo, a Lark Sparrow started singing near the same location. I turned around and the bird was sitting in a small tree behind us. We watched it preen and sing at least once again before it disappeared.
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Road
Reporter: Laura Keene
Other Birders:
Many thanks to Virginia! The bird was present at 4:30 this afternoon, much to our delight. There were birders who travelled from Worthington and Cleveland to see the the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! http://www.flickr.com/photos/keeneone/4620208670/
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Road/Lost Bridge
Reporter: Matt Stenger
Other Birders:
Scissor-tailed FLycatcher was spectacular! THANKS VIRGINIA!!!
Also lost bridge sight was a good stop. Blue-Winged Teal in addition to previously mentioned shore birds.
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Rd, Lost Bridge, Miami Whitewater
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Well it was great to refind the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. What a beautiful bird & many thanks to Virginia for posting so the rest of us can enjoy it. Other highlights at Kilby included 1 adult Bald Eagle, 2 COMMON TERNS flyby that Virginia & I saw, & 1 White-crowned Sparrow sitting on the fence on my way down the path early this morning. At Lost Bridge were 6 Killdeer, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 12 Dunlin, 20 Least Sandpipers, 5 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 5 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, & 3 Spotted Sandpipers. Also 2 SNOWY EGRETS in a small pool of water right behind the large skypool. Lastly I got to Whitewater late but still got a few warblers including 3 Bay-breasted, 2 Magnolias, & Blackpolls everywhere easily 15 birds. Great day & I hope you all get out to see the beautiful Scissor-tail!
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Kilby Rd. Gravel Pits
Reporter: Joshua Eastlake
Other Birders: several
Left the Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher unattended at 1pm in the same location that it had been sparring with Kingbirds and hunting all morning long from what I understand.
A Kestrel came by and took quite a long look at him...
Beautiful bird. Many thanks to Virginia for reporting it.
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Location: 1099 Ferris Road
Reporter: Carrie Lockwood
Other Birders:
A Pileated Woodpecker landed 10-15 feet away from my house. I was about 5 feet away from it at eye-level. I stayed about 1 min and flew to my large maple tree and then to a telephone pole before it flew off.
Trip List:
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Location: Elizabethtown bridge, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: Jason Cade
Jason just called again (10:20 AM). There are 5 RUDDY TURNSTONES, a dozen Dunlin, and 2 Snowy Egrets in a skypool (which may be the "new pond" referenced in earlier posts) near the gravel road pull off on the opposite side of road from the large gravel pit pond adjacent to the Elizabethtown Bridge (aka Lost Bridge). If you're coming from Elizabethtown traveling toward the bridge, this would be on the right. Again...have fun!
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