Date: 5/1/26 7:14 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county musings
We had a great migration day Tuesday at Armleder. YB Cuckoos back, Black and white warbler,
Blackpoll, Swainsons thrushes, marsh wren! Tennessee, redstart, Blackburnian. Etc. and
I missed stuff - like cape May, etc. that marsh wren has been sticking. A wettish field. With small
Shrubs. Interesting……I can’t imagine it will stick that much longer…. The habitat! But
Birds are adaptable now and then. I was here that morning to check on shorebirds.
An old farmers field has been good here. But that was it. Migration dried up pretty quick!
The weather…… I chased a Little Blue Heron Thursday was it? Gone…….that would have been
A good one for the big year!
It’s been slow down here. And I am afraid when the floodgates open, birds will just pass us
By……
178 for the big year. So far. Sat. Is the Oxbow, Inc. bird a thon. Friends and I will bird
Hamilton County. My team captain thinks we can do 100! I am a bit doubtful with no
Migrants. We will see! I have my winter gear back out…….
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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On this chilly start to May I stopped at several parks around this suburb northeast of Columbus, looking for migrants with mixed success. I started at Sharon Woods MetroPark and moved onto the nearby Alum Creek Trail at Heritage Park and Lake Otterbein, then moved over to Hoover Dam & spillway and nearby Inniswood MetroGardens. Migrant distribution was very spotty and no spot had a large fallout despite the propitious weather. Highlights included:
Flycatchers -- Great Crested & Phoebes were the only ones noted, mostly around Sharon Woods and the Alum Creek Trail Vireos -- Red-eyed and Warbling at multiple spots, but also had Yellow-throated (Sharon Woods) and Blue-headed (Inniswood) Swallows&Swifts -- huge flock hiding in the spillway of Hoover Dam, with large numbers of swallows feeding just over the surface of the water, and Chimney Swifts higher overhead. Swallows were mostly Cliff, with sizeable fractions of Barn and Tree, and a few Rough-winged. Wrens,Gnatcatcher -- not many of either, except for House Wrens, which were everywhere Thrushes -- only Wood Thrushes, mostly in the larger forest areas (Sharon Woods and Inniswood) Mimids -- only Catbirds, but they were fairly common and at nearly every site Sparrows -- Songs & Chippings widespread, but also had small groups of White-throats and 1 Swamp singing at Lake Otterbein Warblers -- scarce, with Yellow-rumps most numerous only because I ran into 2 flocks of them. Others were Nashville, Yellows, Yellow-throateds, and Black-thr.Greens, none very numerous.
One of the new features that should be appreciated is that Otterbein University has now made a dedicated parking area for Lake Otterbein, off Collegeview Road. Formerly, this great area was only accessible by a long slog along the Alum Creek Trail, but now we can park and walk right into the site. The trail passes between Lake Otterbein (a human-dug rockpit) and Alum Creek, where a small dam backs it up into a skinny lake. Below the dam is a good chunk of riparian forest accessed by several foot trails. With so many habitats in close proximity, it's a great spot for migration.
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Date: 5/1/26 2:20 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park
Mostly found warblers near the nature center Yellow rumped warblers Black throated green warbler Chestnut sided warbler(heard) Black and white warbler (heard) Nashville warbler Ovenbird (heard) Yellow throated warbler (heard) Summer tanager Red eyed vireo (heard) Barred owl Baltimore oriole (heard) Wood thrush
Woodside green park Gahanna Yellow rumped warblers Northern parula Black throated green warbler Louisiana waterthrush (heard) Ovenbird Yellow throated warbler (heard) Black and white warbler Red breasted nuthatch Baltimore oriole Great crested flycatcher Ruby crowned kinglet Warbling vireo Indigo bunting Blue headed vireo
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Date: 4/29/26 5:24 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro park
Cape May warbler Yellow jumped warblers Black throated green warblers Ovenbird (heard) Red breasted nuthatches Red eyed vireo Great crested flycatcher Indigo buntings Summer tanager Ruby throated hummingbird Rose breasted grosbeak Wood thrush
At Woodside Green Park in Gahanna , chestnut sided warbler parula Yellow throated warbler Yellow jumped warblers Black throated green warbler Great crested flycatcher
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Date: 4/27/26 12:19 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county - big year birding.
I am working on needed species. The others will come. Shaker Trace - for Least Bitter
And Virginia rail. No success! The other birder I was with is almost certain she heard one.
The blind area. Alas I was ahead there and didn’t hear it. I will be back! A night listen. Not
That death March walk around the place….picked up year birds. Lincoln’s sparrow was nice.
Lost bridge. Has shorebird habitat. Just far….. picked up least sandpiper. And a Forsters
Tern! That was only my third for the county! They are very uncommon down here in
Hamilton.
Odes notes - damselflies! I have to look at my pics and relearn them.
Good birding all.
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Date: 4/26/26 2:09 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park
Very quiet, warblers were not singing, if they were even there
Summer tanager
Hermit thrush
Wood thrushes
Red breasted nuthatches
Barred owl
Catbird
Yellow throated warbler (heard)
Red squirrel
In the backyard, we had a black throated green warbler, ruby throated hummingbird, 3 red headed woodpeckers
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Date: 4/25/26 4:54 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county big year - slow
I am picking up returning breeders slowly. I don’t rush! There’s butterflies, botany,
And odes to enjoy! RB Grosbeak, summer tanager, great crested fly new lately.
I tried for Virginia Rail this afternoon. No success! Fernald - it was calling at mid day.
It decided to bed quiet for the late afternoon! Oh well, there will be other chances.
164 at present. Doing ok. It’s not May yet!
Migrants seem a bit slow down here. No idea why!
Was on Connor’s Boyer farm trip this morning. Warren county. Yes, I hit other counties!
An absolutely spectacular spot! And trip! 73 species for the place. In two hours! It’s the
Wetland part I love! I wish it was open to the public!
Good birding all.
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Date: 4/25/26 11:01 am From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick metro park
Pretty quiet but still had a couple of gems. Cerulean warbler. (Buttonbush trail) Black and white warblers Yellow rumped warbler Yellow throated warbler Black billed cuckoo. (Near Ashton Pond) Red breasted nuthatch (heard) Wood thrush Scarlet tanager (heard) Catbird
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Date: 4/24/26 7:01 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] L Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-23 Warblers 3 Vireos Woodpeckers Hawks Songbirds
I visited the area April 19-22 The trees are Beautiful and many Flowers are Blooming
I had 16 Breeding Warblers and 7 Migrating Warblers
Warblers
Breeders
Blue-winged
Black-and-white
Prairie
Worm-eating
Hooded
Cerulean
Black-throated Green
Pine
Yellow-throated
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Yellow
N Parula
Louisiana Waterthrush
Blackburian
Worm-eating
Migrant Warblers
Yellow-rumped
Cape May
Bay-breasted
Nashville
Orange-crowned
Palm
Tennessee
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Date: 4/22/26 10:50 am From: Joe Faulkner <joeinthewoods...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blue grosbeak plus 53 other yard birds
While compiling our very impressive list of 53 yard birds in one day, a blue grosbeak flew into the feeder area and asked to be added to the list. We complied immediately. Checked past lists, and noted that the same thing happened last year two days earlier
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Date: 4/21/26 1:47 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park
Chilly start, but still lots of singing. Front picnic areas were the most productive.
Pine warblers
Black throated green warblers
Yellow jumped warblers
Northern parulas slightly higher numbers today
Yellow throated warbler
Palm warbler
Blue headed vireos
White eyed vireo
Red breasted nuthatches (abundant)
Pileated woodpecker (attacking the window at the Lodge)
Yellow bellied sapsucker
Blue gray gnatcatchers
Ruby crowned kinglet
Hermit thrushes (One of them slowed me down because he was walking rather slowly down the trail)
Brown thrasher (heard)
House wren
Wood duck
White throated sparrows
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Date: 4/20/26 10:55 am From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park Columbus
A bit chilly but birds were singing. Front picnic area was fairly active. Park personnel did their best to drown out the bird song with their leaf blowers. 7:30 am to 11:30 am
Pine warblers
Yellow throated warbler
Black throated green warblers
Blue winged warbler
Orange crowned warbler
Yellow jumped warblers
Northern parula
Blue headed vireo
White eyed vireo
Red breasted nuthatches
Hermit thrush
Blue gray gnatcatchers
Ruby crowned kinglets
White throated sparrows
Song sparrow
Eastern towhees
Brown thrasher (heard)
Eastern Phoebe
House wren (heard)
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Date: 4/19/26 2:29 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county - breeders and shorebirds
I went against my plan…… I hit a place for breeders. Shawnee lookout. Migrants are
Around, but not in any great numbers. Plus I like to hear and see the breeders! Lots!
YT Vireos, WE vireos, RE vireos, Wood thrush - love that song! Cerulean, prairie,
I finally got on Nashville Warbler! Etc. It was cold! Shawnee gets migrants, just
Not like Armleder. I kept looking up for a Broad winged Hawk. No success. Miami
Whitewater has possibilities too. These extensive forest areas.
Hit Lost bridge in the late morning. There’s a nicely flooded farm field there.
And actually the Great Miami is already showing exposed sand or mud. Whatever it
Is. Too early……
I was hoping for terns here. No….. lost bridge is the best spot for them in the county
IMHO. An unexpected surprise was a black crowned night heron! Yea! I have been
Searching for that in the county for a few years now…… they are not rare! But nocturnal
Mainly. There is a spot here that gets them regularly - mill creek. I still want to check
That out over the summer. Lots to explore!
Odes would be nice….. I actually did have some butterflies this cold spring day!
Good birding all.
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Date: 4/19/26 2:21 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Woodside Green Park Gahanna. 1-4 pm
Pine warblers Yellow throated warblers Northern Parulas Black throated green warblers Yellow jumped warblers. Ruby crowned kinglets Blue gray gnatcatchers
Yesterday, in our backyard Pine warbler Black throated green warbler Black and white warbler Yellow jumped warblers Yellow warbler Purple finch Red breasted nuthatches White eyed vireo (heard) House wren
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Date: 4/19/26 6:17 am From: <elayna13...> <00001d9728f8eb84-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Nice winter & spring bird songs yesterday in Logan County
As I was pulling garlic mustard at the Romans 1:20 Christian Retreat & Environmental Education Center yesterday, I heard a nice mix of winter birds still hanging around and new spring birds. A beautiful chorus.
Red-breasted NuthatchJuncoWhite-throated Sparrow Brown ThrasherWood Thrush Blue-gray GnatcatcherPhoebeTowheeField Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Indigo Bunting House WrenCarolina WrenEastern Meadowlark Tree SwallowCommon GrackleKilldeer Plus more common birds Redwinged BlackbirdMourning DoveEastern BluebirdBarred OwlRed-shouldered HawkRed-bellied Woodpecker Pleated Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Song Sparrow RobinCardinal Wood DuckCrowHouse FinchGoldfinch Wild Turkey
Plus, had a Coot on the front pond and my husband saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes a mile down the road.
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On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM, <charlesbombaci...><00000b06d29e686d-dmarc-request...> wrote: My version of the dawn of spring is here, the arrival of the Prothonotary Warblers at the Hoover Nature Preserve. This spring I installed some new nest boxes around the preserve. Other species of interest this afternoon after te rain stopped include Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Great Egret, Bald Eagle and Osprey.
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My version of the dawn of spring is here, the arrival of the Prothonotary Warblers at the Hoover Nature Preserve. This spring I installed some new nest boxes around the preserve. Other species of interest this afternoon after te rain stopped include Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Great Egret, Bald Eagle and Osprey. Charlie BombaciHoover Nature Preserve
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Date: 4/18/26 8:55 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Armleder - Hamilton county - migrants!
I was going to head west, Shawnee lookout. But the weather screamed no! A big
Storm is coming from that way. So stayed local. Getting migrants and breeders
Back. OC warbler was nice. But I get that every year! Blue winged warbler I need
To work for. Five new birds. The bean field has been very good this year for stuff!
Dunlin yesterday. Semipalm plover today. I want a Ruff.
This is the time of year that every day it’s different! New stuff in all the time! Love it!
Hopefully we get a good amount of rain. It’s getting very dry down here….. already…..
I am at 149 for my big year. Ebird must be down somewhat - it hasn’t picked up the
Red eyed vireo yet that I entered. Computers…..
Good birding all!
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I was curious if this site still existed. I have not seen any emails for a very long time. If you are still posting birds observed, will you please add my email to the list.
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Date: 4/14/26 1:38 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county big year birding - Snowy Egret
That’s a good one for down here! In fact a county bird for me! Yea!
The bean field at Armleder - it’s looking very good for shorebirds and egrets!
I hope it stays this way……
Spotted Sandpiper, white eyed vireo, Cliff swallow, common yellowthroat new for the
Year. Up to 135 or so? I lose track.
My key is try for unusual birds. And rarities - the common stuff will come!
Ode notes - green darner perched. Year! And a damselfly that didn’t linger.
Good birding all.
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Date: 4/11/26 2:36 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] New stuff in Hamilton county
Northern yellow warbler and Sora. Both at Fernald. Nothing unusual flying overhead
This morning! Which I could use for my big year……
Hit a botany walk at the western wildlife corridors delshire nature preserve. Wow!
I have never seen so many Toadshades in such a small area before!
Shorebirds. Sigh….. it’s going to be the Armleder bean field. Or wait to the summer
For lost bridge to get good! Farmers fields are drying up fast here. Thankfully one in
Butler county is still water logged. The BN Stilt is enjoying it! Mary C. and I chased
This afternoon. Year bird! And Yellowlegs to look at. I got tired of Hamiltons lack
Of shorebirds……
Ode notes - Green Darners at Gilmore!
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 4/7/26 5:59 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county bittern party - continues!
I am assuming the 2 birds at least. At shaker Trace are migrants. But it looks good
For breeding! We will see how long these bitterns stay here! It was great fun tonight
Seeing friends and fellow birders as we waited for the show to begin. They started
Vocalizing at 6:45. I love that sound! That’s all I was after. To hear them. Success!
I couldn’t stay through dusk, but everyone else did, and were rewarded with
Super views! Congrats everyone!
I will be exploring shaker Trace during my big year this year. Not many marshes
In Hamilton! Fernald is the only other one I can think of. Not sure how the new
Construction at Sharon woods is going to pan out re a true marsh.
Good birding all. Warm weather is coming!
Sandra Keller
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Date: 4/6/26 4:03 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
APRIL 05, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTE: East Side, Fox Unit (parking lot only), Boss Unit, West Side, Western Prairies and Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive (packed lunches on the Crane Creek bridge due to everything local being closed for Easter) in the afternoon. TIME: 7:25am - 3:00pm TIME AFIELD: 7:35 TEMP.: 40F ~ 44F (windchill of 28F) COND.: Overcast with sideways rain at the start, lasting about 20 minutes; wind W at 25mph, occasional gusts to 30mph; wind diminishing to 10-15mph later; cloudy all day with lots of standing water from recent rains; many flooded fields. OBS. EAST, FOX UNIT, & BOSS UNIT: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Susan Brauning, Katie Clink & her coon-hound Maggie, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Bart Soeder (partial). OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, 35 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 14 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 1 (First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2020 & 06/2025) 3. Woodchuck - 1 4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 14 5. Common Muskrat - 2 6. White-tailed Deer - 3 (does)
II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 11,531 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 275 2. Trumpeter Swan - 123 (one with yellow neckband "1A2") 3. Wood Duck - 83 4. Blue-winged Teal - 87 5. Northern Shoveler - 92 6. Gadwall - 98 7. American Wigeon - 2 8. American Black Duck - 28 9. Mallard - 320 10. Northern Pintail - 27 11. Green-winged Teal - 141 12. Redhead - 10 13. Ring-necked Duck - 186 14. Greater Scaup - 5 15. Lesser Scaup - 5,131 16. Bufflehead - 63 17. Hooded Merganser - 4 18. Common Merganser - 12 19. Ruddy Duck - 8 20. Pied-billed Grebe - 15 21. Rock Pigeon - 1 22. Mourning Dove - 17 23. American Coot - 14 24. Sandhill Crane - 54 25. Killdeer - 18 26. Wilson's Snipe - 7 27. Greater Yellowlegs - 2 28. Lesser Yellowlegs - 22 29. Bonaparte's Gull - 1,331 30. Ring-billed Gull - 176 31. American Herring Gull - 6 32. Caspian Tern - 1 33. Common Tern - 1 34. Double-crested Cormorant - 72 35. American White Pelican - 63 36. Great Egret - 39 37. Great Blue Heron - 27 38. Turkey Vulture - 27 39. Osprey - 3 40. Northern Harrier - 3 41. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 42. Cooper's Hawk - 2 43. Bald Eagle - 66 (37m,28f,1 juvenile in nest) 44. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 45. Great Horned Owl - 3 46. Belted Kingfisher - 1 47. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 48. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 14 49. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 50. Downy Woodpecker - 7 51. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 52. Northern Flicker - 48 53. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (one in the South Woods for K. Clink and one female north of Henry Marsh for D. Vogus - Third April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 09/2025) 54. American Kestrel - 11 (heavy migration push - most hunting the canals and waterways looking for water-displaced voles?) 55. Blue Jay - 21 56. Black-capped Chickadee - 1 57. Tufted Titmouse - 1 58. Horned Lark - 2 59. Tree Swallow - 728 60. Purple Martin - 1 61. Barn Swallow - 1 62. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 25 63. White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 64. Brown Creeper - 4 65. Carolina Wren - 6 66. Winter Wren - 3 67. Brown Thrasher - 4 68. European Starling - 91 69. American Robin - 137 70. House Sparrow - 13 71. House Finch - 1 72. American Goldfinch - 1 73. Field Sparrow - 4 74. Fox Sparrow - 41 75. American Tree Sparrow - 41 76. Dark-eyed Junco - 10 77. White-throated Sparrow - 4 78. Savannah Sparrow - 1 79. Song Sparrow - 42 80. Swamp Sparrow - 5 81. Eastern Towhee - 2 82. Eastern Meadowlark - 3 83. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,297 84. Brown-headed Cowbird - 13 85. Rusty Blackbird - 21 86. Common Grackle - 154 87. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 88. Northern Cardinal - 44
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 31 (too distant to discern) ??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 6 (fleeting glimpses)
III. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 2 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Western Chorus Frog - 1 (heard - Second Record on Census, First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 05/2025) 2. Green Frog - 1 (First April Record on Census)
IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
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Date: 4/5/26 2:22 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] American bittern - Hamilton county
State bird actually! Only took 5 1/2 years….this was a joint effort. Starting
With Sean G. Finding it this morning!
Shaker trace wetlands. A nice area that
I will be exploring more this year!
I was hoping to just hear it, but to actually
See it! Nice! It’s still not productive
In the woods. It’s only early April! I still
Need screech owl though….. but anyway, I will be spending time in field
And marsh areas for a couple weeks.
Up to 123 for my big year.
Still waiting on odes. That I can see well and Id.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 4/5/26 10:23 am From: Ted Auch <lsarpp...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Spring 2026 Living Bird highlights FYI
Great volume of Living Bird with articles on Kites on Alabama farm
practicing regenerative livestock raising, Hubbard Brook, NGLH long-term
warbler study, and Giant Cassowary piece
*“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our
deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner
sense of justice than we do.” Wendell Berry*
*"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit
atrocities." Voltaire*
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Date: 4/4/26 5:31 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census 04/03
APRIL 03-04, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE 04/03: Merriman Valley north to Boston, with a stop at Indigo Lake, Szalay's corn fields along Bolanz Rd., and Trail Mix in Peninsula for lunch. ROUTE 04/04: Boston north to Stanford Trailhead, then Towpath Trail north to Lock 33 (Vaughn Rd. closed at Red Lock so no access via the Cuyahoga Valley) and back to Boston. TIME: 7:10am - 5:45pm / 6:45am - 10:00am TIME AFIELD: 13:50 TEMP.: 64F ~ 78F ~ 74F / 54F ~ 67F COND. 04/03: Overcast early as rain had just ended; clouds marching along from west to east; all day a clouds/sun mix and warming throughout the day, turning unseasonably warm; winds from southwest with welcome breezes, occasionally shifting to northwest; a brief light sprinkle from 2:46pm to 2:54pm, just enough to break out the umbrellas before quickly ending; occasional dark rain clouds, but all moved off to the east with downpours missing us. COND. 04/04: Overcast and calm. TRAIL COND.: Fair - wet, puddled, and muddy in usual low spots from recent flooding event; flooded but passable at the marsh just south of Ira Rd. RIVER COND.: River completely swollen, swift, and muddy - no rockbars or sandbars showing. OBS. 04/03: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. 04/04: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, 65 TOTAL.
1. Virginia Opossum - 1 (Second April Record on Census) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 16 3. Woodchuck - 1 4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 9 (3 black morph) 5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3 6. Red Squirrel - 17 7. Meadow Vole - 1 (First April Record on Census) 8. Common Muskrat - 2 9. Common Raccoon - 2 10. White-tailed Deer - 13 (3 does,4 yearlings,6 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 64 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 1,174 BIRDS. (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 86 (three nests - one on abandoned beaver lodge; one on a log pile; one on Lock 29 aqueduct) 2. Trumpeter Swan - 4 (pair flew by Stanford Trailhead and pair at Indigo Lake - Fifth April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 03/2024 & 03/2026) 3. Wood Duck - 10 (7m,3f) 4. Northern Shoveler - 1 (m) (Fourth April Record on Census) 5. Mallard - 31 (19m,12f) 6. Lesser Scaup - 13 (4m,9f) (fly-over headed north at Stanford Trailhead - Second April Record on Census) 7. Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f) (fly-over at Ira Beaver Marsh - Fifth April Record on Census) 8. Common Merganser - 2 (f) (solo fly-over at Merriman Valley and solo fly-over at Stanford Swamp West) 9. Wild Turkey - 2 (m) (Fifth April Record on Census) 10. Rock Pigeon - 3 11. Mourning Dove - 29 12. Virginia Rail - 2 (dueling 'kik-kik-kik' calls at Ira Beaver Marsh - Third April Record on Census) 13. Killdeer - 6 14. American Woodcock - 3 (Second April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2015 & 05/2021) 15. Ring-billed Gull - 15 16. Common Loon - 1 (adult on Indigo Lake - Third April Record on Census and first time not a fly-over) 17. Double-crested Cormorant - 39 (migrating flocks of 3, 7, and 29 - Fifth April Record on Census) 18. Great Egret - 1 (high-flying migrant heading northeast over Towpath Tennis facility - Third April Record on Census) 19. Great Blue Heron - 29 20. Turkey Vulture - 21 21. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) 22. Red-tailed Hawk - 9 23. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray morph) (Fourth April Record on Census) 24. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1?,1*) 25. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18 (5m,3f,1?,9*) 26. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (1m,1f) (Third April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 04/2010, 10/2010, 10/2013 & 10/2023) 27. Downy Woodpecker - 17 (6m,5f,1?,10*) 28. Northern Flicker - 24 (6m,5f,3?,10*) (New Census High - previous was 19 on 04/2025) 29. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*) 30. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f) (new second-year female at Ohio Turnpike bridge nest site) 31. Eastern Phoebe - 6 (one with no tail feathers - that will make you do a double-take!) 32. Blue Jay - 26 33. American Crow - 18 34. Black-capped Chickadee - 28 (two nests under excavation in a dead box-elder limb and a dead box-elder stump) 35. Tufted Titmouse - 23 (nesting material being brought to a sycamore tree hole) 36. Tree Swallow - 21 37. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 (1m,2?) 38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (2m,1f,1?,4*) (one pair going into a knothole in a silver maple) 39. Carolina Wren - 13 40. Winter Wren - 1 (in full song at Lock 32 north of Boston) 41. Brown Thrasher - 1 (singing along the treeline at Szalay's northeast field) 42. European Starling - 37 43. Eastern Bluebird - 6 (2m,3f,1?) 44. American Robin - 111 (one nest under construction in a crabapple tree) 45. House Sparrow - 22 46. House Finch - 15 (10m,2f,2?,1*) 47. American Goldfinch - 26 (11m,6f,7?,2*) 48. Chipping Sparrow - 9 49. Fox Sparrow - 5 50. American Tree Sparrow - 34 51. Dark-eyed Junco - 17 (6m,11f) 52. White-throated Sparrow - 20 53. Vesper Sparrow - 3 (one at Szalay's northeast field and two at Stanford Trailhead - New Species on Census - currently at 207 Bird Species since 01/2010) 54. Song Sparrow - 39 55. Swamp Sparrow - 11 56. Eastern Towhee - 6 (5m,1f) 57. Red-winged Blackbird - 59 (52m,7f) 58. Brown-headed Cowbird - 41 (29m,5f,7?) 59. Rusty Blackbird - 8 (6m,1f,1*) 60. Common Grackle - 46 61. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (Fourth April Record on Census) 62. Pine Warbler - 1 (m) (Third Record on Census, First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2020 & 05/2023) 63. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m) (in sycamores along Riverview Rd. at Botzum Trailhead entrance - First April Record on Census) 64. Northern Cardinal - 75 (56m,16f,3*)
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 5 (flock of four high-up in bad light and a single flying away from us) ??. Unidentified Blackbird Species - 38 (too distant and fleeting) ??. Unidentified Passerines - 12 (distant or fleeting glimpses)
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, 449 TOTAL.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 7 2. Red-eared Turtle - 17 (New Census High - previous was 15 on 05/2018 & 03/2024) 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 421 4. Northern Water Snake - 4 (Fifth April Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 3 on 05/2018, 05/2021, 06/2021 & 05/2023)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 7 SPECIES, HUNDREDS OF AMPHIBIANS.
1. American Toad - many* (26 seen and hundreds calling - Third April Record on Census) 2. Northern Spring Peeper - many* (hundreds calling) 3. Gray Treefrog - 4 (calling - Second April Record on Census) 4. Western Chorus Frog - 3 (calling) 5. American Bullfrog - 3 6. Green Frog - 4 7. Northern Leopard Frog - 1 (calling - Third April Record on Census)
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 26 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 26
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES, 24 TOTAL.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 11 (Fourth April Record on Census) 2. Spring Azure - 9 (Third April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2010) 3. Eastern Comma - 2 (Fourth April Record on Census) 4. Mourning Cloak - 1 (Fourth April Record on Census) 5. Red Admiral - 1 (Second April Record on Census) 6. Painted Lady - 1 (Second Record on Census & First April Record on Census)
VII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 1 SPECIES, 11 TOTAL.
1. Common Green Darner - 11 (Second April Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 7 on 07/2024)
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Date: 4/3/26 8:14 am From: Brian Menker <00000181ea064de6-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Black-necked Stilt Clark County
Dan Kempf found a Black-necked Stilt at Buck Creek State Park near Springfield, Clark County this morning around 10:00.
It was at the north end of the reservoir at the Northeast access off of Grant Rd. This is just south of Moorefield Road.
It was still there when I left just before 11:00 and a few birders including Dan were keeping an eye on it.
It was on a mud bar just to the right of the island straight out from the access.
There are still 13 Am white Pelicans and 5 Greater White-fronted geese there and several other duck species.
Brian Menker
Dayton/Springfield
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