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7/8/25 4:54 pm Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
7/7/25 3:54 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Adams county - a Grouse quest
7/4/25 4:59 am Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census
7/1/25 5:59 pm Doug Overacker <cdoveracker...> [Ohio-birds] Old American Birds Magazines
6/28/25 2:08 am Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] Ohio Valley Rare Birds, June 21-27, 2025 addendum
6/25/25 10:49 am Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren grassland birding - slow….
6/22/25 5:31 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] HockingHills,6-21&22: Thrushes, Vireos, Warblers
6/22/25 2:01 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren grassland search - zilch
6/21/25 5:20 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] A kite search - Hamilton county
6/21/25 10:12 am Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Clinton - grassland birding
6/18/25 2:20 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Pewee - my yard - Hamilton county
6/17/25 5:28 am Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 4 Vireos Woodpeckers Songbirds Owls
6/16/25 2:50 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Very birdy today! In Clinton
6/15/25 5:38 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] UrbanScioto,6-15: cormorants,swallows,catbirds
6/12/25 2:22 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] HockingHills,6-12: warblers,vireos
6/12/25 6:27 am Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 3 Vireos Songbirds Woodpeckers Hawks
6/12/25 5:20 am Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Re: [Ohio-birds] Cliff Swallows nesting strategy
6/11/25 7:12 pm John Habig <jhabig57...> [Ohio-birds] Cliff Swallows nesting strategy
6/11/25 4:34 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton musings
 
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Date: 7/8/25 4:54 pm
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
JULY 06, 2025 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTES: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies in the morning; Wildlife
Drive in the afternoon.
TIME: 7:20am - 11:45am; 12:40am - 2:45pm TIME AFIELD: 7:30 TEMP.: 73F ~
90F
COND.: Warm in the morning, quickly turning hot, humid, muggy and buggy for
the rest of the day;
sunny all day with breezes from the southwest.
OBS. EAST: Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate,
Katie Clink, Jennifer Kuehn,
Donna Kuhn, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Bob Scheidt, Mark Swelstad, Tony
Szilagye, Tracy Wiczer.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus.
OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, Jim Reyda, Bob Scheidt,
Mark Swelstad,
Douglas W. Vogus, Tracy Wiczer.

I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES, 67 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Cottontail - 38
2. Woodchuck - 12
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 10
4. Common Muskrat - 1
5. White-tailed Deer - 6 (1 buck,4 does,1 fawn)


II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 3,242 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)

1. Canada Goose - 514
2. Trumpeter Swan - 157 (2 late cygnets)
3. Wood Duck - 29
4. Blue-winged Teal - 5
5. Mallard - 54
6. Green-winged Teal - 8
7. Pied-billed Grebe - 6
8. Mourning Dove - 20
9. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4
10. Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
11. Common Gallinule - 14
12. Sandhill Crane - 46 (one almost full-grown young)
13. Black-necked Stilt - 6 (Second July Record on Census & New Census
High - previous was 5 on 07/2024, 08/2024, 05/2025 & 06/2025)
14. Killdeer - 117
15. Stilt Sandpiper - 1
16. Dunlin - 1
17. Least Sandpiper - 46
18. Short-billed Dowitcher - 32
19. American Woodcock - 1
20. Wilson's Snipe - 1
21. Spotted Sandpiper - 8
22. Solitary Sandpiper - 1
23. Greater Yellowlegs - 7
24. Lesser Yellowlegs - 33
25. Ring-billed Gull - 2
26. Caspian Tern - 2
27. Common Tern - 10
28. Double-crested Cormorant - 5
29. American White Pelican - 33
30. Least Bittern - 1
31. Snowy Egret - 6
32. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2
33. Great Egret - 95
34. Great Blue Heron - 55
35. Turkey Vulture - 12
36. Osprey - 2 (Third July Record on Census)
37. Bald Eagle - 9 (3 adult,5 immature,1 juvenile still in nest)
38. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
39. Great Horned Owl - 2 (1 immature)
40. Red-headed Woodpecker - 6
41. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
42. Downy Woodpecker - 11
43. Northern Flicker - 11
44. American Kestrel - 1
45. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (immature) (Second July Record on Census)
46. Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
47. Eastern Kingbird - 29
48. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6
49. Willow Flycatcher - 12
50. Eastern Phoebe - 3
51. Warbling Vireo - 24
52. Red-eyed Vireo - 4
53. Blue Jay - 16
54. Black-capped Chickadee - 6
55. Tufted Titmouse - 1
56. Horned Lark - 3
57. Tree Swallow - 477
58. Purple Martin - 137
59. Barn Swallow - 39
60. Cedar Waxwing - 8
61. White-breasted Nuthatch - 9
62. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4
63. Carolina Wren - 10
64. Northern House Wren - 41
65. Sedge Wren - 1
66. Marsh Wren - 13
67. Gray Catbird - 25
68. European Starling - 36
69. American Robin - 55
70. House Sparrow - 9
71. House Finch - 3
72. American Goldfinch - 27
73. Chipping Sparrow - 4
74. Field Sparrow - 5
75. Song Sparrow - 73
76. Swamp Sparrow - 13
77. Eastern Meadowlark - 3
78. Orchard Oriole - 3
79. Baltimore Oriole - 3
80. Red-winged Blackbird - 554
81. Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
82. Common Grackle - 24
83. Prothonotary Warbler - 7
84. Common Yellowthroat - 55
85. Yellow Warbler - 16
86. Northern Cardinal - 40
87. Indigo Bunting - 36
88. Dickcissel - 17 (9 in Grimm Prairie, 2 at Henry Marsh, 6 in Stange
Prairie)


III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES, 22 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Common Snapping Turtle - 2
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 19
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1


IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 14 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. American Bullfrog - 7
2. Green Frog - 6
3. Northern Leopard Frog - 1


V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 10 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Blackstripe Topminnow - 9 (Fourth July Record on Census)
2. Largemouth Bass - 1 (Fourth July Record on Census)


VI. BUTTERFLIES: 11 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 61 TOTAL. (Recorded since
04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Black Swallowtail - 2
2. Spicebush Swallowtail - 1 (First July Record on Census)
3. Cabbage Butterfly - 29
4. Clouded Sulphur - 2
5. Summer Azure - 2
6. Pearl Crescent - 1
7. Viceroy - 2
8. Northern Pearly Eye - 1 (Second July Record on Census)
9. Monarch - 19
10. Least Skipper - 1
11. European Skipper - 1 (corner of Krause Rd. and Stange Rd. - New
Species on Census - currently at 45 Butterfly Species since 04/2002)


VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 3 SPECIES, (2 NEW TO CENSUS), 14 TOTAL. (Recorded
since 04/07/2002)

1. Milkweed Tussock Moth (caterpillar only) - 1 (Third Record on Census
& First July Record on Census)
2. Topiary Grass-veneer Moth - 1 (Grimm Prairie - New Species on Census
- currently at 21 Moth Species since 04/2002)
3. Fall Webworm Moth (caterpillars only) - 12 (New Species on Census -
currently at 22 Moth Species since 04/2002)


VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 9 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)

1. Common Green Darner
2. Halloween Pennant
3. Eastern Pondhawk
4. Widow Skimmer
5. Blue Dasher
6. Wandering Glider (First July Record on Census)
7. Eastern Amberwing
8. Common Whitetail (Fifth July Record on Census)
9. Black Saddlebags


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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Date: 7/7/25 3:54 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Adams county - a Grouse quest
No luck at Lynx Prairie with Grouse. I knew it would be iffy, but I always enjoy
Coming here for wildflowers and butterflies. The grouse have been reported
As flushing off the trail into the woods. The flock was not around when I slowly
Walked the entry trail! This would be an Ohio bird for me. Some year I’ll see!

Lots of stuff still singing. Including Parula and Prairie Warbler. And Parula was
A county bird! Yea!

I hit Adams Lake SP briefly. More for odes. But three Least Sandpipers feeding
In the spillway. County bird!

So we have lots still singing. Baby birds still around. Yet fall is upon us for shorebirds!

I'll be back from vacation in August. Looking forward to spending time in Warren
And Clinton again! That Clinton county Cowan lake spillway should be productive.
I sure hope less water at Spring Valley in Warren……I am missing so much.

Butterfly and ode notes. Slow.

Good birding all.


Sandra Keller

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Date: 7/4/25 4:59 am
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census
JULY 03, 2025 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.
ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with stops at the
Peninsula Coffee House and Szalay's Farm & Market.
TIME: 6:40am - 4:30pm TIME AFIELD: 9:50 TEMP.: 67F ~ 86F
COND.: Warm, muggy, and buggy early; turning sunny, hot, and humid with
occasional light breezes.
TRAIL COND.: Good, but with many new downed and cleared trees from two
rounds of late June storms.
RIVER COND.: Slightly above normal and turbid from recent storms.
FT. MI.: 14.10 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, 58 TOTAL.

1. Eastern Cottontail - 5
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 32
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 6 (2 black morph)
4. Red Squirrel - 12
5. Coyote - 1 (First July Record on Census)
6. White-tailed Deer - 2 (doe)


II. BIRDS: 65 SPECIES, 609 TOTAL. *(Lowest July Total Species - tying July
of 2015 & Lowest Total Birds - previous was 715 in July of 2024)*
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)

1. Canada Goose - 20 (8 juvenile)
2. Wood Duck - 21 (12 juvenile m,2f,7 juvenile f)
3. Mourning Dove - 16
4. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4
5. Chimney Swift - 5
6. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (m)
7. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
8. Green Heron - 4
9. Great Blue Heron - 7 (1 immature)
10. Turkey Vulture - 14
11. Red-tailed Hawk - 2
12. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (2?,1*)
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (1f,2*)
14. Downy Woodpecker - 5 (2?,3*)
15. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1*)
16. Northern Flicker - 1 (*)
17. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1*,2 drumming)
18. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1 immature f) (male "Trailblazer" with a
fresh kill with immature female following him and still begging to be fed)
19. Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
20. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
21. Acadian Flycatcher - 5
22. Eastern Phoebe - 4
23. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
24. Warbling Vireo - 11
25. Red-eyed Vireo - 20
26. Blue Jay - 11
27. American Crow - 13 (2 immature)
28. Black-capped Chickadee - 10 (1 immature)
29. Tufted Titmouse - 13 (1 immature)
30. Tree Swallow - 14 (3 immature)
31. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 7
32. Barn Swallow - 6
33. Cliff Swallow - 1 (I noticed four - possibly old nests - under the
north side of the I-271 bridge above the Towpath Trail. As we continued
south I spotted a lone Cliff Swallow flying above the valley and followed
it to a nest on the south side of the I-271 bridge, right above the Towpath
Trail, and the bird landed on the entrance of the nest hole and appeared to
feed some young and then departed. The nest is where the steel girder meets
the concrete deck of the bridge where the large rivets are joining each
girder. We did have a lone Cliff Swallow here in August of 2024. Assuming
the four nests on the north side are old as one was missing the mud used to
hold it together at the bottom of the nest structure. Fourth Record on
Census & First July Record on Census)
34. Cedar Waxwing - 13
35. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 (1m,6*)
36. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (*)
37. Carolina Wren - 11
38. Northern House Wren - 1
39. Gray Catbird - 20
40. European Starling - 36
41. Eastern Bluebird - 3 (1?,2*)
42. Veery - 1
43. Wood Thrush - 2
44. American Robin - 37 (1 immature, also1 dead juvenile along trail)
45. House Sparrow - 28
46. House Finch - 6 (1f,5*)
47. American Goldfinch - 15 (4m,1f,1?,9*)
48. Chipping Sparrow - 1
49. Song Sparrow - 35
50. Swamp Sparrow - 12
51. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
52. Baltimore Oriole - 2 (m)
53. Red-winged Blackbird - 29 (21m,8f)
54. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 (2m,3f)
55. Common Grackle - 10
56. Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m) (Third July Record on Census)
57. Common Yellowthroat - 30 (29m,1*)
58. Hooded Warbler - 6 (m)
59. American Redstart - 3 (2m,1f)
60. Northern Parula - 1 (m)
61. Yellow Warbler - 2 (m)
62. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m)
63. Scarlet Tanager - 2 (1m,1f)
64. Northern Cardinal - 32 (20m,4f,6*,2 juvenile*)
65. Indigo Bunting - 11 (m)

Unidentified Passerines - 8

III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, 84 TOTAL.

1. Common Snapping Turtle - 15
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 66
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 2
4. Northern Water Snake - 1 (Third July Record on Census)


IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 43 TOTAL.

1. Northern Two-lined Salamander - 1 (Third Record on Census & First
July Record on Census)
2. American Bullfrog - 2
3. Green Frog - 40 (4 seen,32 heard,4 tadpoles)


V. FISHES: 5 SPECIES, 82 TOTAL.

1. Central Mudminnow - 17
2. Creek Chub - 2
3. Bluntnose Minnow - 21
4. Largemouth Bass - 28 (21 fry) (New Census High - previous was 21 on
08/2017)
5. Bluegill - 14


VI. CRUSTACEANS: 1 SPECIES - DEAD.
X. Crayfish - 1

VII. BUTTERFLIES: 12 SPECIES, 51 TOTAL.

1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 32
3. Clouded Sulphur - 2
4. Summer Azure - 1
5. Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
6. Pearl Crescent - 1
7. Question Mark - 1 (Second July Record on Census)
8. Red Admiral - 1
9. Eyed Brown - 6 (Fourth July Record on Census & New Census High -
previous was 4 on 07/2017)
10. Appalachian Brown - 1 (Fourth July Record on Census)
11. Monarch - 2
12. Least Skipper - 1 (Fourth July Record on Census)


VIII. MOTHS: 3 SPECIES, (2 NEW TO CENSUS), 4 TOTAL.

1. White-striped Black Moth - 2 (Second Record on Census, Second July
Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 07/2024)
2. Smaller Parasa *(Parasa chloris)* - 1 (New Species on Census -
currently at 46 Moth Species since 01/2010)
3. Common Gluphisia *(Gluphisia septentrionis)* - 1 (New Species on
Census - currently at 47 Moth Species since 01/2010)


IX. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 15 SPECIES, 241 TOTAL. *(Recorded since
05/2018)*

1. Common Green Darner - 2 (Fifth July Record on Census)
2. Swift River Cruiser - 1 (Fifth Record on Census & Third July Record
on Census)
3. Eastern Pondhawk - 5 (Fifth July Record on Census & New Census High
- previous was 4 on 07/2019)
4. Slaty Skimmer - 7 (Fifth July Record on Census & New Census High -
previous was 6 on 07/2019 & 07/2022)
5. Widow Skimmer - 9 (New Census High - previous was 8 on 07/2022)
6. Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 2
7. Blue Dasher - 111 (New Census High - previous was 63 on 07/2019)
8. Eastern Amberwing - 6 (Fourth July Record on Census & New Census
High - previous was 3 on 09/2020 & 07/2024)
9. Common Whitetail - 6 (New Census High - previous was 5 on 07/2018 &
07/2024)
10. Ruby Meadowhawk - 2
11. Black Saddlebags - 4 (Fourth July Record on Census)
12. Ebony Jewelwing - 25
13. Blue-fronted Dancer - 11
14. Blue-tipped Dancer - 42 (New Census High - previous was 14 on
08/2019)
15. Skimming Bluet - 8 (Third July Record on Census)


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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Date: 7/1/25 5:59 pm
From: Doug Overacker <cdoveracker...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Old American Birds Magazines
I am cleaning out my attic. I have many years of old American Birds
magazines and Birding Magazines. If anyone would like some back issues let
me know what you are interested in and I will let you know if I have them. I
would be willing to ship them to anyone who wants them. I would appreciate
being reimbursed for the postage. I have magazines back to the 1980's. If no
one wants them I will probably recycle them.

Doug Overacker

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Date: 6/28/25 2:08 am
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ohio Valley Rare Birds, June 21-27, 2025 addendum
*Wood Stork* - 1 blew in to Pickerington Ponds OH 6-22, then promptly
vanished. There are few other strays north this period, with 1 in
Delaware 6-25 the only of note, so this doesn't seem to tie into any mass
movement. Just a bird with an itch to travel.

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Date: 6/25/25 10:49 am
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren grassland birding - slow….
I had a fair number of woodland species singing. Late morning, hot…..nice
To hear! Thrasher, both tanagers - summer was new for the big year. YB Cuckoo.
Etc. That grass pasture or hay field a couple miles from the caesar creek observation
Tower area looks so good for grasshopper sparrow! Nuttin….the meadowlark show
There was nice! I even put Merlin on it….. here’s another voice duo to be careful
Of - Merlin was saying Nighthawk every time a meadowlark did its call notes!
Joy…..

I hit some other spots for Dickcissel. Still nothing! Striking out with odes still…..

Unless something rare to chase in Warren or Clinton, I am done heading up
That way til August. I will be traveling soon again. And I have stuff to catch up on
Here.

Hopefully migration is in full swing by August! Or at least post breeding
Wanderers. Warren - 149 for the big year. Clinton - 153.

Still missing lots of species!

More Merlin notes - it doesn’t always sense a Mockingbird…….

Good birding all!


Sandra Keller

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Date: 6/22/25 5:31 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] HockingHills,6-21&22: Thrushes, Vireos, Warblers
Yes, it was possible to bird around the Hocking Hills this weekend without
being overcome by crowds & heat. The key tricks were (1) get there very
early (2) avoid popular spots (ie: Conkle's Hollow, Old Man's Cave), and
(3) plan to hit deep shade later in the morning. With that in mind, we
hit some obscure areas around the State Forest yesterday (Spruce Run
Hollow, Big Cola Swamp, Keister Road, Big Rocky Hollow) and spent today
around Clear Creek early (Fern Trail, Creekside Meadows Trail) with a side
trip to Alley Park. Still lots of singing in the early morning, but it
largely petered out by 11 AM. Notables included:

Raptors - hardly anything beyond vultures, and even they weren't that common
Cuckoos - not a one, incredibly. Maybe they headed south looking for
cicadas.
Woodpeckers - subdued, with few calling or drumming. Pileateds at Spruce
Run Hollow and Clear Creek Creekside Meadows
Flycatchers - still quite a few calling Pewees and Acadians
Vireos - still tons of Red-eyed, but a surprising steady stream of calling
White-eyed at many locations. Had singing Blue-headed up Big Rocky Hollow
and the Hemlock Trail at Clear Creek
Thrushes -- the only Hermits were at the Hemlock Trail and Big Rocky
Hollow, while Veeries were in the lowland forest at Clear Creek (both Ferm
& Creekside Meadows Trails)
Mimids - Catbirds everywhere, but Thrashers also along Fern Trail (ridgetop
meadow) and at Alley Park
Warblers -- odd distribution, with some birds common some places but absent
others. Ovenbirds abundant at most sites, while Hoodeds were also still
singing at many sites. Kentuckies were common at several Hocking Hills
sites, but scarce at Clear Creek. Redstarts common only at a few sites.
Black&Whites and Ceruleans only at Clear Creek, while Pines were only at
Hocking Hills. Black-throated Greens still singing in Hemlock groves at
both areas. The only Worm-eating was singing along the Fern Trail at Clear
Creek, and Blue-winged was near Thomas Cabin at Clear Creek.
Sparrows - Towhees everywhere, but otherwise normal numbers of
Chipping-Field-Songs
Tanagers - Scarlet Tanagers in low numbers, but at many sites. No Summer
Tanagers.
Grosbeaks - Rose-breasted widespread. Blue Grosbeak singing along Big
Cola Road
Orioles - Orchard singing along Big Cola Road. Baltimores not heard
anywhere

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Date: 6/22/25 2:01 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren grassland search - zilch
I didn’t get an early start. I don’t usually on Sunday. It was already
Bad heat wise when I got to Warren county. Around 11:00 or so. I went
Searching for Dickcissels. No success! I hit the ebird spots - most of
Them. One was private, another looked like the habitat completely
Changed, etc. another spot was on a road with traffic. Sigh….. etc. etc.
The field along pence jones rd. At spring valley looks good! Nuttin.
I finally got Blue grosbeak at the Caeser creek tower area. That seemed
Like good habitat, so I tried. And they didn’t call until I started walking out….
Afternoons are going to be tough in this heat!! At least they called!

I am up to 197 life for Warren and 148 for the big year. The grosbeak was
The only new bird today.

My next time up there will have to be early. There’s a grassy field - large -
In a farm area near Caesar creek. Kestrels and meadowlarks. It looks really
Good for grasshopper sparrow! I didn’t see or hear any this afternoon.
I put Merlin on it! Ditto…..

And they didn’t call Ceaser creek spillway - floodplain. I want to explore that.
If that type of area has them at East Fork in Clermont…. Why not Warren!

Ode notes - the usual. I hit a few spots for Dragonhunter. No success!

Good birding all.


Sandra Keller

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Date: 6/21/25 5:20 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] A kite search - Hamilton county
Kroger hills. No success. I keep trying! They must be in the area…… still
Loads of cicadas around for them!

Merlin notes - has helped me with Grasshopper Sparrow. It comes up with
It a lot….. at least in Clinton. I do need to see for myself. Or hear if close.
I have been ignoring at times…… I’ll admit it gets annoying…… oh great -
Another grasshopper sparrow that I can’t hear….. but it would be good to
Get data into ebird. Warren county up next! This species is in decline.
Habitat loss is a huge reason down here in SW Ohio.

Ode notes - it’s a banner year for Prince Baskettails and Widow skimmers!

Good birding all


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Date: 6/21/25 10:12 am
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton - grassland birding

I got an early start. Figured I had to beat
The coming heat! Hilling rd had loads of
Dickcissels. All singing! It’s been a great
Week for singing Dickcissels. This bodes
Well for Warren county. I’ll get up there
Either Sunday or Monday. Blue grosbeaks were singing most everywhere I was today. I struck out on
Bobolink here though. So I hit Chaney
Rd. That grassland farm field area is
A haul from my house. Success! Took
Awhile, but finally had 2. Singing.
And more dickcissels! The Grosbeak
And bobolinks were new for Clinton life.
And the big year obviously!
In between these spots I hit the
Culberson woods preserve. I still need
Kentucky warbler for Clinton. That
Place looks great! A swamp. That is
Supposed to be mostly dry in the
Summer. Not this year…… I hit one
Flooded section of the trail. And
Couldn’t go any further. Oh well!
If I get time, I’ll put my knee high boots
On and try again. A new boardwalk
Is being built there. I have a feeling
A long way from completion.

Good birding all. I had a noon time
Errand so came home. If I head out
Again - for odes - it will be local.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 6/18/25 2:20 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Pewee - my yard - Hamilton county
That’s a great bird for my yard! In fact a yard bird! I walked out this morning
To head to Kentucky for some birding. And it was singing! I am getting other
Reports of out of place birds. I believe post and or failed breeding dispersal.

Good birding all.

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Date: 6/17/25 5:28 am
From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 4 Vireos Woodpeckers Songbirds Owls
I visited the area June 15th and 16th There was much activity and I am seeing more young

Warblers-few of 19
Kentucky
Hooded
N Parula
Cerulean
Prothonotary
Blue-winged

Vireos
REVI
WEVI
YTVI
BHVI

Woodpeckers
Pileated
Flicker

Sparrows
Song
Towhee

Flycatchers
EAWP
ACFL

Thrushes
Bluebird
Wood

Highlights
Eating Caterpillars
PRWA
REVI

Pairs Foraging
REVI
PRWA
AMRE

Young
Black-and-white Warbler—female
Brown Thrasher
White-eyed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
N Parula

Indio Bunting
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Brown Thrasher
Barred Owl
Turkey

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Date: 6/16/25 2:50 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Very birdy today! In Clinton
Four new year birds - kingfisher - finally….. YT Vireo, Prothonotary, and
Summer Tanager. And the YT Vireo was new for Clinton. 180 for life.
151 for the big year. It’s a slow process. I hit Caesar creek the mound rd area.
That’s Clinton. A swamp, floodplain, and woods on a hill. Singing and birds
Moving around were plentiful! I attribute to the cloud cover. Mid June is still an
Active time also. First brood might be fledged. Onto a second brood perhaps! I had
One singing YT warbler besides the Prothonotaries here. Struck out with Kentucky.
Flycatchers still singing. Great crested, Acadian, pewee, Kingbird. The odes were
Slow. Too cool maybe. And cloudy. The kingfisher was at Trace run. I had stopped
Along the bridge area for a quick listen. And ode search.

The beach at Caeser creek - I checked the picnic pavilions again. I didn’t
Pay too much attention last time - black terns and laughing gull were drawing
My attention! There are Cliff and Barn Swallows nesting together under the
Structures. That’s a new one for me! Only they might not get far. The nests
Were torn down……. I had a feeling that was going to happen…….. people
Don’t like bird poop on tables. Both species were busy rebuilding. Looked like
The Barns were further along.

I drove over to Cowan lake. It’s not far! Five Herring Gulls. Four were adults.
Shouldn’t they be up on Lake Erie breeding??

Cicada notes - a bit quieter today! Maybe the noise will be done soon!!

I hit the Gilmore metro park - Butler county on Sat. That place is such fun!
Corms, gb herons, great egrets, and both night herons nesting! I am sure Green
Nests there too.

Sunday I had a tour of a spot in Warren. Lark Sparrow! Good county bird!
Amazing what can be found around!

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 6/15/25 5:38 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] UrbanScioto,6-15: cormorants,swallows,catbirds
Birding was interesting along a series of parks on the Scioto River near
downtown Columbus this morning, just nothing unexpected. I stopped at
Scioto Audubon Metropark, Long St. Dam, Marble Cliff bike path, 5th Ave
Bridge & nearby Quarry Apts. Lake, and Griggs Reservoir Park, both below
and above the dam. Notables included:

*Herons&Egrets* - with the rookery at Shrum Mound Quarry in full bloom,
there were Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons at many spots along the
river. The only Green Heron was at Quarry Apts.Lake. No Black-crownNight
Herons despite a search at Scioto Audubon; an observant fisherman told me
he had seen 2-3 up the river near Hayden Falls, so that might be checked
out.
*Cormorants* - even more so than the above, they were at pretty much every
site
*Waterfowl* - nothing but the expected Geese-WoodDucks-Mallards trio, often
with juveniles in tow
*Vultures* - TVs at several spots, but also had a BV with the cluster at
Griggs Dam
*Woodpeckers* - surprising numbers of Downies - they actually outnumbered
Red-bellies today
*Flycatchers* - no Acadians in these limited forests, but did have multiple
Pewees and Great Cresteds. A Willow was calling in the meadow at Scioto
Audubon. Kingbirds were there & Griggs
*Vireos* - Warblings at almost every stop along the river, anywhere with
cottonwoods, but also had singing Red-eyeds at Marble Cliff and Griggs.
*Swallows* - small numbers everywhere, mostly Rough-wings & Trees, but a
few Barns and Cliffs as well. Cliff colonies seem to be holding on at the
I-70 bridge and Fishinger Road bridge.
*Thrushes* - Wood Thrushes at Scioto Audubon and Griggs, and an E.Bluebird
family was below the dam at Griggs
*Mimids* - nothing but Catbirds, but they were abundant and at every stop,
often singing
*Warblers* - thin numbers, with a few yellows at Scioto Audubon and Long
St.Dam, and Yellow-throated at Long St.Dam and Marble Cliff bike path.
Notable were 2 singing Parulas along the old road below Griggs Dam.
*Sparrows* - singing Chipping and Songs at many sites, but a singing Field
at Scioto Audubon was unexpected.
*Orioles *- a few Baltimores, at Scioto Audubon and Griggs, with a singing
Orchard along old Whittier Rd north of the Grange Audubon Center.

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Date: 6/12/25 2:22 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] HockingHills,6-12: warblers,vireos
We spent the morning at several ravine sites in the Hocking Hills: Conkle's
Hollow, Rock-climbing area, and Cantwell Cliffs. These are much more
shaded sites than many other locations in the Hills and might be expected
to still hold lots of singing birds, even on a warm day. That was
certainly true at Conkle's. but less so at the other 2 sites. Notables for
the morning were:

*Flycatchers* - nothing but the expected
Pewees-Acadians-Phoebes-GreatCrested, and they were pretty much at all 3
sites
*Vireos* - Blue-headed were singing at Conkles and Cantwell Cliffs, and the
Cliffs also had Yellow-throated. Conkle's had a White-eyed, and Red-eyed,
of course, were everywhere
*Thrushes* - no Veeries, but 3 Hermits were singing at Conkles. Wood
Thrushes were singing at all 3 sites
*Warblers* - Conkle's shone, with Waterthrushes, Ovenbirds, Worm-eating (3
singing), Black&White, Parula, Hooded, Magnolia, Yellow-throated,
Black-throated Greens, and CommonYellowthroats. The other 2 sites, later
in the morning, had far fewer birds.
*Tanagers* - Scarlets were at all 3 sites, though Conkle's had 2-3. No
Summers that we could find.

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Date: 6/12/25 6:27 am
From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 3 Vireos Songbirds Woodpeckers Hawks
Visited area June 10 and 11 There was a lot of Singing and Activity Also seeing young

Warblers-few of the 19
Hooded
Kentucky
N Parula
Cerulean
Worm-eating
Yellow-throated

Vireos
RE
WE
YT

Flycatchers
EAWP
ACFL
EAPH

Woodpeckers
Pileated
Flicker

Sparrows
Song
Towhee

Hawks
Red-tailed
Red-shouldered

Owls
Screech
Great Horned

Yellow-breasted Chat
Ruby- throated Hummingbird
Carolina Wren
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Indigo Bunting
Wood Thrush
Chimney Swift
Baltimore Oriole
NRSW
Eastern Kingbird
Whip-poor-will
Cedar Waxing
Scarlet Tanager

Highlights
Feeding Activity tree-Hawthorn
Young
WEVI
BTNW
NOPA
Eating Caterpillars-BAWW-also carrying food
Pairs Foraging
BAWA
HOWA
REVI

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Date: 6/12/25 5:20 am
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Cliff Swallows nesting strategy
 

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Date: 6/11/25 7:12 pm
From: John Habig <jhabig57...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cliff Swallows nesting strategy
I was looking at bridges that cross over Twin Creek in Warren and
Montgomery Counties. The bridges are about 150 long and have trees and
shrubs right up to the water's edge. I have observed Cliff Swallows nesting
on the Lion Bridge (2nd St.) in Franklin and the SR 4 Bridge in Middletown.
These two bridges bracket the confluence of Twin Creek at the Great
Miami River. There is also one active railroad track that crosses the
Great Miami River between these bridges. I have not found any swallow nests
on bridges over Twin Creek or the railroad bridge over the river. Now to
my questions: 1) Has anyone observed Cliff Swallow nests on short bridges
such as these? 2) Has anyone observed Cliff Swallow nests on active
railroad bridges?

My theory is that the Cliff Swallows are not nesting on the structures
because: 1) they like a more open approach to the nests, 2) They need more
open areas for their aerial food catching, 3) there's too much vibration on
the railroad tracks that would crumble their nests.

I look forward to your observations and thoughts.

--
John Habig
Carlisle, Ohio

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Date: 6/11/25 4:34 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton musings
I have been exploring - going after breeders at this point. And birding new trails.
That gorge trail area at Caesar creek Warren county is beautiful! I didn’t get too
Far - busy looking for birds! Picked up Acadian, L. Waterthrush, and a Barred Owl
Pair calling! Neat! It’s still quite active out there. Should be until the end of June.
All three were Warren birds! No Ovenbirds or black and white though. That last is
A tough one with my older hearing…… cruised furnas ogylbys rd. I keep getting
Turkey in my life needs alerts there. Hopefully someday I see some! A parking
Area for a horse trail got me a Hooded warbler! New one. And a spreadwing that
I hope my pic came out. It had a bit of red on it.

It got slow bird wise about 11:30 or so. I decided to try spots in Clinton.
Belted kingfisher would be nice! Nope…. But the odes at Cowan lake are good.

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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