Date: 7/29/26 4:06 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Stuck on 210! Last bird was the gallinule. 6 weeks ago! I am awaiting shorebird variety
Down here. Hasn’t happened yet….. lost bridge - the river itself - looks perfect! Sandbars,
Low water levels. Hopefully variety soon! The bean field at Armleder looks very good too!
Sigh….. at least there’s odes to concentrate on in the July doldrums here! A red necked
Grebe showed up on the great Miami in Montgomery county. That was a fun chase! A July and county bird!
Good birding all. August is coming!
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Date: 7/25/26 5:00 am From: Margaret Frost <margaretfrost63...> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 16 Jul 2026 to 24 Jul 2026 (#2026-99)
Yayyy!!! One win for the good guys & Mother Nature..
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> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:07:51 -0400
> From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
> Subject: Lake Hope State Park-Boat Regulations
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> GREAT NEWS
> The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has decided to NOT allow
> motorized boats on Lake Hope -Electric Boats only
> I assume because of a Majority of comments they have decided NOT to
> change regulations
> I would like to thank Everyone who commented on this issue so Lake Hope
> can remain the Park we all enjoy
> Go Birds
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Date: 7/24/26 4:08 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope State Park-Boat Regulations
GREAT NEWS
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has decided to NOT allow motorized boats on Lake Hope -Electric Boats only
I assume because of a Majority of comments they have decided NOT to change regulations
I would like to thank Everyone who commented on this issue so Lake Hope can remain the Park we all enjoy
Go Birds
Bruce
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Date: 7/16/26 5:02 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope State Park, Zaleski State Forest- Motorized Boats
Lake Hope St Pk and Zaleski St F are unique areas in Ohio There are up to 37 Different Warblers seen during Migration and 20 Breeding Warblers There are also numerous Owls, Raptors, Woodpeckers, and Songbirds
On July 30 there will be a meeting about allowing Motorized Boats on the lake
Besides the Gasoline Pollution it will harm the Ambience of the area
If you can’t attend the meeting, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources are accepting comments about this issue
You can Goggle Lake Hope on Facebook and see where to email your comments
We need as many people as possible to make their opinion about NOT allowing motorized boats on Lake Hope
Thanks for your Help
Bruce Simpson-Nature Photographer
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Has been hot! Temps wise…..stuff is starting to show up in SW Ohio. Finally!
But nothing new for my big year in Hamilton county alas…..
I went to check out this industrial area retention pond in Butler. 5 BN Stilts
Have been around! Very nice! Family group?
And Lo and behold- 2 BB whistling ducks also! I urged them south to Fernald!
I wonder what else will show up here?!
Checked out the Armleder bean field, it looks perfect for shorebirds and waders! I
Am not used to this for a summer in Hamilton. I think because of the wet year we have
Been having. Plus there was some bulldozer work here over the winter. No idea
What that was about. Anyway, keeping my fingers crossed for a rarity or 2 here!
One more spot to check on!
Ode notes. They have been good! Finally…..
Good birding all.
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Date: 7/6/26 4:06 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
JULY 05, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTES: East Side, Fox Unit (parking lot only), West Side and Western Prairies in the morning, (no time for Henry Marsh due to sheltering from the thunderstorms). Wildlife Drive in the afternoon. TIME: 7:20am - 11:45am; 12:45pm - 3:20pm TIME AFIELD: 7:00 TEMP.: 74F ~ 78F COND.: (As reported from your weatherman in the western prairies - possibly different out on the impoundments) Cloudy, warm and calm at the start; front moving in from the southwest, clouds turning ominous and stacking in waves, then a thunderstorm with lightning and heavy winds from 8:10am to 8:25am; rain tapering off as the front moved out towards Lake Erie . . . but, the front hit the lake and the wind pushed the front back towards Ottawa; winds shifting to northwest and clouding back up again; rain again, this time no lightning, from 9:30am to 9:45am; clouds turning ominous again, very dark and another round of thunderstorms, this time from the west, with heavy rain lasting from 10:10am to 10:30am; mostly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon; Lake Erie very choppy as the wind shifted to N/NE; no mudflats in Crane Creek with water being pushed up the creek from the wind. OBS. EAST & FOX UNIT: Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Katie Clink (South Woods and North Woods and vicinity); Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Mark Swelstad, Tracy Wiczer (main impoundment trails out to the Crane Creek floodplain and back). OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Group I - Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Mark Swelstad, Tracy Wiczer. Group II: Bob Bartolotta, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES, 81 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 56 2. Woodchuck - 5 3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2 4. Common Muskrat - 1 5. Coyote - 2 (pups) (First July Record on Census & Tied Census High from 03/2008, 01/2018, 02/2018, 02/2020 & 02/2022) 6. Common Raccoon - 1 7. White-tailed Deer - 14 (5 bucks,8 does,1 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 74 SPECIES, 2,669 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 170 2. Trumpeter Swan - 149 (5 juvenile) 3. Wood Duck - 31 4. Mallard - 9 5. Pied-billed Grebe - 1 6. Mourning Dove - 20 7. Virginia Rail - 1 8. Common Gallinule - 5 9. Sandhill Crane - 10 10. Killdeer - 24 11. American Woodcock - 1 12. Spotted Sandpiper - 4 13. Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 14. Ring-billed Gull - 5 15. American Herring Gull - 3 16. Caspian Tern - 4 17. Black Tern - 6 18. Common Tern - 15 19. Double-crested Cormorant - 10 20. American White Pelican - 4 21. Least Bittern - 1 22. Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 (immature) (East Side) 23. Green Heron - 5 24. Great Egret - 84 25. Great Blue Heron - 26 26. Turkey Vulture - 1 27. Osprey - 2 (Fourth July Record on Census) 28. Bald Eagle - 21 (18 adult,3 immature) 29. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 30. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 31. Downy Woodpecker - 4 32. Northern Flicker - 14 33. American Kestrel - 1 (Fox Unit) 34. Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 35. Eastern Kingbird - 23 36. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 11 37. Willow Flycatcher - 7 38. Eastern Phoebe - 5 39. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 19 40. Red-eyed Vireo - 4 41. Blue Jay - 11 42. Black-capped Chickadee - 1 43. Tree Swallow - 503 44. Purple Martin - 172 45. Barn Swallow - 50 46. Cliff Swallow - 2 47. Cedar Waxwing - 6 48. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 49. Carolina Wren - 8 50. Northern House Wren - 36 51. Marsh Wren - 19 52. Gray Catbird - 35 53. Brown Thrasher - 5 54. European Starling - 108 55. American Robin - 83 56. House Sparrow - 5 57. House Finch - 1 58. American Goldfinch - 24 59. Chipping Sparrow - 2 60. Field Sparrow - 11 61. Henslow's Sparrow - 1 (north end of Grimm Prairie) 62. Song Sparrow - 63 63. Swamp Sparrow - 15 64. Eastern Meadowlark - 1 65. Baltimore Oriole - 8 66. Red-winged Blackbird - 541 67. Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 68. Common Grackle - 23 69. Prothonotary Warbler - 4 70. Common Yellowthroat - 76 71. Northern Yellow Warbler - 57 72. Northern Cardinal - 34 73. Indigo Bunting - 34 74. Dickcissel - 14
*(HISTORICAL for JULY - - - High: 92 Species (2003); Low: 54 Species (1983); Average: 79.1 Species.)*
III. REPTILES: 6 SPECIES, 11 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1 2. Northern Map Turtle - 5 (Fifth July Record on Census) 3. Red-eared Turtle - 1 4. Midland Painted Turtle - 2 5. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1 (Third July Record on Census) 6. Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 3 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. American Bullfrog - 1 2. Green Frog - 2
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 4 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Common Carp - 2
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 7 SPECIES, 54 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Black Swallowtail - 8 2. Cabbage Butterfly - 27 3. Clouded Sulphur - 6 4. Eastern Tailed-Blue - 2 5. Red Admiral - 1 6. Common Buckeye - 6 (Fourth July Record on Census) 7. Monarch - 4
VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 1 SPECIES, 12 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Topiary Grass-veneer Moth - 12 (Second Record on Census, Second July Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 07/06/25)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 6 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)
1. Common Green Darner 2. Halloween Pennant 3. Eastern Pondhawk 4. Blue Dasher 5. Common Whitetail 6. Black Saddlebags
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Date: 7/4/26 11:05 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year birding - and other musings
Is going slow! As befits the date. I have been trying for BB cuckoo a lot. It’s been nice
Walking trails in parks. Very birdy! It should start slowing down with song soon though.
I could be wrong - but it’s getting hard walking the trails. And buggy. I think I wait til
Migration now for missing passerines. Which is only the BB cuckoo and probably
Breeding in the county. Or not.
I was very pleased with Lost bridge! And the water levels. The river is finally looking good
For shorebirds. As is that far flooded farmers field. Yea! There’s hope still for 225. I was going
To officially lower my goal to 220, but was thinking through what I still need. It’s still
Possible! I do have travel starting again in august. Plus 2 sets of east coast friends coming
Through. We have plans to get together. Etc. plus AJ jolly lake in Kentucky. Drawn
Down! That actually will be a priority for me assuming it’s still looking good for shorebirds!
Dam work. So it won’t be happening again soon!
I’ll be up on Lake Erie for the headlands birding festival in Sept! That looks like fun! And
A great place to explore! And hopefully I will have time to bird Astabula. My ebird map has
That glaring white spot up there……. Last county in Ohio to get on the map! Fun!
Ok - here’s some birds I can reasonably expect to see over the next six months. Not
In any kind of order. GW Warbler, BB Cuckoo, Philly Vireo, Cape May Warbler. Bobolink,
Nelson’s Sparrow, screech owl, saw whet owl, black tern, Caspian tern. Common tern?
Sandhill crane, white Pelican, ross Goose, Cackling Goose. Sanderling, Bairds sandpiper
LB Dow. Stilt Sandpiper? LBBG. Etc. olive sided fly. Grasshopper sparrow? Little Blue
Heron. Whistling Duck. Mourning warbler.
I won’t see all of these! But there’s hope!
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 7/4/26 5:13 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census 07/03/26
JULY 03, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with a stop at Szalay's Farm & Market for snacks and refreshments. TIME: 5:45am - 12:55pm TIME AFIELD: 7:10 TEMP.: 76F ~ 93F COND.: Humid and muggy early, turning sunny and very hot - 90F by 11:30am - with heat index reaching triple digits. TRAIL COND.: Good. RIVER COND.: Low and clear due to lack of rain. FT. MI.: 13.85 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, (1 DEAD), 79 TOTAL.
1. Little Brown Myotis - 7 (Fifth July Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 6 on 08/2018) 2. Eastern Cottontail - 12 (5 bunnies) 3. Eastern Chipmunk - 32 4. Woodchuck - 6 (2 pups) (Tied Census High from 10/2020) 5. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 6. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1 7. Red Squirrel - 10 8. Common Muskrat - 1 9. Common Raccoon - 1 (Third July Record on Census) 10. White-tailed Deer - 6 (4 doe,1 yearling,1 unknown)
1. American Toad - 2 (seen) 2. Gray Treefrog - 5 (heard) 3. American Bullfrog - 1 (heard) 4. Green Frog - 13 (2 seen,11 heard)
V. FISHES: 10 SPECIES, 279 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 62 (New Census High - previous was 58 on 08/2021) 2. Common Carp - 2 3. Golden Shiner - 18 (Fifth July Record on Census) 4. Creek Chub - 12 5. Bluntnose Minnow - 159 6. Northern Hog Sucker - 11 7. Largemouth Bass - 2 8. Smallmouth Bass - 3 (Second July Record on Census) 9. Bluegill - 8 10. Barred Fantail Darter - 2 (Second July Record on Census)
VI. CRUSTACEANS: 1 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL.
1. Rusty Crayfish - 8 (Third July Record on Census)
VII. BUTTERFLIES: 7 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 20 TOTAL.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 14 2. Clouded Sulphur - 1 3. Summer Azure - 1 4. Great Spangled Fritillary - 1 5. Eastern Comma - 1 (Second July Record on Census) 6. Peck's Skipper - 1 (First July Record on Census) 7. Delaware Skipper - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 41 Butterfly Species since 01/2010)
VIII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 5 SPECIES, (4 NEW TO CENSUS), 5 TOTAL.
1. Snowy Urola Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 61 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 2. Spangled Pelochrista - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 62 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 3. Brown House Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 63 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 4. Northern Eudeilinia - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 64 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 5. LeConte's Haploa Moth - 1 (Second Record on Census, Second July Record on Census & Tied Census High from 07/2021)
IX. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 17 SPECIES, 88 TOTAL.
1. Common Green Darner - 1 2. Swift River Cruiser - 1 (Fourth July Record on Census) 3. Eastern Pondhawk - 3 4. Slaty Skimmer - 4 5. Widow Skimmer - 3 6. Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1 7. Blue Dasher - 24 8. Eastern Amberwing - 2 (Fifth July Record on Census) 9. Common Whitetail - 5 10. Ruby Meadowhawk - 2 11. Black Saddlebags - 1 (Fifth July Record on Census) 12. Ebony Jewelwing - 9 13. Blue-fronted Dancer - 17 14. Powdered Dancer - 1 (Third July Record on Census) 15. Blue-tipped Dancer - 6 16. Azure Bluet - 2 17. Skimming Bluet - 6 (Fourth July Record on Census)
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Date: 7/3/26 3:53 am From: Paul <0000058abbfed79a-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Merlins - Worthington
I posted a few days ago that I was seeing a Merlin and hearing it a lot around a spruce tree and a maple tree across the street. Today I know for sure that it’s two Merlins and that the top of the tall spruce tree seems to be the home base. They were busy circling and calling just a few minutes ago. I got really good looks - they are both Tiaga
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