I only had 1/2 a day. Off I go! Chasing a Black Duck! Who knew they were
Uncommon in the county……. I couldn’t refind it. Maybe next time up there!
Am told that Snow Goose is back. I'll try and chase that. Or hope for a flyover!
There’s a cemetery hotspot up there that I want to hit. Hmm. Cemetaries are good
For winter finches! Keeping my fingers crossed!
Hit that overgrown area at the east ponds - Cowan lake. I tracked down the
Fox Sparrows! Yea! And had a bonus Vesper. That’s late! I was looking for
Vesper last month at a couple of spots. Both sparrows new for the big year and
The county!
Still need - white geese, cackling goose, black duck, winter finches. Etc. etc.
Keeps me looking til the end of the year!
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 11/15/25 7:43 pm From: Derek Hill <derek.jackson.hill...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Awesome blackbird roost Richland County
Finally checked out a substantial blackbird roost this evening Saturday 15 Nov. in Mansfield, Richland County. Had glimpsed the afternoon spectacle from afar a couple times, as the birds fly in before dusk, sounding like a roaring train. Apparently numbers have dwindled a bit since we first noticed the birds in early/mid October. Still, there must have been at least tens of thousands of birds today, intially staging in treetops when I arrived around 4:30pm. By about 5:00pm they began dropping into the Phragmites reeds, as light was getting too low for much photography or scope detail.
Today when I finally came with binocs and scope, the bulk of the numbers appeared to be Common Grackles with European Starling being 2nd most numerous. Definitely some Red-winged Blackbirds mixed in, a handful of Brown-headed Cowbirds, and my hopes of picking out Rusty Blackbird was rewarded with a few picked out in the scope as they moved in to perch in the trees right over my observation spot. RUBL was a scarce and sought after species in North Central TX where I grew up and is always a thrill to see IMHO. Initially tried to focus on scanning the treetops for a bright female - still not easy when they initially stuck to the trees on the far side of the wetland, and very windy conditons blowing the scope around. So when they came in closer, spotted a couple of the bright fairer sex, with some adjacent males with subtle rust scalloped edges. Certainly more mixed in with the throngs of 'black birds'. Pale eyes visible at close range but surprisingly hard to detect in low light on a very windy cloudy day.
This marsh is adjacent to new houses being built in this neighborhood, north of Straub Rd, south of Logan Rd, just west of S. Main St. Access was via Brushwood Drive (from S. Main St., and the still-undeveloped plots along Elderberry Drive. The marsh is quite obvious from Elderberry Drive, looking north and west. It is not a Typha wetland, but dominated by Phragmites. I am curious to look closer soon at this grass, to see if it's the native 'americanus' type. It doesn't seem as tall as some of the invasive can grow, and I suspect this wetland has provided very valuable seasonal roosting habitat for our dwindling blackbird species (ie COGR and RUBL) for countless generations. Much of the surrounding wetland and woody thickets have been recently destroyed to make way for new housing off Straub Rd (Cape Cod Dr. on google maps).
I wouldnt be surprised if actual peak numbers of birds roosting here throughout the fall could be in the 6 digits but they're hard to count. Its got to be in the tens of thousands as of today, so a very important and valuable wetland. Enjoy the blackbird spectacle while you can, before all the new houses are built.
Wonder how long these birds will stick around this fall... and if the Phragmites is of the native variety - the blackbirds sure are relying on it. Keep in mind a big marsh like this is extremely valuable as safe roosting habitat for the rapidly declining COGR and RUBL - two wetland-dependent species.
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Date: 11/15/25 3:41 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton big year birding - Greater white fronted goose
I got a text from a friend on Friday - 2 up at the Gleason rd. Retention pond.
Great! Only I was still traveling….. wasn’t sure I could chase today - just got
Home……but I decided I had better! I am missing sooooo much. I went
Late afternoon. Thinking the geese come back to that pond after feeding in
The surrounding fields. Success! I was going to stay through dusk up there -
And see what else was flying in, but activity in the area - the roads were not
Their usual deserted self! So I came home. Not much flying as I drove back
To Cincinnati, so I probably didn’t miss anything.
That was bird number 200 for Clinton life! Yea. That goal met.
185 for the big year. Poor. Still missing a lot! We will see.
Good birding all.
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Things were interesting in these areas east of Columbus this morning. I started around the Mudsock Trail, birding along Clover Groff stream from Spindler Road Park up to the Franks Park pond, then stopped at Alton Place ponds and Hilliard Bradley HS wetland, before hitting several areas of Prairie Oaks MetroPark (Darby Bend lakes, Sycamore Plains). The common denominator of the morning was Robins, with flocks everywhere feasting on a good crop of honeysuckle berries. Other notables included:
Trumpeter Swan - 1 was feeding in the south quarry lake at Darby Bend Lakes Pied-billed Grebes - at least 4 were scattered around the quarry lakes at Darby Bend Lakes Cooper's Hawks -- seen at multiple sites, they seemed more active in the cold wet weather N.harrier - 1 was hunting in the fields along Patterson Road, east of Prairie Oaks BlackVultures - 4 were flying around the Mudsock Trail just south of the Franks Park lake Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 was foraging in the shrubbery around the south quarry lake at Darby Bend lakes Hermit Thrush - 1 was calling along the edge of the small woodlot at Hilliard Bradley wetland CedarWaxwings - a flock of 15 were feeding with Robins along the forest edge at Sycamore Plains SwampSparrows - 2-3 were calling in the Hamilton Run marsh adjacent to the Alton Place development Blackbirds - nothing but a few Redwings, but they were at several different sites
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Date: 11/9/25 7:06 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census
NOVEMBER 08, 2025 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Merriman Valley north to Red Lock Trailhead. TIME: 6:45am - 4:50pm TIME AFIELD: 10:05 TEMP.: 42F ~ 51F ~ 47F COND.: Cloudy and calm early, turning mostly cloudy, then gray and overcast from 9:20am until end of census. TRAIL COND.: Fair; littered with leaves and twigs from recent high winds; puddling in the usual low spots. RIVER COND.: Slightly above normal from previous day's rains. FT. MI.: 13.85 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 84 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 1 (Third November Record on Census) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 37 3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 21 (7 black morph) (New Census High - previous was 14 on 04/2022) 4. Red Squirrel - 19 5. White-footed Mouse - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 23 Mammal Species since 01/2010) 6. White-tailed Deer - 5 (6-pt buck,3 does,1 yearling)
II. BIRDS: 53 SPECIES, 1,900 TOTAL. (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 69 2. Trumpeter Swan - 2 (First November Record on Census) 3. Wood Duck - 2 (1m,1f) 4. American Black Duck - 41 (26m,15f) 5. Mallard - 65 (42m,23f) 6. Common Merganser - 3 (f/immature) (Third November Record on Census) 7. Mourning Dove - 33 8. Killdeer - 4 9. Ring-billed Gull - 7 10. American Herring Gull - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census) 11. Great Blue Heron - 1 12. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (immature m) 13. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) 14. Red-tailed Hawk - 10 (2 immature) 15. Great Horned Owl - 2 (calling at Red Lock - Fourth Record on Census, First November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 03/2016, 08/2016 & 12/2022) 16. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m) 17. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 31 (12m,7f,3?,9*) 18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (immature) (Fifth November Record on Census) 19. Downy Woodpecker - 13 (6m,2f,1?,4*) 20. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (2m,1?,1*) 21. Northern Flicker - 5 (3m,1?,1*) 22. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1?,3*) 23. American Kestrel - 1 (m) (Second November Record on Census) 24. Merlin - 1 (m) (eating a Cedar Waxwing - Fifth November Record on Census) 25. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m) 26. Blue Jay - 61 27. American Crow - 140 28. Black-capped Chickadee - 20 29. Tufted Titmouse - 10 30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (?) 31. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1f,1*) 32. Cedar Waxwing - 202 33. White-breasted Nuthatch - 25 (8m,3f,2?,12*) 34. Brown Creeper - 2 35. Carolina Wren - 31 36. Winter Wren - 1 37. European Starling - 162 38. Eastern Bluebird - 11 (3m,4f,4?) 39. Hermit Thrush - 1 (Second November Record on Census) 40. American Robin - 358 41. House Sparrow - 86 42. House Finch - 4 (2m,2f) 43. Purple Finch - 2 (m) (Fifth November Record on Census) 44. American Goldfinch - 42 45. Dark-eyed Junco - 5 (2m,2f,1*) 46. White-crowned Sparrow - 4 47. White-throated Sparrow - 72 (New Census High - previous was 64 on 12/2021) 48. Song Sparrow - 12 49. Swamp Sparrow - 4 50. Eastern Towhee - 3 (1m,2*) 51. Red-winged Blackbird - 122 (68m,27f,27?) 52. Common Grackle - 151 53. Northern Cardinal - 34 (9m,8f,17*)
HYBRID - American Black Duck X Mallard - 2 (m) (Third November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 22 other occasions) ??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 1 ??. Unidentified Blackbird Species - 20 ??. Unidentified Passerines - 4
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 9 TOTAL.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 7 (heard only) 2. American Bullfrog - 1 3. Green Frog - 1 (tadpole) (Fifth November Record on Census)
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES, 70 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 11 (Fourth November Record on Census) 2. Creek Chub - 2 3. Bluntnose Minnow - 56 4. Northern Hog Sucker - 1 (Fourth November Record on Census)
VI. MOTHS/CATERPILLAR: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.
1. Isabella Tiger Moth - 1 (caterpillar) (Third Record on Census, First November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2024 & 10/2025)
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Date: 11/7/25 10:35 am From: Rick Luehrs <000005bb36948ac7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] OOS Annual Meeting at Aullwood Audubon
Hi birders!
Just a reminder to everyone that the OOS Annual Members Meeting is tomorrow(Saturday Nov 8) 9AM at the Aullwood Audubon Nature Center in Dayton. Registration is free for OOS members and the Aullwood’s admission fee is waived. Please register here> https://ohiobirds.org/register-for-the-2025-oos-annual-meeting-at-aullwood-audubon/.
Bird walks will be 9AM- noon. Then 12-1 PM we will have lunch & a speaker. Lunch will be various chilis, provided by OOS board members, to tempt your taste buds. We welcome Nenita Lapitan, Senior Conservation Manager-Ohio Centers as our speaker for the event.
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Date: 11/3/25 4:48 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Comparing reservoirs east fork and Cowan lake
What a great afternoon of birding! I like numbers! I got a later start than I wanted.
Too much to do around my house. Someone had posted on loads and loads of
Bonies at east fork. So off I go. And wow! Is this the numbers spot for staging
Bonies in the area?? 520. Best count I could get! I had no success trying to
Relocate the Black Scoter, but I only scanned from south beach. I was debating
Whether to hit other areas here or head to Cowan lake. I headed to Cowan lake
Next.
Hardly any gulls here. Only 2 Bonies…. I was hoping for cranes and black ducks.
Both of which I need for the big year. I had at east fork! But not here…… 73 Ruddys
Here. 15 at east fork. The Ruddys do prefer Cowan lake for some reason.
66 turkey vultures at east fork. 108 at Cowan lake. TVs are moving! That’s fun!
I had wanted to hit Harveysburg rd. At Caesar creek next. But was out of time….l
Oh well!
Hopefully some needed year birds back when I return from vacation.
Good birding all.
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Date: 11/3/25 2:19 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Census
NOVEMBER 02, 2025 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTES: East Side, West Side, and Western Prairies in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon. OBS. EAST: Bob Bartolotta, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Anne Albert, Jim Albert, Steven Albert, Mary Applegate, Susan Brauning, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, David & Kim Myles, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Bob Scheidt, Tony Szilagye, Tracy Wiczer. OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus. TIME: 7:20am - 12:45pm; 1:50pm - 4:40pm TIME AFIELD: 8:15 TEMP.: 30F ~ 55F ~ 53F COND.: Chilly, cloudy and calm early, turning partly sunny at 10:30am; mostly sunny the rest of the day with little to no wind; water levels very low - many exposed mudflats; Lake Erie water heading back up Crane Creek in the late afternoon.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, 44 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 1 2. Woodchuck - 1 (Fourth November Record on Census) 3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 27 4. Common Muskrat - 1 5. Common Raccoon - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census) 6. White-tailed Deer - 13 (8-pt. buck,6-pt. buck,5-pt. buck,9 does,1 yearling)
II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 15,506 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 577 2. Trumpeter Swan - 209 3. Tundra Swan - 6 4. Wood Duck - 44 5. Blue-winged Teal - 8 6. Northern Shoveler - 48 7. Gadwall - 997 8. American Wigeon - 61 9. American Black Duck - 65 10. Mallard - 927 11. Northern Pintail - 17 12. Green-winged Teal - 414 13. Ring-necked Duck - 8 14. Bufflehead - 7 15. Hooded Merganser - 19 16. Ruddy Duck - 2 17. Pied-billed Grebe - 6 18. Mourning Dove - 37 19. American Coot - 6 20. Sandhill Crane - 99 21. Black-bellied Plover - 5 22. American Golden-Plover - 11 23. Killdeer - 37 24. Dunlin - 655 25. Pectoral Sandpiper - 6 26. Semipalmated Sandpiper - 8 (Fifth November Record on Census) 27. Long-billed Dowitcher - 41 28. Wilson's Snipe - 12 29. Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (at the mouth of Crane Creek in the afternoon - Third November Record on Census) 30. Greater Yellowlegs - 21 31. Lesser Yellowlegs - 8 32. Bonaparte's Gull - 107 33. Ring-billed Gull - 244 34. American Herring Gull - 3 35. Double-crested Cormorant - 8 36. American White Pelican - 223 37. Great Egret - 30 38. Great Blue Heron - 50 39. Northern Harrier - 3 40. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 41. Cooper's Hawk - 5 42. Bald Eagle - 20 (14 adult,6 immature) 43. Red-tailed Hawk - 8 44. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray morph) 45. Great Horned Owl - 1 (being dive-bombed and chased by an immature male Cooper's Hawk in woodlot at end of Stange Rd.) 46. Belted Kingfisher - 3 47. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 48. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 11 49. Downy Woodpecker - 22 50. Hairy Woodpecker - 6 51. Northern Flicker - 16 52. American Kestrel - 2 53. Northern Shrike - 1 54. Blue Jay - 55 55. Black-capped Chickadee - 8 56. Tufted Titmouse - 5 57. Horned Lark - 3 58. Tree Swallow - 178 59. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 60. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 14 61. Cedar Waxwing - 5 62. White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 63. Brown Creeper - 6 64. Carolina Wren - 3 65. Winter Wren - 2 66. Gray Catbird - 1 (Fourth November Record on Census) 67. European Starling - 831 68. Eastern Bluebird - 5 69. Hermit Thrush - 4 70. American Robin - 44 71. House Sparrow - 18 72. House Finch - 1 73. American Goldfinch - 287 (250-plus in Grimm Prairie feeding on Jerusalem artichoke seedheads) 74. Chipping Sparrow - 4 75. Field Sparrow - 5 76. Fox Sparrow - 6 77. American Tree Sparrow - 18 78. Dark-eyed Junco - 41 79. White-crowned Sparrow - 6 80. White-throated Sparrow - 114 81. Savannah Sparrow - 4 (all in Stange Prairie) 82. Song Sparrow - 60 83. Swamp Sparrow - 37 84. Red-winged Blackbird - 8,353 85. Rusty Blackbird - 108 86. Common Grackle - 27 87. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 45 88. Northern Cardinal - 43
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 17 ??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 10
III. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 3 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. American Bullfrog - 1 2. Green Frog - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census) 3. Northern Leopard Frog - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census)
IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 103 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Blackstripe Topminnow - 103 (Third November Record on Census)
V. BUTTERFLIES: 2 SPECIES, 6 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 2 2. Bronze Copper - 4 (Second November Record on Census)
VI. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 2 SPECIES, (1 FIRST OF CENSUS), 42 TOTAL.
1. Isabella Tiger Moth (caterpillars) - 41 (Third November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 5 on 09/2025) 2. Zebra Caterpillar Moth (caterpillar) - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 28 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002)
VII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 1 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)
1. Autumn Meadowhawk (Fourth November Record on Census)
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Date: 11/2/25 7:42 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] A brown pelican quest - failed….
I thought a 50 - 50 shot. No success! It flew off mid morning, I was hoping it
Would be refound. Or come back to the marina. But no…… I don’t get up to
Lake Erie much, so always enjoy my time up there. Looking in awe at the
Gull and corm numbers! Another goal up there was Geauga county. Which I
Birded and got on the map! That LaDue Reservoir is nice! I didn’t spend
Much time there. Went back to the marina to try for the pelican again. No……
Now just Ashtabula county left to get on the ebird map. Fun!
And came home to a horrible rout of fc Cincinnati by the Crew. Sigh……
Not a good day! The fall colors along Rt 71 north of Columbus were spectacular!
Hopefully I get a chance to hit Warren or Clinton Monday. But things to do before
My vacation.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 10/31/25 11:39 am From: Canterbury, Ronald (canterrd) <00000951b275ca19-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] signed petition
All,
I thought I sent this to Ohio Birds before. Below is the link to the petition to sign asking UC to mitigate and take positive steps for the birds. It currently has about 2900 signatures. Don't feel obligated to donate; none of the money comes to me or my research group, donations would go to change.org
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Date: 10/31/25 8:40 am From: Canterbury, Ronald (canterrd) <00000951b275ca19-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Update on the Ohio Cardinal
All,
This is an update on the Ohio Cardinal journal. I just recently finished drafting the Fall 2023 Species Accounts. I hope to have the issue published in November. I am so sorry that I am so far behind! I am trying hard to catch up. Definitely need help!
On another note, and one reason I am behind, we kill birds daily at my home university campus. Since August 20 this fall we haven't had a single day of no dead birds. Impossible to keep up. Just as I was typing this, had word of a dead White-throated Sparrow.
Below is a link of a recent news article/short video. If any questions, please email me directly and off list.
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Date: 10/27/25 1:36 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] RT loon - Caesar creek - Warren county
I chased the loon yesterday late afternoon. No success. I figured it was still
around, that’s a big lake! I went back this mid morning. More appropriately
Dressed….. sorry Robert - it is not warm! Especially with a 20 mph east wind…..
The immature LBBG I had yesterday toward dusk was not there. That’s normal,
They take off to feed somewhere during the day. I love gulls! I hit Cowan lake
Quickly after Ceaser creek. I was enjoying a first fall Herring study!! I like that!
But no Franklins around….. comes up common…… an off year I presume.
Like no shorebirds around Warren county. I did get the pec that was at the beach
Yesterday. It was at the rocky end near the marina. New for the year. 181 for the
Year. Clinton is at 184 for the year.
And yes, I haven’t seen many individuals of some passerines lately. Like YR
Warblers. So maybe a tad warm!
Fall colors - I can’t tell if past or still changing, some trees are bare already.
But the colors around the edge of Cowan Lake were gorgeous!
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 10/26/25 6:38 pm From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Urban Scioto, 10-26: few temperate migrants
A visit to multiple areas along the Scioto River in Columbus found temperate migration stalled for a great many birds. Only cormorants seemed to be taking advantage of the mild weather to move along. I stopped at Scioto Audubon MetroPark, Long Street Dam, Watermark Lake, Quarry Lake Apartments, Quarry Trails MetroPark, and the area below Griggs Dam. (Above Griggs Dam was overrun by people watching a crew regatta, so I didn't bird there.) Notables included
Waterfowl - mallards & geese in multiple places (no surprise), but also had Green-winged Teal (4 at Scioto Audubon), Wood Ducks (9 at Long St. Dam) and Hooded Mergansers (2 at Long St. Dam) Cormorants - large flock of nearly 100 around the Greenlawn Dam at Scioto Audubon; only a few elsewhere (including a high migrating flock at Watermark Lake) Heron,Egrets -- Great Blues at multiple spots; 7 Great Egrets still around Scioto Audubon Shorebirds - nothing but a few Killdeer Gulls - small numbers of Ring-bills at several locations. 1 Herring Gull was around Griggs Dam Raptors - not much: 1 Red-shoulder at Scioto Audubon, 1 Red-tail & 1 Cooper's at Quarry Trails Woodpeckers - normal numbers of resident species; also had 1 Sapsucker at Watermark Lake Jays - surprisingly light numbers, compared with more suburban parks that are teeming with them Creeper,Kinglets - 1 Brown Creeper (Griggs) and only a couple of Ruby-cr.Kinglets Thrushes - only small groups of Robins, but they were at many locations Warblers - nothing but Yellow-rumps, and their numbers varied quite a bit at different locations Sparrows - lots of Songs and White-throated, but also had a few Fields at Scioto Audubon Blackbirds - a small flock of Red-winged Blackbirds was at Watermark Lake Finches - nothing but the expected House Finches & Goldfinches
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Date: 10/26/25 11:22 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren big year birding - and a shorebird!
Mounts park. Loaded with WT sparrows!
I couldn’t track down a Fox though. I need that for life for the county! No
Sapsucker either. Ditto. But I am always
Scanning pond edges. No other spot
For shorebirds in the county….and I got
A Greater Yellowlegs! Yea! Up to 179 for the year. Low…… Bad……
Next was Caesars creek - observation
Tower field area. Chasing the Vesper
That Bill had yesterday. No success.
He told me exactly where! Birds. They
Move around…..
Place was different than my last visit.
Birds. They migrate…..
Monday should be Clinton county.
If nothing to chase in Warren! That was
Fun - chasing something…..
Butterfly notes - still monarchs around.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 10/22/25 10:11 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Merlin - Warren county
New for the big year and the county! But that was it. Nothing on the beach
When I checked there first. I hit the observation tower area. Went bushwacking
Around those fields and ponds. No Nelsons! Been Nelson’s s around SW Ohio -
And this is the only spot that I could think of for Warren to try. Actually,
Hardly any sparrows around here. I'll blame it on the wind. Which was brutal.
Good birding all. Next up Clinton. Maybe east fork riparian to try that area
Again for Nelson’s.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 10/21/25 1:16 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton county - small changes
But nothing new for my big year. Stuck on 184! Seeing some waterfowl
Around. Shovelers joined the ruddy ducks. And 2 Horned Grebes. Beat
My fos by 2 days! That was at east fork on 10/23. It’s so easy to look up
Your records in ebird. Since I lost my monthly excel chart….. I will recreate
For Hamilton county from my ebird data when I start my Hamilton big year
Next year! Won’t take long. It’s all in ebird!
No Palm warbler or Lincoln’s sparrow today for me….. sigh…..and no
Franklins gull! I want one. They are common!
And no odes. I was surprised after yesterday. Oh well. That might be it for
Odes. I was at Cowan lake today. Mid day. Not good timing for passerines
I had one nice flock at the dance pavilion area. But no Palm…..
Hopefully I can get out Wed. Back to Warren. But I am behind with
Stuff! As usual…..
Good birding all. Stuff is around. Three cattle egrets at east fork! I willed
Them to Warren….
Sandra Keller
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Date: 10/20/25 12:23 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren big year birding
Slow. I wasn’t expecting too much with SW winds last night. I still need
Sapsucker for the county. No success this morning. I am hoping for
Franklins gull. Maybe next week. The best congregation of gulls was at
Young rd - Clinton county. Loads of tree swallows also. I hit Soring valley
Mid day. Still no sapsucker….. that was quiet. But I did the full loop,
Greene county had more - it’s a more open area through there. I picked up
four new birds for Greene! Including Sandhill crane! I’ve had that many times
For Warren there, guess I haven’t heard while in Greene county!! They nest
There. My big surprise today was odes. Loads of autumn Meadowhawks.
And a darner! Hopefully I can see enough id points with my blurry pic….
It’s hard getting good ode shots.
Tues will be Clinton somewhere.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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