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2/15/25 3:55 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Local waterfowl birding
2/14/25 8:35 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] AlumCreekSt.Park,2-14: waterfowl
2/13/25 12:04 pm WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Hoover dam area Thursday
2/13/25 9:35 am WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] No Red-throated Loon
2/12/25 5:03 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] HooverReservoir,2-12: waterfowl
2/12/25 2:20 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton - slow
2/11/25 4:16 pm Randy Rowe <rowe926...> [Ohio-birds] Abundant waterfowl at Cemetery Rd pond, Wayne Co.
2/10/25 5:52 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Caesar creek - Warren county dusk birding
2/10/25 11:30 am WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Walnut Woods Tall Pines, pick ponds Monday
2/8/25 12:50 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Clinton county - Cowan lake - open water!
2/8/25 11:03 am WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Buckeye Lk sat morning
2/8/25 5:28 am Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Trail Census 02/07
2/6/25 7:01 am Ted Auch <lsarpp...> [Ohio-birds] Birding, birds, and Trump 2.0
2/5/25 1:53 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren big year - exceedingly slow….
2/3/25 4:10 pm Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
2/3/25 3:06 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Cowan lake - Clinton county - still mostly frozen!!
2/2/25 3:44 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county - waterfowl
2/2/25 6:38 am WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Late post: Jan 31 chasing (long)
2/1/25 4:17 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Fernald winter birding festival
1/30/25 5:24 pm WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Wally Rd Thursday—no Golden Eagle
1/28/25 8:52 pm Matt Bockey <mdbockeyoh...> [Ohio-birds] Lazuli Bunting
1/28/25 12:32 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Ohio river waterfowl birding - Hamilton County and Kentucky
1/27/25 12:57 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton - still frozen
1/25/25 2:10 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] SW Ohio - waterfowl moving around
1/22/25 4:16 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] SW Ohio - big freeze up birding
1/22/25 10:21 am Ted Auch <lsarpp...> Re: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
1/22/25 10:13 am <mmvalencic...> Re: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
1/22/25 9:50 am Ted Auch <lsarpp...> [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
1/21/25 2:45 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren county - the deep freeze starts
1/20/25 2:40 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Hamilton and Clermont - bitter cold birding
1/20/25 9:37 am WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Buckeye Lk Monday
1/19/25 5:18 pm Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> [Ohio-birds] urbanScioto,Columbus,1-19-25: Egret,waterfowl
1/19/25 9:24 am James Wheat <james.a.wheat...> Re: [Ohio-birds] Birdseye app
1/19/25 9:04 am Carla Hall <carlahall2000...> [Ohio-birds] Birdseye app
1/18/25 2:57 pm Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> [Ohio-birds] Warren big year - still slow
 
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Date: 2/15/25 3:55 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Local waterfowl birding
I got out a little this afternoon. After the rain had stopped. Little did I realize
Fog and mist would take over…..

Nothing unusual, but nice to see lots of pintails. Loads of mallards around
Also. This was Ellis warehouse retention pond and the Seward road
Ponds. Brate was empty. Butler county. Hardly any geese - they were probably all still out in farm fields. Redheads, wigeon, gadwall, hooded Mergs. A couple of
Black ducks. I am disappointed to say that a few more warehouses are going
Up at Seward. I hope the ponds that are there are in a no build zone……

I had time when I got home to hit Lake barber. Looks like the usual there. I couldn’t
See the far end of the lake because of the fog though! Canvasback, lesser
Scaup, goldeneyes - I keep searching for Barrows! Lake Erie has all the fun!
Etc. I couldn’t track any greater Scaup down, but the fog….. that’s a fun spot
That changes species wise constantly. And it’s close to my house!

The weather is changing yet again Sunday morning. Snow. Joy.

My warren and Clinton big years are really suffering…..

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/14/25 8:35 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] AlumCreekSt.Park,2-14: waterfowl
The reservoir at this State Park north of Columbus was almost completely
frozen, but had enough holes, man-made or natural, to collect some
interesting waterfowl. I stopped at the dam spillway, the beach, the
kayak launch, Hollenback marina, Cheshire causeway, SummerRidge access, and
New Galena, circling the lower reservoir in the process. A sizeable hole
near the dam was largely empty, but holes at the marina and the causeway
were much more lively, with lots of waterfowl.

The marina hole, kept open largely by dock bubblers, had decent numbers of
Mallards, Redhead, and Lesser Scaup, but the big surprise here was Coots.
Not only were they in the water, but they were also grazing the lawns
around the marina & parking area. A distant hole offshore also had some
ducks, but was too shimmery in the distance for good IDs.

The hole off the causeway was mostly along its northeastern edge, and could
be easily surveyed from the Cheshire boat launch and mountain bike trail
lots. It was chock-a-block full of diving ducks, along with some geese
and mallards. Included in the haul were 300+ Redheads, 260+ Lesser Scaup,
30+ Greater Scaup, 120+ Ring-necked Ducks, 15+ Bufflehead, 6 Common
Goldeneye, 1 Common Merganser, 1 Hooded Merganser, and 1 Ruddy Duck.
Probably missed a Tufted Duck in all the commotion :-).

The spillway was also open, but only had modest flocks of geese, mallards,
and Lesser Scaup. Most of the other sites were frozen solid, with paltry
landbirds. The only unusual landbirds were a small flock of Tree Sparrows
near the beach, and a Hermit Thrush & Mockingbird at New Galena.

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Date: 2/13/25 12:04 pm
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hoover dam area Thursday
After dipping on the Red-throated Loon, I stopped at several places along Hoover reservoir to check for waterfowl hoping of course that the loon might somehow end up there but were no loons, just some ducks. There were at least three male and one female Com Goldeneye & a raft of Ruddies. Several Com Mergansers, some Red-breasted as well as Hoodies. One immature Bald Eagle was sitting on the ice and a perched Red-tailed Hawk was being mobbed by bluejays at Redbank marina.

Not much at the spillway, except mallards and a couple gadwall. The only gulls I saw were Ring-billed.

Peggy Wang
Granville
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Date: 2/13/25 9:35 am
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] No Red-throated Loon
The weather was so iffy this morning that I did not get a particularly early start to go try to see the Red-throated Loon near Carroll. Apparently it was seen early this morning, but by the time I got there around 11 the wind was blowing hard and spitting snow, and there were only Canada geese on the pond.

One of the homeowners nearby, Michelle, will post on eBird if she sees it again. So bizarre that a Red-throated loon would show up at a little pond in the middle of nowhere.

Peggy Wang
Granville
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Date: 2/12/25 5:03 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] HooverReservoir,2-12: waterfowl
The southern part of Hoover is opening up, with holes at several points
along the south shore despite the persistent cold weather. The holes near
the dam had Common & Hooded Mergansers, Redheads, Lesser Scaup, and
Mallards, while holes at Walnut St and the Maxtown ramp had those plus
Rec-br.Mergansers, Ruddies, Gadwalls, and Black Ducks. This next week may
be the best for divers, most of whom will move north as soon as northern
reservoirs open up.

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Date: 2/12/25 2:20 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton - slow
But open water! Yea! Will probably freeze up again next week….. Crazy
Winter. I only had 1/2 day. But in looking at the forecast, thought I had better
Head up now! Wigeon and pintail at Spring valley. Both new for the big year.
Pintail new for Warren. I was scanning those geese up there well - I had some
Interesting ones, but none I could safely call Cackling. One in particular was
Intriguing - medium sized, whiter looking back, longer primary projection
Than the surrounding Canadas. Chest was white though. And I never saw the
Bill and head well, bird was roosting. Sigh….. I am striking at with sapsucker.
And Fox sparrow. Ditto in Clinton. And Gleason Quarry and Cowan lake were
Almost devoid of waterfowl.

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/11/25 4:16 pm
From: Randy Rowe <rowe926...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Abundant waterfowl at Cemetery Rd pond, Wayne Co.
The large pond on Rt 226 near Cemetery Road, NE of Shreve, has been mostly
frozen for the past two months. Despite that, there are a few leads of open
water and these are now filled with waterfowl. I was there today from
2-3:30pm and saw the following with approximate numbers:
Tundra swans - 75 (actual count)
Canada goose - 20+
Black duck - 250+
Mallard 250+
Gadwall - 100+
Pintail - 1000+
Am Wigeon - 50+
Shoveler - 4
Redhead - 4
Ring-neck duck - 250+
Lesser scaup - 40+
Common goldeneye - 10+
Bufflehead - 4

Randy Rowe, Wooster

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Date: 2/10/25 5:52 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Caesar creek - Warren county dusk birding
Got the LBBG - at a boat ramp area - not south beach. Gulls were staging in
The water here. Then maybe they hit south beach? Someday I will learn all
This! Caesar creek is basically all open. Picked up Gadwall and ruddy for my
Slow going Warren big year! Not too much on the lake. Maybe because of
Hunting pressure? Lots around Fernald in Hamilton county. No hunting there.
Finally picked up Harrier for Warren. Life! The observation tower area at Caesar creek.
Neat spot! Wet meadow in some areas there. Harriers stopped hunting around
6:10 or so. Did a Shortie take their place? …… no…… sigh……. I am thinking 200
For both big years is not possible now. But I will enjoy exploring! No woodcock
Here either. Looks perfect. But too cold…..

Good birding all. The weather is taking a nasty cold turn again…… sigh….

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/10/25 11:30 am
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Walnut Woods Tall Pines, pick ponds Monday
Happy to see the sun again, I checked these 2 spots this morning. At Walnut Wds Tall Pines, the Orange-crowned Warbler came into the hanging log w/peanut butter & stayed for a short time so I got good looks at it as well as a few photos.

A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was off the trail as I walked to the feeders—a bird I managed to miss for Jan…

O/w, nothing unexpected. I thought I saw the Black-capped Chickadee but all the chickadees were feeding rather frenetically so it was hard to get extended looks but one appeared to be larger with a whiter nape & more white on the wing. It was also more aggressive towards the others. I tried to get a few photos, which I’ll look at later. There was not much vocalization either to help with the ID.

Only sparrows there were a few White-throated, a couple Tree and a Song (plus a couple house sparrows).

The glaring light & heat waves made sorting thru the ducks at wood duck pick ponds impossible but most appeared to be mallards. There were two Trumpeter Swans as well as three Sandhill Cranes. The feeders weren’t very active, but there was one adult White-crowned Sp at the Glacier Knoll feeder.

Peggy Wang
Granville
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Date: 2/8/25 12:50 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton county - Cowan lake - open water!
Finally…. I hope it doesn’t freeze up again! There’s still some ice, but most
Water is open. Waterfowl numbers and species different from my last visit.
As befits waterfowl migrating and open water! I picked up Gadwall, and both
Scaup for my big year. Goldeneye and common Mergs there. Most stuff was
At the west end. The marina. Including a lot of gulls. I picked up Herring for
The big year. So I didn’t have yet for Clinton! Ebird lets me know!

Someone has put out seed at the area near the Emerald woods trail. That
Was fun to watch for a bit! Goldfinch and Downy were new for the big year.

I walked the east ponds area. No ponds…… perhaps seasonal. I’ll try there again
In the spring. It was a muddy mess….

I am picking up new year birds, but nothing unusual. I need some rarer stuff!

My next trek up north will probably be Wed. I need to keep an eye on the
Weather. It sure would be nice to spend most of a day up in Clinton and
Warren! My schedule has been crazy!

Time for another Fernald winter birding festival program! I do believe the
Festival was a great success! And next year will only be bigger!

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/8/25 11:03 am
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Buckeye Lk sat morning
I checked out several places in the Buckeye Lake area hoping to see the Lesser Black-backed Gull and Ross’ Goose that had been reported recently. I dipped on those but it was still worth the extended visit to a handful of places along the shore.

Some of the cool things I saw were 8 Bald Eagles off Seller’s Point. There were two adults and the rest were immatures in various plumages, s/t squabbling over fish. Eight were sitting on the ice at once so the count is accurate even though it was flagged by ebird. There was also a huge raft of N Pintails near the opposite shore—had to be at least 100 so it was pretty impressive.

Ebird also flagged the Common Loon I saw diving/fishing in front of the huge pintail flock. I think it is the first time I’ve seen a Com Loon at Buckeye but it was the typical winter-plumaged, large loon with a heavy bill. I also spotted two Greater White-fronted Geese, also at a distance, in a large group of Canada’s.

I saw some distant swans I took to be Trumpeters given neck & black bill length—8 along with 2 Mute Swans. There was a large flock of gulls loafing way out on the ice. I didn’t see any that stuck out as anything but Ring-billeds but they were quite distant.

During the drive, I had roadside views of 2 kestrels, Red-shouldered Hawk, bluebird.

Ducks:
Common Loon
N Pintail
Bufflehead
Scaup sp
Ring-necked
Redhead
Canvasback
Mallard
Com Merganser

Peggy Wang
Granville
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Date: 2/8/25 5:28 am
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Trail Census 02/07
FEBRUARY 07, 2025 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.
ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with a stop at the
Peninsula Coffee House for lunch.
TIME: 7:25am - 5:15pm TIME AFIELD: 9:50 TEMP.: 21F ~ 29F ~ 28F
COND.: Cold and brisk early with full sun and blue skies; winds from the
northwest; clouds moving in around
9:30am and turning mostly sunny; light winds shifting to the west and
clouds moving out and full sun again.
TRAIL COND.: Terrible; hard-pack ice from foot traffic and freezing rain
earlier in the week, parts of the trail
were just treacherous, glazed ice; most of the hike was done on the grassy
fringes of the trail, but from Lock 31
("Lonesome Lock") south to Peninsula, the trail was completely iced-over
and was like walking a tight-rope;
sections of asphalt trail were clear from the sun melting it, but all in
all, many sections were a slow go.
RIVER COND.: High, swift and muddy from rain earlier in the week.
FT. MI.: 13.85 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES, 31 TOTAL.

1. Eastern Chipmunk - 5 (Fourth February Record on Census)
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 4 (1 black morph)
3. Red Squirrel - 19
4. Common Raccoon - 1 (First February Record on Census)
5. White-tailed Deer - 2 (both 6-pt. bucks)


II. BIRDS: 45 SPECIES, 2,138 TOTAL.
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)

1. Canada Goose - 298
2. American Black Duck - 14 (8m,6f)
3. Mallard - 27 (16m,11f)
4. Hooded Merganser - 4 (1m,3f) (Third February Record on Census)
5. Common Merganser - 6 (3m,3f)
6. Rock Pigeon - 2
7. Mourning Dove - 8
8. Ring-billed Gull - 1
9. Double-crested Cormorant - 154 (First February Record on Census &
New Census High - previous was 34 on 09/2011)
10. Neotropic Cormorant - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 204
Bird Species since 01/2010 - notes at end of list)
11. Great Blue Heron - 6
12. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (adult male with an Eastern Chipmunk in its
talons)
13. Bald Eagle - 4 (adult) (a pair at Red Lock, one over Peninsula, and
one on the cell tower in Merriman Valley)
14. Red-tailed Hawk - 8 (2 immature)
15. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 16 (5m,4f,1?,6*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 18 (6m,4f,3?,5*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (1m,1f,3*)
19. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
20. Peregrine Falcon - 3 (2m,1f) (the pair at the Ohio Turnpike bridge
and a solo male over Szalay's main corn field on Bolanz Rd.)
21. Blue Jay - 18
22. American Crow - 860 (all counted with a handheld clicker in the
late afternoon as they were headed to roost)
23. Black-capped Chickadee - 16
24. Tufted Titmouse - 17
25. White-breasted Nuthatch - 21 (5m,7f,1?,8*)
26. Brown Creeper - 1
27. Carolina Wren - 9
28. European Starling - 120
29. Eastern Bluebird - 13 (4m,6f,3?)
30. American Robin - 24
31. House Sparrow - 25
32. House Finch - 9 (4m,3f,2*)
33. Purple Finch - 3 (f) (Second February Record on Census)
34. American Goldfinch - 27
35. Fox Sparrow - 1 (Second February Record on Census)
36. American Tree Sparrow - 4
37. Dark-eyed Junco - 6 (2m,2f,2*)
38. White-throated Sparrow - 19
39. Song Sparrow - 2
40. Swamp Sparrow - 1
41. Eastern Towhee - 2 (1m,1f)
42. Red-winged Blackbird - 9 (8m,1f)
43. Brown-headed Cowbird - 323 (1m,2f,320 mixed flock - mixed flock
landed at Szalay's - New Census High - previous was 150 on 02/2011)
44. Common Grackle - 2 (Fifth February Record on Census)
45. Northern Cardinal - 26 (15m,7f,4*)

??. Unidentified Passerines - 1 (possible Hermit Thrush just south of Bath
Rd. - could not re-locate)

III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 2 TOTAL.

1. Central Mudminnow - 2 (Second February Record on Census)


Cormorants over the Cuyahoga Valley - at 8:22am at the north end of
Stanford Swamp we observed a large flock of cormorants heading south in an
almost complete V-formation, presumably leaving Lake Erie now that
everything is starting to freeze. This flock consisted of 148 total birds
and while
counting them, two tail end groups of cormorants consisting of 3 and 6
birds, were catching up to complete the massive V-formation. In the group of
the three birds was the noticeably smaller Neotropic Cormorant. Lighting
conditions were perfect with reflected light below and a pure blue sky for
contrast. About 10 minutes later we had a straggling group of 6 more
Double-crested Cormorants soon followed by a lone one, giving us a total of
154 Double-crested Cormorants and the single Neotropic Cormorant.

Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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Date: 2/6/25 7:01 am
From: Ted Auch <lsarpp...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Birding, birds, and Trump 2.0
I am reaching out to this group to gauge if anyone wants to join a specific
project or contact me if they are interested in volunteering for
pro-environmental/birding projects. We know that the Trump administration
and specifically the DOI, DOE, and EPA will have huge implications on
migratory birds especially with the massive expansion in drilling and LNG
export across the Gulf Coast (See Below). We are looking for folks with
stories, interests in citizen science ideas around tracking and looking at
the overlap in O&G expansion and the already precarious situation some
birds find themselves in, etc. We believe that there is at least one
foundation interested in supporting storymapping and/or Lived Experience
type projects that look at the passions of birding community and how that
passion and expertise can tell us so much about what is happening to birds
by way of a reliance on fossil fuel production, transport, and export.

Sincerely
Ted Auch
802-343-6771

See Project 2025 Story Maps and Analysis we published last Fall below:

The brief introduction here
https://www.fractracker.org/2024/10/analyzing-project-2025/

PDF of the report here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ETPxgoHn9A1ajQxw6vsKFUigg-LzYPH2/view

Associated Story map
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e60331650188421b9788ee20b1040249


--
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Date: 2/5/25 1:53 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren big year - exceedingly slow….
Caesar creek is 1/2 open water. But no waterfowl…. I don’t get it. Not much
Flying either. Picked up herring gull. Thought I had that! I must have seen in
Clinton. Anyway I switched over to passerines. Picked up Pileated at Spring
Valley. Joy….. what I really need is a Sapsucker! And fox sparrow. Oh well!
Spring valley was still all ice. I walked the old growth trail area at the nature
Center at Caesar creek. That’s going to be great this spring! As is spring
Valley! I am up to 56 for the Warren big year. That’s not good….

I had set aside Feb for household renovations. I thought I would be further
Along with my big years! I want to get in a night of birding in both counties
In Feb. pick up owls and hopefully woodcock. Etc.

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/3/25 4:10 pm
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
FEBRUARY 02, 2025 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTES: East Side, Boss Unit (parking lot), Fox Unit (parking lot), West
Side and Western Prairies in the morning
and Wildlife Drive in the afternoon.
OBS. EAST, BOSS & FOX: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS.
WEST: Susan Brauning, Katie Clink,
Donna Kuhn, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Tony Szilagye, Tracy Wiczer.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jim Koppin,
Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
TIME: 7:20am - 12:00pm; 1:00pm - 3:45pm TIME AFIELD: 7:25 TEMP.: 23F ~ 36F
COND.: Cold and gray for most of the morning with light south winds; brief
sleet starting at 10:19am quickly changing
to steady light snow and then big flakes of snow until noon; brief rain at
start of Wildlife Drive, then ending; gray, calm,
and warmer during the afternoon; all canals, ditches, and impoundments
frozen - except for a small opening in Pool1
on the East Side; Lake Erie frozen from the shoreline out to an open lead
just far enough out to make the ducks tough
to identify with a spotting scope, then frozen again, then open too far out
to identify anything; Metzger Marsh had one
small opening near the Ottawa fish gate that held just Canada Geese and
three species of swans.

I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, 30 TOTAL MAMMALS. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Cottontail - 3
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4
3. White-footed Mouse - 3
4. Common Raccoon - 1
5. Striped Skunk - 1 (Fifth Record on Census, First February Record on
Census & Tied Census High from 03/2008, 09/2012, 05/2023 & 07/2024)
6. White-tailed Deer - 18 (does)


II. BIRDS: 53 SPECIES, 3,118 TOTAL BIRDS. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)

1. Canada Goose - 537
2. Mute Swan - 3
3. Trumpeter Swan - 85
4. Tundra Swan - 629
5. Gadwall - 2
6. American Wigeon - 3
7. Mallard - 15
8. Canvasback - 10
9. Redhead - 65
10. Greater Scaup - 4 (Third February Record on Census)
11. Lesser Scaup - 6
12. Common Goldeneye - 830
13. Common Merganser - 47
14. Ruddy Duck - 38
15. Mourning Dove - 79
16. Sandhill Crane - 82
17. Ring-billed Gull - 18
18. Herring Gull - 6
19. Great Blue Heron - 56
20. Northern Harrier - 8
21. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
22. Cooper's Hawk - 3
23. Bald Eagle - 54 (33 adult,17 immature,4 unknown)
24. Red-tailed Hawk - 8
25. Great Horned Owl - 1
26. Short-eared Owl - 2 (D. W. Vogus - one flushed from Grimm Prairie &
one flushed from Stange Prairie)
27. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4
28. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
29. Downy Woodpecker - 20
30. Hairy Woodpecker - 3
31. Northern Flicker - 5
32. American Kestrel - 2
33. Northern Shrike - 1 (along Crane Creek mudflats just south of MS 3
in the afternoon)
34. Blue Jay - 31
35. Black-capped Chickadee - 9
36. Tufted Titmouse - 2
37. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (J. Reyda's East Side group at Boss Unit
parking lot)
38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
39. Brown Creeper - 1
40. Carolina Wren - 3
41. Winter Wren - 1
42. Marsh Wren - 1 (observed by D.W. Vogus in southwest corner of MS 7
- tail end "rattle" was heard and then 'pished' bird out of small stand of
phragmite island in the cattails - Second February Record on Census - first
was 02/03/1980)
43. European Starling - 107
44. American Robin - 7
45. House Sparrow - 5
46. American Goldfinch - 4
47. American Tree Sparrow - 212
48. Dark-eyed Junco - 24
49. White-throated Sparrow - 1
50. Song Sparrow - 13
51. Swamp Sparrow - 7
52. Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (East Side fly-over)
53. Northern Cardinal - 23

??. Unidentified Swan Species - 11
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 13 (distant fly-bys)
??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 2 (one in Grimm Prairie & one in Stange
Prairie)

Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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Date: 2/3/25 3:06 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cowan lake - Clinton county - still mostly frozen!!
That surprised me….. at least the roads were ice free so I did some passerine
Birding. The disc golf course there was fairly birdy. I can’t wait to explore that
Area in the spring! Chickadee and titmouse were new for the big year. Brown
Creeper was new for the county! There was some waterfowl around - a few open
Areas. Pintail, shoveler, common Mergs, etc. nothing unusual. I need a few
Unusual birds if I hope to get to 200 for the big year! A few unusual birds
Every season! We will see….

Snow goose, Ross’s goose, GW goose. All would be new for the county! They
We’re all flying around Fernald in Hamilton today!

I was going to hit Warren on Wed. But the weather might not cooperate.
Sigh….

I was hoping for a butterfly this spring like sunny day! No….

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/2/25 3:44 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county - waterfowl
Lots of waterfowl around! Water areas are mostly ice free now. And least
Around the Ohio river. That WW scoter is still around! That surprises me with
The warm up. It’s Feb, migration time. I presume it will move on soon. Common
Goldeneye numbers were good at Lake Barber. 41. Canvasback are appearing
Around the area. Etc. etc. I keep missing GWFG. And Cackler. It’s early yet!
In the month. Monday will be Clinton county. I presume at this point the roads
At Cowan are ice free!?

My big years are suffering…..l

86? For January. I gave up when the deep freeze hit. It wasn’t fun! Next year!

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 2/2/25 6:38 am
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Late post: Jan 31 chasing (long)
I meant to post this yesterday but it fell by the wayside. After a fantastic week up in Sax Zim Bog in MNv(my first visit there), I was left with just a couple days to add anything to my Jan list (not that I’m complaining…).

The rain & fog Friday morning limited visibility so I waited until late morning to get started. I stopped by Scioto Audubon to try for Snow Goose and Great Egret but only got the egret. Then I chased the N Shrike that had been reported near Battelle Darby. I didn’t realize what a long walk in it was from the Kuhlwein parking lot and unfortunately it was a case of “it was just here” when I got to the barn and met another birder who had seen it on the powerlines as he had walked in. He said he also saw it briefly by the barns, but it did not appear.

I checked Darby Bend Lks and managed to pick up a Redhead for the month. There was at least one Cackling Goose as well as a couple Green-winged Teal, Gadwall and several Ring-necked plus a Coot.

A birder told me Tundra Swans had been seen at Redbank Marina at Hoover recently & I figured I could check the spillway also. Alas, the swans had been seen early morning & not since. There was a big group of Canada Geese, mallards and other ducks there but I didn’t pick up anything new. There was one drake N Pintail in the group as well as a couple more Redheads, several Com with a few Hooded Mergansers. No unusual gulls.

At the Spillway there was nothing new for my January list but I had good looks at 3 Lesser Scaup (2 males, 1 female) and a female Com Goldeneye as well as American Widgeon, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall & more Com & Hooded Mergansers.

At Denison late in the afternoon, there was v little around except a couple Black Vultures & WT Sparrows.

The only raptors I saw during the day were a couple Kestrels, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed & RS Hawks plus TVs.

Ended my 3-week Jan with 91 species. There were several common species I missed so hopefully, I’ll do better next year! Great fun trying, tho. Thx for all the suggestions from birders I met throughout the month.

Peggy Wang
Granville
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Date: 2/1/25 4:17 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Fernald winter birding festival
Is a hit! Loads of people. Programs to attend. Bird walks. Lots of areas
To explore on your own. I had to work this morning, so only made one
Program. Today. Lodge pond has some open water. Finally….. most
Other water is still frozen. Boo. Alas the 80 or so Greater white fronted
Geese that put down at lodge pond did not stick til the afternoon. Birds….
They annoyingly fly! It was nice to see lots of waterfowl concentrated
There though. And loads of ducks and geese flying all over. I love flight
Id! I saw some interior race Canadas. The rest just our usual I believe.
None of the big ones.

I hit Furfield in butler county next. That never froze….. the probable
Tundras from this morning had left. And no gulls roosting there. Perhaps
I was too early?? Coots and common Mergs.

I will try Warren and or Clinton Monday. Maybe some water will be open??

Good birding all. The Fernald birding festival is through next Sat. Come down
And enjoy the place!

Sandra Keller

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Date: 1/30/25 5:24 pm
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Wally Rd Thursday—no Golden Eagle
Well, Golden Eagle for Ohio is quickly becoming a nemesis bird for me. I tried for the third or fourth time this winter today but still only saw multiple Bald Eagles in a wide variety of plumages. At least it was much warmer than the last time I was in the area.

I also stopped by the spot reported near Warsaw on eBird where a Golden Eagle was also seen yesterday but came up empty there as well. I did manage to pick up two January birds as I wandered around: Red-headed WP and Red-winged Blackbird.

Other Raptors I saw besides bald eagles were Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks, kestrel, N Harrier (imm male), Black Vulture.

Peggy Wang
Granville
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Date: 1/28/25 8:52 pm
From: Matt Bockey <mdbockeyoh...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lazuli Bunting
Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping to make the trip to Meigs County this weekend to hopefully see
the Lazuli Bunting. I see the location on eBird, but it looks like it may
be on private property. If anyone can give me some guidance on viewing the
bird, I would appreciate it. I really want to see but of course want to be
mindful of the property owners. Feel free to message me directly.

Thanks,
Matt

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Date: 1/28/25 12:32 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ohio river waterfowl birding - Hamilton County and Kentucky
Mary and I went searching for those 2 scoters. They are still around. Got a call
From a friend - she had them at a Kentucky spot. Off we go! I love exploring
New spots. Alas all the waterfowl had moved by the time we got there. But we
Caught up to most of the flock off the Schmidt ballfields area. They were
Across the river in Kentucky. I am getting a handle on the waterfowl movement
Here. It’s probably a couple mile stretch that the waterfowl seems to like. So
Many nooks for them to hide in…..we managed the Redhead, RB Merg, and
Common Mergs for Kentucky! New ones for me. The scoters were either hiding
Or they travel further. The big thaw has started. It’s a slow process. The coming
Rain will help greatly!

Soon Caesar creek and Cowan lake will be ice free. I hope! Right now I just want to
The roads and trails to be safe again!

Good birding all.


Sandra Keller

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Date: 1/27/25 12:57 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton - still frozen
I was under no illusions re the lake’s being open. They aren’t. What did
Surprise me was the very icy roads at Cowan. That was dicey at the dance
Pavilion parking lot. I was almost ready to break out the rock salt bag I keep
In my trunk! I gave up on passerines in Clinton. And hit warren. Still frozen -
Caesar creek, but at least some of the state park roads were better. Some.

No Sapsucker. No creeper. I hit some fields near the Visitors center and
Observation tower areas. Beautiful area! I finally picked up Meadowlarks!
For the big year and Warren life. No harrier though…..I look forward to
Exploring this area throughout the big year. Only at 51 for the Warren big
Year. I might not hit an area I was planning on tues morning. I need this
Ice to melt! It’s dangerous walking…..

Good birding all.


Sandra Keller

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Date: 1/25/25 2:10 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] SW Ohio - waterfowl moving around
As befits the thaw starting. I hope things melt quick. The Fernald winter
Bird festival starts next Saturday! I hit that small pond at Rt. 32 and Half
Acre rds. Clermont county. Half of it is open water! Did I find that Tundra
Swan?? No….. But loaded with Geese, Mallards, Black Ducks, Gadwall, Wigeon,
Pintail.

I heard that the WW Scoter is still on the Ohio River. Plus Canvasback! That’s
A good one for the river.

Hawley Rd. In Clermont was still heavily covered in snow and it looked like
Quite a lot of ice! Those fields are going to be a flooded mess soon! Great!
The birds will love it! I had Horned Larks, but couldn’t find any Longspurs.

I may or may not be out Sunday afternoon. Depends on if I get the first
Game or not! It’s an app thing….

But Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be back up in Warren and Clinton!
I feel way behind with my big years.

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 1/22/25 4:16 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] SW Ohio - big freeze up birding
Only it wasn’t a really big freeze up. Yes, more ice, but not enough to drive
Rare waterfowl down to the Ohio river. I enjoyed scanning from the Kentucky
Side. I drove a friend to cvg, and stayed in Kentucky for the morning. Goal
Was Horned Lark - no….. did pick up Purple Finch and Tree Sparrow for the
State!

After a mid day break to warm up and eat, I headed to Butler county - that lower
Level dam area on the Great Miami stays open a lot. The water pouring over
The dam I presume. Hooded Mergs, bufflehead, mallards, gadwall. I spent more
Time inside my car than out. Cold….. can’t see every spot there at the dam in
The car. But I do like to be warm!

Hit Furfield next - fully open. Must be very deep! Hundreds of RB gulls, I scanned
Well for other species. Nope. 2 common Mergs were new for the year. Also Ruddy
And Goldeneye there. Again, I didn’t spend too much time….. it will get warm again!
Hopefully soon!

Fernald preserve in Hamilton county is holding a week long winter birding
Festival. Lots of online presentations. Free. Check out their web site - pre registration
Is required for the zoom events. Feb. 1 to Feb. 8.

Good birding all.


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Date: 1/22/25 10:21 am
From: Ted Auch <lsarpp...>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Perfect thank you so much!

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM <mmvalencic...> wrote:

> Ted:
>
>
>
> The HELP section of eBird has lots of useful information. Here is a link
> to the information about accessing alerts eBird Alerts and Targets : Help
> Center
> <https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000960317-ebird-alerts-and-targets-faqs>.
> It assumes that you have an eBird account which is quite simple to do Get
> started with eBird : Help Center
> <https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001158707-get-started-with-ebird>
>
>
>
> Matt Valencic
>
>
>
> *From:* Ohio birds <OHIO-BIRDS...> *On Behalf Of *Ted
> Auch
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:50 PM
> *To:* <OHIO-BIRDS...>
> *Subject:* [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of
> a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
>
>
>
> Hello All
>
> I would love to see a Snowy Owl and was wondering if anyone has seen one
> in Ohio yet this year or can recommend spots to see them? i live in Shaker
> Heights so I am assuming Lake Erie is popular at times?
>
>
>
> Another naive question is that I am looking to get bird alerts and
> wondering where I would go to sign up for such alerts?
>
>
>
> Finally, I was up in Ann Arbor for my son's hockey tournament and came
> across an amazing birding spot and a real jewel if you can get up there in
> the dead of winter. It is called Vreeland Road in Superior Township East of
> Ann Arbor. The real jewels I saw for my first time there were Short Eared
> Owl, Snow Bunting, and Lapland Longspur
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> *“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: 1/22/25 10:13 am
From: <mmvalencic...>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Ted:



The HELP section of eBird has lots of useful information. Here is a link to the information about accessing alerts eBird Alerts and Targets : Help Center <https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000960317-ebird-alerts-and-targets-faqs> . It assumes that you have an eBird account which is quite simple to do Get started with eBird : Help Center <https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001158707-get-started-with-ebird>



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From: Ohio birds <OHIO-BIRDS...> On Behalf Of Ted Auch
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:50 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)



Hello All

I would love to see a Snowy Owl and was wondering if anyone has seen one in Ohio yet this year or can recommend spots to see them? i live in Shaker Heights so I am assuming Lake Erie is popular at times?



Another naive question is that I am looking to get bird alerts and wondering where I would go to sign up for such alerts?



Finally, I was up in Ann Arbor for my son's hockey tournament and came across an amazing birding spot and a real jewel if you can get up there in the dead of winter. It is called Vreeland Road in Superior Township East of Ann Arbor. The real jewels I saw for my first time there were Short Eared Owl, Snow Bunting, and Lapland Longspur







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Date: 1/22/25 9:50 am
From: Ted Auch <lsarpp...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl and Bird Alerts question (and jewel of a birding spot outside Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Hello All
I would love to see a Snowy Owl and was wondering if anyone has seen one in
Ohio yet this year or can recommend spots to see them? i live in Shaker
Heights so I am assuming Lake Erie is popular at times?

Another naive question is that I am looking to get bird alerts and
wondering where I would go to sign up for such alerts?

Finally, I was up in Ann Arbor for my son's hockey tournament and came
across an amazing birding spot and a real jewel if you can get up there in
the dead of winter. It is called Vreeland Road in Superior Township East of
Ann Arbor. The real jewels I saw for my first time there were Short Eared
Owl, Snow Bunting, and Lapland Longspur

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*“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: 1/21/25 2:45 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren county - the deep freeze starts
I hit warren this afternoon. Wasn’t expecting Caesar creek lake to be mostly
Frozen! Because there was no ice my last time up there. But it’s getting colder.
8 degrees….. the roads are still bad around the area also. I need to wait til the thaw
Happens. I would have liked a winter rarity or 2, but it didn’t happen. March
Is coming, hopefully I’ll get one or two then. When waterfowl is migrating
Back north. I did some more field birding. No Meadowlark…….no harrier. Just
RT Hawks and Kestrels. I picked up 5 common birds. I may have already had them,
But I finally entered into ebird. Kestrel, Robin, flicker, black vulture. Cooper’s hawk.
Up to 50 for the big year in Warren! The upside of not getting much in Jan. is
That I have stuff to chase in Feb!

I started the day at CNC - Rowe Woods. A program on the Spotted Lanternfly for
Volunteers. The feeders at the Visitors center were hopping! And I could watch
From inside. 2 Fox Sparrows were nice. No Siskins or Purple Finches here.

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 1/20/25 2:40 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton and Clermont - bitter cold birding
As opposed to a snow day. I had more passerine species on the snow day 2 weeks ago! The Main focus actually was open water areas and waterfowl. I am enjoying the
Ohio River. We couldn’t refind the scoters this morning, but I am sure still in the area.
There’s quite a few nooks where ducks will feed on the Ohio down here in Hamilton
County. I finally looked up why the Ohio river is such a weird boundary with
Kentucky. Most of the river is Kentucky. Anyway, the boundary is the low water mark
On the north side as it was in 1792. It has been the subject of legal battles - and
Rulings have favored Ohio, but the boundary remains stuck. Hmmm…. Just doesn’t
Seem right. Whatever…..

Lake Barber is still half open water. But I had much less than yesterday. No idea why.
No Canvasbacks this afternoon. I had 5 yesterday. Etc. Birds move!

Meldahl Dam in Clermont was nice! Lots of gulls! I finally picked up Herring for
Kentucky. That actually worked in my favor - most of the river is Kentucky. I couldn’t
Refind the Peregrines. Again, birds move…..

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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Date: 1/20/25 9:37 am
From: WANG PEGGY <00000454f4164bea-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Buckeye Lk Monday
I checked for the White-fronted Goose that has been reported a few times but dipped again this frigid morning. Saw one Cackling Goose again.

I also checked the fish hatchery but only saw Canadas & one Great Blue Heron.

On the drive there, along Cristland Hill Rd, there was a large flock of Com Grackles in a corn stubble field—at least 50 birds. Unfortunately, there was traffic & no place to pull off so I couldn’t scan through the group to see if any Rusty’s were mixed in. The sun was showing off their iridescence well.

Stay warm everyone!

Peggy Wang
Granville

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Date: 1/19/25 5:18 pm
From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] urbanScioto,Columbus,1-19-25: Egret,waterfowl
Several stops along the Scioto River corridor this morning found side ponds
& lakes frozen (Including big ones like at Haul Rd and Watermark lake), but
the river was still largely open, except above the Greenlawn dam. Most of
the bird activity was close to the river; any areas further away had
substantially fewer birds. I stopped at Haul Rd, Scioto Audubon, Berliner
Park, Confluence Park, Long St. Dam, Watermark Lake, Marble
Cliff/RiversEdge, 5th Ave bridge, and Quarry Trails. Notables included:

Great Egret(s) - I had 1 roosting on an island just below the Greenlawn
Dam; later observers had 2
Great Blue Herons - only a few around Scioto Audubon & Berliner, but I had
clusters of 5 roosting along the river at the 5th Ave bridge and at Quarry
Trails
DabblingDucks - mostly mallards, though a Black Duck was at the 5th Ave
bridge
DivingDucks - a big flock of 125 Ring-necks, along with 3 Redheads, was in
the river at RiversEdge offices. Small numbers of Hooded Mergansers were
at many locations.
OtherWaterbirds - a Pied-billed Grebe was in the river at Berliner, while a
Cormorant was along the river at Quarry Trails
Gulls - nothing but Ring-bills, but they were all along the river; Scioto
Audubon had nearly 90 on the ice.
Raptors - Red-tailed Hawks were at several locations, while a juvenile Bald
Eagle was at Scioto Audubon.
BeltedKingfishers - 2 were along the river in Berliner Park, while another
2 were on the river at the 5th Ave bridge.
Woodpeckers - hard to come by, with only a few Red-bellies and Downies,
though I did have Hairy Woodpeckers at Scioto Audubon and Long St. Dam
PerchingBirds - slim pickings, with Cardinals being the only widespread
species, Tree Sparrows were at Haul Rd and at Quarry Trails

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Date: 1/19/25 9:24 am
From: James Wheat <james.a.wheat...>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Birdseye app
Hi Carla,

I've made inquiries about a year ago and something may have changed since,
but that app was sold to or acquired by the American Birding Association. I
am not aware the ABA has made any progress with it or has plans for its
continued existence. Sadly, that means apparently that it's on a back
burner there and isn't being supported at this point.

James

On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM Carla Hall <carlahall2000...> wrote:

> Is Birdseye app still available? Somehow my app signed me out, I can't
> sign back on, support email doesn't answer, and the app isn't in Google
> Play. It is so helpful when traveling to unfamiliar areas.
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Date: 1/19/25 9:04 am
From: Carla Hall <carlahall2000...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Birdseye app
Is Birdseye app still available? Somehow my app signed me out, I can't
sign back on, support email doesn't answer, and the app isn't in Google
Play. It is so helpful when traveling to unfamiliar areas.

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Date: 1/18/25 2:57 pm
From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren big year - still slow
I only hit Warren county, as I don’t know Clinton well enough to go exploring. Yet.
I was told Cowan lake is frozen. The way this weather is going….. it’s going to be
Awhile before a thaw! Caesar creek is completely open. The lake. Unplowed roads
In the park were bad. And will get worse with the freeze up…… I have a basic car.
And was having trouble at the marina, so skipped Harveysburg road when Austin
Posted he found 2 Black Scoters there. There will be others! Now if he had found
A Harlequin let’s say…..! What’s a few hundred dollar tow truck bill……

I chased some birds for the big year. And completely failed…… I picked up a lot,
But common stuff. That’s how I run these. I'll get the common stuff eventually.
Missed today - Greater Scaup, sapsucker, Savannah sparrow, rough legged Hawk,
Harrier?? I still don’t understand why Clinton has plenty of harriers! And none for
Warren! Here’s what I picked up today - Canada goose, red tailed Hawk, starling,
House sparrow, field sparrow, swamp sparrow, ruddy duck, and hooded Merg.
All common stuff. I really need some unusual species!

Up to 45 species for my warren big year. The only new bird for the county - so far -
Is the pipit last week.

The next few days are probably local birding. Lots around! White winged and
Surf scoters! I'll be hitting the Ohio river. I want Black scoter now! That would be
So neat - all three scoters in Hamilton in one winter! And I just heard of a Phoebe
Lingering. Probably not for long now though!

Good birding all.

Sandra Keller

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