Date: 9/4/26 2:30 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
American redstart
Magnolia warbler
Common yellowthroat
Nashville warbler
Ovenbird. (Single-handedly mobbing the barred owl. The owl must have noted the effort the little guy was putting in, and moved 20-30 feet to another perch. The ovenbird did not follow, at that point.)
Barred owl
Cedar waxwings
Ruby throated hummingbird
Wood thrush (heard)
Least flycatcher (heard)
House wren
Woodside Green Park in Gahanna
Had another ovenbird, this time joining two Carolina wrens and two cardinals mobbing an unknown critter.
Learned today that if you re in sunshine and hear thunder, you can get rained on in seconds after the sun disappears.
Bob McNulty
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Date: 9/2/26 10:09 am From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park,, Woodside Green Park in Gahanna
Stopped at Blendon Woods Metro Park at 7:15AM and the nature center parking was closed.
Ended up at Woodside Green Park
Bird of the day:
Magnolia warbler
American redstarts
Black throated green warblers
Tennessee warbler
Chestnut sided warbler
Red eyed vireo
Yellow throated vireo (heard)
Swainson’s thrush
Veery
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Acadian flycatcher (heard)
Great crested flycatcher
Ruby throated hummingbird
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Date: 8/30/26 11:38 am From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park, Columbus, Ohio
Ovenbird Common yellowthroats Magnolia American redstart Chestnut sided warbler Eastern towhees Cedar waxwings Blue gray gnatcatcher Eastern wood pewees
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Date: 8/29/26 6:25 pm From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Gahanna Woods, Woodside Green (afternoon), Sycamore Run (evening)
I stopped by Gahanna Woods in the morning with Diana, and we had some migrants, though not large numbers. Later in the afternoon, I took a page from Bob McNulty's book and visited Woodside Green Park and had more migrants, despite the lateness of the day. The south parts of Woodside Green and the neighboring Big Walnut Trail seemed the most productive. Highlights included: *Gahanna Woods*: Red-headed Woodpecker E.Wood Pewees Acadian Flycatchers Red-eyed Vireos Cedar Waxwings (flocks) Redstarts, Blackburnian, and Chestnut-sided Warblers
On a different note, the old Gahanna High School was demolished over the Summer, obliterating a good chimney that was a consistent swift roost. I was wondering where most of them would end up and had an answer tonight, with a sizeable roost (300 birds) at the Northeast School, across from tiny Sycamore Run Park and about a half mile north of the old High School roost site. 10 Nighthawks cruising the surrounding field was an added bonus.
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Date: 8/29/26 1:48 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park, Woodside green (afternoon)
Blacklick (It helped to have Bob C finding the birds for me) Mourning warbler, adult male Ovenbird Magnolia warbler American redstart Hooded warbler (heard) Red eyed vireo Easten towhee
Woodside Green (afternoon) Canada warbler, female. ( No tariffs paid) Chestnut sided warblers
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Date: 8/28/26 2:44 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blacklick Metro Park
American Redstart
Chestnut sided warbler
Hooded warbler
Bay breasted warbler
Olive sided flycatcher … an Eastern Wood Pewee flew into the same dead tree and attempted to harass the Olive sided. The Olive sided was not taking any grief, and quickly let the pewee know that bugging him was a bad idea. The Pewee left the bigger bird alone after that one attempt.
Wood thrushes
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Date: 8/27/26 10:34 am From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park
The sign said the Lake trail would be closed 8/26-8/31 for paving.
The Nature center parking lot has lots of noisy trucks that also smell of asphalt.
So I do not plan on birding there until September.
Today I did have American redstarts and a Magnolia warbler on the goldenrod trail.
Then, I went to Sharon Woods Metro Park, but did not find any warblers.
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Date: 8/25/26 1:33 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blendon Woods Metro Park,, Woodside Green (afternoon)
Blendon Woods Metro Park. 7:10 am to noon (All the warblers were seen from nature enter parking lot)
Magnolia warbler
Black and white warbler
Blackburnian warbler
American redstart
Tennessee warbler
Red eyed vireo
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Indigo buntings
Catbird
Field sparrows
Woodside Green (2-4pm)
Yellow throated warbler
American redstart
Chestnut sided warbler
Ruby throated hummingbird
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Date: 8/24/26 6:44 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Up to 212 - that slow progress to 220! Finally some terns at Lost bridge. 2 Caspians.
It’s been slow down here. I am blaming the high water levels! No shorebird habitat
At lost bridge….. I chased a little blue heron that a fellow big year birder found.
No success. Lost bridge. Stuff is not sticking here…… even in good water level years,
Stuff doesn’t usually stick!
Had a Parula and a bay breasted this mid morning at Armleder. Passerines have been
Moving on the current cold front.
Good birding all. We need a drought down here…..
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Date: 8/24/26 7:05 am From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Backyard in Gahanna
Common nighthawks 4. (Between 7:45 - 8 pm)
Several hundred robins flying over
Interestingly, all the robins, and the nighthawks were flying North.
Great horned owl. Sounded like he was calling from the oak trees in our yard. Didn’t spot him though.
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Date: 8/23/26 2:00 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Woodside Green Park Gahanna
2-4pm
Chestnut sided warbler
Black throated green warbler
Magnolia warbler
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Eastern wood pewee
Great created flycatcher
Red eyed vireo (heard)
Duck, mallard - American wigeon. Hybrid? Looked like a female mallard with blue beak
Saw a titmouse and a white breasted nuthatch having a short skirmish.
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Date: 8/20/26 6:08 am From: <mmvalencic...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Chagrin River Bird Quest Sept 11 - 12, 2026
Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland invites you to participate in the 12th annual Chagrin River Bird Quest starting at 4pm Friday September 11 and concluding with a celebration starting 4pm September 12. This FREE 24-hour team birding challenge is open to families, friends, and co-workers with all levels of birding knowledge and experience. We will be headquartered at The West Woods Nature Center, 9465 Kinsman Road (Rt. 87). You can register your team using this link Chagrin River Bird Quest 2026 <https://clevelandaudubon.org/chagrin-river-bird-quest-2026/> - Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland. And there is a FREE Bird Quest T-shirt to the first 100 people checking in from 4pm - 6pm at The West Woods Nature Center.
If you are new to birding, we have a FREE introduction to birding workshop on Saturday August 29th from 9am - noon at the Audubon Novak Sanctuary Education Center in Aurora, OH. Please register using the link above. Registration for the workshop is separate from team registration.
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Date: 8/17/26 2:15 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Nothing new! There’s only one spot now
For shorebirds here - Motz turf. All this
Rain has a low lying area flooded. Yea!
The way this weather is going the great
Miami might never be really low enough
Consistently for shorebirds. This is killing me…. Oh well!
My goal is lowered to 220. I am missing too Much and running out of time. In fact I am probably not available for much
Birding now until Sat. Not even sure
I will have time to chase if something
Needed shows up!
The ode show has been great! Striped
Saddlebag!
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 8/9/26 2:49 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Stuck on 210! I was ready to ditch my goal of 225. Missing too much! And not having
Success here finding stuff! But checked my records - a lot of my tern sightings are
Mid august and sept. Still time! My one and only stilt sandpiper for the county though
Was late July…… and missed today! A friend had a small shorebird flock at lost bridge.
It’s moving around too much….. I could not relocate. I should probably hit tomorrow
And see if I can find the flock. But I need a break from Hamilton! I was going to chase
The summit swallow tailed kite! But 3 1/2 hours one way…… I’ll wait! Chase another….
I will either hit Kentucky spots. Or Rocky fork state park in highland county. I am told
The lake is drawn down down for dam repairs. Ooohhh. Shorebirds!
When I was planning my Hamilton big year, I banked on shorebirds at the river in the
Summer. Never did I imagine we would have the wettest summer I have experienced
Here! The great Miami is too high! Sigh……
Oh well.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 8/8/26 7:18 am From: Kathy Edwards <kathye198...> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Hoover reservoir Area N, Willet
Awesome sitings!
On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, 7:59 PM Bob McNulty <
<0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> I saw a willet had been reported on E-bird for the last couple of days, so
> I went up to see it.
> From the abandoned road converted to a path, I got within 50 feet of the
> Willet as it foraged on mud flats east of the path.
> It then moved to the west side of the path and foraged in the shallow
> water.
> Osprey
> Black vultures
> Turkey vultures
> Great blue herons
> Great egrets
> Spotted sandpiper
> Killdeer
> Mallard
> Gadwall
>
> Bob McNulty
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Date: 8/8/26 7:03 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census 08/2026
AUGUST 07, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Merriman Valley north to Red Lock Trailhead with a stop at Szalay's Farm & Market for lunch and Trail Mix in Boston for cold drinks. TIME: 6:30am - 5:00pm TIME AFIELD: 10:30 TEMP.: 69F ~ 83F ~ 82F COND.: Overcast with a thunderstorm at start, turning heavy to where we had to take shelter under the the sewer line tunnel at the Smith Rd. roundabout; rain easing up but still steady to the Akron Compost Facility; rain turning lighter all the way to Ira Rd. - rain finally ending at 9:10am; turning partly sunny and humid, then cloudy and warmer; a brief sprinkle from 12:40pm - 12:50pm; cloudy, warm and humid for rest of the census with slight (none too frequent) breezes from the north. TRAIL COND.: Wet, puddled, and soupy from the rain, rutted in the softer sections from bike traffic. RIVER COND.: Like a river of chocolate milk - high, swift and muddy from the rain - few rockbars or sandbars. FT. MI.: 14.30 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES, 32 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 8 (1 bunny) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 14 3. Woodchuck - 2 4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 5. Red Squirrel - 4 6. Common Muskrat - 1 (kit) (Fourth August Record on Census) 7. Coyote - 1 (Second August Record on Census) 8. Common Raccoon - 1 (Second August Record on Census)
II. BIRDS: 56 SPECIES, (AVG.: 62.1), 489 TOTAL (AVG.: 839.6). *(Lowest total birds for August to date - was 507 in 2020)* (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
??. Unidentified Passerines - 6 (four being distant swallows)
III. REPTILES: 5 SPECIES, 162 TOTAL.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 12 (two young ones saved from being flattened on the trail) 2. Red-eared Turtle - 4 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 138 4. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 6 5. Eastern Garter Snake - 2 (one trying to consume an American Toad - Fifth August Record on Census)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 19 TOTAL.
1. American Toad - 2 (one with one leg already down an Eastern Garter Snake's throat) 2. American Bullfrog - 3 (1 heard) 3. Green Frog - 14 (10 heard)
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES, 52 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 2 2. Golden Shiner - 37 (Fourth August Record on Census) 3. Bluntnose Minnow - 12 4. Bluegill - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 9 SPECIES, 60 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 16 2. Cabbage White - 13 3. Clouded Sulphur - 3 4. Summer Azure - 7 5. Pearl Crescent - 3 6. Monarch - 3 7. Silver-spotted Skipper - 4 8. Least Skipper - 6 9. Zabulon Skipper - 5 (Fourth August Record on Census)
VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 11 SPECIES, 46 TOTAL.
1. Drab Prominent - 1 (Second Record on Census, First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2025) 2. Shy Cosmet Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 65 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 3. Catalpa Sphinx - 3 (caterpillars only) (New Species on Census - currently at 66 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 4. Faint-spotted Palthis Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 67 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 5. Eastern Tent Caterpillar - 30 (caterpillars only) (New Species on Census - currently at 68 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 6. Buttonbush Owlet - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 69 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 7. Grayish Zanclognatha - 1 (Second Record on Census & First August Record on Census) 8. Hickory Tussock Moth - 1 (caterpillar only) (Second Record on Census, First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2023) 9. Sycamore Tussock Moth - 4 (caterpillars only) (Third Record on Census, Third August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 2 on 08/2025) 10. Walnut Caterpillar Moth - 2 (caterpillars only) (New Species on Census - currently at 70 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 11. Luna Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 71 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 9 SPECIES, 83 TOTAL.
1. Common Green Darner - 4 2. Eastern Pondhawk - 1 3. Slaty Skimmer - 2 4. Widow Skimmer - 3 5. Blue Dasher - 33 6. Ruby Meadowhawk - 2 (Fourth August Record on Census) 7. Ebony Jewelwing - 3 8. Blue-fronted Dancer - 9 9. Blue-tipped Dancer - 26
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