Date: 6/28/25 2:08 am From: Robert Thorn <robthorn6...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ohio Valley Rare Birds, June 21-27, 2025 addendum
*Wood Stork* - 1 blew in to Pickerington Ponds OH 6-22, then promptly vanished. There are few other strays north this period, with 1 in Delaware 6-25 the only of note, so this doesn't seem to tie into any mass movement. Just a bird with an itch to travel.
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I had a fair number of woodland species singing. Late morning, hot…..nice
To hear! Thrasher, both tanagers - summer was new for the big year. YB Cuckoo.
Etc. That grass pasture or hay field a couple miles from the caesar creek observation
Tower area looks so good for grasshopper sparrow! Nuttin….the meadowlark show
There was nice! I even put Merlin on it….. here’s another voice duo to be careful
Of - Merlin was saying Nighthawk every time a meadowlark did its call notes!
Joy…..
I hit some other spots for Dickcissel. Still nothing! Striking out with odes still…..
Unless something rare to chase in Warren or Clinton, I am done heading up
That way til August. I will be traveling soon again. And I have stuff to catch up on
Here.
Hopefully migration is in full swing by August! Or at least post breeding
Wanderers. Warren - 149 for the big year. Clinton - 153.
Still missing lots of species!
More Merlin notes - it doesn’t always sense a Mockingbird…….
Good birding all!
Sandra Keller
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Yes, it was possible to bird around the Hocking Hills this weekend without being overcome by crowds & heat. The key tricks were (1) get there very early (2) avoid popular spots (ie: Conkle's Hollow, Old Man's Cave), and (3) plan to hit deep shade later in the morning. With that in mind, we hit some obscure areas around the State Forest yesterday (Spruce Run Hollow, Big Cola Swamp, Keister Road, Big Rocky Hollow) and spent today around Clear Creek early (Fern Trail, Creekside Meadows Trail) with a side trip to Alley Park. Still lots of singing in the early morning, but it largely petered out by 11 AM. Notables included:
Raptors - hardly anything beyond vultures, and even they weren't that common Cuckoos - not a one, incredibly. Maybe they headed south looking for cicadas. Woodpeckers - subdued, with few calling or drumming. Pileateds at Spruce Run Hollow and Clear Creek Creekside Meadows Flycatchers - still quite a few calling Pewees and Acadians Vireos - still tons of Red-eyed, but a surprising steady stream of calling White-eyed at many locations. Had singing Blue-headed up Big Rocky Hollow and the Hemlock Trail at Clear Creek Thrushes -- the only Hermits were at the Hemlock Trail and Big Rocky Hollow, while Veeries were in the lowland forest at Clear Creek (both Ferm & Creekside Meadows Trails) Mimids - Catbirds everywhere, but Thrashers also along Fern Trail (ridgetop meadow) and at Alley Park Warblers -- odd distribution, with some birds common some places but absent others. Ovenbirds abundant at most sites, while Hoodeds were also still singing at many sites. Kentuckies were common at several Hocking Hills sites, but scarce at Clear Creek. Redstarts common only at a few sites. Black&Whites and Ceruleans only at Clear Creek, while Pines were only at Hocking Hills. Black-throated Greens still singing in Hemlock groves at both areas. The only Worm-eating was singing along the Fern Trail at Clear Creek, and Blue-winged was near Thomas Cabin at Clear Creek. Sparrows - Towhees everywhere, but otherwise normal numbers of Chipping-Field-Songs Tanagers - Scarlet Tanagers in low numbers, but at many sites. No Summer Tanagers. Grosbeaks - Rose-breasted widespread. Blue Grosbeak singing along Big Cola Road Orioles - Orchard singing along Big Cola Road. Baltimores not heard anywhere
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I didn’t get an early start. I don’t usually on Sunday. It was already
Bad heat wise when I got to Warren county. Around 11:00 or so. I went
Searching for Dickcissels. No success! I hit the ebird spots - most of
Them. One was private, another looked like the habitat completely
Changed, etc. another spot was on a road with traffic. Sigh….. etc. etc.
The field along pence jones rd. At spring valley looks good! Nuttin.
I finally got Blue grosbeak at the Caeser creek tower area. That seemed
Like good habitat, so I tried. And they didn’t call until I started walking out….
Afternoons are going to be tough in this heat!! At least they called!
I am up to 197 life for Warren and 148 for the big year. The grosbeak was
The only new bird today.
My next time up there will have to be early. There’s a grassy field - large -
In a farm area near Caesar creek. Kestrels and meadowlarks. It looks really
Good for grasshopper sparrow! I didn’t see or hear any this afternoon.
I put Merlin on it! Ditto…..
And they didn’t call Ceaser creek spillway - floodplain. I want to explore that.
If that type of area has them at East Fork in Clermont…. Why not Warren!
Ode notes - the usual. I hit a few spots for Dragonhunter. No success!
Good birding all.
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Date: 6/21/25 5:20 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] A kite search - Hamilton county
Kroger hills. No success. I keep trying! They must be in the area…… still
Loads of cicadas around for them!
Merlin notes - has helped me with Grasshopper Sparrow. It comes up with
It a lot….. at least in Clinton. I do need to see for myself. Or hear if close.
I have been ignoring at times…… I’ll admit it gets annoying…… oh great -
Another grasshopper sparrow that I can’t hear….. but it would be good to
Get data into ebird. Warren county up next! This species is in decline.
Habitat loss is a huge reason down here in SW Ohio.
Ode notes - it’s a banner year for Prince Baskettails and Widow skimmers!
Good birding all
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Date: 6/21/25 10:12 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Clinton - grassland birding
I got an early start. Figured I had to beat
The coming heat! Hilling rd had loads of
Dickcissels. All singing! It’s been a great
Week for singing Dickcissels. This bodes
Well for Warren county. I’ll get up there
Either Sunday or Monday. Blue grosbeaks were singing most everywhere I was today. I struck out on
Bobolink here though. So I hit Chaney
Rd. That grassland farm field area is
A haul from my house. Success! Took
Awhile, but finally had 2. Singing.
And more dickcissels! The Grosbeak
And bobolinks were new for Clinton life.
And the big year obviously!
In between these spots I hit the
Culberson woods preserve. I still need
Kentucky warbler for Clinton. That
Place looks great! A swamp. That is
Supposed to be mostly dry in the
Summer. Not this year…… I hit one
Flooded section of the trail. And
Couldn’t go any further. Oh well!
If I get time, I’ll put my knee high boots
On and try again. A new boardwalk
Is being built there. I have a feeling
A long way from completion.
Good birding all. I had a noon time
Errand so came home. If I head out
Again - for odes - it will be local.
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Date: 6/18/25 2:20 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Pewee - my yard - Hamilton county
That’s a great bird for my yard! In fact a yard bird! I walked out this morning
To head to Kentucky for some birding. And it was singing! I am getting other
Reports of out of place birds. I believe post and or failed breeding dispersal.
Good birding all.
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Date: 6/17/25 5:28 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 4 Vireos Woodpeckers Songbirds Owls
I visited the area June 15th and 16th There was much activity and I am seeing more young
Warblers-few of 19
Kentucky
Hooded
N Parula
Cerulean
Prothonotary
Blue-winged
Vireos
REVI
WEVI
YTVI
BHVI
Woodpeckers
Pileated
Flicker
Sparrows
Song
Towhee
Flycatchers
EAWP
ACFL
Thrushes
Bluebird
Wood
Highlights
Eating Caterpillars
PRWA
REVI
Pairs Foraging
REVI
PRWA
AMRE
Young
Black-and-white Warbler—female
Brown Thrasher
White-eyed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
N Parula
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Date: 6/16/25 2:50 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Very birdy today! In Clinton
Four new year birds - kingfisher - finally….. YT Vireo, Prothonotary, and
Summer Tanager. And the YT Vireo was new for Clinton. 180 for life.
151 for the big year. It’s a slow process. I hit Caesar creek the mound rd area.
That’s Clinton. A swamp, floodplain, and woods on a hill. Singing and birds
Moving around were plentiful! I attribute to the cloud cover. Mid June is still an
Active time also. First brood might be fledged. Onto a second brood perhaps! I had
One singing YT warbler besides the Prothonotaries here. Struck out with Kentucky.
Flycatchers still singing. Great crested, Acadian, pewee, Kingbird. The odes were
Slow. Too cool maybe. And cloudy. The kingfisher was at Trace run. I had stopped
Along the bridge area for a quick listen. And ode search.
The beach at Caeser creek - I checked the picnic pavilions again. I didn’t
Pay too much attention last time - black terns and laughing gull were drawing
My attention! There are Cliff and Barn Swallows nesting together under the
Structures. That’s a new one for me! Only they might not get far. The nests
Were torn down……. I had a feeling that was going to happen…….. people
Don’t like bird poop on tables. Both species were busy rebuilding. Looked like
The Barns were further along.
I drove over to Cowan lake. It’s not far! Five Herring Gulls. Four were adults.
Shouldn’t they be up on Lake Erie breeding??
Cicada notes - a bit quieter today! Maybe the noise will be done soon!!
I hit the Gilmore metro park - Butler county on Sat. That place is such fun!
Corms, gb herons, great egrets, and both night herons nesting! I am sure Green
Nests there too.
Sunday I had a tour of a spot in Warren. Lark Sparrow! Good county bird!
Amazing what can be found around!
Good birding all.
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Birding was interesting along a series of parks on the Scioto River near downtown Columbus this morning, just nothing unexpected. I stopped at Scioto Audubon Metropark, Long St. Dam, Marble Cliff bike path, 5th Ave Bridge & nearby Quarry Apts. Lake, and Griggs Reservoir Park, both below and above the dam. Notables included:
*Herons&Egrets* - with the rookery at Shrum Mound Quarry in full bloom, there were Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons at many spots along the river. The only Green Heron was at Quarry Apts.Lake. No Black-crownNight Herons despite a search at Scioto Audubon; an observant fisherman told me he had seen 2-3 up the river near Hayden Falls, so that might be checked out. *Cormorants* - even more so than the above, they were at pretty much every site *Waterfowl* - nothing but the expected Geese-WoodDucks-Mallards trio, often with juveniles in tow *Vultures* - TVs at several spots, but also had a BV with the cluster at Griggs Dam *Woodpeckers* - surprising numbers of Downies - they actually outnumbered Red-bellies today *Flycatchers* - no Acadians in these limited forests, but did have multiple Pewees and Great Cresteds. A Willow was calling in the meadow at Scioto Audubon. Kingbirds were there & Griggs *Vireos* - Warblings at almost every stop along the river, anywhere with cottonwoods, but also had singing Red-eyeds at Marble Cliff and Griggs. *Swallows* - small numbers everywhere, mostly Rough-wings & Trees, but a few Barns and Cliffs as well. Cliff colonies seem to be holding on at the I-70 bridge and Fishinger Road bridge. *Thrushes* - Wood Thrushes at Scioto Audubon and Griggs, and an E.Bluebird family was below the dam at Griggs *Mimids* - nothing but Catbirds, but they were abundant and at every stop, often singing *Warblers* - thin numbers, with a few yellows at Scioto Audubon and Long St.Dam, and Yellow-throated at Long St.Dam and Marble Cliff bike path. Notable were 2 singing Parulas along the old road below Griggs Dam. *Sparrows* - singing Chipping and Songs at many sites, but a singing Field at Scioto Audubon was unexpected. *Orioles *- a few Baltimores, at Scioto Audubon and Griggs, with a singing Orchard along old Whittier Rd north of the Grange Audubon Center.
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We spent the morning at several ravine sites in the Hocking Hills: Conkle's Hollow, Rock-climbing area, and Cantwell Cliffs. These are much more shaded sites than many other locations in the Hills and might be expected to still hold lots of singing birds, even on a warm day. That was certainly true at Conkle's. but less so at the other 2 sites. Notables for the morning were:
*Flycatchers* - nothing but the expected Pewees-Acadians-Phoebes-GreatCrested, and they were pretty much at all 3 sites *Vireos* - Blue-headed were singing at Conkles and Cantwell Cliffs, and the Cliffs also had Yellow-throated. Conkle's had a White-eyed, and Red-eyed, of course, were everywhere *Thrushes* - no Veeries, but 3 Hermits were singing at Conkles. Wood Thrushes were singing at all 3 sites *Warblers* - Conkle's shone, with Waterthrushes, Ovenbirds, Worm-eating (3 singing), Black&White, Parula, Hooded, Magnolia, Yellow-throated, Black-throated Greens, and CommonYellowthroats. The other 2 sites, later in the morning, had far fewer birds. *Tanagers* - Scarlets were at all 3 sites, though Conkle's had 2-3. No Summers that we could find.
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Date: 6/12/25 6:27 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 3 Vireos Songbirds Woodpeckers Hawks
Visited area June 10 and 11 There was a lot of Singing and Activity Also seeing young
Warblers-few of the 19
Hooded
Kentucky
N Parula
Cerulean
Worm-eating
Yellow-throated
Vireos
RE
WE
YT
Flycatchers
EAWP
ACFL
EAPH
Woodpeckers
Pileated
Flicker
Sparrows
Song
Towhee
Hawks
Red-tailed
Red-shouldered
Owls
Screech
Great Horned
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ruby- throated Hummingbird
Carolina Wren
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Indigo Bunting
Wood Thrush
Chimney Swift
Baltimore Oriole
NRSW
Eastern Kingbird
Whip-poor-will
Cedar Waxing
Scarlet Tanager
Highlights
Feeding Activity tree-Hawthorn
Young
WEVI
BTNW
NOPA
Eating Caterpillars-BAWW-also carrying food
Pairs Foraging
BAWA
HOWA
REVI
Bruce Simpson-Nature Photographer
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I was looking at bridges that cross over Twin Creek in Warren and Montgomery Counties. The bridges are about 150 long and have trees and shrubs right up to the water's edge. I have observed Cliff Swallows nesting on the Lion Bridge (2nd St.) in Franklin and the SR 4 Bridge in Middletown. These two bridges bracket the confluence of Twin Creek at the Great Miami River. There is also one active railroad track that crosses the Great Miami River between these bridges. I have not found any swallow nests on bridges over Twin Creek or the railroad bridge over the river. Now to my questions: 1) Has anyone observed Cliff Swallow nests on short bridges such as these? 2) Has anyone observed Cliff Swallow nests on active railroad bridges?
My theory is that the Cliff Swallows are not nesting on the structures because: 1) they like a more open approach to the nests, 2) They need more open areas for their aerial food catching, 3) there's too much vibration on the railroad tracks that would crumble their nests.
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Date: 6/11/25 4:34 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton musings
I have been exploring - going after breeders at this point. And birding new trails.
That gorge trail area at Caesar creek Warren county is beautiful! I didn’t get too
Far - busy looking for birds! Picked up Acadian, L. Waterthrush, and a Barred Owl
Pair calling! Neat! It’s still quite active out there. Should be until the end of June.
All three were Warren birds! No Ovenbirds or black and white though. That last is
A tough one with my older hearing…… cruised furnas ogylbys rd. I keep getting
Turkey in my life needs alerts there. Hopefully someday I see some! A parking
Area for a horse trail got me a Hooded warbler! New one. And a spreadwing that
I hope my pic came out. It had a bit of red on it.
It got slow bird wise about 11:30 or so. I decided to try spots in Clinton.
Belted kingfisher would be nice! Nope…. But the odes at Cowan lake are good.
Good birding all.
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Date: 6/10/25 4:28 am From: robert lane <ohiomagpie...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] American White Pelicans
The celebrity nine American White Pelicans that visited Highlandtown Wildlife Area in Columbiana County were believed seen from Thursday afternoon June 5 thru being last seen early Monday morning June 9. Pretty special!
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Date: 6/9/25 3:27 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren and Clinton big years
Went slow today! The weather. And the cicadas are starting to get old….
I have a hard enough time hearing without the constant cicada hum! I am
Still hoping for a kite….. the laughing gull and black terns at Caesar Creek
From yesterday we’re on the back of my mind. Never dreamed they would
Stick! I started at Cowan lake in Clinton. Nothing new. I really enjoyed that
Spillway trail at Cowan. Good lake views. A nice dense woods. Just very
Loud with cicadas! I still need kingfisher and Cliff swallow for the Clinton
Big year! Very strange…….
After dealing with rain cells all morning, I decided to head west to Caesar creek.
The storms weren’t tracking west. Ha! They knew I was coming! So I waited
One out at the picnic pavilion at south beach. And Lo and behold…. The laughing
Gull was still there. And 2 of the four black terns from yesterday. And purple
Martins. Three new for Warren big year. Up to 142 for the year. The terns and
Martins were new for Warren life. Up to 191 life! Closing in on that magical 200
Life number!
I was going to hit fort ancient on the way home, but a horrible crash on Rt.
71 northbound had those lanes closed. And traffic backed up on side roads
For miles. Sad. I kept heading south.
Ode notes - not many. Too cold. And no sun. Sigh…..
I forgot to mention the grasshopper sparrow and dickcissels I got on my
Way home from Kinnikinik fen on Saturday. Clinton county. I started recording
The dickcissels with Merlin. I like this audio! And to my surprise, it kept
Registering Grasshopper sparrow too! The key being it kept registering it.
I have no idea how many singing because I can’t hear that one if not really
Close anymore! So I started scanning. And there’s one perched up on
A grass stalk! Yea! Clinton birds! 147 for the Clinton big year. And 179 for life.
Good birding all.
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Date: 6/8/25 7:24 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] CVNP Towpath Trail Census
JUNE 07, 2025 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with a stop at Trail Mix in Peninsula and Szalay's Farm & Market. TIME: 6:00am - 4:20pm TIME AFIELD: 10:20 TEMP.: 60F ~ 80F ~ 78F COND.: Cloudy early with some light fog; fog burning off and turning warmer with blue skies; clouding back up later with very hazy skies from Canada wildfires; winds light and variable. TRAIL COND.: Good; trail open at Brandywine Creek but still awaiting back-fill and final touches before complete; biggest nuisance was the Eastern cottonwood seed dispersal - there was no escaping it! RIVER COND.: Very low and clear. FT. MI.: 14.10 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, 90 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 10 (4 bunnies) (Tied Census High from 08/2024) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 44 3. Woodchuck - 1 (pup) 4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 9 (1 black morph) 5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1 6. Red Squirrel - 15 7. Common Muskrat - 4 (3 kits) 8. House Mouse - 1 (Second Record on Census, Second June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2024) 9. Coyote - 1 (very black individual - First June Record on Census) 10. White-tailed Deer - 4 (3 does,1?) (also one dead fawn - well, just the back half of it)
II. BIRDS: 80 SPECIES, 921 TOTAL. (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 50 (16 goslings) 2. Wood Duck - 22 (2m,6f,14 ducklings in groups of 2,2,5 & 5) 3. Mallard - 9 (7m,2f) 4. Common Merganser - 9 (2f,7 ducklings) (one female with 7 ducklings in Cuyahoga River at north end of Stanford Swamp - Fourth June Record on Census) 5. Wild Turkey - 3 (1f,2 poults) (Fourth June Record on Census) 6. Rock Pigeon - 2 7. Mourning Dove - 18 8. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 9. Chimney Swift - 4 10. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5 (2m,3f) 11. Killdeer - 1 12. American Woodcock - 1 (Second June Record on Census) 13. Spotted Sandpiper - 1 14. Green Heron - 7 15. Great Blue Heron - 16 16. Turkey Vulture - 17 17. Bald Eagle - 2 (adult) (Fifth June Record on Census) 18. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 19. Broad-winged Hawk - 1 20. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 21. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1f,1?,1*) 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (3m,1f,3?,3*) 23. Downy Woodpecker - 7 (1m,2f,1?,1*,2 juvenile*) 24. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (*) 25. Northern Flicker - 4 (2?,2*) 26. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (3*,1 drumming) 27. American Kestrel - 1 (m) (East end of Stanford Swamp - Second June Record on Census) 28. Peregrine Falcon - 6 (1m,3 juvenile m,1f,1 juvenile f) ("Trailblazer" & "Gypsy" with young at Ohio Turnpike bridge - Tied Census High from 06/2011) 29. Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 30. Eastern Kingbird - 2 31. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6 32. Acadian Flycatcher - 3 33. Willow Flycatcher - 6 (Tied Census High from 06/2011, 06/2020 & 06/2022) 34. Eastern Phoebe - 3 35. Yellow-throated Vireo - 4 36. Warbling Vireo - 21 37. Red-eyed Vireo - 30 (one nest in a sugar maple tree) 38. Blue Jay - 14 39. American Crow - 15 40. Black-capped Chickadee - 8 41. Tufted Titmouse - 16 42. Bank Swallow - 1 43. Tree Swallow - 7 44. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 13 45. Barn Swallow - 5 46. Cedar Waxwing - 31 (one nest being built in a sycamore tree) 47. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (1m,1?,6*) 48. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4 (1m,1f,2*) (one nest being built in a black walnut tree) 49. Carolina Wren - 14 50. Northern House Wren - 6 51. Gray Catbird - 26 52. European Starling - 42 53. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (juvenile) 54. Veery - 2 55. Wood Thrush - 1 56. American Robin - 40 (1 juvenile) (one nest in a sycamore tree and one nest on the vault toilet doorway at Ira Beaver Marsh Trailhead) 57. House Sparrow - 28 58. House Finch - 8 (5m,1f,1?,1*) 59. American Goldfinch - 22 (14m,5f,3*) 60. Chipping Sparrow - 4 61. Field Sparrow - 1 62. Song Sparrow - 42 63. Swamp Sparrow - 11 64. Eastern Towhee - 4 (3m,1*) 65. Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 (Second June Record on Census) 66. Orchard Oriole - 6 (5m,1 immature m) 67. Baltimore Oriole - 25 (19m,2f,1*,3 chicks) (one nest in a sugar maple and three nests in sycamore trees) 68. Red-winged Blackbird - 43 (29m,13f,1 juvenile) 69. Brown-headed Cowbird - 14 (7m,6f,1 juvenile being fed by a Red-eyed Vireo) 70. Common Grackle - 20 71. Blue-winged Warbler - 3 (m) 72. Common Yellowthroat - 21 (m) 73. Hooded Warbler - 5 (4m,1*) 74. American Redstart - 7 (6m,1f) (one nest being built in a down-hanging stinking passionflower vine) 75. Northern Parula - 4 (m) 76. Yellow Warbler - 26 (24m,2f) 77. Scarlet Tanager - 5 (m) 78. Northern Cardinal - 41 (26m,1 juvenile m,7f,7*) 79. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 13 (12m,1f) 80. Indigo Bunting - 13 (m)
1. American Toad - 1 (Fifth June Record on Census) 2. American Bullfrog - 7 (5 seen,2 heard) 3. Green Frog - 25 (6 seen,19 heard)
V. FISHES: 7 SPECIES, 110 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 3 2. Golden Shiner - 2 (First June Record on Census) 3. Bluntnose Minnow - 89 (Fifth June Record on Census) 4. Common White Sucker - 4 (First June Record on Census) 5. Largemouth Bass - 2 6. Bluegill - 4 7. Pumpkinseed - 6
VI. CRUSTACEANS: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.
1. Crayfish - 1 (Second June Record on Census)
VII. BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES, 25 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2 2. Cabbage Butterfly - 4 3. Summer Azure - 2 4. Silvery Checkerspot - 2 (Third Record on Census, Second June Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 06/2012 & 09/2021) 5. Appalachian Brown - 2 (Fourth Record on Census & First June Record on Census) 6. Little Wood Satyr - 9 7. Silver-spotted Skipper - 2 8. Hobomok Skipper - 2 (Fifth June Record on Census)
VIII. MOTHS: 2 SPECIES, (1 FIRST OF CENSUS), 2 TOTAL.
1. Confused Eusarca - 1 (Second Record on Census, Second June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2014) 2. Drab Prominent - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 46 Moth Species since 01/01/2010)
IX. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 11 SPECIES, 60 TOTAL.
1. Lancet Clubtail - 1 (Fifth Record on Census, Third June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 07/2018, 06/2022, 07/2022 & 06/2024) 2. Common Baskettail - 3 3. Eastern Pondhawk - 2 (Third June Record on Census) 4. Dot-tailed Whiteface - 6 5. Slaty Skimmer - 2 (Fifth June Record on Census) 6. Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1 (Second June Record on Census) 7. Blue Dasher - 5 8. Black Saddlebags - 1 (Fourth June Record on Census) 9. Ebony Jewelwing - 26 10. Blue-tipped Dancer - 3 11. Azure Bluet - 10 (Fifth June Record on Census)
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Date: 6/4/25 3:54 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Warren big year birding
Prairie warbler! Mounds park. New for the county and the big year. I had a late
Start - still catching up after my trip back to NJ. Lots of activity. Including the
Cicadas! No kites. Shame. One would think they would take advantage of all this
Food! The cicada show at mounds was fantastic!
189 for Warren life. 139 for the big year.
Odes notes - mounds park and a canoe access to the little Miami were productive.
I hope my pics came out! I need them to Id damselflies. Etc.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 6/4/25 5:29 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope St Pk Zaleski St F-19 Warblers 4 Vireos Woodpeckers Hawks Songbirds
I visited the area April 31- June 3 There was more singing and activity this visit
19 Breeding Warblers-few
Kentucky
Cerulean
N Parula
Yellow-throated
Worm-eating
Hooded
Young
Black-throated Green
N Parula
White-eyed Vireo
Pairs Foraging together
REVI
AMGO
RTHU
AMRE
WEWA
YBCH
Call Notes-CSWA- fledglings
Feeding Activity tree-Hawthorn-Caterpillars and other Insects
Whip-poor-will—Flushed
Yellow-breasted Chat
Indigo Bunting
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Chimney Swift
American Goldfinch
Wood Thrush
E Bluebird
Baltimore Oriole
Woodcock
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Bald Eagle
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Red Fox-Eloquently sitting catching the morning sun rays
Bruce Simpson-Nature Photographer
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Date: 6/3/25 10:15 am From: <charlesbombaci...> <00000b06d29e686d-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hoover Nature Preserve plus
Prothonotary Warblers continue to be active across most of the Hoover Nature Preserve. Though singing less, the males are still quite active. Nestlings should be fledging soon. Sunday afternoon 20 Common Nighthawks put on a aerial show over the McNamara Park in Genoa Township. Charlie Bombaci
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Date: 6/2/25 2:51 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
JUNE 01, 2025 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTES: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies and Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon. OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Susan Brauning, Donna Kuhn, Doug Nims, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Jim Reyda (North Woods & South Woods only), Mark Swelstad, Tracy Wiczer. OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta, Doug Nims, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus. TIME: 7:30am - 12:00pm; 1:05pm - 3:20pm TIME AFIELD: 6:40 TEMP.: 46F ~ 65F COND.: Cool early with hazy sun; winds N/NW; partly sunny and warmer in the afternoon.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES, 74 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 42 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 1 (observed by J. Reyda at the maintenance yard - Second Record on Census, First June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2020) 3. Woodchuck - 9 4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 13 5. American Beaver - 1 (Third June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 19 other occasions) 6. Common Muskrat - 2 7. White-tailed Deer - 6
II. BIRDS: 96 SPECIES, 3,725 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 503 2. Mute Swan - 6 3. Trumpeter Swan - 186 (160 adults & 26 cygnets in groups of 2,3,4,5,6 & 6) 4. Wood Duck - 83 5. Blue-winged Teal - 4 6. Gadwall - 3 7. Mallard - 116 8. Redhead - 1 (male on East Side - Sixth June Record on Census) 9. Pied-billed Grebe - 7 10. Mourning Dove - 28 11. Chimney Swift - 1 12. Sora - 1 13. Common Gallinule - 16 14. American Coot - 2 15. Sandhill Crane - 34 (2 colts) 16. Black-necked Stilt - 5 (Second June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 07/2024, 08/2024 & 05/2025) 17. Killdeer - 41 18. Semipalmated Plover - 26 19. Dunlin - 139 20. Least Sandpiper - 3 21. White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 22. Semipalmated Sandpiper - 86 23. Spotted Sandpiper - 6 24. Ring-billed Gull - 16 25. American Herring Gull - 4 26. Common Tern - 1 27. Double-crested Cormorant - 39 28. American White Pelican - 20 29. Least Bittern - 1 30. Snowy Egret - 6 31. Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 32. Green Heron - 1 33. Great Egret - 123 34. Great Blue Heron - 59 35. Turkey Vulture - 7 36. Osprey - 2 37. Cooper's Hawk - 1 38. Bald Eagle - 30 (14 adult,13 immature,3 juvenile) 39. Red-tailed Hawk - 4 40. Belted Kingfisher - 1 41. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 42. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 43. Downy Woodpecker - 5 44. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 45. Northern Flicker - 15 46. American Kestrel - 1 47. Great Crested Flycatcher - 6 48. Eastern Kingbird - 40 49. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6 50. Alder Flycatcher - 1 51. Willow Flycatcher - 24 52. Warbling Vireo - 63 53. Red-eyed Vireo - 6 54. Blue Jay - 12 55. Black-capped Chickadee - 1 56. Tufted Titmouse - 1 57. Horned Lark - 1 58. Tree Swallow - 344 59. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 5 60. Purple Martin - 108 61. Barn Swallow - 37 62. Cedar Waxwing - 32 63. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 64. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 65. Carolina Wren - 6 66. Northern House Wren - 47 67. Sedge Wren - 1 (east side of Pool 9 on the Wildlife Drive just before Veler Rd.) 68. Marsh Wren - 12 69. Gray Catbird - 34 70. Brown Thrasher - 1 71. European Starling - 90 72. Unidentified *Catharus* Thrush - 1 73. American Robin - 67 74. House Sparrow - 11 75. House Finch - 2 76. American Goldfinch - 13 77. Chipping Sparrow - 4 78. White-throated Sparrow - 1 (heard singing by J. Reyda & D. Vogus along hedgerows of Ottawa-Lucas Rd. on Wildlife Drive just before exit - First June Record on Census) 79. Henslow's Sparrow - 1 (singing in NE corner of Grimm Prairie) 80. Savannah Sparrow - 3 81. Song Sparrow - 55 82. Swamp Sparrow - 6 83. Eastern Meadowlark - 4 84. Orchard Oriole - 2 85. Baltimore Oriole - 11 86. Red-winged Blackbird - 552 87. Brown-headed Cowbird - 32 88. Common Grackle - 68 89. Northern Waterthrush - 1 90. Prothonotary Warbler - 6 91. Common Yellowthroat - 40 92. American Redstart - 1 93. Yellow Warbler - 257 94. Northern Cardinal - 38 95. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 96. Indigo Bunting - 20
??. Unidentified *Empidonax* Flycatcher - 2
III. REPTILES: 5 SPECIES, 91 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Northern Map Turtle - 51 2. Midland Painted Turtle - 34 3. Blanding's Turtle - 1 (Fourth June Record on Census) 4. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1 5. Northern Water Snake - 4
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 20 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Gray Treefrog - 1 (East Side - Second Record on Census, First June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 05/2012) 2. American Bullfrog - 19
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 20 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Common Carp - 1 2. Blackstripe Topminnow - 19 (Second June Record on Census)
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 4 SPECIES, 6 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
VII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 1 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 1 TOTAL. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)
1. Unicorn Clubtail - 1 (found and photographed by D. Vogus in Stange Prairie - New Odonata Species on Census - currently at 27 Species since 05/06/2018)
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Date: 6/1/25 6:26 am From: Canterbury, Ronald (canterrd) <00000951b275ca19-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ohio Cardinal update and request for spring 2025
Hi, All:
Here is a brief update on the Ohio Cardinal journal: Summer 2023 is being read by the proofreaders and will go to layout and press once that is complete, so hopefully soon on that issue. ** I am mining eBird data quicker and working very hard to catch up!
As temperatures rise and summer season is upon us, and the spring season for the Ohio Cardinal has ended, it is time to request your data, records and sightings. Please send your March through May 2025 sightings to:
Ron Canterbury, 1585 Summit Hills Drive, Cincinnati OH, 45255 or <ron.canterbury...>
In addition to sightings, we welcome photos, anecdotes, book/e-media/app reviews, general interest articles, and research papers. If you enter your sightings into eBird, you do not need to send a report – we download all the entries directly from Cornell. Feel free, however, to expand on items in your eBird list in a separate note to me, because I can’t look at every note in eBird.
If you attach a file (Word, Excel, ASCII text, or similar) to an email, please include your name and the season in the file name and also within the file itself. Calling the file “smith-spring 2025” instead of “sightings” will save me time. And digital photo files, please; send prints only with prior approval. If you post photos to FaceBook, Flickr, or the like, you can send me links to them rather than the photo files themselves. Photos and links go to PhotoEditor Tom Fishburn, <tom561tom...>
The deadline is June 21. Thank you in advance. Have a great summer season everyone!
Ron Canterbury
Editor, The Ohio Cardinal
The Ohio Ornithological Society
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To Leslie Sours or any other Columbus area birders with knowledge of the situation, can you please tell me if there were any known negative impacts on the Merlins once the nest location was made public?Thank you, Kathy Mock
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