Date: 4/14/26 1:38 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county big year birding - Snowy Egret
That’s a good one for down here! In fact a county bird for me! Yea!
The bean field at Armleder - it’s looking very good for shorebirds and egrets!
I hope it stays this way……
Spotted Sandpiper, white eyed vireo, Cliff swallow, common yellowthroat new for the
Year. Up to 135 or so? I lose track.
My key is try for unusual birds. And rarities - the common stuff will come!
Ode notes - green darner perched. Year! And a damselfly that didn’t linger.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 4/11/26 2:36 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] New stuff in Hamilton county
Northern yellow warbler and Sora. Both at Fernald. Nothing unusual flying overhead
This morning! Which I could use for my big year……
Hit a botany walk at the western wildlife corridors delshire nature preserve. Wow!
I have never seen so many Toadshades in such a small area before!
Shorebirds. Sigh….. it’s going to be the Armleder bean field. Or wait to the summer
For lost bridge to get good! Farmers fields are drying up fast here. Thankfully one in
Butler county is still water logged. The BN Stilt is enjoying it! Mary C. and I chased
This afternoon. Year bird! And Yellowlegs to look at. I got tired of Hamiltons lack
Of shorebirds……
Ode notes - Green Darners at Gilmore!
Good birding all.
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Date: 4/7/26 5:59 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county bittern party - continues!
I am assuming the 2 birds at least. At shaker Trace are migrants. But it looks good
For breeding! We will see how long these bitterns stay here! It was great fun tonight
Seeing friends and fellow birders as we waited for the show to begin. They started
Vocalizing at 6:45. I love that sound! That’s all I was after. To hear them. Success!
I couldn’t stay through dusk, but everyone else did, and were rewarded with
Super views! Congrats everyone!
I will be exploring shaker Trace during my big year this year. Not many marshes
In Hamilton! Fernald is the only other one I can think of. Not sure how the new
Construction at Sharon woods is going to pan out re a true marsh.
Good birding all. Warm weather is coming!
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Date: 4/6/26 4:03 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
APRIL 05, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTE: East Side, Fox Unit (parking lot only), Boss Unit, West Side, Western Prairies and Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive (packed lunches on the Crane Creek bridge due to everything local being closed for Easter) in the afternoon. TIME: 7:25am - 3:00pm TIME AFIELD: 7:35 TEMP.: 40F ~ 44F (windchill of 28F) COND.: Overcast with sideways rain at the start, lasting about 20 minutes; wind W at 25mph, occasional gusts to 30mph; wind diminishing to 10-15mph later; cloudy all day with lots of standing water from recent rains; many flooded fields. OBS. EAST, FOX UNIT, & BOSS UNIT: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Susan Brauning, Katie Clink & her coon-hound Maggie, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Bart Soeder (partial). OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, 35 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 14 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 1 (First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2020 & 06/2025) 3. Woodchuck - 1 4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 14 5. Common Muskrat - 2 6. White-tailed Deer - 3 (does)
II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES, 11,531 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 275 2. Trumpeter Swan - 123 (one with yellow neckband "1A2") 3. Wood Duck - 83 4. Blue-winged Teal - 87 5. Northern Shoveler - 92 6. Gadwall - 98 7. American Wigeon - 2 8. American Black Duck - 28 9. Mallard - 320 10. Northern Pintail - 27 11. Green-winged Teal - 141 12. Redhead - 10 13. Ring-necked Duck - 186 14. Greater Scaup - 5 15. Lesser Scaup - 5,131 16. Bufflehead - 63 17. Hooded Merganser - 4 18. Common Merganser - 12 19. Ruddy Duck - 8 20. Pied-billed Grebe - 15 21. Rock Pigeon - 1 22. Mourning Dove - 17 23. American Coot - 14 24. Sandhill Crane - 54 25. Killdeer - 18 26. Wilson's Snipe - 7 27. Greater Yellowlegs - 2 28. Lesser Yellowlegs - 22 29. Bonaparte's Gull - 1,331 30. Ring-billed Gull - 176 31. American Herring Gull - 6 32. Caspian Tern - 1 33. Common Tern - 1 34. Double-crested Cormorant - 72 35. American White Pelican - 63 36. Great Egret - 39 37. Great Blue Heron - 27 38. Turkey Vulture - 27 39. Osprey - 3 40. Northern Harrier - 3 41. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 42. Cooper's Hawk - 2 43. Bald Eagle - 66 (37m,28f,1 juvenile in nest) 44. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 45. Great Horned Owl - 3 46. Belted Kingfisher - 1 47. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 48. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 14 49. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 50. Downy Woodpecker - 7 51. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 52. Northern Flicker - 48 53. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (one in the South Woods for K. Clink and one female north of Henry Marsh for D. Vogus - Third April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 09/2025) 54. American Kestrel - 11 (heavy migration push - most hunting the canals and waterways looking for water-displaced voles?) 55. Blue Jay - 21 56. Black-capped Chickadee - 1 57. Tufted Titmouse - 1 58. Horned Lark - 2 59. Tree Swallow - 728 60. Purple Martin - 1 61. Barn Swallow - 1 62. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 25 63. White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 64. Brown Creeper - 4 65. Carolina Wren - 6 66. Winter Wren - 3 67. Brown Thrasher - 4 68. European Starling - 91 69. American Robin - 137 70. House Sparrow - 13 71. House Finch - 1 72. American Goldfinch - 1 73. Field Sparrow - 4 74. Fox Sparrow - 41 75. American Tree Sparrow - 41 76. Dark-eyed Junco - 10 77. White-throated Sparrow - 4 78. Savannah Sparrow - 1 79. Song Sparrow - 42 80. Swamp Sparrow - 5 81. Eastern Towhee - 2 82. Eastern Meadowlark - 3 83. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,297 84. Brown-headed Cowbird - 13 85. Rusty Blackbird - 21 86. Common Grackle - 154 87. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 88. Northern Cardinal - 44
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 31 (too distant to discern) ??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 6 (fleeting glimpses)
III. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 2 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Western Chorus Frog - 1 (heard - Second Record on Census, First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 05/2025) 2. Green Frog - 1 (First April Record on Census)
IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
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Date: 4/5/26 2:22 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] American bittern - Hamilton county
State bird actually! Only took 5 1/2 years….this was a joint effort. Starting
With Sean G. Finding it this morning!
Shaker trace wetlands. A nice area that
I will be exploring more this year!
I was hoping to just hear it, but to actually
See it! Nice! It’s still not productive
In the woods. It’s only early April! I still
Need screech owl though….. but anyway, I will be spending time in field
And marsh areas for a couple weeks.
Up to 123 for my big year.
Still waiting on odes. That I can see well and Id.
Good birding all.
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Date: 4/5/26 10:23 am From: Ted Auch <lsarpp...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Spring 2026 Living Bird highlights FYI
Great volume of Living Bird with articles on Kites on Alabama farm
practicing regenerative livestock raising, Hubbard Brook, NGLH long-term
warbler study, and Giant Cassowary piece
*“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: 4/4/26 5:31 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census 04/03
APRIL 03-04, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE 04/03: Merriman Valley north to Boston, with a stop at Indigo Lake, Szalay's corn fields along Bolanz Rd., and Trail Mix in Peninsula for lunch. ROUTE 04/04: Boston north to Stanford Trailhead, then Towpath Trail north to Lock 33 (Vaughn Rd. closed at Red Lock so no access via the Cuyahoga Valley) and back to Boston. TIME: 7:10am - 5:45pm / 6:45am - 10:00am TIME AFIELD: 13:50 TEMP.: 64F ~ 78F ~ 74F / 54F ~ 67F COND. 04/03: Overcast early as rain had just ended; clouds marching along from west to east; all day a clouds/sun mix and warming throughout the day, turning unseasonably warm; winds from southwest with welcome breezes, occasionally shifting to northwest; a brief light sprinkle from 2:46pm to 2:54pm, just enough to break out the umbrellas before quickly ending; occasional dark rain clouds, but all moved off to the east with downpours missing us. COND. 04/04: Overcast and calm. TRAIL COND.: Fair - wet, puddled, and muddy in usual low spots from recent flooding event; flooded but passable at the marsh just south of Ira Rd. RIVER COND.: River completely swollen, swift, and muddy - no rockbars or sandbars showing. OBS. 04/03: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. 04/04: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, 65 TOTAL.
1. Virginia Opossum - 1 (Second April Record on Census) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 16 3. Woodchuck - 1 4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 9 (3 black morph) 5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3 6. Red Squirrel - 17 7. Meadow Vole - 1 (First April Record on Census) 8. Common Muskrat - 2 9. Common Raccoon - 2 10. White-tailed Deer - 13 (3 does,4 yearlings,6 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 64 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 1,174 BIRDS. (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 86 (three nests - one on abandoned beaver lodge; one on a log pile; one on Lock 29 aqueduct) 2. Trumpeter Swan - 4 (pair flew by Stanford Trailhead and pair at Indigo Lake - Fifth April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 03/2024 & 03/2026) 3. Wood Duck - 10 (7m,3f) 4. Northern Shoveler - 1 (m) (Fourth April Record on Census) 5. Mallard - 31 (19m,12f) 6. Lesser Scaup - 13 (4m,9f) (fly-over headed north at Stanford Trailhead - Second April Record on Census) 7. Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f) (fly-over at Ira Beaver Marsh - Fifth April Record on Census) 8. Common Merganser - 2 (f) (solo fly-over at Merriman Valley and solo fly-over at Stanford Swamp West) 9. Wild Turkey - 2 (m) (Fifth April Record on Census) 10. Rock Pigeon - 3 11. Mourning Dove - 29 12. Virginia Rail - 2 (dueling 'kik-kik-kik' calls at Ira Beaver Marsh - Third April Record on Census) 13. Killdeer - 6 14. American Woodcock - 3 (Second April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2015 & 05/2021) 15. Ring-billed Gull - 15 16. Common Loon - 1 (adult on Indigo Lake - Third April Record on Census and first time not a fly-over) 17. Double-crested Cormorant - 39 (migrating flocks of 3, 7, and 29 - Fifth April Record on Census) 18. Great Egret - 1 (high-flying migrant heading northeast over Towpath Tennis facility - Third April Record on Census) 19. Great Blue Heron - 29 20. Turkey Vulture - 21 21. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) 22. Red-tailed Hawk - 9 23. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray morph) (Fourth April Record on Census) 24. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1?,1*) 25. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18 (5m,3f,1?,9*) 26. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (1m,1f) (Third April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 04/2010, 10/2010, 10/2013 & 10/2023) 27. Downy Woodpecker - 17 (6m,5f,1?,10*) 28. Northern Flicker - 24 (6m,5f,3?,10*) (New Census High - previous was 19 on 04/2025) 29. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*) 30. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f) (new second-year female at Ohio Turnpike bridge nest site) 31. Eastern Phoebe - 6 (one with no tail feathers - that will make you do a double-take!) 32. Blue Jay - 26 33. American Crow - 18 34. Black-capped Chickadee - 28 (two nests under excavation in a dead box-elder limb and a dead box-elder stump) 35. Tufted Titmouse - 23 (nesting material being brought to a sycamore tree hole) 36. Tree Swallow - 21 37. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 (1m,2?) 38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (2m,1f,1?,4*) (one pair going into a knothole in a silver maple) 39. Carolina Wren - 13 40. Winter Wren - 1 (in full song at Lock 32 north of Boston) 41. Brown Thrasher - 1 (singing along the treeline at Szalay's northeast field) 42. European Starling - 37 43. Eastern Bluebird - 6 (2m,3f,1?) 44. American Robin - 111 (one nest under construction in a crabapple tree) 45. House Sparrow - 22 46. House Finch - 15 (10m,2f,2?,1*) 47. American Goldfinch - 26 (11m,6f,7?,2*) 48. Chipping Sparrow - 9 49. Fox Sparrow - 5 50. American Tree Sparrow - 34 51. Dark-eyed Junco - 17 (6m,11f) 52. White-throated Sparrow - 20 53. Vesper Sparrow - 3 (one at Szalay's northeast field and two at Stanford Trailhead - New Species on Census - currently at 207 Bird Species since 01/2010) 54. Song Sparrow - 39 55. Swamp Sparrow - 11 56. Eastern Towhee - 6 (5m,1f) 57. Red-winged Blackbird - 59 (52m,7f) 58. Brown-headed Cowbird - 41 (29m,5f,7?) 59. Rusty Blackbird - 8 (6m,1f,1*) 60. Common Grackle - 46 61. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (Fourth April Record on Census) 62. Pine Warbler - 1 (m) (Third Record on Census, First April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2020 & 05/2023) 63. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m) (in sycamores along Riverview Rd. at Botzum Trailhead entrance - First April Record on Census) 64. Northern Cardinal - 75 (56m,16f,3*)
??. Unidentified Duck Species - 5 (flock of four high-up in bad light and a single flying away from us) ??. Unidentified Blackbird Species - 38 (too distant and fleeting) ??. Unidentified Passerines - 12 (distant or fleeting glimpses)
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, 449 TOTAL.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 7 2. Red-eared Turtle - 17 (New Census High - previous was 15 on 05/2018 & 03/2024) 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 421 4. Northern Water Snake - 4 (Fifth April Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 3 on 05/2018, 05/2021, 06/2021 & 05/2023)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 7 SPECIES, HUNDREDS OF AMPHIBIANS.
1. American Toad - many* (26 seen and hundreds calling - Third April Record on Census) 2. Northern Spring Peeper - many* (hundreds calling) 3. Gray Treefrog - 4 (calling - Second April Record on Census) 4. Western Chorus Frog - 3 (calling) 5. American Bullfrog - 3 6. Green Frog - 4 7. Northern Leopard Frog - 1 (calling - Third April Record on Census)
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 26 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 26
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES, 24 TOTAL.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 11 (Fourth April Record on Census) 2. Spring Azure - 9 (Third April Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2010) 3. Eastern Comma - 2 (Fourth April Record on Census) 4. Mourning Cloak - 1 (Fourth April Record on Census) 5. Red Admiral - 1 (Second April Record on Census) 6. Painted Lady - 1 (Second Record on Census & First April Record on Census)
VII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 1 SPECIES, 11 TOTAL.
1. Common Green Darner - 11 (Second April Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 7 on 07/2024)
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Date: 4/3/26 8:14 am From: Brian Menker <00000181ea064de6-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Black-necked Stilt Clark County
Dan Kempf found a Black-necked Stilt at Buck Creek State Park near Springfield, Clark County this morning around 10:00.
It was at the north end of the reservoir at the Northeast access off of Grant Rd. This is just south of Moorefield Road.
It was still there when I left just before 11:00 and a few birders including Dan were keeping an eye on it.
It was on a mud bar just to the right of the island straight out from the access.
There are still 13 Am white Pelicans and 5 Greater White-fronted geese there and several other duck species.
Brian Menker
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Date: 3/31/26 12:31 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] New birds - Hamilton county - orchard oriole!
I love birding! One never knows the rarities that will show up! And that includes
Early date wise. Orchard Oriole wasn’t on my radar. Three weeks early! Newtown
Gravel. Of course I was bemoaning my lack of Common loon. I would have traded
The oriole for a loon! But then wait - the oriole is a March bird for me! I like monthly
Listing. All is ok again…..
Lots of activity and singing today! Picked up L. Waterthrush and a March Parula!
I don’t think that’s too early though.
Botany notes - California Woods was popping! Trilliums. I love Trilliums.
Butterfly notes - Tiger Swallowtail! Spring Azures, anglewings, etc. etc.
and a Duskywing that I need to study my pic and decide which one.
Good birding all! Birds are coming!
And leaving - the Eurasian Wigeon was a one day wonder.
Sandra Keller
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Phew.
What a day! I love shorebirds. And Clinton county has been getting shorebirds! I enjoyed
Those flooded fields - sky ponds - last year during my big year.
The Dows were Long-billed from the pics and vocal descriptions I was reading of posts
In ebird. What a great chance for a study! No….. I had 2 or 3 minutes with them. Was just getting
Ready to get my scope on them. Etc. I love to hear them. Next time…… I get the post
From Susan T. - Eurasian Wigeon in Hamilton County! County bird! And big year bird! Off
I go - Winton Woods - Settling Pond. Success! Susan has been hitting here regularly.
Paid off! And what a pleasure to see friends and fellow birders again! Nothing like a
Rarity to gather the flock! I hope it sticks a bit. There are those who couldn’t make it today.
I have been meaning to hit Sharon Woods and check on the restoration there. I heard the
Word marsh a lot. Well, not yet! There is sections of bare ground with grasses trying to
Get a start, is that the beginnings of a marsh? I have not a clue. We will see.
I am still missing that elusive Common Loon for my big year! I keep checking Lake Barber
Area. Nothing yet. Loon wise for me.
Ode notes - yes. But I have no idea what they are! Was not a green darner. That’s all I know….
All my sightings have been brief and in flight.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 3/28/26 7:53 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Vesper - Fernald - Hamilton county
Luke’s walk at this super spot. Vesper! Yea! I didn’t even know they occurred there!
A nice surprise. And yes, good habitat, they aren’t rare there. Learning my home
County better! A main goal of the big year. Up to 115 for the big year.
I have a quick turnaround. Commitments this afternoon.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Hamilton county - picked up Golden plover! And pec. At a flooded field area. Good!
Because I am concerned about lack of shorebird habitat down here. We will manage!
Flooded fields in the spring. And lost bridge in the summer and fall I presume.
I got a late start, but still had plenty of time to scan for smiths Longspur in
Butler county. I tried my best! No luck…… I still need that for Ohio! It’s a hard one
To track down. The more birders scanning, the better. I will try again in April.
Hueston woods - Preble. White pelicans and the GWFG still there. Then scanning
Some more field areas on my way home. I am scanned out…… no smiths!
Good birding all. 111 for the big year.
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There were still interesting waterbirds to be found in the ponds and backwaters of the Scioto River in Columbus, along with a decent assortment of winter migrants and raptors. I stopped at SCioto Audubon, Long St. Dam, Watermark Lake, Quarry Lake Apartments, McKinley Quarry Lake, Quarry Trails, and Griggs Dam Park. Plenty of bugs were out on the warm day, but few insectivores were around to really take advantage of them. Notables included:
Waterfowl -- Quarry Apartment Lake shined, with a big flock of Ring-necked Ducks and a few Redheads, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, and Hooded Mergansers. Most of the other spots had little besides Mallards & Geese, though SCioto Audubon had a few scaup and some Pied-billed Grebes.
Cormorants -- Loads of Double-crested all up and down the river, culminating in the colony on the island at Mckeley Quarry Lake, numbering around 300 birds. Mixed in with them was a Neotropical Cormorant, sitting around its nest site on the east shore of the island.
Herons,Egrets -- McKinley Quarry Lake also had 12 Great Egrets and 8 Great Blue Herons, and Scioto Audubon also had 1 Egret and 5 Great Blues.
Shorebirds -- nothing but Killdeer, but they were widespread Gulls -- pairs of Herring Gulls were at McKinley Quarry Lake and Griggs Dam. Single Ring-bills were still around Scioto Audubon and Griggs Dam.
Raptors -- an Osprey pair was soaring over the river at Scioto Audubon, which also had a scruffy molting Bald Eagle and a Merlin on a powerline pole. An adult Eagle was around the Long St. Dam, near their old nest site, and another juvenile was flying N over Griggs Dam. A Red-shouldered Hawk was perched by the wetlands at Scioto Audubon, and Red-tailed were at several spots.
Woodpeckers - lots of Downies and a few Hairies already jousting for territories in the woods along the river at several spots. Flickers were at multiple locations, and an immature sapsucker was along the bikepath at Scioto Audubon.
Phoebes,Swallows -- Phoebes were at several spots along the river, and Scioto Audubon already has Tree Swallows chittering around their wetlands
Creepers,no kinglets -- 2 Brown Creepers were along the bike path at Scioto Audubon, but no kinglets of any sort could be found along the river.
Sparrows -- many Song Sparrows, little else, would summarize this group. A Field Sparrow was singing at Scioto Audubon wetlands, and a few White-throated & Juncos were still around, but their big Spring push hasn't occurred yet.
Blackbirds -- Redwings, Grackles, and Cowbirds were widespread, but no other icterids were found.
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Date: 3/22/26 10:35 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county - new arrivals
For me and the big year! Pine warbler, thrasher, wood duck, and lesser yellowlegs.
Theres a nicely flooded field near lost bridge - shorebirds! I hope it stays flooded as not
Much shorebird habitat down here at present. Pine warblers singing away at Mitchell memorial
Forest. Nice to compare with chippies. Usually not an id issue heard only. But I did have
One of them singing an in between song. I never could track that one down, oh well!
No snipe again. I have given up on vesper until April. I have chased that clear creek
One many times…… and failed. Frustrating.
A beautiful morning! And I had a dragonfly. Only I could not get on it well.
Northern leopard frogs and wood frogs have joined the peeper chorus.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Wow! It’s amazing what shows up in that region of Ohio! Check ebird for exact location.
Only the bird moved this afternoon. Not sure if still viewable.
Thanks to the landowners for allowing birders on their property! And thanks to the birders
There who got people on the bird! They knew exactly where to look. I believe one was the
Original finder! Great find! An Ohio first!
I was going to hit lake barber down here to see if anything new in when I got home, but the
Weather closed in…… maybe tues.
It looks like I will be the last to get Vesper in Hamilton this year…… oh well! Like I said,
I don’t break records with these big years. I learn habitat, bird timing, etc. and have
Fun!
Good birding all! A pleasure meeting everyone up at the thrasher spot! Reconnected
With a birder I haven’t seen since NJ! Etc.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 3/15/26 5:35 am From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton county big year birding
Slow……. Typical March. And this afternoon will be wind warnings again….. typical March!
Searching for owls is not happening. Walking around woods in high winds is
Dangerous. Perhaps time to catch up on household chores!
I picked up BW Teal, Tree swallow, Phoebe, and Hermit Thrush. 104 for the quest.
Miami Whitewater - Shaker Trace had everything, although other spots had some
Of these also. Lake Barber had a flock of Horned Grebes. So they are moving.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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