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Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Ruhikant Meetei
Other Birders:
An adult Peregrine Falcon was hunting (seen two days at about 4.45PM)
Pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71461330@N08/6814515587/in/set-72157629163483771/
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Camp Dennison Gravel Pits
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
2 Horned Grebe
40 American Coots
2 American Wigeon
3 Ruddy Duck
1 Greater Scaup
2 Bufflehead
10 Canada Geeee
1 Ring Necked Duck
1 Hooded Merganser
2 Common Goldeneye
1 Northern Shoveller
15 Mallard
1 Killdeer
1 Red Shouldered Hawk
2 White throated Sparrow
2 Mourning Doves
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach morning
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Boat spooked up 2 Common Goldeneye (M/F pair). Flew east.
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Linnett Leisner
Other Birders:
Ring-necked duck and Northern Shoveler at Southern end of flooded bean field. Got great, close-up looks at a curious beaver in the LMR at the overlook.
Date: Thursday, February 2, 2012
Location: French Park -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 A. Woodcock (Heard the weird ground sound but no peents or displays.)
2 Great Horned Owl (M and F countersinging.)
1 Barred Owl
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Location: Backyard, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
1 Male Purple Finch at the feeders. First I have seen all winter.
Pic at:
http://donaldthebirder.blogspot.com/2012/02/purple-finch.html
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Location: Armleder Park (NO DOUBLE LETTERS, please) -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder
Eric and I had a few different species from the Risings. No GWT, RND or Rusties for us. But we did have 4 A. Black Duck, 4 A. Wigeon and 2 Wilson's Snipe calling at dusk at the south end. Almost all of the usual sparrows are there if you walk the loop including 2 Fox Sparrow tonight. No raptors and no A. Woodcock this evening.
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Location: Armledder
Reporter: Liz Rising
Other Birders: Ethan Rising
2 Northern Pintail
1 Green-Winged Teal
1 Pied-Billed Grebe
1 Ring-Necked Duck
10 Mallard
11 Canada Geese
2 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Red-Bellied Woodpecker
1 White-Breasted Nuthatch
1 Belted Kingfisher
100 Red-Winged Blackbird
10 Rusty Blackbirds
20 Carolina Chickadee
1 Song Sparrow
2 White-Throated Sparrow
5 American Tree Sparrow
Not too many species, but we didn't walk the whole loop. Unfortunately, there were no raptors.
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Location: Crooked Run State Nature Preserve adjacent to Chilo Lock #34 Park
Reporter: Suzanne Clingman
Other Birders:
WOODCOCK!! Displaying from the Preserve field. This is the first time in 12 years that we've gotten our first of the spring in January. I think February 3rd was our previous first "dancer". My spring has now offically begun!
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Location: Felicity
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
7:05am First "PEENT!" of 2012. American Woodcocks have returned to the wet scrub field across the road from my house.
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Location: East Fork, south beach
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Brief stop this morning on my way into work, to see if I could pad my January list. Hundreds, possibly 1000, gulls in the middle of the lake at 7:30am; as the light grew, a large portion of them came in to the beach. They were all Ring-billets to me eyes, but I certainly didn't study every one.
The two Common Loons and two Lesser Scaup from yesterday were still present; the only grebes I saw were Pied-billed, but there may have been some Horned Grebes out beyond my scope view. Canada Geese were the only other identifiable waterfowl. I had to leave by 7:50, so I'm sure there were things I missed.
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Location: Near Armleader
Reporter: Dan Striley
Other Birders:
Northen Pintail
American Wigeon
A FIT group of Pintail !!!
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Roxanna-New Burlington, Spring Valley, Ceaser's Creek
Reporter: Sam Corbo
Other Birders:
Headed out Monday afternoon for a bit to see what I could track down with the nice weather.
Made a quick stop at Roxanna-New Burlington. I was hoping for either the Cackling Geese or Sandhill Cranes that had been reported, but no luck. I did have Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, and Green-winged Teal, and Black Duck among the Canada Geese and Mallards. On my way home in the evening, I had an adult Bald Eagle cross over 42 in this general area.
Popped in to Spring Valley. Decided not to head to the boardwalk. Plenty of open water, nothing on it.
Last stop was Ceaser's Creek. Nothing unusual among the Ring-billed and Herring Gulls at the beach (~ 50 total). A much larger flock (500+)) was out on the lake, too far to see from the north launch but perhaps Harveysburg Road would have given views. On the Lake I had Common Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, and a group of about 40 American Coot. Best bird was a Merlin sitting along the entrance road just past the Visitor's Center.
Trip List:
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Location: no sighting
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders: none
Cindy Rogers: e-mail me to talk about your hawks at the airport; I'm in the birders' directory here.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach, Tate Ramp noon-dark
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of note: 7 Northern Shovelers on the lake, 2 Lesser Scaup, ~15 Red-breasted Mergansers, ~10 Hooded Mergs, 1 Common Goldeneye, 3 adult Bald Eagles at same time, 1 Herring Gull, NO bonies, 2 Common Loons still remain (calling), Horned Larks flying over, PB and Horned Grebes, only 2 mallards.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Location: Mitchell correction
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Sloppy typing and proofing. Of course I meant Red-BELLIED Woodpecker, not Red-breasted. "Duh!" moment.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Mitchell Memorial Forest, Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders: 8 bird walk participants at Mitchell
Beautiful weather, good company and great birds enabled me to reach my goal of a seven-woodpecker day, only the third time in my birding career that I have accomplished this feat.
Starting at the Tall Pines lot at Mitchell, we had Downy, Hairy, and Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and a flyover Northern Flicker. Five species in one spot! This location also provided one of my target birds, Red-breasted Nuthatches.
Later along the trails, we picked up Red-breasted Woodpeckers and another target species, Brown Creeper on the Wood Duck Trail, by the stream. We also had three beautiful Red-shouldered Hawks flying overhead.
Having come so far, I had to try to sweep the woodpeckers, and stopped by Spring Grove Cemetery to try for the immature Red-headed that has been seen there. Within 10 minutes of having into a parking space in the little gravel lot across from Section 100 (follow the white line on the pavement till you see a bird feeder and the parking spot across from a small pond) the bird appeared. He is busy caching nuts in a large tree by the pond (the one with an evergreen shrub at the base). I didn't even have to get out of the car.
While waiting for him to come back for a second look, I had another Brown Creeper, and a fly-over Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Location: CVG airport
Reporter: cindy rogers
Other Birders:
I've noticed a couple raptor type birds around CVG by the employee parking lot and the south airfield road. I don't know what species they are but if anyone is around there help me out with the i.d.! thanks!
Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Alan Collier
Other Birders: Alice Collier
White-crowned Sparrows (both Adult and 1st winter) in tree by feeders at the Visitor Center. Many American Goldfiches,some already starting to show their spring colors !
Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Alan Collier
Other Birders: Alice Collier
four Tundra Swans in pond by Visitor Center; Northern Harriers, American Kestrels, and Red-tailed Hawks soaring over the fields.
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Location: I-275 near I-74
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
A rather belated report. On Thursday 1/26 I had 3 black vultures roosting in a tree on the northbound side of I-275 within less than 2 tenths of a mile from I-74 (north of I-74).
Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012
Location: Kilby Rd. flooded field
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
In the corner of the flooded field bordered by Kilby Road and U.S. 50, around noon, there were 5 Tundra Swans.
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Location: Kilby Rd Gravel Pit, Rapid Run Park
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders: Neill Cade
Well I made it!! Broke through 100 species for January all in SW Ohio! Went to visit my parents this evening & my dad said earlier in the day he had found 2 female COMMON MERGANSERS at Kilby gravel pit so we ran down there & they were still there. Number 100! Stopped at Rapid Run Park before dark & saw the ear tufts of the Great Horned Owl sitting in the nest pan. Great Day!
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Location: Neville
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Eastern Meadowlark in a grassy field along SR 52, just east of Neville (Clermont County)
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Location: Camp Dennison Gravel Pits -- around 5pm
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet at the end of the loop at the Nature Trail.
Very little on the open water:
2 Ring-necked Duck
1 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Horned Grebe
~100 A. Coot
Stopped at Riverside Park on the way home. ~140 Canada Geese but nothing of interest in with them.
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Location: Lake Isabella
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
A male Common Goldeneye on the lake late this afternoon, along with 35 Hooded Mergansers and a Pied-billed Grebe.
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Location: Mitchell Memorial Forest
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
2 red-breasted nuthatches and 1 yellow- bellied sapsucker in the upper pine stand. Still hoping for crossbills.
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Location: Lake Lorelei
Reporter: Tom Jackson
Other Birders: Pat Jackson
We saw 6 Hooded Mergansers in our cove @ 12:30PM. One of them was positively identified as a male with its white hood fully opened. At least two of the others were females with their ragged, rusty crests.
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Location: Rising Sun--backyard feeder
Reporter: Velda Miller
Other Birders: John Miller, 1 dog, 2 house cats
Had a Common Redpoll come into the feeders mixed in with a flock of Am. Goldfinches on Jan. 21 & 22.
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Location: Fernald, MW Wetlands, Lake Isabella
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders: Jack Verdin (sp?)
2 Tundra Swans joined the 4 Mute Swans, 2 adults and 2 JUVENILES, on the Weapons to Wetlands Pond around Noon. The 2 resident adult Mute Swans were on Lodge Pond along with 40+ Ring-necked Ducks.
The 3 Tundra Swans remained at the MW Wetland early afternoon with Mallards, Black Ducks, Ring-necked and American Coots. Many Eastern Bluebirds along the path to the bird blind and a Female Harrier near the bat house.
Yesterday, Tuesday, there were 50+ Hooded Mergansers on Lake Isabella.
Video and images of the Juvenile Mute Swans at http://www.flickr.com/nsxbirder
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Shaker Trace Wetland - Phase 3
Reporter: Bob Mason
Other Birders: Bret Henninger
Trip List: Tundra Swan 3, American Woodcock 1
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Location: Spring Grove, Fernald, Miami Whitewater Wetlands
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Started around 4 this afternoon. Had a few hrs before a meeting at work.
Spring Grove: highlight being the immature Red-headed Woodpecker, also a Sharp-shinned Hawk, unable to locate Siskins.
Fernald: total of 6 mute swans, 2 Short-eared Owls, & 2 Common Grackles.
Miami-Whitewater Wetlands: tried for owls around 545 pm. Instead heard a surprise AMERICAN WOODCOCK first doing flight display then peenting. Heard until I left at 630 pm.
Sitting at 99 sp for January all in SW Ohio! Hoping to tick that last one soon.
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Location: Miami Whitewater Wetlands
Reporter: Joe Bens
Other Birders: Dan Boone, Scott
6 Tundra Swans on main lake. Also present were 100s of Canada Geese (1 possible Cackling Goose flyover), many Mallards, 75 Black Ducks, 14 Pintail, 8 Ringneck, 2 L Scaup, 2 Red-sholdered Hawk, Tree Sparrows, and White-crowned Sparrows.
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders:
Belated post: Sunday afternoon at Armleder - 1 Am. Kestrel, 1 Merlin @ the river overlook woodline (seen twice in vicinity), fem. Hooded Merganser, Great-blue Herons, Swamp, Song, Tree, White-crowned sparrows. Perhaps most interesting was the number of gulls around, first seen in flocks wheeling over the fields, later seen in larger flocks on the edges of the flooded beanfield. I estimate 100-150 ring-billed, 4 1st cycle Herring, 1 Bonaparte's. I went back yesterday and found the beanfield much more inundated than Sunday and 1 flyover gull. I've seen a large flock of gulls lifting off the gravel pit lake in Newtown across from Riverside Park a week or two ago and wonder if this is some kind of transient flock that hangs in this area. Its not, in my experience, usual to have such large numbers of gulls far from large bodies of water and I wonder if this years consistently high/flood stage water on the rivers have encouraged these birds to move 'inland'.
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Location: okeana backyard feeder
Reporter: Bob Schlake
Other Birders:
4 male Purple Finch on the feeder this morning.
I was able to get a shot of one with a house finch on the feeder.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schlake/6743791479/in/photostream/lightbox/
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Location: N KY / Campbell Co., KY Riverfront
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
4 immature Herring Gulls and 50 Ring-billed Gulls at the Manhattan Harbour Marina in Dayton, KY. Yesterday there were about 300 Ring-billed Gulls and 1 male Gadwall at the Mouth of the Licking.
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Location: armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
9 AM. Paths still ice covered. However the north pond produced 7 red head ducks sitting along the two resident canada geese. 1 gb heron.
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders: Bill
Birded from 4 to 5 despite the ice; best sighting was one adult American Bald Eagle, flying along the river north to south above the tree line at about 4:15 pm.
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Location: Riverside Park, Newtown
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: John Marvin & Phil Burgio
5 Cackling Geese were with a small flock of 60 Canada Geese in the field to the right as you pull into the park. The Flickr photo shows 3 grouped together by their larger cousins.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abirdersnotebook/6738120651/in/photostream
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Location: Club trip cancelled camp dennison
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders:
Please see the message board.
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Location: Armleder Park & East Fork
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Had a nice but cold morning out birding. Started at Armleder. Highlights: 1 MERLIN (perched on last stop sign before you reach the river on the paved loop headed toward the beanfield; EXCELLENT look), 6 Savannah Sparrows (same area), 6 Eastern Meadowlarks (group flying around the paved loop), & huge group of about 200 Red-winged Blackbirds with at least 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS mixed in.
On to East Fork where I picked up a few more year birds. Highlights: best bird was 1 female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER off Reisinger Rd boat ramp. This was the only waterfowl on the lake. 1 Bonaparte's Gull remained on the beach with the Ring-bills & Herrings. 1 Bald Eagle flying roadside while driving 133. 1 Rough-legged Hawk perched & then flying roadside of Old St Rt 32. Great day! Now sitting at 94 for January. Never tried for 100 in January hopefully this will be the year!
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Location: Acton Lake Hueston Woods
Reporter: David Russell
Other Birders:
A Cackling Goose was among the Canadas at the north end of Acton this morning. Acton is largely ice free, with a smattering of Bufflehead, C. Goldeneye, Am. Coots, Mallards, and two Common Merganser females. A near adult Bald Eagle has been working the northeast end of the lake for a couple weeks now. Lapland Longspurs continue along the road near the turf farm between College Corner and Hueston Woods.
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Location: Hisey park
Reporter: Nick Baker
Other Birders:
The long-eared owl remained despite the rain..even in the same tree as described last week
Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
Location: Melvin Quarry Pits
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
The 4 Tundra Swans reported by Rick Asamoto on the Ohio Listserv were still present this morning along with scores of Canada Geese, and Mallards. Only 3 White Snow Geese were present.
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders: 1
Of note: Still 3 species of the expected gulls. 2 Common Loons remain. Horned and pb grebe remain. ~20 Hooded Mergs were hiding from hunters in the back of the cove to the right of the beach. One of the loons ambushed attacked one of the mergs, as if to catch it. A female Common Goldeneye was with the mergs. 1 imm. Bald Eagle. Mallard and Black duck only other duck seen.
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Location: Armleder Park/Camp Dennison Gravel Pits
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
Birding was pretty decent along the LMR this morning. 2 Wood Duck on the LMR at Armleder, a good selection of raptors and Fox Sparrows are still around if you can find them in the ragweed. Although there was nothing rare, Camp Dennison was the best I've seen it in a year. 2 immature Bald Eagles made a brief flyover and there was a nice selection of ducks and waterbirds with decent numbers. My numbers on waterbirds are very rough estimates. Here's my full e-bird lists for each location:
Armleder Park:
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 14
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 8
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 10
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 3
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 3
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) 60
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 8
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 22
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 8
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 220
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
Camp Dennison Gravel Pits:
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 20
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 1
Redhead (Aythya americana) 4
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 40
Greater/Lesser Scaup (Aythya marila/affinis) 1
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 6
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 1
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 6
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 40
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 8
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 2
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana) 600
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 20
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 1
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 6
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 6
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Location: Hisey Park, Roxanna-New Burlington gravel pit
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders: Jay Lehman
Took my wife up to see the Long-eared Owl last night which was still present in the roost tree. Then went up to the gravel pit close to dusk after 5 pm. Lots of Canada Geese. Couldn't pick out Cackling but many were on the far hill which was hard to see. Other waterfowl included Mallards, Black Ducks, Redheads, Lesser Scaup, 1 Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Goldeneye, & 2 Ruddy Ducks. Evening seems to be the best time to check this area. 2 Sandhill Cranes were here still as well. Met Jay Lehman at Spring Valley with no Virginia Rails seen.
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Red-headed Woodpecker (immature)
~15 Pine Siskin
Both species in the section directly across the drive from the small parking lot at the woodlot. Missed both last weekend.
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Location: Sharon Woods
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders:
There were 3 Pied-Billed Grebes on the main lake as well as many Mallards and C Geese. A YB Sapsucker and a few RB Woodpeckers were along the end of the gorge trail. Many A. Goldfinches and Chickadees as well as a few Titmice, Cardinals, D Woodpeckers and a WB Nuthatch encountered on the trails.
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Location: Stonelick SP and East Fork SP
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders: Ashley and 1 other at EF
Stonelick : 2 Eastern Phoebes seen at the same time at the dam. Also, many YR warbs and a sapsucker (YB). Also, 1 Hooded Merg on lake.
East Fork: after the duck hunters left, ducks came in in small numbers. Mostly mallards and a few black ducks. Also, 2 male Northern Pintails flew in and flew low just out from the beach.
3 American Pipits were on the beach.
Pics of phoebes at http://www.flickr.com/photos/53481458@N00/6697806819/
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Location: Mason-Morrow Rd. S.Lebanon
Reporter: John Hill
Other Birders:
RoughLeg Hawk eating a small rodent in the median of N71 near SR 48 exit. No evidence of any more nest-building at the old spot by the resident Bald Eagles. They've lost numerous nests to big winds over the last 3 yrs., while still fledging immatures. No sighting of the Eagles. 2 resident Redtails were at the landfill. Also 200+ Hooded Mergansers in a quarry lake near Little Miami Bike Trail.
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Location: Caesar Creek, Spring Valley, & Hisey Park
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
What a cold, snowy day! Not without birds though. Started out at 1 pm after it had "warmed up"? some :) For some reason I wasn't the only crazy one out. Caesar Creek still had several hunters so the lake was mostly devoid of birds. However, of the 2 waterbirds that weren't decoys 1 was a Pied-billed Grebe & the other in the middle of the lake was 1 BLACK SCOTER! This bird was fairly well seen from Harveysburg Rd ramp. Two boats flushed it up & it flew off towards the beach. Other highlights: 9 American Pipits (3 at the beach, 4 at Young Rd ramp, & 2 at Ward Rd ramp), & 5 LAPLAND LONGSPURS (in a group of Horned Larks) on Roxanna-New Burlington Rd.
Spring Valley highlights: Feeders at the bird blind were full & thus full of birds best being 1 Fox Sparrow in a group of Tree & White-throats. No Virginia Rails seen or heard
Roxanna-New Burlington gravel pit: Around 5 pm there were many geese present & more waterfowl flying in. Picked out 2 CACKLING GEESE from all the Canadas. Also 6 Ring-necked Ducks & 4 Black Ducks. Surprise were 2 SANDHILL CRANES.
Hisey Park: 1 Long-eared Owl in same roost tree. Great find! I did not stay long so as not to spook the bird. Great day!
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Location: Downtown
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders:
oops, I was sure I picked Peregrine from the list. Hope that date entry error can be rectified by the database owner... Ned???
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Downtown (between John St and I-75)
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders:
Peregrine Falcon sitting atop a light pole.
Trip List: Prairie Falcon 1
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Location: N KY / Campbell Co., KY Riverfront
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
One Peregrine Falcon atop the I-275 Bridge, the first one I have seen here in quite a while (about 5 or 6 months?). On Sunday the immature Snow Goose was still present at Riverside Marina, and the possibly injured Canvasback was still present at the Manhattan Harbour Marina. About 100-200 Ring-billed Gulls have been hanging out at the mouth of the Licking and Cincy's public landing for the past week or so.
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Location: United American Cemetery -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
3 Chipping Sparrow
Date: Monday, January 9, 2012
Location: Hisey Park - Warren County
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders: Bill Lindauer
Long-eared owl.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s5200/6670944807/in/photostream
Date: Monday, January 9, 2012
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Frank Frick
Other Birders:
Eurasian Wigeon at weapons to wetland pond at about 10:30am this morning.It did not stay long at this pond, but it's probable still at Fernald.
Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Location: West Chester Wetlands
Reporter: Rick Marra
Other Birders: None
20 or so Common Snipe in the middle of the cornfield next to the drainage ditch. Also 50 or so Killdeer.
Date: Monday, January 9, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of note: 6 Herring Gulls seen at the same time, 5 imm, 1 adult. All three sp. of the expected gulls were on beach at 1pm.
Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Location: Caesar Creek & Cowan Lake
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Most of what I saw today were hunters sadly. Cowan was pretty dead outside of Ring-bills, 1 Coot, & lots of Pied-billed Grebes.
Caesar had 3 Shovelers off Harveysburg Rd, Ring-bills & Herring Gulls on the beach including an odd looking 1st winter bird, & 1 Pied-billed Grebe off Young Rd boat ramp. A few Killdeer on the beach & at Young Rd. Best birds of the day were 2 PURPLE FINCHES at the visitor center. Other FOS birds included: Black Vulture, Kingfisher, & Yellow-rumps.
Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Location: Fernald
Reporter: John Hull
Other Birders:
No sign of the Eurasian Wigeon today. I did have a Phoebe along the Shingle Oak Trail at the small marshy pond.
Trip List:
Eastern Bluebird, Canada Goose, Gadwall, Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, American Crow, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Phoebe, American Tree Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Hairy Woodpecker, Mute Swan, Belted Kingfisher, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern Towhee
Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Location: Amberly Village Green
Reporter: patrick heekin
Other Birders: none
Could not sleep so took my dog for a walk. The sky was clear and the moon overhead is near full, so it was quite nice. Heard a pair of Horned Owls calling in the woods along the edge of Amberly Green at 3 AM. The pair kept calling and shifting through the woods, they were still calling when we came back in. First sign of Spring.
Date: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Location: Fernald: Weapons to Wetland Overlook
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders: Mike Acheson
At dusk: likely Eurasian Wigeon (cinnamon-rufous head) with with 2 male and 1 female American Wigeon, dropped in briefly on the Weapons to Wetland pond. Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Mallards, too. Short-eared Owl, Northern Harriers, American Kestrel, Rough-legged Hawk, Great Horned Owl (2 calling from separate locations). 12 Green-winged Teal and 1 Northern Pintail on the pond along the entrance drive. 2 Mute Swans. Noisy pack of coyotes!
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Fernald, Lost bridge
Reporter: Tyler Ficker
Other Birders: Ethan Rising, Liz Rising, Tracy and Cassidy Ficker
4 snow geese at lost bridge with many mallards black ducks and rock doves. 3 great blue herons as well.
Fernald:
EURASIAN WIGEON WAS BACK!!!!
Had many mallard, green wing teal, pintail, black duck, coot, Canada geese, gadwall, and two american wigeons. 3 red tailed hawks and 3 harriers. 1 kestrel and sharp shinned hawk. 7 eastern bluebirds, 1 tree sparrow, 3 killdeer, song and fox sparrow. Pileated woodpecker, downy woodpecker and a wb nuthatch
Trip List:
Date: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Location: Stonelick State Park
Reporter: Kevin Mills
Other Birders: Mary Beth Genter-Mills
Adult Bald Eagle soaring majestically above the lake at Stonelick State Park approximately 10:00 A.M.
Date: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Location: East Fork SP - beach
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders: Jay Lehman, Bill Stanley, Tammy Stanley
Found a RED-THROATED LOON this morning on the lake. Smaller upturned bill, bright white throat. Possibly the same bird Donald Morse had a few weeks ago.
Also had one Common Loon, about 20 Mallards, a hundred Ringed-bill Gulls and an adult Bald Eagle.
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Location: Green Township Backyard Feeder
Reporter: Wayne Wauligman
Other Birders:
A Catbird was photographed out in the sunshine near the backyard feeder. He did not land on or eat at the feeder. He just checked it out and flew away.
Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Location: Riverside Marina, Dayton, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
The possible half-pint or just normal Snow Goose is still present (see discussion on message board).
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach afternoon-evening
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Birds of Note:
no boats or hunters on the main lake. Been a while since I have seen the lake devoid of them.
2 Horned Grebes, ~6 Ruddy Ducks, Lots of Mallards, Gadwall, Black duck. 2 Loons remain as did only 4 Bonaparte Gulls. 2 dark juv. Herring Gulls were new. Was surprised to see 1 Red-breasted Merganser near the beach. I think this bird was missed on both the EF CBC and the Cincy CBC. A pic of the bird is at http://flic.kr/p/b7ygyc
4+ Killdeer were on the beach. 100+ Sandhill cranes circled the lake for a while. The most surprising find was a flock of 6 DC Cormorants flying from east to west high over the lake shortly after the sanhills moved over.
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Location: Fernald, Kilby
Reporter: John Marvin
Other Birders:
Tried again for the Wigeon today after not getting to see it yesterday. Fernald was still all frozen at 4pm today. I tried Kilby to see if it might have fled to there and found lots of gadwall, some mallards, 2 green winged teal, ring-necked ducks and hooded mergansers along with a bonaparte's gull but no wigeons of any kind to be seen.
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Birded from 8:45-10am. No open water, thin skim of ice everywhere I went. No waterfowl except flyover Canada Geese. Gary Stenger said he had seen Green-winged Teal, but I missed them. I did see 2 N. Harriers, 2 American Kestrels, and a Rough-legged Hawk hovering low over the field. Passerines included Song, Swamp, White-crowned, and American Tree Sparrows, American Goldfinches, & 1 House Finch. I saw a Downy Woodpecker and heard what might have been a Hairy Woodpecker. I got a very brief glance at this bird, not enough to be 100% certain.
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Location: Chilo Lock 34 Park
Reporter: Keith Robinson
Other Birders:
125+ Sandhill Cranes flying over the Ohio River headed south.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Deb Gross
Other Birders: Cindy Hurley
While trying to pick up Steve Bobonick's great birds at Fernald we missed on all birds, but as we were leaving we caught a beautiful glimpse of a Great Horned Owl against a gorgeous sunset. It made the trip worth it. It launched off last northernly tree in westerly row of pine trees along the road from the entrance. It flew back for a terrific view to a dead snag west of the line of entrance pine trees. We were able to view him from the road at the parking area for the viewing stand for the pond.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: Fernald / Bethel area
Reporter: Robert Foppe
Other Birders: Lots
343 Sandhills Cranes between 3ish and 4ish.
During that time the Eurasian was not in view and the GWF Geese were reported flying away this morning. There was a blue phase Snow present in the weapons pond.
Yesterday's East Fork CBC our group had two groups of Sandhills totally 106 flying towards Felicity.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: United American Cemetery -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
~39 Sandhill Crane
I can't escape migrating Sandhills this year. It's kind of nice.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Jane Powell, Shane Eggleston
I arrived at Fernald at 2:00 this afternoon and spotted the small crowd near the Weapons to Wetlands observation platform. They told me a Northern Harrier spooked the Eurasian Wigeon back towards an area off limits. Jane(whom I never meet before till today) said if you want to go over to where it might be, I'll go with you to let you through the gated portion. I soon found out she is the site manager and was eager to help out. So we jumped into my truck and drove back to where there were some small, but unfrozen ponds. We were able to re-locate the Wigeon and observed it for several minutes. We stayed for about 20 minuted and the Wigeon was still there.
Date: Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Location: Fernald, Miami Whitewater, Lost Bridge, & Winton Woods
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
What a day! Let's just start with that statement :) well I started at Fernald hoping for the White-fronted Geese which were not a disappointment. I also saw the Eurasian Wigeon. Not a great look as it was actively feeding & then flushed to the back corner of the pond not to be seen again. Would not have been able to definitively call it due to the brief look & the fact it was 8 am lighting so glad someone else saw it & got the definite id. Same waterfowl seen by myself. On a sad note also found 2 Mute Swans frozen in the ice. I reported this to the visitors center. Hopefully I'm wrong but they looked to actually be frozen in. Also heard a group of Sandhills bugling but never saw them.
On Willey Rd saw 20 Sandhill Cranes in a field, & 1 Kestrel. At the wetlands saw 1 adult Bald Eagle looking over the field by the parking lot. Found a group of about 80 LAPLAND LONGSPURS on Baughman Rd. Jumped out & scoped them out. No Buntings or Larks all Longspurs. In the park proper at Big Sycamore Picnic Area seed was thrown in the parking lot attracting mixed group of songbirds best being 1 late Chipping Sparrow with Tree, Field, & Song.
Campbell Rd ponds just held geese however 6 TUNDRA SWANS flew overhead nearby! Kilby Rd gravel pit held Ring-necks, Gadwall, & 2 Redheads. Lost Bridge had 4 SNOW GEESE (1 white phase & 3 blue phase), 1 Mute Swan, 2 Lesser Scaup, & 2 Common Goldeneye.
Lastly, Winton Woods Settling Pond sadly had no teal. Only waterfowl were Coot & Ring-necks. Only highlight was 1 Brown Creeper at the campground.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: Anderson Township
Reporter: Janet Heywood
Other Birders:
About 40 Sandhill Cranes in sky at 10:40 AM, calling loudly and circling counter-clockwise roughly over Withrow Nature Preserve. I saw them from yard off Birney. Headed south.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: Afton Ohio, Clermont County
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:
60 Sandhill Cranes flew over the parking lot at work about 11:45am. They were heading South West toward Williamsburg.
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Gary Stegner
Other Birders: Brian Wulker
Brian spotted a Eurasian Wigeon on the Weapons to Wetlands pond (the pond with the overlook east of the Visitors Center). It was in the middle of a mixed flock that included GW teal, American wigeon, pintail, shoveler, mallard and ring-necked ducks. The greater white-fronted geese are also still present.
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Brian Wulker
Other Birders: Bob (briefly), Kirk
60 Sandhill Cranes were seen and heard flying south over the Little Miami River around 5ish this evening. A steady wind with on and off snow kept most of the birds down today. 1 Fox Sparrow by the middle river overlook, few Am. Tree Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, and a Swamp Sparrow in more sheltered edges as well. 10-15 Killdeer along the edges of the beanfield. No Short-eared Owls tonight... but I imagine the wind kept them down.
Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Location: Michaela Farm-Oldenburg Christmas Count
Reporter: Wayne Wauligman
Other Birders: 20 others
Although foggy counters managed to list 54 species. For the fifth straight year since the Count began, Bald Eagle has been found. This one was in the Metamora area. Lake Santee had the ducks as well as the reservoirs in Batesville. Snow Goose is a first for this count. Red-headed Woodpeckers reached a new high. Soup and shelter provided by the Sisters of St. Francis was most welcome. Their Michaela Farm had a diversity of species reported, but no Bobwhite Quail this year. Next year the Count is scheduled for Saturday, December 29, 2012. The list is as follows:
187 Canada Geese, 1 Snow Goose, 9 Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, 3 Wood duck, 11 American Black Duck, 145 Mallard, 2 Northern Shoveler, 1 Gadwall, 6 Hooded Merganser, 4 Great Blue Heron, 4 Pied-billed Grebe, 8 Wild Turkey, 10 Turkey Vulture, 1 Bald Eagle, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 13 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 9 American Kestrel, 5 Ring-billed Gull, 97 Rock Pigeon, 437 Mourning Dove, 6 Belted Kingfisher, 10 Red-headed Woodpecker, 34 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 34 Downy Woodpecker, 7 Hairy Woodpecker, 16 Northern Flicker, 11 Pileated Woodpecker, 122 Blue Jay, 341 Crow, 1 Horned Lark, 71 Carolina Chickadee, 99 Tufted Titmouse, 3 White-breasted Nuthatch, 7 Carolina Wren, 28 Eastern Bluebird, 62 American Robin, 4 Mockingbird, 1616 Starling, 22 Cedar Waxwing, 2 Towhee, 48 Tree Sparrow, 39 Song Sparrow, 7 White-throated Sparrow, 5 White-crowned Sparrow, 211 Junco, 128 Cardinal, 11 Eastern Meadowlark, 43 House Finch, 39 Goldfinch, and 78 House Sparrow.
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Location: Jungle Jims/Fairfield
Reporter: STEPHEN RICE
Other Birders:
Was walking on the outside of Jungle Jims during my lunch when i heard a Sandhill Crane and looked up to see a flock of 22 Cranes flying over. They were heading south.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Rapid Run Park/Westside of Cincinnati
Reporter: Ann Oliver
Other Birders:
Had a flock of 17 American Pipits in a grassy field in Rapid Run Park earlier this afternoon.
The Great Horned Owl pair has been observed, and heard dueting, but not sitting on the nest bucket (placed several years ago by Jeff Hays) so far.
Also had 39 Sandhill Cranes flyover Rapid Run yesterday afternoon.
Trip List:
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Steve Bobonick
Other Birders:
Made a brief visit to Fernald this morning and found 19 Greater White-fronted Geese, 18 fly-over Sandhill Cranes and a Rough-legged Hawk.
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Location: Immaculate Lane . Anderson Twnship
Reporter: William McGill
Other Birders: none
Two "V" formations of Sandhill Cranes flew over our house tday at 3:30pm. Bugling mightily and casually soaring South. 37 total birds. Added to our yard list of birds!!
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Location: South Lebanon and Ross
Reporter: John Hill
Other Birders: Mary Ann Morris
The Bald Eagles along the Little Miami near S.Lebanon are still taking courses in nest building. Over at least a 3 yr period they have built 4 nests and now are building a 5th. They have fledged at least 5 immatures. We visited 3 weeks ago, finding the large 2 story nest from last year gone. It was way-out on a 45 degree angled sycamore branch which swayed in the breeze. Instead, we found a new nest built-up from an existing nest near the top of a Sycamore. When we returned Sunday, that nest had been blown-away and add-ons were beginning from another existing nest. We saw only one of the adult pair hunting a quarry lake nearby. Next was Ross along the Great Miami where we risked unpleasant outcomes(arrest)to check-on the 2 nests there. The active nest is huge and structurally sound, unlike S.Lebanon. No sightings of the residents. However, on the way back from Fernald, we saw a beautiful Rough Legged Hawk hunting fields at New Haven Rd. and SR 128. In closing, the nest on Miami Whitewater is now fairly well concealed by new Sycamore branches.
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Location: Madison Place
Reporter: Linnett Leisner
Other Birders:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet at my suet feeder.
Date: Monday, January 2, 2012
Location: Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Reporter: David Carr
Other Birders: Mike Clay, Maria Wallace, Travis Stoelting
A fierce dawn to dusk wind presented quite a challenge on the Muscatatuck Christmas Bird Count, but my group managed to find 53 species in our territory. Our best finds included 3 American Woodcock (one heard before dawn and two flushed from a dense thicket of sweet gum saplings at the edge of a soggy meadow), a Merlin (sitting on a corn stalk, seen from a road just east of the refuge), 3 Bald Eagles (1 adult, 2 imm.), Sandhill Cranes, and three species of owls. Below is the full list:
Canada Goose 30, American Wigeon 1, Mallard 56, Hooded Merganser 2, Great Blue Heron 1, Black Vulture 1, Turkey Vulture 1, Bald Eagle 3, Northern Harrier 2, Cooper's Hawk 1, Red-shouldered Hawk 3, Red-tailed Hawk 4, Merlin 1, American Kestrel 3, Sandhill Crane 17, American Woodcock 3, Rock Pigeon 4, Mourning Dove 80, Eastern Screech Owl 3, Great Horned Owl 2, Barred Owl 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 15, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 15, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 3, Pileated Woodpecker 3, Blue Jay 13, American Crow 20, Carolina Chickadee 56, Tufted Titmouse 51, White-breasted Nuthatch 8, Brown Creeper 1, Carolina Wren 4, Golden-crowned Kinglet 1, Eastern Bluebird 14, American Robin 13, Northern Mockingbird 1, European Starling 61, Yellow-rumped Warbler 3, Eastern Towhee 3, American Tree Sparrow 13, Fox Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 24, Swamp Sparrow 12, White-throated Sparrow 13, White-crowned Sparrow 5, Dark-eyed Junco 35, Northern Cardinal 39, Brown-headed Cowbird 2, House Finch 2, American Goldfinch 25, House Sparrow 45
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Tom Laughlin
Other Birders:
I aw a Snow Goose in Blue Phase hanging out with several Canadian Geese. Also saw lots of Gadwalls, Pintails, and Ring-Necked Ducks. Also, 2 Mute Swans. Lots of Mallards and Canadian geese.
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Location: Winton Woods & Camp Dennison
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Ok now I have more time to give detail. As far as the previous post on the teal sp. I was able to compare size to the slightly smaller Green-winged & the larger Gadwall swimming with it. Bill looked long & since I had seen 2 female Shovelers I at first thought that's what it was except the size was right for a teal. It was a fairly plain faced bird. No white crescent noticed either. Then I caught a break, the 3 birds flushed & flew a short distance. A definitive flash of blue. Now I knew I was dealing with either Blue-winged or Cinnamon. That's as far as I got tho. The lighting was bad & I had to leave. Thus why I got the word out. Even if it ends up being a Blue-winged that's a great Jan bird.
Ok now for the rest of the story. Highlights at Winton: waterfowl on pond included Coot, Ring-necked Ducks, Green-winged Teal, Black Duck, Shoveler, Gadwall, & 2 Wood Ducks at West Fork Dam. Main Park: 2 Red-tails, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, & 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch (heard) all in campground. 1 Pied-billed Grebe & 1 Ring-billed Gull on main lake.
Camp Dennison Highlights: Pits full of Coot & Pied-billed Grebes. Also 1 Bufflehead otherwise that was it! Best birding was on the trail. 1 Eastern Pheobe & 1 Hermit Thrush found with a group of Chickadees, Titmice, & Cardinals. Great first of the year birds especially seeing how the weather was.
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2012
Location: Winton Woods Settling Pond
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
I'd like to get this out there as soon as possible. I stopped by the pond early today, the lighting not being great. A fellow birder named Mark was present & we found usual species before it started to rain. I stuck around the area until rain stopped & scanned the lake again. Besides the Green-winged Teal there was also an interesting looking teal sp. Honestly I thought it was a female Shoveler at first but too small. It associated with the female Green-winged Teal closely. It was a very plain faced bird. I didn't notice any white crescent. Sadly it was on the far side of the pond, lighting was bad, & I ran out of time. I'm putting this out there so hopefully someone with a better scope might get out there today. More on my day later....
Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Location: Ewing Bottoms
Reporter: Virginia Wilson
Other Birders:
SAD NEWS - Help needed.
Whooping Crane found fatally shot and killed!
http://www.wdrb.com/story/16422861/rare-whooping-crane-found-fatally-shot-in-s-ind
Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Location: Lost Bridge
Reporter: Paul Krusling
Other Birders:
2 blue phase an one white phase snow geese were at the Lost Bridge this morning.
Date: Friday, December 30, 2011
Location: United American Cemetery (Duck Creek Rd.) -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Chipping Sparrow
Unfortunately, 1 day passed Count Week :( The bird was seen, as usual, in the company of Juncoes feeding in the median of the gravel drive in the southwest corner of the driveway loop.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Gilmore Ponds
Reporter: Tom Laughlin
Other Birders:
In the pond north of the railroad tracks saw:
Lesser Scaup (8)
Ring Necked Duck (4)
Buffle Head (1)
Northern Pintail(16)
Gadwall (4)
American Coot (approx 100)
Mallards (16)
Double crested Cormorant (1)
Canadian Geese (20)
iN THE TREES ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS:
Cardinal (4)
Black Capped Chickadee (2)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Crow (2)
aMERICAN kESTREL (1 ACROSS Gilmore Road)
I took pictures with my telephot lense, and then was able to blow up and identify them.
Trip List: Canada Goose 20, Gadwall 4, Mallard 12, Northern Pintail 12, Ring-necked Duck 4, Lesser Scaup 8, Bufflehead 1, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Great Blue Heron 1, American Kestrel 1, American Coot 100, Downy Woodpecker 2, American Crow 2, Black-capped Chickadee 2
Date: Monday, December 26, 2011
Location: Cincinnati Christmas Bird Count Circle
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: 106 Field Participants
The 65th annual Cincinnati Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Monday December 26, 2011. We had a great turn out of 106 field participants who enjoyed a clear and unseasonably mild day. In addition we had several feeder watchers but still have to finalize their totals. While the numbers for common feeder species will increase I don’t expect any additional count species. Below are the results of our field efforts compiled at the grand tally at the Cincinnati Nature Center immediately after the count. We stand at 89 total species, a decent total for this count and right around our current average. We found no new species for this count but we did find several uncommon species. And as is typical for most Christmas counts we missed a few expected species. One hard to swallow example, despite several owling efforts, is Barred Owl. We had never missed this species on the previous 64 counts.
Below is our list. Numbers with an asterisk represent a new high for this count.
Canada Goose 958, Mute Swan 1, Wood Duck *17, Gadwall 18, American Wigeon 2, American Black Duck 3, Mallard 616, Northern Shoveler 18, Canvasback 1, Redhead 1, Ring-necked Duck 60, Greater Scaup 2, Lesser Scaup 1, Bufflehead 17, Hooded Merganser 76, Ruddy Duck 4, Wild Turkey 48, Pied-billed Grebe 26, Horned Grebe 1, Great Blue Heron 43, Black Vulture *455, Turkey Vulture *505, Bald Eagle *4 (2 ad, 2 im), Northern Harrier 2, Sharp-shinned Hawk 4, Cooper’s Hawk 21, (accipiter species 2), Red-shouldered Hawk *43, Red-tailed Hawk 103, American Kestrel 14, Merlin 1, American Coot 406, Killdeer 108, Wilson’s Snipe 3, Ring-billed Gull 2346, Herring Gull 1, Rock Pigeon 783, Mourning Dove 765, Great Horned Owl 5, Short-eared Owl 1, Belted Kingfisher 47, Red-headed Woodpecker 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 346, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31, Downy Woodpecker 346, Hairy Woodpecker 55, Northern Flicker 92, Pileated Woodpecker 51, Blue Jay 474, American Crow 781, Horned Lark 1, Carolina Chickadee 1566, Tufted Titmouse 765, Red-breasted Nuthatch 8, White-breasted Nuthatch *325, Brown Creeper 59, Carolina Wren 453, Winter Wren 6, Golden-crowned Kinglet 74, Eastern Bluebird 142, Hermit Thrush 8, American Robin 3114, Gray Catbird 1, Northern Mockingbird 140, Brown Thrasher 1, European Starling 54843, Cedar Waxwing 17, Yellow-rumped Warbler 64, Pine Warbler 1, Eastern Towhee 132, American Tree Sparrow 504, Field Sparrow 124, Savannah Sparrow 25, Fox Sparrow *15, Song Sparrow 956, Swamp Sparrow 96, White-throated Sparrow 780, White-crowned Sparrow 87, Dark-eyed Junco 315, Northern Cardinal 1871, Red-winged Blackbird 189, Eastern Meadowlark 8, Rusty Blackbird 12, Brewer’s Blackbird *6, Common Grackle 4, Brown-headed Cowbird 1, House Finch 280, Pine Siskin 3, American Goldfinch 586, House Sparrow 484.
Thanks to all who contributed to the great success of this count.
Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Location: Oxbow and Miami Whitewater Wetlands
Reporter: David Carr
Other Birders: Geoff Hill
Despite the rain, we had a pretty good morning looking for waterfowl. At the Oxbow we found about 2000 Mallards, a flock of about 50 Green-winged Teal, a similar number of Gadwall, and a scattering of other species. An adult Peregrine Falcon chased the ducks around for a while. Sightings from the Oxbow included:
Canada Goose, Gadwall, American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Wild Turkey, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, American Coot, Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, American Crow, European Starling, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird
There were about 200 ducks at the Miami Wetlands, and all but a few were Mallards. We had three fly-over Horned Larks. The full list included:
Canada Goose, Gadwall, American Black Duck, Mallard, Hooded Merganser, Wild Turkey, Northern Harrier, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Horned Lark, European Starling, Eastern Towhee, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, American Goldfinch
Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Location: Winton Woods Parcours Trail
Reporter: Jack Stenger
Other Birders:
While walking on the Parcours Trail this morning I heard what I believe was a Red Crossbill flyover. I never saw the bird, but it sounded like it landed near the pines.
Red-breasted Nuthatches were also in the pines and Pine Siskins have been in the area for a few weeks. I'll check the area again tomorrow morning.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Sharonville, oh
Reporter: Albert Scruggs
Other Birders: wife and son
Hairy woodpecker in backyard trees, who was "visited" by 2 Downy's, one of whom perched 6 feet directly above the Hairy and "did a dropping" toward the Hairy, narrowly missing him, but not disturbing his search for bugs.
Trip List:
Date: Monday, December 26, 2011
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: none
Entered the Oxbow at Sunset and immediately 4 deer fled the area from the RR tracks into the Conservancy district. On Jackpot pond a few ducks and a singe Double-crested Cormorant were crossing paths head in opposite directions. Dark and I could not distinguish the ducks. At the end of the Conservancy District the flooded field halted my progress but several hundred ducks were in the flooded cut of the old river bed. Everything I could recognize was a Mallard. A "V" of about 80 Canada Geese came over the levee and headed deeper into the Oxbow.
Date: Monday, December 26, 2011
Location: IN Brookville Lake; Whitewater State Park
Reporter: David Russell
Other Birders: Jill Russell, Sister Marty, Jim Chagaras, Bill Buskirk
We headed out for a quick scouting trip yesterday at Brookville Lake that turned into nearly a whole day. Highlights included a Long-tailed Duck, 9 Cackling Geese, 2 DC Cormorants, Purple Finch, RB Nuthatch, Sandhill Cranes, G and L Scaup, Canvasback (with a dozen other duck species). Missed the Ross's Goose, GW Teal and Black Scoter from last week. There are still several dozen Killdeer on the mudflats at Dunlapsville. Over 50 Bonapart's Gulls remain among the hundreds of Ring-bills.
Date: Monday, December 26, 2011
Location: Jackson & Jennings Counties, IN
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: Yes
Visited Ewing Bottoms, Muscatatuck NWR, and North Vernon today for some special birds.
Ewing Bottoms (8AM, 25 F): Thousands of Sandhill Cranes scattered along the south and western portions of the area. One WHOOPING CRANE is accompanying these birds.
Muscatatuck NWR (9:30 AM, 29 F): A nice mix of waterfowl, raptors, and wintering passerines. Highlights included ALL the local woodpeckers, Purple Finches, Pine Siskins, Great Horned Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, and a Cackling Goose.
North Vernon (12:45 PM, 43 F): The CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was still present, though somewhat skittish. The bird's appearance, particularly the bland coloration and long bill, led me to wonder if it had been correctly identified. One factor, however, ultimately erased my doubts: the bird's wings extended at least to the tip of its tail. I'm not aware of any other North American hummingbird where that occurs.
Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Location: Near Armleader
Reporter: Dan Striley
Other Birders: my pup
Hello All
saw a Common Yellowthroat this morning
feeding on Honeysuckle berries
not conpletely unheard of
fun to see
Good birds to all from
The Scienceyeti
Date: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Location: Fernald (Second Platform)
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders:
Watched a Northern Harrier and a Red-tailed Hawk in a dispute.
http://leonhardt.smugmug.com/Animals/Other-Raptors/7277375_fM3rBN#1647138939_5CR8Jnm-X2-LB
The last 5 images in my "Other Raptor" gallery are from the dispute.
Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011
Location: Kilby Ponds
Reporter: Nick Baker
Other Birders: Jeff Baker
We took a short hike at Kilby Ponds and noticed a few raptors battling in the air. One was definitely a Northern Harrier, and the other I think was a Peregrine Falcon. I got a few good shots of them - pics are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebakeshow/sets/72157628577661579/
Date: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Location: North Vernon, IN
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders: not my sighting
Local birders might want to check the IN list, for info on the Calliope Hummingbird at North Vernon, IN., (just a little NE of Muscatatuck).
Date: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Location: Riverside Marina, Dayton, Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
Someone else might want to check out that little goose that has been hanging out with the Canadas and the barnyards, that I had posted as a Snow Goose earlier. It is very, very small and has an awfully short, stubby bill, like a Ross' Goose. I would call it an immature Ross' but for the amount of duskiness in the plumage. Not sure how variable this feature is on the immature Ross'. It is still present today.
Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011
Location: University Hospital Helipad
Reporter: Matt Gunderman
Other Birders:
Peregrine Falcon - I am on the helipad (10th floor) and have seen the falcon regularly - today it flew within 20 feet of me. The light was perfect to see every detail. Wondering where this bird nests - could be on the hospital. Merry Christmas!
Date: Saturday, December 24, 2011
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Red-headed Woodpecker (immature)
7 Pine Siskin
Both in section 100 directly across from the small, gravel parking lot at the woodlot.
Date: Friday, December 23, 2011
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
a Red-throated Loon. It was with 3 other Common Loons. Smaller and lighter overall than the commons. More dainty looking. I finally got good enough scope views in comparison with COLO to call it a RTLO. A boat that I guess was to scare the ducks up so that the hunters can shoot them scattered them and I could not relocate the RTLO. Too far for a pic. (lots of mallards back and forth and then shotgun blasts)
A Great Horned Owl was calling and an adult Bald Eagle was sitting in its spot.
Date: Friday, December 23, 2011
Location: Near Armleader
Reporter: Dan Striley
Other Birders: **
Have Had a Red-breasted Nuthatch at feeders for the last few weeks.
This AM had a a Yellow -bellied Sapsucker
chiping out wells on my American Holly Tree in my yard
Good Birds To All
From The Scienceyeti
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2011
Location: Hamilton-Fairfield CBC
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders: CBC participants
Greetings... The Hamilton-Fairfield Christmas Bird Count took place last Saturday, December 17. I'd like to thank everyone who took part and the highlights below are the result of their efforts.
A few notes and highlights . . . waterfowl were difficult to find, and of the 11 species recorded, most were in single digits or ones and twos. A highlight from this group is a lone CACKLING GOOSE found on the Great Miami River in Hamilton.
There were two active Bald Eagle nests on the Great Miami River near the Fairfield and Ross border last summer. Not surprisingly, two parties each found two adults in the vicinity of one of the nests. An OSPREY was also seen flying over the river in this area by a reliable observer. Osprey are rare birds in these parts in December, but there are a few records, and some recent ones as well. A third Bald Eagle turned up along the river near Rentschler Park, upstream of the Ross-Fairfield clan. Eagles always get attention, so we should probably highlight the three we saw. I think other counts last weekend had more than we did.
We found no snipe, which are usually along the river bank, but there were 40 Killdeer at Ellis Lake. Come to think of it, there was no river bank this year.
Gilmore Ponds, which Butler County MetroParks doesn't consider much of a wetland these days because of the lack of standing water at the site, had the count's only Bufflehead and Ring-necked Ducks. I lack a degree in wildlife science, and am thus confused by the seeming contradiction of official message by unofficial observation. The counters insist they were ducks, though, and that these birds were indeed swimming along in water. So take that with a grain of salt, but I thought their observations had the ring of truth.
There was a large mixed species blackbird flock in the Seward Road to Rt 747 corridor, which could make for some interesting sightings this winter. Among thousands of starlings were over a hundred Common Grackles and 40 or more Rusty Blackbirds, plus over 100 Cowbirds.
Other highlights in no real order: two Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Winter Wren, 1 Fox Sparrow. No Yellow-rumped Warblers, though. No Cedar Waxwings . . .
We had 71 species for the day, with one count week Herring Gull. 71 is not the highest tally for the count; nor is it the lowest. Given the water conditions on the Great Miami, the weather, and the fact that every duck in the region seemed to have been at the Oxbow Saturday, 71 species is about right.
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Location: Shawnee Lookout (Miami Fort Trail) 11 am to 1 pm
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders:
4 Downy Woodpeckers
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
2 Brown Creepers
2 White-breasted Nuthatches
2 Carolina Chickadees
1 American Robin
3 Tufted Titmice
25 Black Vultures (circling together
overhead)
1 Turkey Vulture
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Location: Hamer Twp, Highland County
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
171 Sandhill Cranes seen crossing Danville Rd flying east to west between Roush Rd and Watson Rd intersections. About 45 of these birds set down in the fields near 3506 Sherry Rd, north of Watson Rd. Count was between 9:20-10am.
There were also many ducks and geese, and 1 Mute Swan, flying from the same direction. Exploration of eastbound Roush and Mt Zion Rds might result in locating a borrow pit or other source of open water.
While driving around the area, I also found 5 American Kestrels, including 1 M:F pair.
Ohio Atlas, 7th ed, pg 76, grids C2-C3.
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Location: Armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
3:45 PM. Mature bald eagle flying just above the treeline going south on the LMR.
Date: Monday, December 19, 2011
Location: Union Center Blvd exit off 75
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders:
Saw a Rough-legged Hawk hovering over a field just before the union center exit going north on 75 around 3 pm today!
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Miami Whitewater State Park
Reporter: Tom Knopp
Other Birders: Nancy Payne
Saw two adult (male and female) pileated woodpeckers near the road by the Badlands.
Trip List:
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011
Location: Fernald Preserve, Miami-Whitewater and surrounding areas
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder
A few minor clarifications to David Brinkman's post.
1) I'm not sure how much people want to chase a Purple Finch, but it was seen in a PUBLIC area of the preserve. If you take the trail north of the visitor center until the trail splits at the edge of the forest and go left, the bird was seen in a sycamore on the south side of the trail about half way down the trail before it turns to go into the forest.
2) Eric Burkholder and I were the ones who saw the Marsh Wren. Again, I'm not sure how much people want to chase, but it was halfway down the berm that runs between the western treeline and the wildlife viewing shelter right off the north side of the berm/trail 5-15ft away. I initially heard its call note buried in the cattails and stopped to get better confirmation. We eventually heard its song and got good binocular views of the bird. Eric had the presence of mind to record the bird although the video only clearly records vocalizations, as far as I know, since it was a bit too far away for the camera lens. I was just glad he got anything at all because I'm not sure I would have had the same presence of mind if I were carrying anything that could have recorded the sighting.
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011
Location: Fernald Preserve, Miami-Whitewater and surrounding areas
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders: Parties of 8 in AM and 5 in PM.
This is just a report of a few of the highlights that our group, led by Joe Bens, had on the western Hamilton county CBC. A full report should be forthcoming soon.
We had two large flocks of sandhill cranes. Our first flock was very high and we had to reference a cloud to point them out to others in our party. We heard them before we saw them. This first flock consisted of about 110 birds. We had a second flock, much lower, and determined to be a different flock based on location and direction of flight, that consisted of about 100 birds. This was the total crane count for this CBC, 210 altogether.
I found a female purple finch feeding on a sycamore ball in the middle of nowhere at Fernald. This was in a non-public area of the preserve, and we are grateful for Gary Stenger for giving us a tour in a 15 passenger van.
We had several waterfowl at the preserve, including 1 pintail and 2 shovelers. We had several green-winged teal and gadwall too (sorry, I don't have my numbers in front of me).
Fernald was also loaded with red-tailed hawks, kestrels and a few harriers. Joe and I went back at dusk and got 2 short-eared owls. We also had a barred owl at Miami-whitewater.
Two members of our party remained at Miami-Whitewater wetlands at dusk while Joe and I went to Fernald. The other two members of our party were able to find a MARSH WREN, a rarity for the CBC, and videotape it with their Iphones! Meanwhile, while at the tally, Gary calls Joe from Fernald to report a rough-legged hawk and 2 snipe.
It was a nice, enjoyable sunny day. Great day to be out birding.
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011
Location: N KY Riverfront Campbell Co., KY
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
A few scattered sightings:
1 immature Snow Goose in with the Canada Geese at Riverside Marina in Dayton.
1 Canvasback at Manhattan Harbour in Marina (probably the same injured individual that has been hanging around off and on).
30 Ring-billed Gulls at the mouth of the Licking.
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek State Park
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Rick Asamoto, Gale & Brian Wulker
Just returned from Caesar Creek where we were able to re-locate the Red-throated Loon. I first went to North Pool noat ramp where it was first spotted and sighted it not from the end of the boat ramp but from the overflow parking lot as you first come into the area. I was looking South across the lake and saw the bird feeding with 2 Horned Grebes. I noticed Rick at the beach so I joined up with him and again re-located the Loon in the shade across from the beach. We decided to drive over to that side of the lake to where Old State Route 73 dead ends at the lake. Now with the sun to our backs we both got good views of the loon and took several pictures. We were joined later by Gale and Brian. It was drifting towards the Harveysburg Road area when we left
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011
Location: Oxbow,
Reporter: Jim Rettig
Other Birders: none
Anhinga
Seen swimming; long, white, dagger-like bill, held above horizontal; thick, gray neck; did not see body, but was pushing a "bow-wave" ahead of it. Seen at aprox 9:30 AM. Also many ducks and Coots.
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek SP - North Shore Boat Ramp
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
The juvenile Red-throated Loon reported on Ohio Birds yesterday by Rick Asamoto was still there late today. There are more decoys than ducks on the lake! 3 Horned Grebes in the cove off Harveysburg Road and 100's of RB Gulls at the beach along with 3 first year Herring Gulls. 2 Common Loons off Furnas Road Boat Ramp.
RT Loon images at http://www.flickr.com/nsxbirder
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2011
Location: City of Cincinnati
Reporter: H Cohen
Other Birders:
My wife stepped out the front door and caught sight of just over 100 sandhill cranes flying overhead. They were in no hurry to get anywhere as they flew south.
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011
Location: Oxbow region
Reporter: Paul Wharton
Other Birders:
I was doing a quick scout of the Oxbow in preparation for tomorrow's Ohio River CBC. While driving through, I saw hundreds of ducks, mostly in the inaccessible center of the Oxbow, but also saw a Double-crested Cormorant. This was a pleasant surprise as we have only seen Double-crested cormorant once in 23 years on this count. I hadn't seen the possible Anhinga report, but the bird I saw was definitely a cormorant. Of the ducks I could ID, there were Mallards, Blacks, Gadwall, both scaup, and at least 60 Green-winged teal. With more time and better light, I would have scanned the 100's of ducks, but we'll get them on the count tomorrow. An adult Bald Eagle and 28 Great Blue Herons were also in the immediate area.
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Bill Buskirk
Other Birders:
Not a direct sighting, but the following report has been posted on the Indiana listserve.
Does anyone have confirmation/ information?
Bill
From Ed Hopkins:
This just came across eBird:
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) (1)
- Reported Dec 16, 2011 08:30 by J W Rettig
- Oxbow (a.k.a. Old Channel Lake, Lawrenceburg), Dearborn, Indiana
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.1110992,-84.8404999&ll=39.1110992,-84.8404999
- Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9348552
- Comments : "Dagger-like whitish bill held above horizontal,
grayish-white neck, no body seen."
They don't have another reports far from the Gulf Coast and SE
Atlantic Coast in case someone has a chance to check.
====
Ed Hopkins
W Lafayette, IN
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011
Location: Armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders: Jack Thier (in part)
9AM: 1 merlin, 1 imm. bald eagle, 1 rt hawk, 1 pileated (heard only), dozen crows. Merlin hung around about 15 minutes in the south end. Eagle was fly by.
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Location: Shawnee Lookout (Miami Fort Trail) 3 pm to 5 pm
Reporter: Barb Schwallie
Other Birders:
Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, American Crow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper. Also saw what I believe was a juvenile American Bald Eagle soaring over the tree line on the Oxbow side of the trail.
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Location: Old St. Joseph's Cemetery
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:
One female Merlin was present around 10:20 AM. As usual, perched atop a bare tree.
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Location: Armleder Park -- dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Short-eared Owl
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Location: Grand Valley
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
Made a quick stop over to Grand Valley late this afternoon and viewed the lake from the overlook at the end of Zumstien and Munson. Not a lot of big numbers except for American Coots.
Other notable birds incude:
Canada Geese
Hooded Merganser
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Pied-billed Grebe
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Location: United American Cemetery (Duck Creek Rd.) -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
3 Chipping Sparrow (No central spot, single color bill, black through eye; rufous cap and white browline somewhat faded but readily visible)
Not really surprising since autumn seems to be giving winter a fight this year. My last sightings of Chippers here this year were November 27th and November 8th. I'm sure the CBC's will reveal more holdouts.
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Location: Lakeside Terrace Senior Apartments, Highland Heights, Campbell County, KY
Reporter: Jeff Foster
Other Birders:
I was visiting my Grandmother today and observed, around 1:00 PM, a Belted Kingfisher by the lake in front of her apartment building. It was in a tree near a small one way road. I watched it for about 30 minutes. He was chattering away while he was in the tree. Every few minutes he would leave his perch, dive into the water, then return to the same spot on the tree.
The Belted Kingfisher was my nemesis bird for 10 years until I finally saw two of them in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in July of last year. This was the first one I had seen since then and it was by far the longest I have been able to observe one. It was really cool to be able to see him dive into the water and then return to the tree. This one was quite vocal while I was watching, which is what drew my attention to it. As soon as I heard it I knew what it was and I was just hoping to get a glimpse of it, so being able to watch it for half an hour was definitely a treat!
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Location: Home in Sharonville
Reporter: John Leon
Other Birders:
At 2:45 roughly 100 Sandhill Cranes were flying south between Rt 42 and Reed Hartman Highway
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Location: Fort Thomas
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders:
Finally! Pine Siskins at the thistle feeder!
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Location: Fernald Preserve -- late afternoon to dusk
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Bald Eagle (immature)
2 N. Harrier
~115 Sandhill Crane (seen about 310pm)
1 Short-eared Owl
thousands of blackbirds (mostly Redwings and lesser numbers of C. Grackles) including at least several Rusties.
Publicly viewable ponds mostly frozen over. Besides ~50 Mallards, I only had 1 Gadwall, 1 Pintail and 1 Coot plus the usual 2 Mute Swans.
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Location: East Fork SP
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Lots of dabblers, didn't see any divers.
Mostly mallards and Gadwall, a pair of Green winged teal, a pair of Northern Pintail, a few black duck. could of missed some in the fading light.
also 30 Sandhill Cranes (flyover)
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Location: 3847 St. Lawrence Ave Price Hil
Reporter: Bill Zimmerman
Other Birders:
More Sandhills, heading south, very vocal, 86 birds total, a beautiful sight and sound. Around 3:45 PM.
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Location: Fort Thomas
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders:
Two flocks of sandhill cranes just flew over Ft. Thomas heading southwest. Over 80 in the first group. 42 in the second. Had time to leisurely count the last batch. Made my afternoon!
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Location: Home, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Sandhills moving, ~50 flew over house at about 3 10pm.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: West Chester
Reporter: Erich Baumgardner
Other Birders:
About 200-250 Sandhill Cranes passed overhead this afternoon. Quite a nice sight - 5 bands, not too vocal, but very distinctive.
Trip List: Sandhill Crane 200+
Date: Friday, December 9, 2011
Location: East Fork SP, South beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of note: A Peregrine Falcon buzzed the gull flock on the flooded beach this afternoon.
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Location: French Park -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Great Horned Owl
1 Hermit Thrush
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Location: Armleder
Reporter: Linnett Leisner
Other Birders:
Hooded mergansers in the flooded beanfield. Beautiful in the late afternoon sunshine. Very muddy back there!
Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Location: Home, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Mixed species of blackbird flock in yard. Composed mostly of Grackles, Brown-headed Cowbird, then Rusty Blackbird and redwings (about equal number), starlings. Good number of Rusty blackbird.
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Location: Kilby Rd Ponds, Larwenceburg Rd.
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders:
While at Kiby Rd Ponds, I saw 2 adult Bald eagles in a tree to the north east of the brown building and 2 Common loons on the gravel pit to the southeast of the brown building. At Larwenceburg Rd. I saw a single duck swimming with Canada geese which I first thought was a Gadwall (distant view). After getting home and hanging lights, I finnaly had time to check Sibley. I now think it was more likely a Black scoter. I distinctly remember seeing a lighter cheek, darker cap and the head was rounded.
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Location: Armleder Park
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders: Eric Burkholder
Eric and I did pretty well this morning. We had 45 species including 2 immature Bald Eagles, 4 N. Pintail, 1 A. Pipit, 3 Fox Sparrow and at least 80 House Finch bouncing around in flocks of 20 or more. Most notable was a tern sp. that seemed too small for Caspian. But we never got a clear look at the head to ID to species. Also, 2 orange sulphur butterflies apparently nectaring on dandelions. Full list:
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 150
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 8
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 60
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 4
Redhead (Aythya americana) 1
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 2
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
gull sp. (Larinae sp.) 1
tern sp. (Sterninae sp.) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 7
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 8
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 9
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 6
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 7
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 2
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) 12
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 12
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 25
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 8
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 8
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 200
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 2
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 100
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 4
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 80
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek S.P.
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders: Shane Egleston, Rick Asamoto, Phil Burgio
While Phil and myself were at Harveysburg Road, Shane and Rick showed up minutes after we arrived. Spotted 3 either Snow Geese or Ross's Geese far to the North. We then drove to the camp ground boat ramp to see if we could get a closer view. While at the boat ramp Rick spotted a female Black Scoter. We watched for several minutes before she flew off towards the South back towards where Ward Road dead ends near the lake. Drove over to that area and after a short walk in the woods to where a bluff overlooked the lake. We were able to re-locate her mixed in with 6 Ruddy Ducks. We never re-located the white geese.
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: Karen Cody
Other Birders: Chuck Elliott & Linda Meyer
Bald Eagle has been hanging around the Visitor Center at the Fernald Preserve.It's still here at 12:40pm
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton Co., OH
Reporter: Frank Renfrow
Other Birders:
1 imm. Red-headed Woodpecker, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets and 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, all in or near the woodland area.
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Location: Miami-Whitewater wetlands
Reporter: Bob Schlake
Other Birders:
Bald eagle, duck hunting around 4;30 today.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schlake/6444225813/in/photostream/lightbox/
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Location: Cowan Lake
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders: Ashley
Of note: Nothing unusual, ~20 Northern Shovelers in lotuses, bufflehead, common loons, black duck, 8 red-breasted mergansers, great horned owl
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Location: Middletown
Reporter: Dave Woehr
Other Birders:
As I was driving near the interesection of Rtes. 4 & 63 today, two bald eagles flew together over my car. Had to keep my eye on the road, so didn't get to see them long. However, they appeared to be adults heading east away from the Great Miami River toward downtown Middletown!
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Location: UC Tangeman Center
Reporter: Debra Hausrath
Other Birders:
My son just brought me a dead Wilson's Snipe that hit the windows of UC's Tangeman Center last night. Really surprised me! It's off to the museum center next week.
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Location: Armledder
Reporter: john zahnen
Other Birders:
8;30 to 9;15 near or at beanfield.
8 meadowlarks in north field
6 coot on LMR
6 wood duck
36+ mallards
12 b.w.teal
200+ canadas
1 gb heron
2 kingfishers
1 imm. bald eagle
1 rt hawk
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Location: Various
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders: Michele Leonhardt
Firebird Lane - Hooded Mergansers, mallards, & a few blue winged teal in the new sky-pool.
Dead-end rd next to Hamilton Fixtures - Juvi RTH. (Lasr 6 photos of the gallery)
http://leonhardt.smugmug.com/Animals/Other-Raptors/7277375_fM3rBN#1507308646_Fq73WrT
Condo community in Mason - Northern Shovelers (to far for photo) and GBH.
http://leonhardt.smugmug.com/Animals/Great-Blue-Heron/16265308_J5Ntrk#1610485368_JzZGZxw-XL-LB
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Waterfowl had increased as has Horned Grebes and coot. Couldn't find anything unusual, but did have about about 50 Sandhill Cranes fly over before sunset.
Was surprised to see about 30 Red-breasted Mergansers. Lots of Bufflehead. Also, 1 adult Bald Eagle.
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Location: West Chester, Butler County
Reporter: Mike Busam
Other Birders:
A flock of roughly 200 Sandhill Cranes were heading south/south west near SR 747 around 4 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek State Park
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
Just a follow up on the Long-tailed Duck. First thing is a big thank you to Jonathan Frodge for posting my sighting when I was out in the field. I arrived at Harveysburg Road at 9:30 and started to scan the lake when I noticed a medium size raft of some unidentifiable ducks far out towards the northwest back towards the cove where the North Pool Boat Ramp in located. Leaving Harveysburg Road I drove to Furnas-Oglesby Road where I found the closed off Oglesby-Harris Road and followed it towards the lake where I found a spot that opened up on the lake across from Harveysburg Road.
Here's a link to my Flickr page for a heavily cropped digiscoped picture of the Long-tailed Duck.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abirdersnotebook/6432314463/in/photostream
Notable birds for the day include
Long-tailed Duck
Redhead
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Northern Shoveler
American Coots
Canada Goose
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Bald Eagle
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Common Crow
Red-shouldered Hawk
Dark-eyed Juncos
Blue Jay
Ring-billed Gulls
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Location: Ceasars Creek
Reporter: Jonathan Frodge
Other Birders: Les Houser
Posting for Les, who's out there now. 1 male Long-tailed Duck in the north pool across from Harveysburg Rd, but seen from the N. Pool boat ramp vicinity. He's in a group with Bufflehead, Shoveler, Aytha sp., and Grebes.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Versailles State Park, In.
Reporter: Jim Terlinden
Other Birders: Patricia Terlinden
Ross's Goose with 100+ Canadas. Has a heads up from my brother as he saw it earlier. It was hanging near the boat ramp.
Trip List:
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011
Location: Brookville Lake
Reporter: Jay Stenger
Other Birders: 17 Participants Cincinnati Audubon & Bird Club
The Audubon Society and Cincinnati Bird Club hooked up for a joint field trip to Brookville Lake on Saturday, November 26th. A good group of 17 enthusiastic birders enjoyed pleasant weather and a good day of birding. We met at 7:30 A.M. and birded until about 3:00 P.M., all in the Brookville Lake area. By my count we had 63 species on our total trip list.
We had nothing particularly rare, but we did have substantial numbers of seasonal birds. Our highlights included 15 species of ducks and geese (waterfowl), 12 Bald Eagle sightings representing at least 9 different birds, 155 Sandhill Cranes, 100~ Dunlin, 2 late Greater Yellowlegs, 2000 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 2 Fox Sparrows and a late Chipping Sparrow.
Our complete list: Canada Goose 200+, Gadwall 40~, American Black Duck 45, Mallard 500+, Northern Shoveler 13, Northern Pintail 4, Green-winged Teal 25, Canvasback 6, Ring-necked Duck 50~, Lesser Scaup 5, Bufflehead 60, Common Goldeneye 2, Hooded Merganser 205, Red-breasted Merganser 18, Ruddy Duck 6, Wild Turkey 7, Common Loon 6, Pied-billed Grebe 45, Horned Grebe 14, Double-crested Cormorant 26, Great Blue Heron 20+, Black Vulture 60, Turkey Vulture 7, Bald Eagle 9 (2 ad, 7 im), Cooper’s Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 13, American Kestrel 3, American Coot 40, Sandhill Crane 155, Killdeer 350~, Greater Yellowlegs 2, Dunlin 100~, Wilson’s Snipe 2, Bonaparte’s Gull 2000, Ring-billed Gull 1200, Herring Gull 1-2, Rock Pigeon +, Mourning Dove +, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker +, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker +, Blue Jay +, American Crow +, Horned Lark +, Carolina Chickadee +, Tufted Titmouse +, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren +, Golden-crowned Kinglet 4, Eastern Bluebird 25+, American Robin +, European Starling +, Yellow-rumped Warbler 15~, Chipping Sparrow 1, Fox Sparrow 2, Song Sparrow +, White-throated Sparrow +, Dark-eyed Junco 40~, Northern Cardinal +, House Finch +, American Goldfinch + and House Sparrow +.
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Voice of America Park
Reporter: John Cimarosti
Other Birders: Jessica Bober Welker and Mindy Gelhausen
Trip List: Canada Goose 50, Mallard 40, Ruddy Duck 1, Pied-billed Grebe, Song Sparrow 3, American Goldfinch 2
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011
Location: East Fork State Park- South Beach area
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
Went from 11:30-1:30. Alright, considering the timing. Unfortunately, no ducks (or gulls other than Ring-billed)anywhere.
Birds include:
5 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
1 Bald Eagle
1 Killdeer
75 Ring-billed Gulls
6 American Crow
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Fernald Preserve
Reporter: William McGill
Other Birders: Rene'
8 am to 10:30am,
Trip List: Canada Goose 18, Mute Swan 2, Gadwall 1, Mallard 75, Northern Pintail 4, Green-winged Teal 50, Ring-necked Duck 100, American Kestrel 2, American Coot 9, Killdeer 4, Rock Pigeon 25, Mourning Dove 17, Short-eared Owl 1, Belted Kingfisher 1, Blue Jay 1, American Crow 6, American Robin 4, European Starling 600+, Cedar Waxwing 70, Eastern Towhee, Song Sparrow 1
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011
Location: Deer Park
Reporter: Darrel Booth
Other Birders:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Date: Friday, November 25, 2011
Location: Austin, Indiana (S of Seymour)
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
A little out of our area, but a pair of Whooping Cranes drew me to a corn field, about 25 miles South of Muscatatuck, just off I-65, on S.R.256. Surprisingly, there were no Sandhills seen in the area today, although about 1000 had been reported the day before. The tree line on one side of the field had about 15 GB Heron nests and 2 Adult Bald Eagles, too. I put a few images on http://www.flickr.com/nsxbirder and will post more with Video tomorrow.
Date: Friday, November 25, 2011
Location: Okeana
Reporter: Bob Schlake
Other Birders:
around 1pm 46 Sandhill cranes made a large loop over our house then headed southwest
Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011
Location: Relative's House
Reporter: Wyatt Westerkamp
Other Birders:
1 FOS Brown Creeper.
Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011
Location: Home, New Richmond, OH
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
2 Pine Siskins FOS at the feeders this morning.
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Location: East Fork State Park South Side (Turkey Trail)
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders:
3 American Tree Sparrows
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Bruce Leonhardt
Other Birders: Allan Claybon (briefly)
FOS Sandhill Crane circling over lodge pond. I attempted to follow them as they were fairly low. If they did land I never found them.
http://leonhardt.smugmug.com/Animals/Sandhill-Crane-11-12/20239424_Gj8x5C
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Location: Washington Twp. Park, Clermont Co.
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Of note: A flock of about a dozen Rusty Blackbirds, 1 female Green-winged Teal on lake. Meadowlarks flying around (about 6)
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Location: Covedale backyard
Reporter: David Brinkman
Other Birders:
3 juncos
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Location: East Fork south beach
Reporter: Kathi Hutton
Other Birders:
Brief stop on my way to work from 10-10:30am. 6 Common Loons relatively close to shore (did not scope the whole lake) The only gulls were Ring-billed. The 5 Snow Buntings remain. I found them on the right side of the beach in the sand at the edge of the sidewalk. They were near the 1st trash can. I got a few photos before they flushed and flew over the water.
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Brian Wulker
Other Birders:
Not quite as much waterfowl at Fernald today as there was at the Oxbow, but there was still a fair amount.
54 Canada Goose
243 Ring-necked Duck
3 Wood Duck
6 Gadwall
16 Mallard
2 N. Pintail
11 Green-winged Teal
4 Ruddy Duck
1 Canvasback
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Brian Wulker
Other Birders:
Waterfowl are certainly moving through the Oxbow right now, I had 13 species of ducks and 3 gulls species, and very good numbers of several species. Geese were few and far between, with a few small flocks of Canadas and nothing else. Also had a Sharp-shinned Hawk near the entrance, and my first Am. Tree Sparrows this fall by the oxbow lake overlook.
Waterbird list:
40 Canada Geese
40+ Wood Duck
31 Gadwall
17 Am. Black Duck
330 Mallard
4 N. Shoveler
2 N. Pintail
1 Green-winged Teal
183 Redhead
6 Ring-necked Duck
7 Lesser Scaup
4 bufflehead
54 Hooded Merganser
26 Ruddy Duck
8 Pied-billed Grebe
132 DC Cormorant
10 GB Heron
30+ Bonaparte's Gull
40 Ring-billed Gull
12 Herring Gull
Most of the ducks were out on the middle of Oxbow Lake, right in front of the overlook. The Redhead were all sleeping in a large group in front of the overlook. A small group of Canada Geese came in close and flushed more than 100 of them, along with 50 or so of the Mallards and a few Black Ducks. It was quite a sight to see such a large group of waterfowl wheeling around over the lake. They eventually settled about 100 yards further down the lake.
Almost all of the Gulls, ~100 of the Cormorants, the Pintail, and many of the Wood Ducks and Mallards were back on Mercer Pond.
Lost Bridge (Gravel Pit):
8 Common Loon
29 Red-Breasted Merganser
Kilby Road Gravel Pits:
34 Common Loon
3 Red-Breasted Merganser
7 Redhead
10 Ruddy Duck
1 Am. Kestrel
140+ Cormorant (Flyover)
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Location: Cowan Lake
Reporter: Allan Claybon
Other Birders:
50+ Common Loons. One raft of over 20 mid-lake opposite the beach, others scattered around the lake. 2 Horned Grebes and a Pied-billed Grebe at the Dam, 3 GB Herons, 6 Ring-necked Ducks, an immature Bald Eagle, 10-12 Bufflehead. Other than the loons, I was surprised by the low numbers of waterfowl.
Checked about 6 areas, including boat ramp on North shore and camping area.
Rained all afternoon.
Images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder.
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Location: Near Armleder
Reporter: Dan Striley
Other Birders:
White -crowned Sparrows
AT FEEDER
10/12/09 show up
10/6/10 show up
11/21/11 FOS AT FEEDER
a good 6 weeks or so later then last two years
Good birds to all
From The Scienceyeti
Date: Monday, November 21, 2011
Location: East Fork SP, South
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Some waterfowl moving. 20 Bufflehead, about the same number of FOS Hooded Mergansers and 2 Common Goldeneyes. They were all seen from the Tate Ramp. Also, 1 adult Bald Eagle and the 5 Snow Buntings continue at the beach.
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Location: Addyston, OH
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
While driving back into town along Rt. 50, spotted a kettle of roughly 80 Black Vultures and 20 Turkey Vultures circling over the Ohio River near Addyston.
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
A brief stop at the Oxbow this morning from 8 - 9 a.m. turned up 20 Snow Geese (16 white, 4 blue) on the flooded field just the other side of the eastern tree-lined shore of Oxbow Lake.
Trip list:
Snow Goose 20 (16 white morph, 4 blue morph)
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 5
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 75
Carolina Chickadee 5
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Location: Oxbow
Reporter: John Hines
Other Birders: Mary Jo Hines
Two bald eagles frolicking over Oxbow Lake
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Location: East Fork State Park
Reporter: Bill Stanley
Other Birders: 20 Cincinnati Bird Club Walk Participants
We started at the South Beach and worked our way around the east side of the park ending at Williamsburg/Bantam Road. Highlight of the trip was 5 Snow Buntings on the beach. We also had a report about noon of a Common Golden-eye on the lake.
Here is the list of birds seen on the trip. If anyone on the trip has anything to add please do.
Canada Goose, Mallard, Greater/Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Killdeer, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Snow Bunting, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Location: Camp Dennison Gravel Pits
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
I missed last weekend. But the few previous weekends, I only had Ruddies, coots and grebes on the water. So it was nice to see a few different things. But still not much happening on the water.
2 Bufflehead (female)
4 Hooded Merganser
9 Ruddy Duck
6 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Horned Grebe
1 Bald Eagle (immature; my guess is 3rd yr.)
~200 A. Coot
1 Fox Sparrow
Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Location: near armleder
Reporter: Dan Striley
Other Birders: The neighbor grey cat
Hello all
This week Red-breasted Nuthatchs
ave been enjoying my seed and nut offerings at my feeders
Good birds to all
From The Scienceyeti !!
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Jeff Hays
Other Birders: Audubon Trip
correction
Trip List: Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, American Coot, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, Short-eared Owl, Eastern Phoebe, American Crow, Horned Lark, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, European Starling, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird
Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Location: Fernald
Reporter: Jeff Hays
Other Birders: Audubon trip
Highlights 1 SE Owl, 5 N Harrier, Phoebe. One Barred Owl at MW Forest
Trip List: Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Location: Armleder Park -- sunset
Reporter: Kirk Westendorf
Other Birders:
1 Wilson's Snipe
7 Horned Lark
Haven't had any SEO here since my last report 3 weeks ago.
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek SP/Harverysburg Road
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
Just returned from Caesar Creek before the sun set and spotted a large raft of waterfowl, comprising mostly of Coots, with a scattering of Redheads and Buffleheads. I agree with Donald Morse, there was a big push of Common Loons. Larger numbers from when I was there last Saturday. With the passage of this recent cold front, and now with strong northerly winds, these numbers may go up.
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Location: East Fork SP, South Beach/ Ohio River NR
Reporter: Donald Morse Jr.
Other Birders:
Big push of COLOs - XX number of Common Loons at EF and 4 on the river at New Richmond on the way home from work. Also, 4 Snow Buntings remain on south beach, 1 Franklin's Gull on beach.
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Location: N/A
Reporter: Steve Bobonick
Other Birders: None
Were any Short-eared Owls seen at Fernald during last weekends Audubon sponsored field trip?
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
Location: Highland Stone Gravel Pits / Rocky Fork State Park / Paint Creek State Park
Reporter: Mark Gilsdorf
Other Birders:
I spent Saturday morning hitting a few spots in Highland County. The Highland Stone Gravel Pits had some of the best finds. 8 Snow Geese (4 white morph and 4 blue) among the hundreds of Canadas. Also heard a a flock of Sandhill Cranes bugling somewhere in the pits, but could never get a view of them. Rocky Fork only had a few species of ducks. Grebes were numerous. Paint Creek had huge flocks of Gulls, mostly Bonapartes, and a handful of Dunlin. There were pretty good numbers of immature Cormorants at both Rocky Fork and Paint Creek.
Highland Stone Gravel Pits:
Snow Goose 8
Canada Goose 800
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 20
Ring-necked Duck 10
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 15
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 700
Sandhill Crane 10
Rocky Fork State Park:
Mute Swan 4
Northern Shoveler 16
Hooded Merganser 12
Ruddy Duck 26
Pied-billed Grebe 30
Horned Grebe 7
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
American Coot 600
Ring-billed Gull 40
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 5
Eastern Bluebird 8
American Robin 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 10
Paint Creek State Park:
Canada Goose 25
Mallard 15
Common Loon 5
Horned Grebe 4
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Dunlin 5
Bonaparte's Gull 200
Ring-billed Gull 100
American Crow 8
Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek State Park/ Campground boat ramp
Reporter: Leslie Houser
Other Birders:
I had been birding the lake since 7:30 this morning. My last stop was to be the boat ramp at the campground at about 12:30. Spotted a medium raft of various ducks including Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Redhead, Ring-necked, and a lone female Surf Scoter.
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Location: East Fork Lake, South Beach
Reporter: Robert Edelen
Other Birders: Ginny Fantetti
Bald Eagle, Osprey, Snow Buntings, Coots, Common Loons, Horned Grebes, Pied-Billed Grebes, Belted Kingfishers, Scads of Bonaparte's, Greater Yellowlegs, Bluebirds, Yellow-rumped warblers, Eastern Phoebe, Golden Crowned Kinglet
Date: Friday, November 11, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek
Reporter: Jason Cade
Other Birders: Neill Cade
Dad forgot a couple more highlights of interest. We saw a single Dunlin with a pile of Killdeer at the Young Rd boat ramp. Also a 3rd year Bald Eagle over the Roxanna-New Burlington Rd gravel pit.
Date: Friday, November 11, 2011
Location: Caesar Creek & Cowan Lake
Reporter: Neill Cade
Other Birders: Jason Cade
Just a quick note to say that Jason & I had a RED-THROATED LOON at Cowan Lake this afternoon from 3:30-4:00 PM. We watched it from the marina, but it finally flew and relocated near the campground boat ramp.
We also had SNOW BUNTINGS at Caesar Creek beach this morning at 7:20 AM. It's been a long day...goodnight!
Date: Friday, November 11, 2011
Location: Union Terminal
Reporter: deb Quilligan
Other Birders: Susan Anthe
Two peregrines flying around Union Terminal at about 3:00pm, this Friday of 11/11/11, one a bit smaller than the other. The larger one practically had a crow within its grasp, but the crow managed literally to shake her off and flew away Very Fast. Peregrines continued to circle around the Terminal for about 15 minutes or more. Crows & pigeons quickly disappeared from the vicinity. What a great sighting!!
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