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OBRC Bylaws Revision: Member Elections

Fonned in I 991 the Ohio Bird Records Committee (OBRC) serves as a peer-review panel d;signed to evaluate a~d end?rse reco~ds ?f rare birds found in Ohio. As such, it maintains the official Ohio state bird hst, fosters the historical record, and compiles the Review List of rare.Ohio bird species. The OBRC preserves original documentary evidence subi:ittted for the records 1t . reviews as well as the votes and comments made by its members, thereby allowmg study by future bird researchers. OBRC actions are published regularly.in T~e Ohio Cardinal. Although governed by its own bylaws, the OBRC has smce its beginnings prospered from a close relationship with the Cardinal. .

OBRC Bylaws are reviewed periodically by the Committee, and a special meeting was held on 8 October 2006 for this purpose. This meeting was ca~led to discuss changes under consideration since 2003, which, when approved, ult1mate!y granted the OBRC a greater lev~I of indep~nde~ce fyom The Ohio Cardinal. While maintaining a long-term professional re.lation~h1p w1~h the Cardinal, and now as well as a standing committee of the Ohio Orn1tholog1cal Society (OOS), the OBRC is now a truly independent organization with autonomous self-control. .

Formerly, the editor and publisher of The Ohio Cardinal had pnmary roles in choosing the members of the OBRC, but the ~ewly amended bylaws provide that the Committee itself will vote to c~oose its Secret~ry and ~embers. Jn addition, the bylaws fonnerly gave to subscnbers of The Ohio Cardinal the option to nominate members to the Committee, ~hereup?n a vote was held among Cardinal subscribers to elect new members. This subscnber vote was a somewhat unusual, and possibly unique, method of electing members to a state rare birds committee. However, although several such votes have been held over the past 16 years, in general this system has not seen much use. .

Since 2004, when The Ohio Cardinal became a partner with the OOS, the Cardinal subscriber base has increased considerably. This growth has made it less likely a subscriber electorate would be as familiar with the qualifications of nominees, and promised to make the entire process extremely unwieldy.

Further, upon approval of a proposed unification bet~een the Ca_rdi:ia_I and the OOS, the status of publisher of the Cardinal would shift from an 111d1v1dual person to a corporate entity, further compli~ating previ_ous ~BRC nomi.nation . procedures. For these reasons, the OBRC, m cooperation w1tl~ Th~ Ohw Cardinal, voted on the aforementioned date to adopt the method of electmg its own members.

Other familiar features of the OBRC remain the same, including the number of voting members (seven), their terms ofoffice, and account~bil!ty via publicly accessible vote sheets, recirculation procedures, regular pubhcat1ons of decisions, and ongoing revisions of the state list. The updated OBRC Bylaws may be consulted online at http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/Bylaws.pdf, or by requesting a copy from OBRC Secretary Tom Kemp at 1507 Napoleon Road, Bowling Green, Ohio, 43402, or at [email protected]. . , .

The OBRC greatly values and relies upon the support of Ohio s birders, and would be of little value without it. We encourage everyone to document observations of rare birds, and submit them to the Secretary. More infonnation about the Committee is available at http://www.ohiobirds.org/records/aboutobrc. phQ. We look forward to serving Ohio's birds and birders as an independent organization, long into the future.

For the Ohio Bird Records Committee, Robert Harlan, Member 3361 Columbia Woods Drive, Apt. F Norton, OH 44203

72 The Ohio Cardinal

The 2006-2007 Christmas Bird Counts

by Ned Keller 7899 Bridgetown Rd, Cleves, OH kel [email protected]

We were able to obtain results from 64 Christmas Bird Counts this year, the same number as last year. The results include a new circle, Rudolph, located in Wood County (circle number 17 on the accompanying map). It seems only fitting that the same number of circles should produce the same number of species; and indeed, our I 55 species found statewide did match last year's total. It was rather surprising that no more species were found during count week this year. For those who enjoy the competitive aspect of Christmas counts, Toledo led the race for the most species with 90, followed by Cincinnati with 86, Ottawa NWR with 84, Millersburg with 82, Lake Erie Islands and Wilmot with 81, and Adams County, Caesar Creek I Spring Valley, and Wilmot, all with 80.

Seventeen species were found in all 64 counts, and four others were missed in only a single circle. No Canada geese or great blue herons were found in Preble County, no American crows at Grand Lake St. Marys, and no (as is nearly always the case) tufted titmice on the Lake Erie Islands. At the other extreme, 21 species were found on only one count. It's difficult to single out the rarest of the rare, but surely brant at Lake Erie Islands, king eider at Mentor, our nearly extirpated loggerhead shrike at Brown Family Environmental Center, western tanager at Columbus, two rose-breasted grosbeaks at Lake Erie Islands, an indigo bunting at Wilmot, and Baltimore oriole at Cuyahoga Falls are worthy of mention.

Winter invasives were particularly difficult to find on the Christmas counts this year. Although red-breasted nuthatches were found on 30 counts, they amounted to only 77 individuals. The only winter finches reported were 43 purple finches from eleven circles, 33 pine siskins from six circles and 4 evening grosbeaks from two circles. Check the Reports elsewhere in this issue to see whether these results were typical of the season. Pine warbler and common yellowthroat were the only rarities among the warbler clan this year, but unusual sparrows included vesper, Nelson's sharp-tailed, and Lincoln's.

We normally report results exactly as we receive them. This year, I have taken the liberty of changing a report of common snipe to Wilson 's snipe, assuming that the compiler simply used the old name. With that exception, I have not made any attempt to edit out other potentially dubious records. I leave that exercise to the reader.


Greater White·fronted Goose Snow Goose Rosa's Goose Brani Cackhng Goose

Ctnodt Goose Mutes...,, Trumpt10<Swan Tundrll Swtn Wood Duel<

Gadwal Amencan W>geon AmenQn Black Duck Mallard Amer.can Blactc. Dud< x Mallard

8lue·w1oged Teal Northem Shovese1 Northern Pmta1I Green-winged Teal Canvasback

Redhead Ring.necked Duck Greate<Scaup LeswScaup

sca<lP IP

King Eide< Surf Scoltf VVh1te-w1nged Sect.et Bltck Scolor SCOlt< IP

long·U>•ltd Duck Bufflehead Com"'°" Goldeneye Hood.a Merganser Common Merganser

Red.,breasted Merganser rne1g1nser sp Ruddy Duck duck IP

R•ng-ned<ed Pheasant

Rul!ed Gtouse WiO Tutkey Notthe<n Bobwhtl4

c-loon P1ed00b1!1ed Grebe

Horned Grebe Eared/Homed Grebe Oouble-<:tested Cormorant Grea1 Blue Heron Groal Egret

Blacl<-oowned Noght·Heron Bl•d< Vutture TUtl<ey Vullure Osprey Bald Etgle

NOl1hetnH""°' S'*i>-lh•nnod Haw1c Coope(1H"""\ ACOptleftp

Red • .--ed Hawlt

74

10

682

6

4

2 51 53

22

9

9

23

1

30

22

211

9

23 4

5

423 2

cw 2

11

161

18

31

24

2006-2007 CBC Report

177

40

3 8

23

13 cw

16 68

10 4

II

20

451 3110

53 73 673

10

12

4

6

73

17

14

10

6

1

6

825

228

5

19

12

550 2163

8

48 330

13 3

1

5

6

1

8

13

313

•7

19

374

16 132

10

17

5 26

1

3 9

16

... 0

~o

!~ .. -<.>;:

1190

11

453

21

6

25

3

The Ohio Cardinal 75

1179 3

70 16 9

370

84

10

104 2

25

61

125

60

31

70

133

350

4

8 25 2

18

575 1061 5

10

32 134 605

10

40

16

cw 16

cw

30

14 18

11

25 145

1

8

14000

44

18

11

cw

1798 4373 1148 19 5

33

3 514 28 8 883 1620 360

11

6

9 36

49

1 15

51

15

22

167

8

69

12

30

35

10 33

11

36

13

cw

43

cw

5

846

15 92

5

42

9

19

Keller

46

269 2187

6

14 11 269 537

21

cw 9

24

16

24

5064

41

1052 1657 1

33 175 47

1

17 101 609 3075

25 2

13

10 664

1

11

23

12

2 1715

69 1296

9

9

37

1

59

20

13

9

450 1777

160 361

•O

28

20

21

508

32 397

30

11

3 8

332

36 11

3

777

87

472

1

28

The Ohio Cardinal

Broad-winged Hawk

Rod·ta11ed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk

Bu1eo11> Golden Eoglo

Ame<ocan Kt-I Me00 Peregnno Fa<oon falcon IP haW<IP

VOfllnaR8" Amttican Cool SandMICrane l<Jlldeer Spone<I Sandpoper

Purple Sandpoper Wil1on'1 Snipe Amencan Woodcock 1Mreb1rd sp Bonapart1'1 Gull

R1ng-01lle<I Gulf Ctl~om1t Gull HemngGv! Iceland Gui lesM< Blld<·bad<ed Gui

Gto.-isGul Great 81..:k b.elte<I Gui

guN IP Rock P1geon Mourning Dove

Barn0w1 Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horne<I Owl Barre<IOw1 Long-eare<I Ow1

Shon ea1ed Owl Northern Saw~whel Owl Belte<I KJngflsner R-lded Woodpecker Red-beN~ Woodpecltet

y-.l>ef~ SapMICl<er Downy Woodpeclter Ha ry Woodpecker

NOtlhern Flod<er P<leated Woodpecker

woodpeckorsp f8$tetn Phoeoe loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike Blue Jay

Amet1can Crow Horned Lark Catohn1CiiocllBl.tek-coippedChiclladee chockadeesp

lulled TICmOUle

Red-O<easted Nuthatch Whoto-l>rt8'ted Nu11>a:eh BrownCr-Carohna Wren

76

47

17

127

842

11

8

11

5 91

87

34 53 22

320

1194

45

186

139 5

121 11 97


58

12

10

45

149

721

1

66

121

15

19 11

22

49 102

25

31

17

284 336

13

77

88 ,. 37

22

168 84 214

531 2 14 4245 107 2 3 59 2 219 27 6 50 97

117 47 125 5

122 37 91 19 16 89 28 108

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21

10

45

6 2

21

6

93

18

39

14

12

391

23

11

522

502

38 2

40

184

12 t21 119 48

339

148 190 66 1272 381

cw 1

10

20 6

18

63

83 30 19 5

22 177

9 913 39

141

20

99

19 96 5

6 61

10

1 21

21 3

14 2

15 23

51 9

17

49

97 19 18 10

1

58 99 208

182 110 287 125 285 82 19

11 ,. ,

16 44 94 1

21 45 92 7 18

20 10 18

25

30

48

3A

18

1

38 12 17

59

135

15

19 3

13

1

35

17

317

19

~ 0

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32

20

286 1292

40 103

12

110

2 102

14 76

28

64

146

269

31

49

7 17

182 64

270 123

7 1410 502 18

32

100 14

2 124 37 17 10

171 29

The Ohio Cardinal

u () -

11

825 10

33

9

1700

42 98

.,.. 102

Keller

37 43 25 37 30 53

11 40 18 6 10

22

15

158 25

463 1600 2213 605 1937 176 310 2501 29876 2596 12579

4053

1 60

51

313 776

98 1612 878 220 229 57 226 896 830 619 896

22 375

SS 101 59

25

1

35 8

17

2

705 28

678 20000 8 1

1526 99

575 15 1

260 43 , , 42

541 50

77

13

10 18 13

102 135 154

8 4 104 261 394 21 25 82

8 63 27 13 5 24

309 268 592

86 1751 2157 10

494 335 976

78 129 329 10 1

103 134 343 1 39 22

38 190 182

18

88

68 10

16

3

47

57 2

57 48

70

19

80

141 17 43

5

200

186

228 3

212

56

114

2• 88

1496

39 274

422 149

42

108

2 73 11

58 10

442

199 1

244

130

41 3

150

32

1 65 9

164

42

110

33

1

60

42

22

201 159

17

6

32

1

40

6 12

3

73

59

6 1

53

25

27

24

59

282

117

8

21

1

57 15 10

72

20 35

21

15

1• 15 26

18 15 30

10 6

2258 415

12

83 131 170 905 420 591

23

1

23 2 2

33

22 22

35

11

24

15

39

49

10

6

92

189 58

35

28 156

111 134 391

7

•30

222

21 212 7 100

21 99

24

13

97

494

3

32

49

3 12

33

46

28 71

9

27

12 18

29

11

28

22

458

166

438

11

28

55

5 19

30

14

13 194

59

17 16

58

The Ohio Cardinal

House wren Winter wren Marsh Wren Golden-etowne<I Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet

kinglet sp. Eastern Bluebird Hernvt Tl1rush American Robin Gray Catbird

Northern Mocl<ingbod Brown Tlvasher European Starling American Pipit Cedar Waxwillg

Yellow·rumped Warble< Pine Warbler Common Yellowthroat warblersp. Westem Tanager

Eastern Towtiee American Tree Sparrow Chipjling Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow White-lhroated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow sparrow sp Oari<-eyed Junco

Lapland longspur Snow Bunting Northern Cardinal Rose.breasted Grosbeak lndigo&nting

Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowta'1< Rusty Blackbird Common Gracl<le Brown-headed Cowtird

blacl<bird sp Balbmore Oriole Purple Finch House Finch Pme S1sklll

American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow

total species totat indMduals

observers party hours

78

53 5

376 4

865

53

55

137

57


35 86

83 156

21 207

44

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c:w

6

34

124 13

37 123

11 16

24 38 12 118

26 94 2g 188 8

26 117 22 1469

23

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5

12

58

1500 1674 307 839 1

83

299 1789 2731 1812 1877 346 1594 4992

24

111 32

19 23

38

2 90

10 54 72

742

319

59

23

2 36

340

184

6

91

1

41 23

355

259

251

25

26

190

33

78

11

6

25

9 42

10

147

4

117 20

128 333

116 212

46

36

15 5

24 2

23

104

77

13

91

83

1

56 26

25 282

19 255

58 81 12

182

36

21

161

86

28

33 79

47

33

41

1

40 218

10

14

5 9

87

69

21 16

1

82

129

24

10 5

182

239

6

94

269

4

52

23

18

26

58 148

10 215

40 10 508 5 38

90

72

12

41

462

401

60

20 20

27

208

192

97

20 18

8

325

819 13

131

40

37

191

178 397 154 174 139 289 90 209 170 90 172 291

w ~ ~ ~ • n 56 53 ~ u 80 ~ 9553 7039 2072 8975 1464 10703 6183 5408 7945 2245 9037 12692

32 25 6 30 4 25 14 10 26 10 34 14 89.50 66.75 27 00 55.00 11.50 67.50 26.25 64.00 6775 36.50 23400

The Ohio Cardinal

160 48 1

48 1

102 60

Keller

51 23 10

207 71 80 95 60 94 271 68 23 2 3 1

7599 1475 1283 1738 282 2266 774 1014 93

121 1

6286

17

57

141 223

23

15

1 788

39 1286 138

571

1743

12

6 c:w

c:w 224

592

34 13 12 38

564 1113 15660 4814 3372 7147 4536 1897

13 100 103 137

13 14 63

12

4

37

3 198

88

27

5 69

6 1 58 621 36 265

67 86

1

194

4

918

12

197 83

18 2

212 254 8

33

166 363

13 15 79 491 20 79

79

20

115 286 471 840 237 420 479 217

120 227 827 895 351

49

74

16 40 361 31

10

125 2

264

4

323 424

634 1139 1

85

73

379 411 140

251 11

18 9 18

202

140 98

365 117

66

170

13 5 10

62 13

68 46 52

170

67 3

546

6

17

241

36 2

15

544

18 23

759 4039 1450 3916 1354 4826 9127 1

31 34 134

6 29 9

199

21

6 52

224

140

367

12 7

121

124

99 13963

10 30 189 21 132

76 31

68 369

1

37

95

1

37

12

65

1

88 428

35

52

12

168

6 43 9

90 894

206 4

80 415

79

96

1

26

c:w 247

214

27

2

76

13

46

69

23

37

50

148

18

298 19

29

113

212

3750 18

70

88

641 179 471 1102 1868 101 853 317 489 198 841 375 728 934 560 146

86 67 77 72 78 58 63 69 61 71 71 42 44 86 50 66 31598 25847 31401 31467 27421 10535 14800 14500 43660 8311 41948 3479 10842 10633 7546 17853

117 15 62 48 106 41 39 12 21 30 21 4 10 31 13 20 190.00 31 .50 93.75 118.00 219.75 91.00 91 .50 28 00 45.50 35 75 39.75 12 00 37 50 91.00 22.50 90.00


Greater Whlle-honted Goose

Snow Goose Rosu Goose

Brant ~ngGoose

cana<la Goose MuteSWan Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Wood Duct<

Gactwall Amenc3n W>geoo

Amencan 8lact< Duel< Ma11:ard Amenean Bladt Duct< x Mallard

Blue-winged Teal Noit~rn Shovele< Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvnback

Redhead Rong.necked Duct< Greate<ScalJP l..-Scaup scaup sp

Kong Eider Su~Soote<

White-winged Scoter Black Seoter scoter sp

long-tailed OUck Bul!lehead Convnon Gddeoeye Hooded Merganser Common Me<ganu<

Red-brented Merganser mergansersp Ruddy Duct< duck sp. Ring-necked Pheasant

Ruffe<IGrO<lse Wild Turi<ey NonhemBobwlvte Convnon loon Pied-Coled Grebe

HomeodGrebe E11ed1Horne<I Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret

Btack-crowne<I Night-Heron Black Vulture Tur1<oyVulrure Osprey Bald Eagle

Nor1hem Harne< Sllorp-slunne<I Hawk Coope:fs Hawk Acctptter sp Red-shouldered Hawk

80

66

1 27

23

12

89 105

19


2410 109S 978

16 790

12

96

17

17

1

6

30

8

11

195

13

4

1

8

16 ae

" 233

5

cw

13

16 2 3

4

2

S07

cw

2S9 902

10

S3 6 3

18 126 29 121 660 1174

21

2• 24

2023 112 2376 203

8 20

1370 860

51

15

3 20

10

cw 3

u ..J -

314 1203

12•

10

30

2

132 161

16

12

s 6 8

3 26

3

124

12 13

13

1S

14

727 1097 1940 6 cw

154

10

15

6

4

6 12

3903

6

23

19 588

243

60

89 470

35 3

99

25

16

21•

22

22

The Ohio Cardinal

185

28

81

79 279 2

11

11

28 27 46

384

10 2

16 5

109

8

26

17 12

13

57

10 15

cw

72S 200 19 21

3256 3

104

8 129

598 26S9

2 30

•7

2•

219

12

3S 10 9

1

33

9

393

116

9

71

17

11

3 13

29 564

2

4

8 290

16

20

51 18

Keller

15

16 75

17

13 2

36

10

31

41

13

18

cw

783 S36

8 543 212

39

26

cw 7 1

15

321

32 91

I

13

15

129

3178

66

SS

3'

sso 1041

6

717 203

8 2

cw 12 11 2

27

1S1

13

11

1

29

17

•O 335

11

2 26

9

10

2

12 3 7

878

2

22

6

14

2

8

The Ohio Cardinal

Br01d>W1nged Hawk Red-tailed HaWk RO<Jgh·legged HaWk Buteo IP Golden Eagle

American Ke&trel Mert1n Peregme Falcon laloon sp NrWksp

Vo111na Ra~ Amencln Coot Sandholl Ctane Killdtt< Spon.<j Sandp.per

PIJ'ple Sandpoper Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock shorebird sp Bonapane's Gull

R1ng·bllled Gull Cal1f0<,.a<l<Jll HemngGull lcellnd Gull Leuer Blacl<·backed Gui

Glauccus G.-Grea1 Black-t1ael<ed Gui psp Roel< P~eon MO<Jt,.ng~

BamOwl Eastern Ser-Owl Great Homed Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl

Shon-eared Owl NOOhem Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Rt6-helded Woodpeclter Red-bellied Woodped<er

Y~led Sapsud<er Downy Woodpeel<er H"ry Woodpeclt1< Nonhern Flid<Of f>lleated Woodpecker

woodpeoker sp Eastem Phoe~ Loggerhead Shrike Nonhorn Shnke Blue Joy

Amtncan Crow Ha<ned Lark Carolona Chickadee Btack<apped Chlokodee chockadeesp

T~Tllmouse

Red-br9asted Nutlla:ch Whll..oteasted Nutllalcll BrownClCarolonaWre<>

82


19 38 36

26

162

55

3169 480

92 77 252 205 356

13

54

81 24

39 30

4

8

3 123

10

31

3

158 268

315 185 15

304 335

127 140 6

128 106 15 12 98 127

17

21 2

18

48 152 13 6 9

33 5 5

29

23

106

4

12

26

30

16

cw

41

2

39

11

220 709

56 9

26 11

51 120

12 1151

7 8 220

12

26 124

I

25 70 13 14

89

13

cw 2

25

375 880

1209 6552 1

875 273

•O 13 5

cw 308 23 201

16 12

64

112 1

79

26

59

500

4

66

86

n

94

22 2

225

40

207

37 I

62

31

20 39

10 9

160

280 20

68

10

90 16

27

70 207 70

1502 1321 9 755

10 288 13

38 103 130 404

6

47

1

35 5 8 9

14

12 1

76

119 25 20 14

103 198

165 15000 3 5

158 5 11

234

108 197 4 cw

63 140 5

49 49

•7 1457 25 199-4

19 19 15 13

29 6

12 483

27 676 8 141

164 103

3

299 503

27

14 1

105

124

31 19 21

43 720 400

59 2216 757 622 15

1226 167 61 5 4

3 86

58 703 150 I

28 763 161 139 27

II 678 94

The Ohio Cardinal 83

12

II

120

11

11

2 2

21

48

22

17

17

8

98

11

29

12

24

383

60 13

26

18

16

38

16

60

11

81

28

45

1

35

13

17

130 189 9396

191 122 610 439

14

89

2 123 16 49

9 6

83

6 72 11 54

5

35 196

443 139 145 24 347 247

178 43

52 86 8 9

179 60

548

17 25 52

313

1

31

74 7 6

1 70

6 93

16

II

22 41

20

11

32

243

18 19 6 225

1• 5

10

23

11

10

12

11

58

• 53 5

30 9

124

188

23 205

72 I

57 8

62

Keller

33 25

30 16

11>45

16

29

541

127 1232 354 583

13

3 39

1

38 7

22

8 cw

10 1

99

2 101

26 34 24

40 351

199 258 7

79 ~

43 233

34 124 5 12

62 183

15

17

21

174 143

11

20 1

3

30

36 113

17

11

11

8

45

22

351 559

48

1

77 12 14

26

123

333

213

138

126 I

79

50 143

8

13

53

20

487 1804

29 108 1257

24

19

26

413 744

876 1421

55

1 76 18 30 5

12

11

5

10

229

4

321

83 137 40

15 161 436

16 187 2080 210

43 626 255

15 66 418 4 I 2

29 n 312

3 63 14 58 331

61 744

23

20

40 5

39

83 191

16

26 2

24 27 15

42

19

35

2

243 246

9

20

25 8

82

161

80

29

28

The Ohio Cardinal

HooseWrefl Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-<:rowned Kinglet

kinglet Sp. Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Gfay Catbird

Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Sta~ing American P1p1t Cedar Waxwing

Yellow-rumped Warble< Pine Warbler Common Y ellowlhroat wartier sp Western Ta nag er

Eastern Towf1ee American Tree Spa.trow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Spanow

Swamp Sparrow 'Mute-throated Sparrow Vlltlite-crowned Sparrow sparrowsp Dark-eyed Junco

Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Norlhem Cardinal Rose·bceasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blaci<bud Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird

blacl<bird sp Ballimo<e O<iole Purple Finch House Finch Pine Sisl<in

American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow

total species total indrviduals

observers patty hours

84


89 38

131 162 1 3

156 627 193

10 26 cw

153 1947 3133

21

6 29 3

21

112

89

31

2 80

79

47 253 14

323 280

234 346

4

25

119

245

425

63

29

62

59

23

17

38

47

15 75 168 8

6 61 25 13 77 3 110

61 874 1693 609 149

1621

362

33

8

38

40

80 cw

67

18

2368 23250 4

313 470

12 123

12

21

10

1

1 106

180 21

323

289

103

cw 62

13

9

1

16

13

5 22

16

54

153 28 19 2 14 2 20

150 213 203

196 148 172 2

130

58 262 153 2

25

154 47 189 75

19

143

84

809

8

3

99

1

86

27 14

565

303

215

4

122

301

1

15 1

470

894

364

126

cw

100

153 1

223

17

1603 3474 1394 175

3

108

120 22 1271

I

53

1 1856

96

4

289 1

17

167

11 506 67 1030 78

35 2030 642

52 2884 462

21 227 29 3 4

15 285

30

398

79 940

99

85

49

289

19 247 482 163 419 367 587 120 416 101 2678 370

61 71 48 55 66 81 66 57 76 67 82 76 3721 13409 6843 4957 8725 37435 14847 2948 23498 9129 35307 10888

a ~ u e 22 u sa n 20 n 1 ~ u 59.75 84.25 32.25 40.25 52.25 47.50 61.00 35.50 71.00 27 75 369.00 117.00

The Ohio Cardinal

15

18

412

11

36

26

32

17 23

68 104

12 992

8 35

13

113 1

586 I

25

233 1978 5131 2

12

5

95

37 83

9

387

36 6 340

274

126 84

117 417

39

241 11

1 22

10 16

185

10

202

6

111

13 90 13

435

258

105

144

28

29

4666

704

1

52

44 19 10

69

60 103 187

41 2

530

7995

49

150

84 105 120 635 739

36 42 75 63 84 1175 1585 9331 11224 39673

8 28 26 17.50 25.00 38.00 59 25 44.50

85

Ke ller

54 17 33

52 80 132 3

66 1

1431 280

14 15 70 1

998 1265 3853 1426

11

17

6 34

6 73

224 13

11 156

15 252

29

40

1

85

12

25 11

4

314

10 21 64 144 10 15

245 257

146 458

24 20

40

147

8 98 26 164

14 514 75 282

33 71 74 65 1499 9316 6306 8356

3 31 10 31 9.25 210 00 34. 75 59.75

13

688

31

23

14 3

128 3

172

55

1328

13

10

5 8

33

1

103

56 6 30

74 264

40

24 293

15

44 32

44 154

188 119

48 64 2596 5681

20 11 .75 52.00

19

19

291

337

16

19

27 2

61

27

329

407 1

65

83

~

15

1

25

1204 7799 3930 81

20 cw

146 39

786

89

2

102 1243

30

14

1

213

46

24 51 407 5 644

46 217 1899 234

261 1

55 268 1558 120

20

30

9

686

5

1

29

84

106

21222 64 60

cw 400

11

8

4

61215 30

500

101

91

75 307

82 494

cw 4

126

84

70

42

393 817 1499 271

41 71 73 61 55 11 15 92665 26968 12796 4422

51 22 62 13 9 17.00 53.00 238.00 60.00 36. 75

The Ohio Cardinal

Grea1er While-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross·sGoooe Brant C•ekhng GooM

Canada GooN Mute Swan TNmpe1er Swan Tundta Swan WoodOuck

Gadwll Amencan~

Ani4<ican Black Duck Ma"arcl American Black Duel< x Mallard

Blue·wtnged Teal Northern SOOVeler No<them Pintail Greon·wlnged Teal CanvHNCk

Redhead Rong-ne<:l<ed Dud< Gttater Seaup lesMtSeaup oeaup tp

KingE-Sutf Scott< VVh1t.-W1nged Seotet Black Scoter SCOttf SP

long•tloled Duel< Buftlehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser

RecM>reaattd Merganser merganse< SP Ruddy Duel< dUCltsp Ring..-ed Pheasant

Rul'edGtOUM IMldTutl<ey NO<!hemBobwrute Common LOO<> Pied-bolled Grebe

Horned Grebe Eared/Horned Grebe Oouble~relled Cormorant Great Blue Heron G1eetEgret

Blaek<rowned Nogllt·Heron Black Vulture Tur1<.eyVult1n Osprey BaldEagte

NOl1htfnHomet 51\arp-thlnned Ha-Nit Coope<'s Hawk

Accl-IP Red·lhouldered Ha·Nk

86

336

243

51

13

3

5

1992 8

• 166

10 3

147 1527

44

25

30 1

202 406

t4 141

7 51

28

75

5

28 97

20

15

9


2575

3

4

482

252

42 2

24

26

234

28

30

11 1

8

10

72

1129

8

181

45

350

3

1•85 5

19

66 942

19

15

117

27

25

10

10

1

6

6

2544

50 786

66

41

cw 264

2

4

25

2363

3 6

5

40 461

ti cw

2

30

I 5 6

1305

3 285

24 II

11 147

2 1

31

6707• 167 81

3766 54

538 96

2138 28472

3

5 246 143 95 75

101 1055

20 605 •34

I

33 20 19 t2

3 2372 3600

736 2220

26718

844 66 75

15 1625

27 8J

336

41

3 86

1482

35 67i

1748 I

238

180 109 498

11 249

3 11 1 1 7

63 24 7

12 22

22 18 46 62

21 19 13 11

13 27 6

23 3

I

6 2

I

23 t 5 36 14

14 I

24

6 24

7

39 6

14 37

11 I

15

63

40

41 .. 60

40

15

63

25

13 23

23 18

46 62

2t 19 15 II

14 28

23 3

I

23 15

36 14

t4 1

24 6

25

14 37

13

17 63

17 25

42

•3 •S 61

8 40

The Ohio Cardinal

Brosd·w1nged Hawk Red·t•iled Hawk Rough·legged Hawk Buteo SP Golden Eagle

American Kestrel Merion Peregme Falcon falcon sp haWkSP

Vo-Ra• Amenean Coot Sal1dhll1Crane Killdeer Spotted SandP<pet

Purple SandP<per Wilson·s Sn<pe Amet5ean Woodcock thoreblrcl ap Bonaparte's Gull

R1ng-b1lled Gull Caktom.a Gui HemngGult Iceland Gui lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gui Gteat Blxl<·bad<ed Gull

gul SP Rock Pigeon Mol.<ning Dove

BamOwt e .. tern Seteoch-Owl Great Horned Owl B•rredOwl long·eared Owl

Short-eared Owl No<thern Saw·wllel Owl

Belted Kingflsl>er Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker

v.-1oed Sapsucker Downy Woodped<er Ha..y Woodpeek01 No<thetnFlieke< Pileated Woodpecker

woodpect-er sp Eastern Phoebe Loggethead Shrike Northem Shnke Blue Jay

American Crow Horned lat!<

Carol1111 Chtcka<lee Blodl<apped Chlc:ltadee chicbdeesp

Tufted Tttmouse ROCl-l>nlaSled Nu1ha:c:h

""'i.tweaSled Nulhatch &own Creeper Carolina Wren

87

62

20 21

31 5

22

501

369 108

61 44t9 1378

834 63

9

Keller

56 51

37

73

t32 180

205 15

t4

17

384

32

I

298 337 239 215 539 1158 394 1326 568 755 635 1405

18 26 3 6

4 17 26 2 20 •

41 32 108 53 108 228

I 12 58 160 75 n 140 283

9 17 29 11 64 13 14 8 21 28 74

122

762 338

110

66 27 26

79 328

3 260 38

Iii 266

25 74 I

53 78 23 3 64 13

8 11 26

189 227 516

75 9089 444 107 90 187

593 268 191 49

117

46 195 378 2

61 83 296 22 59

14 167 242

69

28

370 564

1

73

109

9 2• 6

13

It

288

208 t25

18

30 9 3 8

220 122

510 498 140

87 1 130

83

82 55 1

108 50

11 1 83 25

I

2854 94 14 2

1115

6 10

1

6

8 4627

210

44

I

2 4146

96195

10651 2

12

I

169 58

16333 30009

43 358 194

110

25 5

501 148 ~9

99 6288 1151 1735 652

24

4

107 16

69845 5486 9824 4571 973

6473 77

5713 1119 5299

1

64 21 7

61

5 6

3 35

1

25

I

20

55 I

35 2 6

I

9

61 64

47 44

39

59 27 64

31 64

64 62 53

• 12

1 4

64

63 43 40

36 13

63 30 64 61 64

1 64 21

61 7 6 1

2

4

35 2

25

I

20

56 I

36 2

2

5 62 64

47 46 40

5

59 28 64

31 64

64 62 54

4

12 1

5 64

63 43 40

36 13

63 31 64

61 64

The Ohio Cardinal

House Wren Winter Wren MarShWren Golden-crowned Kltlglet Ruby~owned Kinglet

k•nglet 5P fa$tem Bluebo<d Herrn.t Thrush Amenean Robon GtayCatbotd

NOl'them Mocl<1ngbord &own ThraSl>er European Suulltlg Amencan Pipit Cedar W&XWtng

Yenow·rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Common Yello.vtllroal warblersp Western T 1n1ger

EHtem Towl>oe Amencan Tree Sparrow Chopping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vespe< Sporrow

Savannah Sparrow Nelsons Sharp-tailed Sp.arrow Fox Sporrow Song Sparrow L1nooln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow Wllle·lhroated Sparrow w..10-crowned Sparrow $parrow sp Datk-.yed Junco

Lapland Long$pUr Snow Bunting NorlhemCardinal R-.bteasled G<osbeak Ind.go Bunt"'!j

Red-v.1nged Blackbwd E1$tern Meadowlarl< Rutty Blacl<blrd Common Grackle &own-headed Cowb11d

blackbird sp Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch HOVH Finch Pine S11k1n

observers panyhours

88


13 1

22 32

62 cw 9' 2 4

49 855 17

54 205 129 18 2

87 82 373 126 33 4 2 1

25 4622 294 223 9'

62 90 13 cw 1 1

2154 11065 1690 3797 •0529 2986 2048 539 3 Q

~ ~ w 14 6 60

40 •7 6 21 27 5SO •06 ..

16

1

26 247 46 23 261 739 165 31

151 4

78 11 146 5

24 775 215 46

37 557 58 3

10 6

229 392 197 2:i. •37 1092 369 99

1 9 216 377 229 141 710 1092 363 111

202 6160 37 cw

146 676

1405

163 58 3466 251 2 10 2

14 92 187 141 11576 16 202 1585 8

4694

1

47 225 117 39 100 217 46 13

137 389 114 83 235 SOD 160 66

1309 890 232 289 663 1483 305 138

~ 90 ~ ~ ~ ~ 60 SS 7724 37149 10969 9649 63925 42429 10352 4511

29 9 31 31 69 27 12 29 75 61 00 123 so 84 00 187 00 91 75 30 so

101 7

3287 45

6122 208

36310 12

1138 7

231897 314

1122

957

708 10537

so 4'0

t

32 t

62 999ll

726 8640 3542

80 20457

1396 133

20973 2

52173 272

78446 4836

13332 1

43 5814

33

12239 4

2929'

155 1008280

1638 421125

"' .. 0 c 8 ~ t3 4

32 6

62 24

1 62 29 64

9

46 6

64 tt 36

39 1 6

43 64

It 37

t 25 64

46

58 so 5

64

10 8

64

40 23 19 40 :i.

8

tt 64

64

4

35 6

62 24

1

63 29 64

9

46

8

64 11

36

39 2

8 1

25 64

46 58 so 5

64

10 8

64

41 25 19 41 36

1

13 64 6

64

64

The Ohio Cardinal

Winter Birds of Kelleys Island, Ohio 2006-2007

by H. Thomas Bartlett 1833 S. Winfield Dr. Tiffin, OH 44883 [email protected]

Beginning in November of 1997, I have been conducting a monthly bird census on Kelleys Island for the Kelleys Island Audubon Club. Over that period the census has missed only two months, January and February 2000. Thus, for the most part, on at least three days each winter data have been systematically collected on birds using the island. ln addition, Lee and Sandy Tkach live on the island and keep me posted on what they are seeing. This past winter things changed somewhat. OK, they changed a lot. First, last June I retired from teaching after 30-plus years. Second, Bill and June Campbell gave me free use of their island condo for the winter. Not being one to insult the Campbells' generosity, I chose to use the condo for 21 out of 90 days this past winter. As a consequence the amount of data collected this past season increased greatly.

First, some background on Kelleys Island derived from the Kelleys Island Audubon Club's Web page http://www.kelleysislandnature.com/defaultl. htm . This is the largest of the United States islands in Lake Erie, at about 3000 acres and 18 miles of coastline. It is also the easternmost US island, located about 4.5 miles north of the Marblehead peninsula. Like the other islands, it is primarily what remains from an old Devonian limestone ridge left over from the last glaciers over 12,000 years ago. Among the island's tourist attractions are g lacial grooves left from that event. Because of the alkaline nature of its soil, the island hosts numerous plants and animals unusual in the region. its location also makes the island a major stopover for migrating birds and insects in spring and fall. Kelleys Island is listed as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society for good reason. It is a remarkable staging area for buffieheads and American goldeneyes in season, and it has long been known for its high winter concentrations of golden-crowned kinglets, hermit thrushes, yellow-rumped warblers, and white-throated sparrows. More recently, it has been noted for wintering long-eared and northern saw-whet owls.

It appears this may have been an atypical winter, bird-wise, for the island. Weather-wise, December and January were abnormally mild, with February changing back to winter. In fact, data show this past February was one of the coldest on record. Waters around the island during the first two months were open, but quickly froze over in February. It was interesting to note that during warm sunny days in December, hermit thrushes, American robins, song sparrows, and white-throated sparrows were singing typical breeding songs early in the morning. The February count was typically very quiet and cold.

As has happened in most of the past I 0 years, the island was censused over the third weekend of each month: 17 December, 20 January, and 23 February. Historically, during those winter census routes, a total of I 05 species of birds has been observed, but the average has been 65 species observed on the routes during the winter months. A totaJ of92 species has been observed over the 10 years of censusing during December, with an average per year of 48. This year, December had 60 species. January has had 77 species observed, with an average per year of39; this year, 44 species were observed. February has had


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