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Date Posted: 21:40:15 12/18/02 Wed
Author: Greg
Author Host/IP: tol140.8.ppp.toast.net / 205.133.8.140
Subject: Re: Count Week is here...birds to watch for and to report(longish)
In reply to: Greg Links 's message, "Count Week is here...birds to watch for and to report(longish)" on 19:41:42 12/11/02 Wed

Here is an update on what was found and where, from my "wanted list" below.




>*Common loon-Bayshore best bet--NONE FOUND
>
>*Horned grebe-ditto--NONE FOUND
>
>*BC night-heron (increasingly scarce--we SHOULD get
>this on count day, but you never know)--CENTRAL TOLEDO ROOST-SEVERAL FOUND
>
>*Wood duck--will be VERY tough considering the low
>temps of late--NONE FOUND
>
>*Ring-necked duck--NONE FOUND
>
>*any scoter--NONE FOUND
>
>*Long-tailed duck--NONE FOUND
>
>*N. harrier (getting scarcer and scarcer)--LITTLE CEDAR POINT
>
>*Rough-legged hawk (1 seen S. of Pearson Metropark Dec
>9)--SE CORNER OF COUNT CIRCLE
>
>*Peregrine falcon (old Commodore Perry downtown Toledo)--BAYSHORE POWER PLANT
>
>*Lesser Black-backed gull (1 seen along Lotus st, Erie
>twnshp, MI today)--4 FOUND-A HIGH NUMBER
>
>*Glaucous gull--1 IN POINT PLACE
>
>*Iceland gull-NONE
>
>*Thayers gull-NONE
>
>*Any other rare gull--NONE>

>*Long-eared owl (most likely spots: Maumee Bay State
>Park boardwalk, Lost Peninsula/Point place--swamp
>forest at end of Shoreland drive)--
1 FOUND ROOSTING AT MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK
>
>*N. Saw-whet owl (ditto)-NONE
>
>*Short-eared owl (habitat at Maumee Bay State Park no
>longer good for this species--too brushy;still
>possible near the base of the sledding hill; other
>possibilities? I have no idea--maybe some fields
>between Williston and Genoa)--NONE FOUND
>
>*Kingfisher--could be tricky with little open water;
>Warm water outflow at Bayshore may be most likely if
>everything else is frozen.--BAYSHORE POWER PLANT
>
>*Sapsucker--Uncommon at best in the winter months.
>Pine groves at Woodlawn cemetery and Ottawa Park are
>best bets.--NONE FOUND
>
>*N. shrike-Very poor showing so far this year; Maumee
>Bay State park, Mallard club seem like best bets.
>Pockets of habitat virtually anywhere within the count
>circle could hold one.--NONE FOUND
>
>*Red-breasted nuthatch- Unreported this fall. See
>sapsucker for best locations.--NONE FOUND
>
>*Winter wren- Likes to be near puddles or pools of
>open water under heavy brush. Used to be fairly
>reliable in this type of habitat at end of Shoreland
>drive in Point place/Lost Peninsula MI. Missed last
>year.--LITTLE CEDAR POINT
>
>*Eastern bluebird-- Cold temps, and new count circle
>will make this one tough to come by. Maybe Pearson
>metropark?--NONE FOUND
>
>*Hermit thrush- 1 seen at main Spruce grove at Pearson
>on Dec 9.--NONE FOUND
>
>*Northern mockingbird- 3 seen on last year's count was
>quite high. Uncommon, but maybe increasing in
>numbers. Unfortunately, not reliable in any 1
>location within count circle right now. Good bets are
>Maumee Bay State Park (esp. campground area), Millard
>street in East Toledo between Front and Otter Creek,
>the area around Wales rd and E. Broadway in Northwood
>(near the Waste Management facilities, and other,
>unexplored southern sections of the circle--south of
>Walbridge/Moline)--1 AT WALES/EAST BROADAY
>
>*Cedar Waxwing--Erratic and unreliable; fruiting trees
>along Summit street in Downtown Toledo, Pearson
>metropark seem like as good as anywhere.--DECENT NUMBERS
>
>*Yellow-rumped warbler--likes creek
>valleys;unfortunatley, there are no longer big wooded
>creek valleys in the circle, save for Ottawa Park.
>Also Pearson metropark, and woods just north of Toledo
>Coast Guard station along Summit street in Point Place.--PEARSON METROPARK
>
>*Field sparrow- Lurking in brushy fields
>somewhere;Maumee Bay State Park seems reasonable,
>other undiscovered pockets of habitat.

LITTLE CEDAR POINT, MBSP

>
>*White-throated sparrow- See Field sparrow; check
>Window on Wildlife at Pearson and MBSP as well;
>perhaps hanging out at someone's feeders at their home.

-GOOD NUMBERS
>
>*White-crowned sparrow-ditto

--A FEW IN WOOD COUNTY AND NEAR MBSP
>
>*Swamp sparrow- Once January hits, they can be
>extremely difficult to locate. The January-like temps
>have me concerned, although several were seen last
>weekend along the lakeshore. Best bet-cattails along
>boardwalk at MBSP, as well as Mallard Club Marsh.

-LITTLE CEDAR POINT, MBSP


>
>*Lapland longspur- Certainly in agricultural fields in
>southern part of count circle. Try roads that are
>offshoots of route 795 from Moline to the small hamlet
>of Martin.--SOME FLYOVERS
>
>*Snow bunting-ditto. Also the beach at Maumee Bay
>State Park--SOME FLYOVERS
>
>*Eastern meadowlark- Will be a real tough one
>considering the cold temps. Maumee Bay State park the
>most likely location.--NONE
>
>*Yellow-headed blackbird- A rare bird any time of
>year, but a handful winter in the area. Check fields
>and feeders in Oregon, south of Maumee Bay State park.
> Check large blackbird flocks carefully.--NONE
>
>* Brewers blackbird--ditto--NONE
>
>* Rusty blackbird- Around, but you have to stumble
>onto them. Same strategy as the other blackbirds.--1 AT LITTLE CEDAR POINT
>
>* Purple finch- Extremely scarce this year. Best
>places probably a feeder somewhere, or Ottawa park, or
>Woodlawn cemetery.--NONE

>
>* Crossbills- Good luck; Non-existent in Ohio this
>year, and even places far to the north. Woodlwan
>cemetery is the historical spot.--NONE
>
>* Common redpoll- Again, non-existent this year.
>Maumee Bay State park seems most likely.--NONE
>
>* Pine siskin- the most likely of the finches, but
>nary a report this fall. We'll be lucky to find any.
>Pines in Woodlawn the best bet.--NONE
>
>*Evening grosbeak- I may as well type Pine grosbeak
>here; that is, absent from the Toledo count for some
>time. In this non-invasion year, we'd have to get
>extremely lucky. Best bets (if you could call them
>that): Maumee Bay state park as flyovers, the creek
>valley at Ottawa park along the golf course.--NONE
>
>There are other birds like Killdeer and Snipe that
>seem extremely unlikely due to the weather. An adult
>Northern goshawk was seen SW of the count circle the
>other day---that one is remotely possible somewhere.
>Snowy owl is probably around somewhere.--NONE OF THE ABOVE
>
>My fantasy bird for Sunday? Northern gannet. There
>has been a major invasion of this seabird into the
>lower Great Lakes this early winter. Wouldn't THAT be
>a great CBC bird?? YES, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE


--GReg

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