Date: 8/20/26 6:08 am From: <mmvalencic...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Chagrin River Bird Quest Sept 11 - 12, 2026
Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland invites you to participate in the 12th annual Chagrin River Bird Quest starting at 4pm Friday September 11 and concluding with a celebration starting 4pm September 12. This FREE 24-hour team birding challenge is open to families, friends, and co-workers with all levels of birding knowledge and experience. We will be headquartered at The West Woods Nature Center, 9465 Kinsman Road (Rt. 87). You can register your team using this link Chagrin River Bird Quest 2026 <https://clevelandaudubon.org/chagrin-river-bird-quest-2026/> - Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland. And there is a FREE Bird Quest T-shirt to the first 100 people checking in from 4pm - 6pm at The West Woods Nature Center.
If you are new to birding, we have a FREE introduction to birding workshop on Saturday August 29th from 9am - noon at the Audubon Novak Sanctuary Education Center in Aurora, OH. Please register using the link above. Registration for the workshop is separate from team registration.
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Date: 8/17/26 2:15 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Nothing new! There’s only one spot now
For shorebirds here - Motz turf. All this
Rain has a low lying area flooded. Yea!
The way this weather is going the great
Miami might never be really low enough
Consistently for shorebirds. This is killing me…. Oh well!
My goal is lowered to 220. I am missing too Much and running out of time. In fact I am probably not available for much
Birding now until Sat. Not even sure
I will have time to chase if something
Needed shows up!
The ode show has been great! Striped
Saddlebag!
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 8/9/26 2:49 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year
Stuck on 210! I was ready to ditch my goal of 225. Missing too much! And not having
Success here finding stuff! But checked my records - a lot of my tern sightings are
Mid august and sept. Still time! My one and only stilt sandpiper for the county though
Was late July…… and missed today! A friend had a small shorebird flock at lost bridge.
It’s moving around too much….. I could not relocate. I should probably hit tomorrow
And see if I can find the flock. But I need a break from Hamilton! I was going to chase
The summit swallow tailed kite! But 3 1/2 hours one way…… I’ll wait! Chase another….
I will either hit Kentucky spots. Or Rocky fork state park in highland county. I am told
The lake is drawn down down for dam repairs. Ooohhh. Shorebirds!
When I was planning my Hamilton big year, I banked on shorebirds at the river in the
Summer. Never did I imagine we would have the wettest summer I have experienced
Here! The great Miami is too high! Sigh……
Oh well.
Good birding all.
Sandra Keller
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Date: 8/8/26 7:18 am From: Kathy Edwards <kathye198...> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Hoover reservoir Area N, Willet
Awesome sitings!
On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, 7:59 PM Bob McNulty <
<0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> I saw a willet had been reported on E-bird for the last couple of days, so
> I went up to see it.
> From the abandoned road converted to a path, I got within 50 feet of the
> Willet as it foraged on mud flats east of the path.
> It then moved to the west side of the path and foraged in the shallow
> water.
> Osprey
> Black vultures
> Turkey vultures
> Great blue herons
> Great egrets
> Spotted sandpiper
> Killdeer
> Mallard
> Gadwall
>
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Date: 8/8/26 7:03 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census 08/2026
AUGUST 07, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Merriman Valley north to Red Lock Trailhead with a stop at Szalay's Farm & Market for lunch and Trail Mix in Boston for cold drinks. TIME: 6:30am - 5:00pm TIME AFIELD: 10:30 TEMP.: 69F ~ 83F ~ 82F COND.: Overcast with a thunderstorm at start, turning heavy to where we had to take shelter under the the sewer line tunnel at the Smith Rd. roundabout; rain easing up but still steady to the Akron Compost Facility; rain turning lighter all the way to Ira Rd. - rain finally ending at 9:10am; turning partly sunny and humid, then cloudy and warmer; a brief sprinkle from 12:40pm - 12:50pm; cloudy, warm and humid for rest of the census with slight (none too frequent) breezes from the north. TRAIL COND.: Wet, puddled, and soupy from the rain, rutted in the softer sections from bike traffic. RIVER COND.: Like a river of chocolate milk - high, swift and muddy from the rain - few rockbars or sandbars. FT. MI.: 14.30 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES, 32 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 8 (1 bunny) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 14 3. Woodchuck - 2 4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 5. Red Squirrel - 4 6. Common Muskrat - 1 (kit) (Fourth August Record on Census) 7. Coyote - 1 (Second August Record on Census) 8. Common Raccoon - 1 (Second August Record on Census)
II. BIRDS: 56 SPECIES, (AVG.: 62.1), 489 TOTAL (AVG.: 839.6). *(Lowest total birds for August to date - was 507 in 2020)* (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
??. Unidentified Passerines - 6 (four being distant swallows)
III. REPTILES: 5 SPECIES, 162 TOTAL.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 12 (two young ones saved from being flattened on the trail) 2. Red-eared Turtle - 4 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 138 4. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 6 5. Eastern Garter Snake - 2 (one trying to consume an American Toad - Fifth August Record on Census)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 19 TOTAL.
1. American Toad - 2 (one with one leg already down an Eastern Garter Snake's throat) 2. American Bullfrog - 3 (1 heard) 3. Green Frog - 14 (10 heard)
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES, 52 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 2 2. Golden Shiner - 37 (Fourth August Record on Census) 3. Bluntnose Minnow - 12 4. Bluegill - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 9 SPECIES, 60 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 16 2. Cabbage White - 13 3. Clouded Sulphur - 3 4. Summer Azure - 7 5. Pearl Crescent - 3 6. Monarch - 3 7. Silver-spotted Skipper - 4 8. Least Skipper - 6 9. Zabulon Skipper - 5 (Fourth August Record on Census)
VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 11 SPECIES, 46 TOTAL.
1. Drab Prominent - 1 (Second Record on Census, First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2025) 2. Shy Cosmet Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 65 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 3. Catalpa Sphinx - 3 (caterpillars only) (New Species on Census - currently at 66 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 4. Faint-spotted Palthis Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 67 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 5. Eastern Tent Caterpillar - 30 (caterpillars only) (New Species on Census - currently at 68 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 6. Buttonbush Owlet - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 69 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 7. Grayish Zanclognatha - 1 (Second Record on Census & First August Record on Census) 8. Hickory Tussock Moth - 1 (caterpillar only) (Second Record on Census, First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2023) 9. Sycamore Tussock Moth - 4 (caterpillars only) (Third Record on Census, Third August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 2 on 08/2025) 10. Walnut Caterpillar Moth - 2 (caterpillars only) (New Species on Census - currently at 70 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 11. Luna Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 71 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 9 SPECIES, 83 TOTAL.
1. Common Green Darner - 4 2. Eastern Pondhawk - 1 3. Slaty Skimmer - 2 4. Widow Skimmer - 3 5. Blue Dasher - 33 6. Ruby Meadowhawk - 2 (Fourth August Record on Census) 7. Ebony Jewelwing - 3 8. Blue-fronted Dancer - 9 9. Blue-tipped Dancer - 26
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Date: 8/3/26 4:59 pm From: Bob McNulty <0000066f33ed1548-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hoover reservoir Area N, Willet
I saw a willet had been reported on E-bird for the last couple of days, so I went up to see it.
From the abandoned road converted to a path, I got within 50 feet of the Willet as it foraged on mud flats east of the path.
It then moved to the west side of the path and foraged in the shallow water.
Osprey
Black vultures
Turkey vultures
Great blue herons
Great egrets
Spotted sandpiper
Killdeer
Mallard
Gadwall
Bob McNulty
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Date: 8/3/26 3:54 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
AUGUST 02, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTE: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies & Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon. TIME: 7:30am - 11:30am; 12:30pm - 3:10pm TIME AFIELD: 6:40 TEMP.: 69F ~ 71F COND.: Overcast with intermittent rain; winds from the N/NE - breezy all morning; skies turning dark and a heavy downpour from 10:40am - 11:30am; cloudy in the afternoon, turning overcast again with rain non-stop; winds from the north at 10-15mph; all water pushed up Crane Creek - all ditches, canals, mudflats flooded - no mudflats present anywhere; Lake Erie muddy and raging with whitecaps; rain finally ending at 2:30pm. OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Susan Brauning, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, David & Kim Myles, George Novosel, Holden Peller, Chris Pierce, Tracy Wiczer. OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta, Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES, 44 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
V. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES, 36 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Cabbage White - 26 2. Clouded Sulphur - 1 3. Red Admiral - 1 4. Viceroy - 2 5. Monarch - 5 6. Least Skipper - 1
VI. MOTHS / CATERPILLARS: 6 SPECIES, 32 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Forage Looper Moth - 3 (Fourth August Record on Census) 2. Milkweed Tussock Moth - 16 (caterpillars) (Fourth August Record on Census) 3. Carrot Seed Moth - 3 (at Henry Marsh - Fourth Record on Census, Third August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 08/2023, 07/2024 & 08/2025) 4. Sod Webworm Moth - 5 (at Grimm Prairie - Fourth Record on Census, First August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 4 on 09/2024 & 09/2025) 5. Lucerne Moth - 3 (at Henry Marsh - New Species on Census - currently at 29 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002) 6. Elegant Grass-veneer Moth - 2 (at Henry Marsh - New Species on Census - currently at 30 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002)
VII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 1 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)
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Date: 8/1/26 10:14 am From: Canterbury, Ronald (canterrd) <00000951b275ca19-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Call for data for Ohio Cardinal Summer 2026
Dear Birders,
As summer is nearing the end and fall is gradually upon us, it is a good time to look for migrating shorebirds. The warblers will be coming soon. Just a few days ago I banded a Blue-winged Warbler in heavy molt. It is also time to send me your summer 2026 data/sightings. Please send your June and July sightings to:
Ron Canterbury, 1585 Summit Hills Drive, Cincinnati OH, 45255 or <ron.canterbury...>
In addition to sightings, we welcome photos, anecdotes, book/e-media/app reviews, general interest articles, and research papers. If you enter your sightings into eBird, you do not need to send a report – we download all the entries directly from Cornell. Feel free, however, to expand on items in your eBird list in a separate note to me, because I can’t look at every note in eBird.
If you attach a file (Word, Excel, ASCII text, or similar) to an email, please include your name and the season in the file name and also within the file itself. Calling the file “smith-summer26” instead of “sightings” will save me time. And digital photo files, please; send prints only with prior approval. If you post photos to FaceBook, Flickr, or the like, you can send me links to them rather than the photo files themselves. Photos and links go to Photo Editor Tom Fishburn, <tom561tom...>
The deadline is August 21. Thank you in advance. Have a great fall season!
Here is also an update on the Cardinal: I just sent the Winter 2023-2024 issue to layout. I hope to see it published this month. We continue to look for assistant editors and additional help to help me catch-up the journal. It is beyond a massive undertaking for a single editor in its current format or at least with my full-time job (doing three full-time jobs actually: academics, research, and editor [is non-paid], and are by no means pleasant at times with all three combined). **Please do not abandon the OOS, I'm trying! The science is important to keep and birds need us as much as we need them! If questions, please feel free to email me off list: <ron.canterbury...>
Ohio Senate Bill 1 and federal mandates and laws, example Title II, aimed at academics got me further behind this past spring. Were out of my control!
Ron Canterbury
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The Ohio Ornithological Society
Ronald A. Canterbury
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Date: 7/29/26 4:06 pm From: Sandra Keller <000007a762f332b7-dmarc-request...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hamilton big year

Stuck on 210! Last bird was the gallinule. 6 weeks ago! I am awaiting shorebird variety
Down here. Hasn’t happened yet….. lost bridge - the river itself - looks perfect! Sandbars,
Low water levels. Hopefully variety soon! The bean field at Armleder looks very good too!
Sigh….. at least there’s odes to concentrate on in the July doldrums here! A red necked
Grebe showed up on the great Miami in Montgomery county. That was a fun chase! A July and county bird!
Good birding all. August is coming!
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Date: 7/25/26 5:00 am From: Margaret Frost <margaretfrost63...> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 16 Jul 2026 to 24 Jul 2026 (#2026-99)
Yayyy!!! One win for the good guys & Mother Nature..
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> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:07:51 -0400
> From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...>
> Subject: Lake Hope State Park-Boat Regulations
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> GREAT NEWS
> The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has decided to NOT allow
> motorized boats on Lake Hope -Electric Boats only
> I assume because of a Majority of comments they have decided NOT to
> change regulations
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Date: 7/24/26 4:08 am From: Bruce Simpson <nylebruce...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Hope State Park-Boat Regulations
GREAT NEWS
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has decided to NOT allow motorized boats on Lake Hope -Electric Boats only
I assume because of a Majority of comments they have decided NOT to change regulations
I would like to thank Everyone who commented on this issue so Lake Hope can remain the Park we all enjoy
Go Birds
Bruce
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