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Sightings 2006
Date: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Location: Larwenceburg Road @ Great Miami River
Reporter: Jeff Rowe
Other Birders: Donna Rowe
Two snow geese on the gravel pit with Canada Geese. One white phase and
one blue phase.
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Dave Lintz
300+ American Coots, 7 Hooded Merganser, 4 Canvasback, 25 Wood Duck, 40 Mallard,
3 Northern Shoveler, 1 Canada Goose, 3 Great Blue Heron, 25 Ring-billed Gull, 1
Carolina Wren, 7 Song Sparrow, 2 House Finch, 1 Carolina Chickadee.
Date:
Saturday,
November
18,
2006
Location:
The
Oxbow
&
Shawnee
Lookout
Reporter:
Jay
Stenger
Other
Birders:
Oxbow
Inc.
Field
Trip,
9
participants
Due
to
recent
rains,
the
roads
in
the
Oxbow
were
pretty
wet
and
muddy
and
the
Ohio
and
Great
Miami
River
are
on
the
rise
and
already
beginning
to
flood
the
lowest
areas.
So
we
all
agreed
it
was
best
not
to
attempt
to
drive
very
far
into
the
Oxbow
proper
but
rather
bird
various
areas
around
the
periphery.
While
we
had
pleasant
weather
and
company,
the
birding
was
for
the
most
part
slow
and
most
of
the
following
species
were
pretty
much
scattered
over
a
wide
number
of
locations.
Some
interesting
species
found
today
included;
Wood
Duck
4,
Gadwall
3,
Bufflehead
4,
Wild
Turkey
4,
Pied-billed
Grebe
6,
Great
Blue
Heron
7,
Turkey
Vultures
4,
Cooper’s
Hawk
1,
Red-tailed
Hawk
7,
Peregrine
Falcon
1
(at
the
Miami
Fort
plant),
American
Coot
210,
Ring-billed
Gull
2,
Belted
Kingfisher
3,
Horned
Lark
3,
Brown
Creeper
3,
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
5,
Eastern
Bluebird,
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
4
and
Swamp
Sparrow
3+.
We
also
saw
a
beaver
in
the
entrance
(cement
plant)
pond.
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Location: Oxbow, Lawrenceburg, IN
Reporter: Jon Seymour
Other Birders: Kani Meyer, Barry Dalton
300+ American Coot, 50 Mallard, 15 Wood Duck, 2 Horned Grebe, 1 Pied-billed
Grebe, 25 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Northern Shoveler, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 11
Killdeer, 3 Canada Goose, 5 Ring-billed Gull, 13 Great Blue Heron, 1
Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Northern Harrier, 4 Northern Cardinal, 25 Song Sparrow, 13
Carolina Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
Date:
Sunday,
November
5,
2006
Location:
Oxbow,
Lawrenceburg,
IN
Reporter:
Jon
Seymour
Other
Birders:
Kani
Meyer,
Denis
Conover
Had
a
great
first
hand
encounter
with
a
Least
Bittern
that
flushed
from
grass
10
feet
in
front
of
us
and
went
back
down
in
the
grass
25
feet
away
and
disappeared.
This
is
a
VERY
rare
sighting
for
the
Oxbow
since
we
lack
the
marsh
areas
that
the
bird
normally
habitats.
The
bird
was
in
a
tall
grass,
wet
prairie
restoration
north
of
Osprey
Lake.
This
is
only
the
third
sighting
I
could
find
record
of
for
the
Oxbow
area.
Also
the
sighting
is
later
than
any
sighting
I
found
in
Ned
Keller's
data
base.
The
bird
flew
well,
manuvered
in
the
air
well
and
otherwise
appeared
healthy
in
our
brief
encounter.
Other
sightings
in
the
Oxbow
this
afternoon
were
1
American
Bald
Eagle,
6+
Double-crested
Cormorants,
8
Ring-billed
Gull,
3
Turkey
Vulture,
1
Cooper's
Hawk,
6
American
Crow,
10+
Great
Blue
Heron,
3
Killdeer,
3
Hooded
Merganser,
25
Mallard,
2
Gadwall,
3
Pied-billed
Grebe,
3
Ring-necked
Duck,
15+
Wood
Duck,
35+
Canada
Goose,
2
Cardinal,
75
Brown-headed
Cowbirds,
10
American
Robin,
3
Carolina
Chickadee,
1
Carolina
Wren,
1
Belted
Kingfisher,
4
Song
Sparrow
Date:
Friday,
October
6,
2006
Location:
Oxbow
6-8
pm
Reporter:
Wayne
Wauligman
Other
Birders:
18
Oxbow
Hike
attendees
1
Northern
Harrier,
1
Red-tailed
Hawk,
1
diving
Osprey,
70
Double-crested
Cormorants,
15
Great
Egrets,
40
Great
Blue
Herons,
2
Black-crowned
Night
Herons,
3
Pied-billed
Grebes
(Juno
Pond),
2
Kingfishers,
6
Wood
Ducks,
2
Canada
Geese,
Mallards,
30
Black
Vultures
and
40
Turkey
Vultures
(over
the
Miami
Fort
smokestacks),
1
Golden-crowned
Kinglet,
6
Yellow-rumped
Warblers,
80
Red-winged
Blackbirds,
and
one
beaver.
Date:
Wednesday,
October
4,
2006
Location:
Oxbow,
Lawrenceburg,
IN
Reporter:
Jon
Seymour
Other
Birders:
Mack
Garden
Club
20
Great
Blue
Heron,
1
Great
Egret,
1
Black-crowned
Night
Heron,
1
Green
Heron,
17
Canada
Goose,
45
Double-crested
Cormorants,
5
Crows,
12
Turkey
Vultures,
1
Hairy
Woodpecker,
1
Eastern
Bluebird,
5
Yellow-rumped
Warblers,
2
Tennessee
Warblers,
1
Winter
Wren,
10
Carolina
Chickadee,
1
Eastern
Wood
Pewee,
2
Carolina
Wren,
50
Red-winged
Blackbirds,
2
Mourning
Dove,
2
Killdeer.
After
the
Garden
club
had
gone
home
I
sat
eating
lunch
on
the
benchs
at
the overlook.
I
was
rewarded
again
with
about
a
5
minute
long
sighting
of
4
otter
moving
across
Oxbow
Lake.
Date:
Tuesday,
October
3,
2006
Location:
Oxbow,
Lawrenceburg,
IN
Reporter:
Jon
Seymour
Other
Birders:
The
Symmes
Late
Bloomers
Garden
Club
45
Double-crested
Cormorants,
14
Great
Blue
Heron,
5
Great
Egrets,
14
Black
Vulture,
5
Turkey
Vulture,
2
Pied-billed
Grebe,
3
American
Crow,
35
Brown-headed
Cowbirds
Date:
Monday,
October
2,
2006
Location:
Oxbow,
Lawrenceburg,
IN
Reporter:
Jon
Seymour
Other
Birders:
none
40
Double-crested
Cormorants,
22
Great
Blue
Heron,
6
Great
Egret,
1
Black-crowned
Night
Heron,
1
Osprey,
1
Northern
Harrier,
1
Red-tailed
Hawk,
3
American
Crow,
3
Turkey
Vulture,
2
Lesser
Yellowlegs,
5
Killdeer,
1
Canada
Goose,
2
Palm
Warblers,
1
Yellow-rumped
warbler,
7
Carolina
Chickadee.
All
5
Otter
showed
up
in
Oxbow
Lake
again
and
were
visible
for
nearly
10
minutes.
I
took
photos
but
all
you
can
see
are
single
heads
that
are
not
well
defined.
I
will
keep
trying.
Date:
Wednesday,
September
27,
2006
Location:
Oxbow,
Lawrenceburg,
IN
Reporter:
Jon
Seymour
Other
Birders:
None
Short
visit
to
the
Oxbow
before
the
rains
closed
in
again.
31
Great
Blue
Heron,
8
Great
Egrets,
37
Double-crested
cormorants,
5
Wood
Duck,
4
Canada
Geese,
1
Turkey
Vulture,
2
Lesser
Yellowlegs,
and
1
Killdeer.
Date:
Sunday,
September
24,
2006
Location:
Oxbow,
Lawrenceburg,
IN
Reporter:
Jon
Seymour
Other
Birders:
Steve
Pelikan,
Kani
Meyer
Second
Day
of
the
Great
Outdoor
Weekend
dawned
clear
and
bright
but
the
forecast
still
kept
the
numbers
down.
We
had
a
muddy
walk
to
the
Oxbow
Lake
over
look
but
had
good
sightings,
10+
Great
Blue
Heron,
3
Great
Egret,
3
Black-crowned
Night
Heron,
1
Green
Heron,
4
Wood
Ducks,
35+
Double
Crested
Cormorants,
1
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak,
20+
Purple
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