Recently reported on the Ohio ebird alert email along the Great Miami River (GMR) in Dayton, Ohio were Great and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Glaucous, Iceland and Thayer's Gulls. Although I did not find all of the desired species, I think I did find the Great Black-backed Gull. Could this be it here?
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| Probable Great Black-backed Gull (2nd year?). |
I found hundreds, if not thousands, of gulls along Carillon Blvd. containing about 95% Ring-billed and 5% Herring Gulls, but was unable to locate any of the other recently reported rarities.
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| UD Arena in the background. |
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| First year Ring-billed Gull in flight. |
While I was scanning through the gulls, I heard some honking, looked up, and then this happened!
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| And they just kept coming... |
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| Coming in for a landing. |
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Some geese have landed. Not finding any Cackling. The water behind the gulls held 10 Hooded Mergansers and a few Mallards.
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Although I did not find any Cackling among these throngs of Canadas (due to a lack of time, I had to drive home to Cincinnati), I did find what appear to be Lesser Canada Geese (
B.c. parvipes). The photos are somewhat blurry but may be diagnostic.
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| Probable B.c. parvipes in middle. |
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| Probable B.c. parvipes second from left in middle row. |
A link to the ebird checklist with my best estimates can be found at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21374057.
This visit is a result of dipping again on a recently reported Eastern Screech-Owl at Eastwood Lake Metropark.
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