ONTARIO 
Jennings, Carl & Becky Johnson, Joseph W. 
Johnson, Tom B. Johnson, Andrew Keaveney, 
Michael A. Kielb, Sheila King, Andrea L. 
Kingsley, Henry Kroes, Gordon J. Laird, Gene 
Lambert, John Lamey John G. Lemon, Gra- 
ham E. Leonard, Bruce Lewis, Christina A. 
Lewis, Christy MacDonald, Stuart A. 
Mackenzie, V Paul Mackenzie, Nicholas von 
Maltzahn, Blake A. Mann, Lou Marsh, Eric A. 
Martinez, Harold & Connie McCall, Ken 
Mcllwrick (KMI), Kevin A. McLaughlin, Lin- 
da McLearn (LML), R. Doug McRae, Erwin 
Meissner, Stephane Menu, David J. Milsom, 
Brian Moore, Joyce Morrell, Bruce D. Mur- 
phy, Peeter Musta, Tom Nash, Larry Neily 
Michael J. Nelson, Dana Ogglesby Ken Og- 
glesby David Okines, Ontbirds (Listserve of 
the Ontario Field Ornithologists), Matt Os- 
wald, Brad M. Ouellette, Karl R. Overman, 
Martin J. Parker, Jim M. Pawlicki, Donald E. 
Perks, Justin Peter, Gerard Phillips, Mike 
Pickup, Stephen T. Pike, Adam C. Pinch, 
Winnie Poon, Richard Pope (RPp), Betsy Pot- 
ter, Richard Poulin (RPl), Paul D. Pratt, Ray- 
field R. Pye, Alfred Raab, Peter A. Read, Mar- 
ianne B. Reid, Wayne Renaud, Alf H. Rider, 
Maureen Riggs, Bruce E. Ripley, Nancy Rob- 
son, A. K. Bud Rowe, Dan R. Salisbury, 
Jacques Savard, Tim A. Sebum, Brad Smith, 
Harold G. Smith, Roy B. H. Smith, Timothy 
Snieder, Robert Spahn, Dave Speer, R. Terry 
Sprague, Greg Stroud, J. Michael Tate, Bar- 
bara Taylor, Donald Taylor, Tom Thomas, 
Rod Thompson, Steve Thorpe, Mick A. 
Throssel, Ronald G. Tozer, Rohan van Twest, 
Christine Vance, Richard Waters, Bill Watson, 
Ronald D. Weir, Lori & William Wensley 
D.Y Chip Weseloh, Bob Wickett (BWi), Teri 
Winter, Ross W. Wood, John M. Woodcock, 
Maureen Woodcock, Irene Woods, Alan 
Wormington, Dave Worthington, Peter Yoerg, 
Kirk Zufelt, Hans van der Zweep. © 
Margaret). C. Bain, 219 Albert Street 
Cobourg, Ontario K9A 2R6, (mjcbain@sympatico.ca) 
Eastern Highlands & Upper Ohio River Valley 
Victor W. Fazio, III 
RickWiltraut 
I t was a cool and often blustery autumn 
with dry beginnings. The dryness was 
eased by an excess of precipitation in Sep- 
tember, partly courtesy of another hurricane 
season, one likely responsible for several va- 
grants. Neotropical songbird migration was 
poorly documented, with few concentrations 
drawing comment, yet many early and late 
dates were established. Waterfowl were unre- 
markable but for a curious early influx of div- 
ing ducks. Sentiment was mixed over the 
shorebird flight, as high water and plant suc- 
cession affected traditional sites on Lake Erie. 
Birders enjoyed a strong siskin flight, an 
above-average number of jaegers and Snowy 
Owls, and a movement of Franklin’s Gulls 
into the western portions of the Region remi- 
niscent of the 1998 invasion. A sprinkling of 
late-season songbirds rounded out the season 
at its close, with just a hint of the White- 
winged Crossbill drama to come. 
Abbreviations: Bellevue wetlands (flooded 
karst region of Sandusky/Seneca, OH); 
B.S.B.O. (Black Swamp B.O.); Buck Creek 
(Buck Creek S.R, Clark, OH); Caesar Creek 
(Caesar Creek S.R, WarrenIGreene, OH); Con- 
neaut (Conneaut Harbor and Marsh, Ashtabu- 
la, OH); Green Bottom (Green Bottom 
W.M.A., Mason/Cabell, WV); H.M.S. (Hawk 
Mountain Sanctuary, Berks, PA); Headlands 
(Headlands Beach S.R, Headlands State Na- 
ture Rreserve, and Mentor Marsh/Lagoons, 
Lake, OH); Hoover (Hoover Res., Delaware 
and Franklin, OH); O.S.U. (Ohio State Uni- 
versity); Ottawa (Ottawa N.W.R., Lucas/ 
Ottawa, OH); Rresque Isle (Rresque Isle S.R, 
Erie, RA); R.W.M.A. (Rymatuning W.M.A., 
Crawford, RA); Byrd Dam 
(Robert C. Byrd Lock & 
Dam, Mason, WV); 
S.R.C.E (Susquehanna R./ 
Conejohela Flats, Lancast- 
er, FA); Y.C.S.F. (Yellow 
Creek S.R, Indiana, RA). 
WATERFOWL 
THROUGH 
FRIGATEBIRD 
A Black-bellied Whistling- 
Duck was captured in a 
duck trap at R.W.M.A. 31 
Aug, the 5 th record for the 
state (ph. K. Jacobs). Sin- 
gle Greater White-fronted 
Geese were late arrivals in 
Mahoning, OH 19 Nov 
(CH), in Ross, OH 25 Nov 
(RF), and in Summit, OH 27 Nov (RTr). A 
flock of 7 was seen over Holmes, OH 27 Nov 
(ES). A wave of early Snow Geese in ne. Ohio 
left singles in Lorain 17 Sep (M. Sandy), at 
Conneaut 18 Sep (S. Isaaco), and in Portage 
21 Sep (GCu). The first w. flyway arrivals 
were reported 26 Oct in Hancock, OH, fol- 
lowed by a flock of 75 over Wood, OH 1 Nov 
(AS, BSs), contributing to a modest w. total of 
135 birds. Two were over Preston, WV 30 Oct 
(G. Felton). Single Ross’s Geese appeared 24 
Oct at RW.M.A., Coatsville Res., Chester, PA 
(L. Lewis), and L. Buckhorn, Holmes, OH 27- 
28 Nov, where seen to fly into Coshocton for a 
first county record Q- E- Yoder). The 3-5 
Cackling Geese at Acton L. Preble, OH 21-26 
Oct (D. Russell, ph. JL) were the first among 
25 in Ohio, led by a flock of 1 1 in Summit 27 
Nov (RTr). Eight Cackling Geese over Little 
Gap, Northampton, PA 17 Oct (RW) and 9 at 
Edinburg L., Lawrence, PA 22 Nov (MV, GM) 
were strong numbers for the e. highlands. The 
150 Brant past Bake Oven Knob, Lehigh 22 
Pennsylvania's third Brown Pelican, a juvenile, was found dead on 5 November 2008 at 
Raystown Lake, Huntingdon County; it that had been banded as a nestling in Maryland. 
Photograph by Bill Weaver. 
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