EASTERN HIGHLANDS & UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY 
This White Ibis was found in an obscure wetland in Guernsey, 
Ohio 14-19 (here 14) July 2009. Whereas Plegadis ibis in the 
Ohio-West Virginia-Pennsylvania region tend to frequent 
man-made marshes, White Ibis are more often reported 
along rivers and in wooded wetlands in sparsely populated 
areas of the Alleghenys. Photograph by Renee Tressler. 
Richland, OH 15 Jun (CBl) and a high count 
of 16 for the interior in Knox, OH 31 Jul 
(GCo) were noteworthy. In Pennsylvania, 
nice counts of Caspian Terns included 6 at 
Blue Marsh L., Berks 11 Jul 0- Silagy), 5 at L. 
Ontelaunee, Berks 12 Jul (MW), and 7 at 
Peace Valley Park, Bucks 25 Jul (AM, JM). 
Two Arctic Terns were on the Susquehanna 
R. at Columbia, Lancaster, PA 2 Jun (D. We- 
ber). A Least Tern was at S.R.C.E 7 Jun (BS). 
Marsh bird surveys at Cedar Point N.W.R., 
Lucas, OH yielded a Black Tern nest 16 Jun 
(KW). Early fall migrants included 3 s. to 
Pickaway, OH 17 Jul (RTh), while one strayed 
to a farm pond in Holmes, OH 23 Jun (B. 
Click). A single Forster’s Tern in breeding 
plumage was in Columbiana, OH 21 Jun (RL); 
2 were in Portage, OH 26 Jun (GLy). 
DOVES THROUGH WARBLERS 
Ohio’s first confirmed breeding record for 
Eurasian Collared-Dove came from Logan 15 
Jun, when juv. birds were found in the vicinity 
where an ad. was previously observed carrying 
nesting material (TSh). A pair of Eurasian Col- 
lared-Doves was observed in Mercer, OH 14 Jun 
(TSh), where noted in recent years. In e.-cen. 
Ohio, multiple collared-doves were observed in 
Holmes and Tuscarawas throughout the period 
(fide ES). A White-winged Dove was seen in 
Hobnes, OH 25-26 Jun (A. Barkman, fide ES). 
At least 50 Barn Owl nests were recorded in 
their ne. Ohio stronghold around Holmes and 
vicinity this season (fide ES); scarcer in sw. 
White Ibis have become regular, albeit typically brief, summer visitors in many 
parts of the lower Midwest and intermontane East. This immature, one of two in 
West Virginia in summer 2009, appeared 19 July along the Buckhannon River in 
Upshur County. Photograph by WaltKordek. 
After a recent spate of records. White Ibis is no longer a review species in West 
Virginia! This immature was found along the Kanawha River in Kanawha County 
22 July 2009. Photograph by Steven Fox. 
24-28 Jul Qaiiies E Yoder, W. Brubaker). In 
Pennsylvania, single Willets were at Imperial, 
Allegheny 23-26 Jul (D. Wilton et al.). Fox 
Chapel, Allegheny 27 Jul (B. Shema), and 
PI.S.P 16 Jul, with 4 there 22 Jul QM)- Atlas- 
ing effort in Ohio turned up territorial Upland 
Sandpipers in Champaign 15-16 Jun (TSh, AB), 
Madison 21 Jun (DO), and Mercer 24 Jun (TK). 
Encouraging counts of this dwindling species 
came from Richland, OH, where 
up to 8 were reported through 
Jun (m.ob.); Harrison, OH also 
had reports of 4 birds in Jun 
(m.ob.). A Long-billed Curlew 
at P.I.S.P 26 Jul was well de- 
scribed by an observer familiar 
with the species (p.a., J. Hill). 
An early Whimbrel was in 
Ashtabula, OH 13 Jul (CH); lat- 
er Whimbrel records in Ohio 
came from Ashtabula 31 Jul 
(MV), Lorain 26 Jul (CP), and 
Ottawa 24 Jul (CC), and one 
was at PI.S.P. 31 Jul QM)- A 
Hudsonian Godwit was at 
S.R.C.E 29 Jul (CC, EW). Sin- 
gle Marbled Godwits were at 
Conneaut 21 Jul (CC) and Ot- 
tawa 26 Jul (fide C. Knoll). 
The 150 Lesser Yellowlegs 
brought down by a rainstorm in 
Mason, WV 29 Jul (W. Ar- 
gabrite, M. Griffith) was a 
healthy total. A late Ruddy 
Turnstone was in Ottawa, OH 
15 Jun (fide]. Witter). The 143 
Ruddy Turnstones over Peace 
Valley Park, Bucks, PA 1 Jun 
(DF) must have been stunning. 
Possibly breeding Wilson’s 
Snipe were reported from But- 
ler, OH 3 Jul 0- Hull), Paulding, 
OH 18 Jun (3 birds; DMD), and 
Mahoning, OH 21 Jun (fide 
WJo). A Wilson’s Snipe at Impe- 
rial Grasslands 2 Jul furnished 
only the 2nd summer record for 
Allegheny, PA (MV). A Wilson’s 
Phalarope showed up at a farm 
pond in Tuscarawas, OH 6 Jun 
(Jennifer & Christina Schla- 
bach), and 2 were in Sandusky, 
OH 21 Jul (GLy). A single fe- 
male Red-necked Phalarope 
was a surprise in Sandusky, OH 
1 Jun (RSW). 
A first-cycle Lesser Black- 
backed Gull was at Conneaut 
13 Jun (CH). Seven Great 
Black-backed Gulls was a good 
number at Conneaut 7 Jun 
(MV); 2 were at Headlands 27 Jun (CMc, 
m.ob.). In Pennsylvania, three nesting 
colonies of Herring Gulls in Allegheny held 86 
ads. and 5 young 27 Jun (MV). Lingering 
white-winged gulls in Bucks, PA included an 
Iceland Gull along the Delaware R. 6-12 Jun 
and a Glaucous at the Penn Warner Tract 12 
Jun (DF). Another Glaucous Gull was at 
P.I.S.P. 24 Jun (]. Dell). A late Caspian Tern in 
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