EASTERN HIGHLANDS & UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY 
This adult White-faced Ibis at Ottawa National Wildlife 
Refuge, Ottawa County, Ohio 30 June 2009 was also present 
the following day. Photograph by Gabe Leidy. 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's fifth Wiilet (all records 
since 2004) appeared at Bald Knob 23-26 (here 25) July 
2009 and was the first to appear in the county away from 
its famous three rivers. Photograph by Geoff Malosh. 
Ohio, a single Barn Owl was in Brown through- 
out the period Qohn Troyer, Jr.). An indication 
of the success of placing nesting boxes in suit- 
able habitat in Pennsylvania was the 75 Barn 
Owl nestlings banded at 19 sites in Dauphin, 
Lancaster, Berks, York, and Lebanon (fide D. 
Mummert). A Long-eared Owl was observed in 
Ashtabula, OH 1 Jul (LGo, TM, CH; v.r.). Two 
separate Northern Saw-whet Owls remained in 
suitable breeding habitat in Lake, OH from May 
through 11 & 19 Jun, respectively QP)- The 
Chuck-will’s-widow reported in May in Bucks, 
PA remained through at least 6 Jun (fide AM). 
A Whip-poor-will in Bucks, PA 3 Jun (D. Long) 
was rare for that locale. Hess reports that recent 
Breeding Bird Atlas data from sw. Pennsylvania, 
“confirms the severe decline of Common 
Nighthawk during the 20 years since the first 
atlas.” In Northampton, PA, one or 2 returned to 
a barren mountainside that had been denuded 
by a zinc operation (RW), and at P.l.S.R, a pair 
These six young Barn Owls in a nest box in Rehresburg, Berks County were among 
some 75 nestling Barn Owls banded in five counties in south-central Pennsylvania 
during 2009, the result of a successful nest box program (here 29 June 2009). 
Photograph by Rick Wiltraut. 
nested on a “large grassy sand 
plain” (D. Snyder). A female 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was 
observed w. to Lorain, OH 6 Jul 
(H. Spencer). Unusual for mid- 
summer was an ad. male Ru- 
fous Hummingbird described 
near Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 
5-19 Jul (fide R. Protz). 
A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 
was seen in Clarion, PA 21 Jun 
by an observer familiar with 
the species (S. Collins). Late 
Ohio Olive-sided Flycatchers 
lingered in Cuyahoga 14 Jun 
(B. Tacon), Lucas 10 Jun (M. 
Anderson), and Tuscarawas 13 
Jun (Leroy Schlabach). Late 
Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were at Magee 7 Jun 
(CS) and in Lake, OH 8 Jun (JP). A territorial 
Alder Flycatcher continued through 8 Jul in 
Logan, OH (TSh), and counter-singing males 
were detected in Coshocton, OH 22 Jun (AB). 
Alder Flycatchers continue as breeders at Clear 
Creek Metro Park, Hocking, OH, where a pair 
was observed 5 Jun (CM). Least Flycatchers in 
s. Ohio were in Montgomery 9 Jun (E. 
Neubauer) and in Pickaway 12 Jun (CM). A 
Bell’s Vireo returned to a Franklin, OH location 
through 16 Jun Q- Lehman). In sw. Ohio, a 
pair was present in Hamilton through 2 Jul (B. 
Wulker); nesting confirmation came from 
Montgomery 3 Jul (RA,J. Habig); and a singing 
bird was in Clark 19 Jul (DO). A Blue-headed 
Vireo was on territory throughout the period 
in Coshocton, OH (Adam Yoder). The only 
Loggerhead Shrike was reported from Jefferson, 
WV24Jul (R. Hilton). 
Common Ravens continue to crop up in e.- 
cen. Ohio, where 4 were seen within Harrison 
strip mine lands 28 Jun (RSW). Singles were 
observed in Noble 1 Jun (B. Morrison, K. 
Miller) and in adjacent Marshall, WV 19 Jun 
(TBr). In e. Pennsylvania, Common Ravens 
have expanded their range s. of the Kittatinny 
Ridge. Adults with young were noted in 
Northampton (RW) and Bucks (fide AM). In sw. 
Pennsylvania, a family group at Woods Run, 
Pittsburgh in Jul furnished a 2nd breeding 
record for Allegheny (A. Berchin). A notewor- 
thy Red-breasted Nuthatch was calling in Per- 
ry, OH 16 Jun (EH), and a lingering bird was 
at Tyler Arboretum, Delaware, PA 17 Jun (T. 
Reeves). A territorial Brown Creeper in Musk- 
ingum, OH was a good find 29 Jun (DSr, AB), 
and a family party in Lucas 24 Jul (MSh) was 
noteworthy for nw. Ohio. Unusual was a stray 
Winter Wren in Hancock, OH 21 Jun (RSs), 
while a territorial bird in Wayne, OH 6-14 Jun 
(W. Brubaker) was in suitable breeding habitat. 
A Winter Wren at Hay Creek, Berks, PA 6 Jun 
was late (K. Lebo). Ohio Sedge Wrens were 
confirmed nesting 4 Jul in Union (N. Nye), and 
territorial birds of note were in Butler 25 Jul (S. 
Fitton) and Lawrence 24 Jul (]. Friggens). At 
least 8 Marsh Wrens were in a Hardin, OH wet- 
land 13 & 18 Jul (RC). Multiple pairs nesting 
in Muskingum, OH 24 Jun (AB) and in 
Cuenisey, OH 28 Jun (S. Pendleton) represent 
the southernmost found in the current atlas ef- 
fort. An excellent count of 24 Marsh Wrens 
came from John Heinz N.W.R., Delaware, PA 9 
Jun (B. Byrnes). A single Colden-crowned 
Eurasian Collared-Doves have frequented Holmes County, 
Ohio over the past few years, and the species was finally 
cotifirmed nesting in the state in June (here 27 June) 2009. 
Photograph by Gabe Leidy. 
Kinglet was in Lorain, OH 2 Jul (fide B.R.A.). A 
lingering Ruby-crowned Kinglet was in Penn 
Forest Township, Carbon, PA 7 Jun (ph. DF). A 
Veery at a preserve in Darke, OH 30 Jun (R. 
Clifford) was a good find. A territorial Hermit 
Thrush in Hanison, OH 25 Jun (EH) was well 
away from known populations. 
Cuyahoga Valley N.R, Cuyahoga, OH seems 
to be the only reliable location in the state to 
find Golden-winged Warbler during the sum- 
mer period; one was seen there 6 Jun (RSH). 
A late Tennessee Warbler was at Ottawa 7 Jun 
(fide A. Bartley). Exceptional for Ohio, an ad. 
Nashville Warbler was observed attending to 
2 fledglings 13 Jul in Lake QP)- A late tran- 
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