COMM0N BIRDS OF OHIO cd guidebook - Camp Joy

1 COMM0N BIRDS OF ohio c d g u i d e b o o kDIVISION OF WILDLIFETRACK #37 Like the purple martin, barn swallows are very much associated with humans. This bird is aptly named; they typically build their nests on support beams in barns, or under overhangs of sheds and other buildings. Barn swallows are unmistakable, with their very long forked tails and orangish underparts. They are quite vocal, emitting a continuous barrage of rapid twittering : Common : Open countryside, especially agricultural SPOTS: Easily found in suitable areas throughout ohio ; like other swallows, often queues up in large flocks in late summer. Barn Swallow Hirundo rusticaTRACK #38 AThis species is extremely similar to the Caro-lina chickadee, but is easily differentiated with practice by their vocalizations.

2 Black-cappeds occur north of the Carolina s range, and for the most part they don t overlap. The song of the black-capped chickadee is a two-parted whistled fee-bee, and their chik-a-dee-dee calls are much huskier and slower in tempo than the Carolina : Roughly the northern of ohio , from Mansfield : Similar to the Carolina SPOTS: Easily found in appropriate habitat; Killdeer Plains WA is a noteworthy site to observe chickadees, as both species have been reported there. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus27 photo by: Allen Claybon photo by: David Van Meter04 Birding Hot Spots06 Groups & Organizations08 Species Accounts60 Birding Fast FactsCommon NameDescriptionSpecies PhotoTrack Numbercorresponses with accompaying audio CDPhoto CreditFamily NameCOMMON BIRDS Of ohio TABLE OF CONTENTSHOW TO USE THIS BOOK COMMON BIRDS OF Oh IOBorror/oDoW bird SongSKnowing the sounds of our BIRDS is important to becoming a better birder, as many BIRDS are quite secretive and hard to see, but their calls are easily heard.

3 The birder with knowledge of songs and calls will find more BIRDS , in-cluding many that would otherwise go undetected. In some cases the best way to confirm identification is by the song or call. Finally, learning the sounds of ohio s songsters can greatly increase one s enjoyment of the natural CD contains 103 of ohio s most common breeding BIRDS that are found primarily in upland habitats. Most of these sounds were recorded in ohio , and each species includes songs and calls that are most typically heard. Habitat can be a clue to a bird s iden-tity, and many birders also use mne-monics memory devices to help learn and remember songs. Refer to the text in the booklet that accompanies this CD for helpful information regard-ing habitats and tips that might aid in learning these Spots: AbbreviationsMP = Metropark (county)NP = National ParkNWR = National Wildlife RefugeSF = State ForestSNP = State Nature PreserveSP = State ParkTNC = The Nature ConservancyWA = Wildlife AreaPage61 Contact Information62 Publication FundingQuick Info.

4 Range, Habitat, and Best Spots8 Ring-necked Pheasant8 Ruffed Grouse9 Wild Turkey9 Northern Bobwhite10 Red-tailed Hawk10 American Kestrel11 Killdeer11 Mourning Dove12 Black-billed Cuckoo12 Yellow-billed Cuckoo13 Eastern Screech-Owl13 Great Horned Owl14 Barred Owl14 Common Nighthawk15 Whip-poor-will15 Chimney Swift16 Ruby-throated Hummingbird16 Red-headed Woodpecker17 Red-bellied Woodpecker17 Downy Woodpecker18 Hairy Woodpecker18 Northern Flicker19 Pileated Woodpecker19 Eastern Wood-Pewee20 Acadian Flycatcher20 Willow Flycatcher21 Eastern Phoebe21 Great Crested Flycatcher22 Eastern Kingbird22 White-eyed Vireo23 Yellow-throated Vireo23 Blue-headed Vireo24 Red-eyed Vireo24 Warbling Vireo25 Blue Jay25 American Crow26 Horned Lark26

5 Purple Martin27 Barn Swallow27 Carolina Chickadee28 Black-capped Chickadee28 Tufted Titmouse29 White-breasted Nuthatch29 Carolina Wren30 house Wren30 Sedge Wren31 Marsh Wren31 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher32 Eastern Bluebird32 Veery33 Hermit Thrush33 Wood Thrush34 American Robin34 Gray Catbird35 Northern Mockingbird35 Brown Thrasher36 Cedar Waxwing36 Blue-winged Warbler37 Northern Parula37 Yellow Warbler38 Chestnut-sided Warbler38 Black-throated Green Warbler39 Yellow-throated Warbler39 Pine Warbler40 Prairie Warbler40 Cerulean Warbler41 Black-and-white Warbler41 American Redstart42 Prothonotary Warbler42 Worm-eating Warbler43 Ovenbird43 Louisiana Waterthrush44 Kentucky Warbler44 Common Yellowthroat45 Hooded Warbler45 Yellow-breasted Chat46 Summer Tanager46 Scarlet Tanager47 Eastern Towhee47 Chipping Sparrow48 Field Sparrow48 Vesper Sparrow49 Savannah Sparrow49 Grasshopper Sparrow50 Henslow s Sparrow50 Song Sparrow51 Swamp Sparrow51 Dark-eyed Junco52 Northern Cardinal52 Rose-breasted Grosbeak53 Blue Grosbeak53 Indigo Bunting54 Dickcissel54 Bobolink55 Red-winged Blackbird55 Eastern Meadowlark56 Common Grackle56 Brown-headed Cowbird57 Orchard Oriole57 Baltimore Oriole58 Purple Finch58 house Finch59 American Goldfinchon THE CoVEr: NORTHERN CARDINALSPECIES ACCOUNTSMAP COURTESY.

6 ODNR DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Lake La Su An WA2 Goll Woods SNP3 Maumee State Forest4 Oak Openings MP5 Maumee Bay SP6 Ottawa NWR7 Magee Marsh WA8 Resthaven Wildlife Area9 Mentor Headlands SNP10 Cuyahoga Valley NP11 Holden Arboretum12 Grand River WAOHIO BIRDING TRAILSA ppalachian Valley Birding Lake Erie Birding each species account in this booklet is a section titled Best Spots . The general statewide location of these sites is shown on the adjacent map. See page 6 for a listing of contact information for various agencies and organizations to learn KEYMP = MetroparkNER = National Esturarie ReserveNP = National ParkNWR = National Wildlife RefugeSF = State ForestSNP = State Nature PreserveSP = State ParkTNC = The Nature ConservancyWA = Wildlife AreaOHIO BIRDING HOT Quail Hollow State Park14 Tinkers Creek State Park15 Mohican State Forest16 Beaver Creek State Park17 Woodbury Wildlife Area18 Egypt Valley Wildlife Area19 The Wilds20 Tri-Valley Wildlife Area21 Hocking SF/SP (Conkle s Hollow SNP)

7 22 Clear Creek MP23 Waterloo Wildlife Area24 Tar Hollow State Forest25 Zaleski SF/Lake Hope SP26 Lake Katharine SNP27 Crown City Wildlife Area28 Shawnee State Forest29 Edge of Appalachia TNC 30 Tranquility Wildlife Area31 Indian Creek Wildlife Area32 Miami-Whitewater MP33 Hueston Woods State Park34 Paint Creek Wildlife Area35 Spring Valley Wildlife Area36 Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area37 Findley State Park38 Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area39 Killbuck Wildlife Area40 Big Island Wildlife Area41 Alum Creek State Park42 Blendon Woods MP43 Hoover Reservoir44 Green Lawn Cemetery45 Deer Creek Wildlife Area46 Davey Woods SNP47 Lawrence Woods SNP48 Mercer Wildlife AreaOHIO LAKE ERIE BIRDING TRAILMAP COURTESY: ODNR DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEYBIRDING GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONSOne of the best ways to get involved with birding is to join a group of like-minded people.

8 Fortunately, ohio has a number of active groups throughout the state that have many birders as members, and most of these organizations host field trips regularly. Listed below are the names and contact information for many of the state s birding AUDUBON SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND The Park Building 140 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114 216-861-5093 2 AUDUBON SOCIETY OF ohio 3398 West Galbraith Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45239 513-741-7926 ~audsocohio/ 3 AUDUBON SOCIETY/MAHONING VALLEY Box 3214 Youngstown, OH 44512 4 AUDUBON MIAMI VALLEY Box 556 Oxford, OH 45056 5 BLACKBROOK AUDUBON SOCIETY 7573 Dahlia Drive Mentor, OH 44060 440-255-0961 GLACIATEDUNGLACIATED6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe Borror Laboratory of Bioacous-tics (BLB) is a research and service unit of the department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at The ohio State University.

9 It is located in the OSU Museum of Biological BLB houses one of the largest collections of recorded animal sounds in the world. Founded by the late Dr. Donald Borror, Professor of Entomol-ogy and Zoology at The ohio State University, the collection contains over 34,000 recordings of over 1500 species of LABORATORY OF BIOACOUSTICSThe ohio State University 1315 Kinnear RoadColumbus, OH 43212-1192 614-292-2176 BLACK RIVER AUDUBON SOCIETY 304 West Ave Elyria, OH 44035 7 BLACK SWAMP AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 7086 Defiance, OH 43512 8 BLACK SWAMP bird OBSERVATORY Box 228 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-4070 9 CANTON AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 9586 Canton, OH 44711 330-832-2491 10 CINCINNATI bird CLUB 11 COLUMBUS AUDUBON Box 141350 Columbus, OH 43214 740-549-0333 12 DAYTON AUDUBON SOCIETY 1375 East Siebenthaler Ave Dayton.

10 OH 45414 937-293-4876 13 EAST CENTRAL AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 55 Granville, OH 43023 14 FIRELANDS AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 967 Sandusky, OH 44870 15 GREAT AKRON AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 80056 Akron, OH 44308 330-315-5213 ~ 16 GREATER MOHICAN AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 907 Ashland, OH 44805 17 KELLEYS ISLAND AUDUBON CLUB Box 42 Kelleys Island, OH 43438 18 KIRTLAND bird CLUB 19 ohio bird CONSERVATION INITIATIVE ohio bluebird SOCIETY PMB 111 343 West Milltown Rd. Wooster, OH 44691 21 ohio ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY Box 14051 Columbus, OH 43214 22 PRESIDENT R. B. HAYES AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 92 Fremont, OH 43420 23 SHAWNEE NATURE CLUB 4362 Swauger Valley Rd Portsmouth, ohio 45662 740-820-8382 24 TOLEDO NATURALISTS ASSOCIATION 25 TRI-MORAINE AUDUBON SOCIETY Box 5648 Lima, OH 45802 26 WESTERN CUYAHOGA AUDUBON SOCIETY 4310 Bush Avenue Cleveland, OH 44109 216-741-2352 #2 This spectacular Eurasian species was intro-duced into ohio in 1896, and is very popular with sportsmen.