Retracing the Steps: December 2019

Thursday, December 5, 2019

#621 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in OH-IO!!

R.A.M.

Where is it?!?!

It pays to bird your local state often. Now that it is fall migration, you never know what is going to show up. Day to Day, it can always change. But thanks to the wonderful birders of Ohio, and the technology we have today, the gap is closing. I could be sitting here today writing this blog, and tomorrow morning, off driving someplace to see something new. And with that . . here is how late Octobers usually go in Ohio.

Sparrow season! Looking for Nelson's again(always a great year bird), and possible LeContes'(still a need for life bird). So on Saturday October 19th I saw the Nelsons at Battelle Darby MP. Yea!! Then later in the day, a great local birder reported a Rare Asian Migrant(R.A.M.) at KillDeer WA in Wyondot county. So Sunday morning by 10:30am . . .

Been here many times

Sharp-tailed piper

With Killdeer to right

#621 surrounded in confetti

This Asian shorebird is related to our Pectoral Sandpiper, and like that species is it a long-distance migrant, traveling from Siberia to Australia and New Zealand. A few reach North America every year, mostly fall migrants in Alaska and the Pacific northwest; a casual stray in other areas, rare in spring. Very rare in Ohio, maybe first time ever? Good news, the bird stayed for 12 days, so everyone in the state got to share the experience.

Distinct cap present in all plumages: vivid chestnut in breeding adult and juvenile, duller brown in non-breeding adult.

Gambill Family history:
Red & Louise: 1984, Attu Island, AK, life bird #694; & again in 92 94 97 02'
Buddy Gambill: 5/26/1980, Attu Island, AK, life bird

Next up: Ohio birds & Christmas in Florida!!

ABA Life List

#500--Wandering Tattler 11/29/91 CA
#507--BlackVentedOriole3/7/11 TX Code5
#508--Spotted Towhee 3/3/12
#509--Trumpter Swan 3/10/12 OH
#510--Crissal Thrasher 3/24/12 NV
#511--Brandt 3/31/12 DE
#512--Bells Vireo 6/8/12 OH
#513--Glaucous-winged Gull 8/25/12 WA
#514--Buff Breasted Sandpiper 9/7/12 OH
#515--Red Necked Grebe 11/1/12 OH
#516--White-WingedCrossbill11/28/12OH
#517--Harris Sparrow 1/5/13 OH
#518--Lapland Longspur 1/26/13 OH
#519--Cackling Goose 2/7/13 OH
#520--Crimson-Collared Grosebeak 3/1/13 TX Code4
#521--Flammulated Owl 3/1/13
#522--Red-Naped Sapsucker 3/3/13
#523--Yellow-headed Blackbird 3/4/13
#524--Black-throated Blue Warbler 5/12/13 OH
#525--Red Phalarope 5/15/13 OH
#526--Yellow-footed Gull 8/24/13 CA
#527--Brewer's Sparrow 8/26/13 NV
#528--Aberts Towhee 8/26/13
#529--Hermit Warbler 8/26/13
#530--Chestnut-Backed Chickadee 9/27/13 WA
#531--Long-tailed Duck 11/3/13 OH
#532--Glaucous Gull 12/28/13 OH
#533--Nanday Parakeet 3/25/14 FL
#534--Florida Scrub-Jay 3/25/14
#535--Purple Swamphen 3/28/14 FL
#536--White-Winged Parakeet 3/29/14 FL
#537--LaSagra'sFlycatcher3/29/14Code3
#538--Spot-Breasted Oriole 3/30/14 FL
#539--Olive-Sided Flycatcher 5/13/14 OH
#540--American Dipper 5/16/14 CO
#541--Lazuli Bunting
#542--Bullocks Oriole
#543--Black-Billed Magpie
#544--Mountain BlueBird
#545--GunnisonSage-Grouse5/17/14CO
#546--White-Tailed Ptarmigan
#547--Townsends Solitare
#548--Plumbeous Vireo 5/18/14 CO
#549--Common Poorwill
#550--Cordilleran Flycatcher
#551--McCowns LongSpur
#552--Eurasian Tree Sparrow 6/21/14 MO
#553--Sedge Wren 8/6/14 OH
#554--Egyptian Goose 3/28/14 FL
#555--Gray Flycatcher 9/2/14 NV
#556--Northern Wheater 9/12/14 OH
#557--Rhinoceros Auklet 10/17/14 WA
#558--Pacific Wren 10/18/14
#559--Harlequin Duck 10/18/14
#560--Pigeon Guillemont 10/19/14
#561--Common RedPoll 12/28/14 OH
#562--Red-Crowned Parrot 2/24/15 TX
#563--Tropical Parula 2/27/15Code3
#564--Aplomado Falcon 3/4/15Code3
#565--Common Eider 8/10/15 ME
#566--Nelson's Sparrow
#567--Black Guillemot
#568--Ruffed Grouse 8/11/15
#569--Artic Tern
#570--Atlantic Puffin
#571--Clark's Nutcracker 9/10/15 NV
#572--Varied Thrush 10/24/15 WA
#573--Brambling 12/31/15 OH Code3
#574--Black-headed Gull Code3
#575--Prairie Falcon 3/17/16 TX
#576--Snowy Plover
#577--Ferrug.Pygmy-Owl 3/18/16Code3
#578--Sprague's Pipit
#579--Lucy's Warbler 3/20/16 NV
#580--Rosy-faced Lovebird 4/29/16 AZ
#581--Gila Woodpecker
#582--Mexican Whip00rwill
#583--Cassin's Vireo 4/30/16
#584--Gilded Flicker 5/1/16
#585--Red-faced Warbler
#586--CurlewSandpiper5/12/16OHCode3
#587--Redbreasted Sapsucker4/21/17 WA
#588--Barrow's Goldeneye
#589--Marbled Murrlet 4/24/17
#590--Yellow-billed Magpie 8/11/17 CA
#591--Elegant Tern 8/12/17
#592--Sooty Shearwater
#593--Pink-footed Shearwater
#594--Cassin's Auklet
#595--Buller's Shearwater
#596--Black-footed Albatross
#597--Tufted Puffin
#598--Ashy Storm-Petrel
#599--Northern Fulmer
#600--California Quail 8/13/17
#601--Ridgeway Rail
#602--Western Screech-Owl
#603--Long-tailed Jaeger 9/4/17 OH
#604--Calliope Hummingbird 11/1/17 OH
#605--Iceland Gull 1/7/18 OH
#606--Sagebrush Sparrow 3/12/18 NV
#607--LeConte's Thrasher

#608--Sage Thrasher 3/13/18 NV

#609--Northwest Crow 8/10/18 WA

#610--Vaux's Swift 8/12/18

#611--California Scrub-Jay

#612--Sharp-tailed Grouse 1/26/19 MN

#613--Pine Grosbeak

#614--Northern Hawk Owl

#615--Canada Jay

#616--Boreal Chickadee

#617--Black-Chinned Sparrow 4/25/19 AZ

#618--Grey Vireo

#619--Ruddy Ground Dove 4/26/19 AZ Code3

#620--Swainson's Warbler 5/19/19 OH
#621--Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 10/20/19 OH Code3

#622--Lewis Woodpecker 1/31/20 CA

#623--Common Black Hawk 2/27/20 TX

#624--Brown Booby 8/26/20 OH

#625--Parasitic Jaeger 10/6/20 OH

#626--LeConte's Sparrow 10/24/20 OH

#627--Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 4/23/21 CO

#628--Greater Sage-Grouse 4/24/21 CO

#629--Smith's Longspur 4/28/21 OH

#630--Mottled Owl 3/2/24 TX Code 5

#631--Roadside Hawk 3/3/24 Code 4

#632--Gray-collard Becard Code 5

#633--MacGillivray's Warbler 9/2/24 NV

Thursday, December 5, 2019

#621 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in OH-IO!!

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