August Summary

 

August Summary

August was a busy month for us with travel and family visits and our birding time was somewhat limited.  We were able to find four new species that were all considered to be either scarce or rare in Ohio.  My favorite birds were the beautiful Swallow-tailed Kite which was an Ohio life bird and the incredible views we got of the King Rail.

As summer winds down, it is time to reflect on the first two thirds of our Birding Big Year.  With four new species this month our total for the year is 290.  We are currently in second place, two behind the leader (who was last year’s winner).  I guess it is time to reveal our goal for the year which is 300 species.  This has been our goal, our benchmark since January 1st but we didn’t know if it would be possible.  Even though we still have four months left, we are still not sure we can do it. 

We missed a couple of birds (a Ruff and a Laughing Gull), but we were fortunate to see four new birds this month.  Going forward, most of the birds we will see will probably be unusual or rare since we have seen most of the common birds.  We’ll hope for some new birds to turn up this Fall.

Birds seen in August:

King Rail (scarce)

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (rare)

Swallow-tailed Kite (very rare)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (rare)

 

Comments

  1. SharonAugust 31, 2022 at 9:31 PM

    Fantastic, simply fantastic!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2022 at 1:39 PM

    So fun!! Love hearing about your adventures!!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2022 at 3:29 PM

    Fall migration is coming up. You'll get your birds not to mention the turkey in November.

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