Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

It such a nice subject to shoot....thanks

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Not to start a debate, but the bird’s presence farther north is most likely due to warming trends observed in recent times.

Stan

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good series, Larry.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Thanks for the info.

aggiedad Loc: Corona, ca

Obviously, the limpkins are searching for the elusive smuckers.

LESTAHL Loc: Colorado

My NG -Field Guide to Birds of North America- says it is accidental in the north. The book was published in the last century, 1987. This kind of confirms the short visit you observed. Thanks for sharing, great series.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Larry, congratulations on your wonderful images. Was there a lot of interest from Birders? This is the sort of thing that brings birdwatchers in from hundreds of miles away? While I think that climate change is a problem we are facing, I do not think, as some others seem to believe, that the presence of a limkin in Ohio is necessarily evidence of that. Here in St Joseph, Missouri where I live, we have had a Black-Bellied Whistling Duck residing here on a small pond in the Youngdahl urban conservation area pretty much in the middle of the city. They are usually found much farther south along the gulf coast.

larryim Loc: Ohio

Had it remained in the area, I am sure hundreds would have come and from great distances. As it was perhaps 75 to a hundred birders did come to see it. The story is pretty interesting. The 11 year old son of a good friend of my daughter and son-in-law saw the bird by their pond. He didn’t know what it was, so he asked his 13 year old brother and they started looking through bird books. The older brother thought it might be a Limpkin and he asked his dad. The father said it looked like a Limpkin, but those don’t live in Ohio, so they contacted me to verify that it was indeed a Limpkin. I didn’t get there until 7:00 in the evening and once I saw that it was indeed a Limpkin, I asked my son to post it to the appropriate Facebook birding pages to get the word out and I contacted a couple of local birders as well. The 75-100 people showed up from about 7:30 to 9:00.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Very interesting, thanks for your response.