The new county park on the west side of Chippewa Lake in Medina County
(Krabill Shelter) has an interesting mix of birds and habitat (lake, fields,
and woods). This is one of the public places where you can walk to the lake
shore to see what is on Chippewa Lake. The nice surprise has been the
variety of birds attracted to the small woodlot on the park property. Today
we found an Orange-crowned Warbler, foraging right along with many Cedar
Waxwings. The skies all around the lake were filled with Chimney Swifts.
There were Eastern Meadowlarks in the hayfield on the property. Three hawks
passed over head.

We are enjoying regular visits to this birding spot near our home!

Ken Ostermiller
Westfield Center, Ohio 

Location:     Chippewa Lake--Krabill Shelter
Observation date:     9/25/10
Number of species:     24

Canada Goose     6
Wood Duck     3
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     2
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     2
Ring-billed Gull     400
Mourning Dove     5
Chimney Swift     500
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     10
Tree Swallow     10
Barn Swallow     15
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     8
Gray Catbird     2
European Starling     25
Cedar Waxwing     40
Orange-crowned Warbler     1
Eastern Meadowlark     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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