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| Date: | Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:24:43 -0700 |
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I went to Villa Angela/Wildwood State Parks on the east side of Cleveland on Lake Erie this afternoon from 5pm to 7:30pm. By then it was 45 degrees, 20 mph west winds. Seeing the same migrants since last visit 4/17. The terns were interesting and I saw the immature Black-crowned Night-Heron for the first time this year.
Caspian Terns - 10 (had orig seen four flyby at Villa Angela) when started to leave at 7:10 near Wildwood marina saw them again circling back again and again, at one point there were 10 over marina - kept flying west and coming back-don't normally see that many here
Red-breasted Mergansers 179 in marina
Long-tailed Duck 1 female still present
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorants - group of ~65 flew from SSW over creek towards lake and 24 flying west
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 immature (possibly two not sure) up in tall pine trees northwest end of Villa Angela my presence caused it to fly off but kept flying around trying to land elsewhere was calling (yelping) did not see in Wildwood area
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers 3 VA
Northern Flickers 7
Barn Swallows 3
Brown Creepers 5
Golden-crowned Kinglets 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglets 3
Hermit Thrush 2
Brown Thrasher 2
Eastern Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrows 3-4
Song Sparrows - few
White-throated Sparrows 15+
Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts, OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/
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