For the second Saturday in a row, Paula and I took a birding trip and
without leaving the car, we observed over 50 species.  In fact, this week we
had 53 species, spent less time and traveled only 150 miles.  We drove
northeast from Tiffin through the back roads of Seneca County, to Castalia,
Marblehead peninsula, East Harbor State Park and back.  Castalia still has a
good selection of waterfowl.  Best birds of the day were 2 Savannah Sparrows
on Twp. Road 80 just south of Co. Rd. 46 in Thompson Township which is south
of Bellevue, Ohio.  8+ Great Blue Heron and 1 Double-crested Cormorant were
in a small area of open water on the northeast side of the Edison Bridge
over Sandusky Bay.  The open water of Lake Erie on the north side of the
Marblehead peninsula had hundreds of Canvasback, Common Goldeneye, and
Common Merganser.  The back roads of Seneca County and Sandusky County had
numerous flocks of Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs.  But no Snow Buntings
were observed.

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Canvasback
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

On Wednesday of this week, I had 3 Short-eared Owls along SR 162 about 3
miles east of Republic.  This morning we couldn't find them.


Tom Bartlett
Tiffin, Ohio
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