Yesterday (Jan 5) I participated in one section of the Geauga Christmas Bird Count with Dan Best, Kim Savides and Rachel McKinney.  The coverage area was Rt 87 north to Wilson Mills, West to Rt 44 and East to Auburn Rd, basically in Munson and Newbury Townships including  Walter Best Wildlife Preserve and Bass Lake Preserve and rural/semi-rural roads.  Frozen lakes limited our waterfowl but we persevered. 
We found most of the usual suspects but ONE MOCKINGBIRD on Sherman Rd between Auburn and BassLake. 
Birds included:

Canada Goose 18
Mallard 13
Red Shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Herring Gull 8
Ring-billed Gull  7
Mourning Dove  2
Rock Dove 20
Red-Bellied Woodpecker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  28
Cardinal  23
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Common Crow 18
Black-capped Chickadee 34
Tufted Titmouse  8
Carolina Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  10
American Robin 2
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD  1
Starling 42
American Tree Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  7
House Sparrow 32
Goldfinch 4
House Finch 2


Barb Partington
Munson Township
Geauga County
______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]