Hello All,
An update on the Common Loon at Lakeview Cemetery on Cleveland's east side.
The bird finally was able to get sufficiently airborne to leave the pond by the Wade Chapel on Monday at 10:00 am according to cemetery staff.
Alas, this afternoon I received a call from a neighbor of the Cemetery, two streets over to be precise, reporting that he had found a loon in his yard yesterday. I retrieved the loon at 2:00 pm this afternoon and took him back to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. There were no fractures of wings or feet. So we hydrated him, force-fed him a dozen smelt, took him down to E. 72 St. and released him on Lake Erie at 5:30 pm. He dove and swam well and I watched him swim into the sun's refection on the Lake waters going west. Let's hope for the best.
He was last see off the water intake channel to the CEI plant at E. 72nd. St.
Cheers,
Harvey
Harvey B. Webster
Director, Wildlife Resources
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval Drive
Cleveland , OH 44106
216-231-4600 ext 3290
216-231-5919 fax
216-513-9133 mobile
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From: "Steve Cagan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:36:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Loon question and a little more
Hi Everyone,
In response to the exchange about Loons still in Ohio, we checked on the
Lakeview Cemetery loon this morning‹it was still there at 9 AM, in the
lagoon behind Wade Chapel Lakeview Cemetery has entrances on Mayfield Road
and on Euclid Avenue--it¹s between Cleveland, East Cleveland and Cleveland
Heights.
In addition, in a very short visit, we had a female Wood Duck leading 10
very tiny ducklings in the lagoon, and two male and one female Baltimore
Oriole, and an Eastern Kingbird.
We also made a short stop at Sunset Pond and Marsh in the North Chagrin
Reservation of the Cleveland Metropark system. Upon arriving, we witnessed
some drama, pretty high overhead: a Red-shouldered Hawk was fighting with
two Cooper¹s Hawks‹not just the kind of chase we¹re more used to seeing;
they were all really attacking each other. Eventually they all drifted off.
Among other birds we saw or heard there were:
Yellow Warblers (lots)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Common Yellowthroat
Barn Swallow (nest-building)
Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Northern Flicker
Baltimore Oriole
Several Wood Ducks with ducklings, and one Mallard female with ducklings
Best wishes,
Steve Cagan
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County
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