This afternoon, Ben Morrison and I visited the area north of Price Rd. at Berlin Lake in Stark County.  When we arrived, we ran into Bruce Bezon and the 3 of us headed out on to the shoreline hiking from the pull on SR 255 north of Price.

Overall, numbers were down, but we had a nice variety of birds with 11 species of shorebirds represented.  The new bird for the area today was a White-rumped Sandpiper.  We had a couple of Baird’s as well as 7 American Golden Plovers.  3 Stilt Sandpipers were also present.  Other species included Killdeer, Semi-palmated Plovers, Least and Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers, and Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.  

A special treat was the strafing of the mudflats by a beautiful Peregrine Falcon that gave us an incredible show in the late afternoon light on a cool, breezy Sunday.  The precision and power of these birds is astonishing.  It is a privilege to watch such things.  

On our way to Berlin, we had a Sharp-shinned Hawk sitting on a power line across from the entrance to Deer Creek State Park (also on Price, but back west a bit from 225).  That was a nice surprise.


Jon Cefus
Cuyahoga Falls

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