In addition to the excellent movement of waterbirds this morning (3/25),
there were abundant songbirds migrating as well as a brief, but heavy hawk
flight.  In all I ended up with 72 species and never left my yard.
Observations were made from the same area I do my waterbird survey at
Lakeshore Reservation..

Songbirds moved throughout the morning.  I missed a lot of early morning
blackbird and robin flocks as they were moving a little more inland and I
was watching the lake.  There was nothing of note with the songbirds.  Hawks
and vultures started around 11:30 and ended a little after 1:00 when the
wind picked up out of the north and the temperatures dropped from 54-43
degrees.  Best hawks were an adult goshawk and a rough-legged hawk.  here
are the songbird and hawk totals:

Turkey vulture   622
Sharp-shinned hawk   4
NORTHERN GOSHAWK   1 adult
Cooper's hawk   6
Red-shouldered hawk   19
Red-tailed hawk   36
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK   1
American kestrel   33

Mourning dove   87
American crow   533
Northern flicker   1
Tree swallow   41
Eastern phoebe   1
Eastern bluebird   23
American robin   1,070
Golden-crowned kinglet   8
Chipping sparrow   1
Fox sparrow   14
Blackbirds 9,760 (Grackles most common followed by red-winged blackbirds,
cowbirds, and rusty blackbirds)
Eastern meadowlark  27


John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
440-259-2751

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