Hey all -

The weather was miserable this morning at the dike.
The birds, however, were not...and they kept me
standing out in an icy rain for two whole hours.
There were actually some birds moving, despite the
weather - the most surprising of which were 6 Tree
Swallows.  Flickers were also moving in good numbers,
some dropping into the dike.  There were probably 200
mixed sparrows just along the fence to the east and
south of the dike, the highlight being at least one
CLAY-COLORED.  Quite a few warblers, including SEVEN
Orange-crowneds were also seen just along the fencerow
and by peering into the dike.  I actually saw the
orange crown on an Orange-crowned Warbler for the
first time today, after seeing many, many
Orange-crowneds over the years.  Probably because of
the cold front and the resulting rain - this place was
crawling with birds this morning, just amazing.  And
all this goes to show that some quite decent birding
can be had by working the east and southen fences at
the dike, without actually entering the property.  For
more info on the Dike 14 property, see Jim McCarty's
Aerial View coulmn in the Plain Dealer today.

Highlights:

Wood Duck  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Northern Flicker  20
Tree Swallow  6
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Pipit  5
Orange-crowned Warbler  7
Nashville Warbler  4
Cape May Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  25
Ovenbird  1
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW  1

Good birding -
Gabe Leidy
Cleveland


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