Greetings,
Like everyone else we've had a lot of bird activity at the feeders
because of the cold. It's been an arm chair birding day with an
abundance of cardinals, goldfinches, RB & WB nuthatches, red bellied,
downy and hairy woodpeckers, and lots of juncos, white crowned
sparrows and titmice.   The pileated woodpecker showed briefly before
retuning to the deeper woods.  On bitter cold days like this we've
had luck spotting owls hunting at dusk from the telephone wires.
  A trip down Garfield Road, just west of Oberlin turning south onto
Green Road gave us plenty of views of deer but no owls.  We returned
to Gore Orphanage, Wakeman,Lorain County without spotting any of the
anticipated Great Horned Owls but  a small lump appeared in the
headlights as we pulled into the drive. We had spotted an Eastern
Screech Owl in our own front yard.  What a prize!  A happy ending to
a frigid day of mainly arm chair birding.
Cheers
Dorothy & Doug

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