Despite some threatening looking weather, it was still a pleasure to walk the trails at Sandy Ridge this a.m. It took some work to find the birds.

The Swamp Sparrows were especially active and calling on their territories.




Location:     Sandy Ridge Reservation
Observation date:     4/26/08
Number of species:     43

Canada Goose     XXX
Wood Duck     3
Mallard     30
Blue-winged Teal     6
Ruddy Duck     3
Great Blue Heron     4
Great Egret     8
Turkey Vulture     3
Bald Eagle     1  on the nest
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Sandhill Crane     2    perhaps in nesting mode, time will tell
Killdeer     3
Greater Yellowlegs     8
Ring-billed Gull     5
Mourning Dove     3
Red-headed Woodpecker     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Northern Flicker     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Warbling Vireo     2
Blue Jay     2
Tree Swallow     XXX
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     3
American Robin     6
European Starling     5
Yellow Warbler     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Palm Warbler     8
Ovenbird     1
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     2
Field Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     5
Swamp Sparrow     6
White-throated Sparrow     6
Northern Cardinal     4
Red-winged Blackbird     50
Eastern Meadowlark     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
Orchard Oriole     3
American Goldfinch     10

See you on the trails,

Chris Pierce
N. Olmsted OH

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