I have a small songbird at my feeder every day about the size of a goldfinch.  Brown with what looks like a small cap on his head. For a little bird he has the loudest song I have ever heard.  Also this year, I have many, many red winged blackbirds at  my feeder.  I never saw so many coming for commerical birdseed.  I am not sure what the female red winged blackbirds look like but these birds are about the size of a cardinal with a striped breast and sort of a rust colored throat.  Is that the female?  Just  wondering if food is scarce in the fields this year since these birds have almost never frequented my feeders.  They are so used to it now that they  wait for me to come home from work and fill the feeders. 

John Pogacnik <[log in to unmask]> wrote:  The lark sparrow found by Nancy Anderson at Chagrin River Park in Willoughby, Lake County was seen this morning. I got to see it around 9:30 thanks to some people that located it earlier. The bird was feeding in the gravel near the small mound at the south end of the landfill. It flew toward the southwest corner of the landfill where it landed in a small dead tree and sang twice. It was not seen or heard after that. The DICKCISSEL was also found. It was under the power lines directly east of the landfill. Also seen were savannah sparrow, bobolink, eastern meadowlark, and sora.

Chagrin River Park is off the Lost Nation exit off Rte 2. For directions see http://www.lakemetroparks.com/

John Pogacnik
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