After a late start I went to Wildwood State Park on Lake Erie on the east side of Cleveland this morning.  The place was full of Yellow-rumped warblers, White-throated sparrows and some Golden-crowned Kinglets up high.  Only found 6 species or warblers so I went to a park in Lake County and couldn't find much of anything.  I then went to Sims Park on Lake Erie in Euclid, found five species of warblers and then went back to Wildwood Park.  By this time the Golden-crowned Kinglets were thick in the main woods.  Just about every bird was a Golden-crowned Kinglet and there were a lot of these birds.  The Brown Creepers in some places were very visible flying around.  The sounds of Kinglets, Yellow-rumps, Brown Creepers, White-throated Sparrows kept it interesting.  I found more birds near Lake Erie than away from it.  Here are the few highlights I had today:

Wildwood Park - 9:45am to 12:00, 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Brown Creepers 12+
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglets 25-35
Ruby-crowned Kinglets 3 or 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Nashville Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue 2 (m & f) in pm
Yellow-rumped Warblers 20
Black-throated Green 1 m
Blackpoll 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
White-throated Sparrows - many
White-crowned Sparrow 1

Sims Park, Euclid  2:40pm to 3:20pm
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Brown Creepers - few
Golden-crowned Kinglets 3
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Black-throated Blue 1 m
Yellow-rumped Warblers - about 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
--Mourning Cloak Butterly 1 up close

Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts, OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/

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