Sunday, February 1, 2009
Observers: Paula Lozano & Bob Finkelstein

This afternoon we birded the backroads of Lorain County, noting the
following:
Ring-necked pheasant - 1, male, Whitney Road
Bald eagle - 1, adult, soaring above Jones Road near the Oberlin  Reservoir

Red-tailed hawk - 4
American kestrel - 2; 1 on Oberlin Road, 1 on Whitney Road
Horned lark - 35 on West Road, ~75-100 on Whitney Road, 8 on Hawley  Road
Eastern bluebird - 8: 3 on West Road, 5 on Albrecht Road
Lapland longspur - 6, with horned larks and buntings in freshly manuered
field near corner of West Road
Snow bunting - ~75-100, on Whitney Road near West Road

Note: In addition to the pheasant, larks, longspurs and buntings at the
Whitney Road site, Betty Weinstock and Helen Ketcham reported seeing an eastern
meadlowlark.


About 4:00 p.m. we stopped at the Avon Power Plant, noting the  following:
Red-shouldered hawk - 1, perched in tree near concession stand  (photo)
Canvasback - XXX
Redhead - XX
Bufflehead - XX
Common goldeneeye - XX
Glaucous gull - 1

Paula Lozano
Lakewood, Ohio






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