The Kirtland Bird Club field trip to the Shaker Lakes on October 11 was
sparsely attended, both by birds and by birders. Dave Ligali and I had a
pleasant walk around the lake and visited with Julie West, Gary Neuman,
Andy Jones, Ben Fambrough, and others who stopped by Julie's Big Sit at
the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. It was cold and a bit windy, and the
birds just seemed to stay away -- the Big Sit had its slowest year ever,
too. Our short list follows.

I'm pleased to report that the birds have picked up considerably at the
Nature Center since the 11th -- Julie banded 80 birds on Wednesday, and
quite a few on Friday, too.

Laura Gooch
Cleveland Heights


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Subject:        eBird Report - Lower Shaker Lake , 10/11/09
Date:   Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:12:31 -0400 (EDT)
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Location:     Lower Shaker Lake
Observation date:     10/11/09
Notes:     42 F; Winds NW at about 10 kts; Kirtland Bird Club walk with Dave Ligali.
Number of species:     16

Canada Goose     30
Wood Duck     25
Mallard     19
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Rock Pigeon     15
Mourning Dove     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Downy Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     15
Tufted Titmouse     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     5
Song Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     1
American Goldfinch     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)



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