DEC. 30, 2010 - E. 72nd. St., Lake Erie, Cleveland Lakefront State Park.
TIME: 8:10am-10:30am TEMP.: 33-38 COND.: Icy giving way to warmer temps; Cloudy.
FT.MI.: 1.50 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus & Michelle Zager.
I. MAMMALS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
2. Meadow Vole - 1
II. BIRDS: 27 SPECIES.
1. Canada Goose - 88
2. Gadwall - 1 (m)
3. American Black Duck - 11
4. Mallard - 34 (22m,12f)
5. Canvasback - 10 (9m,1f)
6. Redhead - 27 (16m,11f)
7. Lesser Scaup - 60 (45m,15f)
8. Long-tailed Duck - 1 (m)
9. Red-breasted Merganser - 1 (m)
10. Merlin - 1 (f - being chased by adult male Peregrine)
11. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (adult m chasing Merlin - dogfight ends in a stalemate!)
12. Ring-billed Gull - (about 400)
13. Herring Gull - (about 60 - 1 with broken wing)
14. Great Black-backed Gull - 1
15. Rock Pigeon - 4
16. Mourning Dove - 1
17. Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1
18. Black-capped Chickadee - 2
19. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (m)
20. American Robin - 11
21. Northern Mockingbird - 1 (N. Marginal Rd. )
22. European Starling - 88
23. American Tree Sparrow - 4
24. Dark-eyed Junco - 8 (5m,3f)
25. Northern Cardinal - 2 (1m,1*)
26. American Goldfinch - 1
27. House Sparrow - 6
 
Highlights from WHISKEY ISLAND/WENDY PARK include:
 
1. Double-crested Cormorant - 3
2. Ring-billed Gull - (thousands)
3. Herring Gull - (200+)
4. Glaucous Gull - 1
5. Great Black-backed Gull - 4
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. 




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