Birders (and any of your friends)

The best evening event is happening now.  Turn off all of your electronic
equipment.  Take your face and go out to a woodcock "dance" site.  Take a
chair, maybe something to snack on.  Set yourself up so you can look west at
the sunset.  You will bear witness to the original "twitter".

Strongsville/Middleburg Hts. border, Main Street parking lot by the ball
diamond and railroad tracks.  Set up a chair in the driveway of the electric
substation across from the parking lot.  At least 4 woodcock were out last
evening (3/13) and several others were flying in . possibly the ladies?  You
could see them clearly as they took off against the evening sky, circled and
chirped.  I was entertained until it got dark (yes there were several
drivers passing by that may have thought I was nuts . who cares).

Other birds last evening:

Killdeer

Wood duck

American Robin

Lots of Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds heading north

Song Sparrow

Nancy Howell

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

1 Wade Oval Dr., University Circle

Cleveland, OH 44106-1767

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phone  216.231.4600 ext. 3225

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