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I was at Villa Angela and Wildwood State Parks in Cleveland Saturday in the afternoon (1:30 to 4:15pm and Sunday in the morning 11am to 12:45pm.  Been seeing the same birds as last weekend only thing different are more local birds - couple Great  Blue Herons and an adult Black-crowned Night-Heron.  The Night-Heron hangs around Euclid Creek on the Wildwood side and doesn't seem to fly very far if it sees you.  I haven't been able to find some sparrows being seen elsewhere.  Here are some of the birds seen:
 
Hooded Mergansers 2 (females Euclid Creek 4/1)
Red-breasted Mergansers ~ 250 on 3/31, less seen today
Ruddy Ducks 4 (3M1F) 4/1 Villa Angela
Pied-billed Grebe 1 - 3/31 marina
Great Blue Heron 2 - 3/31, 1 on 4/1 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 adult Wildwood both days
Turkey Vultures 14 on 4/1 (kettle of 10 today around noon)
Bonaparte's Gulls ~ 30 seen in marina both days on docks - seen fishing on Euclid Creek
Belted Kingfishers 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers 2 seen near bridge 4/1 only, as I was leaving- flew back & forth across the road
Eastern Phoebe 1 each day
Brown Creepers 6 on 4/1, Golden-crowned Kinglets - few 7-8, Winter Wrens 3 on 4/1, Eastern Towhees - 1or 2, 
 
Hermit Thrush 1 seen on 3/31, 3 seen both parks on 4/1 (heard singing both days)
Fox Sparrows 11 on 3/31, 7 seen on 4/1
Haven't been seeing other sparrows that others are seeing elsewhere only few Juncos and not as many Song Sparrows as last weekend
 
 
Sims Park in Euclid on 4/1 from 1pm to 1:45pm
 
Red-breasted Mergansers ~ 90
Horned Grebe 1
Eastern Towhee 1, Brown Thrasher 1, Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 (eastern end of park near lake)
Golden-crowned Kinglets - only a few
Northern Flickers 6
Song Sparrows 4
 
Blue stone Business Park  on 4/1
American Kestrel 1 male (haven't seen one year since last year)
Red-tailed Hawk 1 immature
 
Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts, OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/
 
 

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