I was at Villa Angela/Wildwood on 4/28 from 9:15am to 1:25pm Saturday. I walked with Jeanne Hrenko for about 2 hrs. The only new birds I found (that some others had already seen) were: Green Heron 1, Yellow Warbler 1, Solitary Sandpiper 1, and Warbling Vireo. There was also: Black-crowned Night-Herons 2 adults, Ruby-crowned Kinglets 3, Winter Wren 1, Hermit Thrush 11, Dark-eyed Junco 3, Chipping Sparrows 2, Field Sparrow 2, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Bonaparte's Gulls ~ 50, over 20 White-throated Sparrows, Blue-gray Gnat catchers 5, many American Goldfinch and various others (Thrashers, Towhees)
Today (4/29) I returned and found the Warbling Vireo but some of the other stuff was missing, found 3 Great Blue Herons (Jim the photographer had 4) many Bonaparte's Gulls ~ 45, many House Wrens, Hermit Thrush 5, Gnatcatchers 4, American Goldfinch all over, over 20 White-throated Sparrows, Brown Creeper 1, few Brown Thrashers but no warblers so I went to:
Sims Park in Euclid - heard one Yellow-rumped so I left after while. I then went home then went out one more time to:
Euclid Creek Reservation that is less than a mile down from my house (runs from Euclid to South Euclid) from 3:30pm to 5pm. I started in Welsh Woods Picnic area, all the pulloffs south of that and ended in Quarry & Rear Quarry Picnic Area. That whole area is full of swallows, many Chimney Swifts, Northern Rough-winged Swallows and Barn Swallows. Was another Solitary Sandpiper in Euclid Creek at Welsh Woods, many Chipping Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler & gnatcatcher, found Palm Warbler next pulloff south of that looking across the creek into the woods and at Quarry added many more Yellow-rumps for a total of 9. In addition to their usual one note call most of them were singing.
I don't normally go to this park as the sound of all the cars driving by is not to my liking but that is where at least some Yellow-rumped Warblers could be found today.
Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts.
Cuyahoga County
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/
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