Birders,

Been awhile since I have listed sightings from the "neighborhood".

Friday evening, March 29, 7:35 to 8:30 PM. Checked out the woodcock field off of Main St. (border of Middleburg Hts. and Strongsville in Cuyahoga Co.) Parked in the small lot near the railroad tracks, took a folding chair across the street near the power lines and for an hour watched a nice sunset and counted 5 woodcock doing their courtship dance. Saw a couple of other woodcock fly by, possibly other males coming in or females to check out the crowd. Nice.

Easter Sunday, March 31, 7:45 to 10:00 AM. Beyer's Pond and woods/fields along Main St. (above location):

Canada Goose - 6
Wood Duck - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 2 (male and female constructing a nest)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 3
Mourning Dove - 5
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (Keeping an eye out for nesting)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2 (first of the year)
Blue Jay - 5
Black-capped Chickadee - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 24
European Starling - 6
Myrtle Warbler - 1 (first of the year)
American Tree Sparrow - 7 (lots of singing)
Fox Sparrow - (first of the year)
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Dark-eyed Junco - 5
Northern Cardinal - 18
Red-winged Blackbird - 33 (maybe more)
Common Grackle - 6
Brown-headed Cowbird - 7
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 4

Nice to get out.

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