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We were at "The Conneaut Sandspit" in Ashtabula County today, Thursday, from 4PM to 6:30PM. The forty-two degree temperature, along with the continual wind, rain, sleet, and hail; kept all other human visitors away. Upon our arrival, we were amazed to find no less than 520+ Dunlins, constantly on the move around "The Sandspit". What an unbelievable sight! Like magic, about 5:30PM, a Short-eared Owl mystically appeared, right in the middle of a group of Dunlins on the peninsula looking toward the lighthouse. The Dunlins seemed to show no concern for the owl being there. It makes for an interesting photo having an owl and a Dunlin in the same picture. At about 6PM the owl flew toward the east breakwall. At 6:20PM, all of the Dunlin activity ended, with them appearing to bed down for the night, in the leaf litter on the sand peninsula looking toward the lighthouse. This is the first Short-eared Owl we have ever recorded at "The Conneaut Sandspit", and probably the same one Craig Holt had yesterday. Pretty exciting stuff! Some of the other sightings of interest were 55+ Bonaparte's Gulls, 250+ Double-crested Cormorants, 4 Horned Grebes, and a single female Hooded Merganser. Another Conneaut kind of day.

Bob and Denise Lane / Mahoning County                                     
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