I birded the Lake Erie Bluffs in Lake County for a couple hours.  There was a nice variety of birds along the Bluffs Trail west of Lane Road.  There were basically two large groups of birds, in the northeast and western sections of the trail, with little in between. The only bird of note was a gray catbird that was at the far west end of the trail.


There were a modest number of ducks and gulls on the lake.  Of note was a female long-tailed duck sitting out on the lake, a common loon, and two horned grebes.


Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark--Lane Rd., Lake, Ohio, US

Jan 6, 2016 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.6
36 species

Canada Goose  10
Mallard  1
Long-tailed Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  155
Common Loon  1
Horned Grebe  2
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  478
Herring Gull  166
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
American Robin  63
Gray Catbird  1     There has been a catbird or two hanging around the trail for nearly a month.  The bird was at the far west end and was feeding on the ground with several cardinals.  It was similar in size, but slimmer and with a longer tail.  Overall coloration was gray with a black crown and rusty undertail coverts.
European Starling  138
American Tree Sparrow  44
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  29
Red-winged Blackbird  6
House Finch  14
American Goldfinch  8

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26737297

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>)

John Pogacnik

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