For the second Saturday in a row, Paula and I took a birding trip and without leaving the car, we observed over 50 species. In fact, this week we had 53 species, spent less time and traveled only 150 miles. We drove northeast from Tiffin through the back roads of Seneca County, to Castalia, Marblehead peninsula, East Harbor State Park and back. Castalia still has a good selection of waterfowl. Best birds of the day were 2 Savannah Sparrows on Twp. Road 80 just south of Co. Rd. 46 in Thompson Township which is south of Bellevue, Ohio. 8+ Great Blue Heron and 1 Double-crested Cormorant were in a small area of open water on the northeast side of the Edison Bridge over Sandusky Bay. The open water of Lake Erie on the north side of the Marblehead peninsula had hundreds of Canvasback, Common Goldeneye, and Common Merganser. The back roads of Seneca County and Sandusky County had numerous flocks of Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs. But no Snow Buntings were observed. Canada Goose Mute Swan Tundra Swan Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Ring-necked Duck Redhead Canvasback Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Great Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant American Coot Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin European Starling American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Northern Cardinal House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow On Wednesday of this week, I had 3 Short-eared Owls along SR 162 about 3 miles east of Republic. This morning we couldn't find them. Tom Bartlett Tiffin, Ohio [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]