MAR. 01, 2008 - Busy feeders around the yard today here in the Merriman Valley between Sand Run Metro Park and the CVNP Towpath Trail. TIME: 7:30am - 6:30pm TEMP.: 28-39-30 COND.: Mostly cloudy turning to a mix of clouds and sun. OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus. I. MAMMALS: 1 SPECIES. 1. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 II. BIRDS: 25 SPECIES. 1. Canada Goose - 5 (flyover) 2. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (adult) 3. Mourning Dove - 1 4. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (m) 5. Downy Woodpecker - 3 (1m,2f) 6. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (m) 7. Blue Jay - 4 8. American Crow - 5 9. Black-capped Chickadee - 2 10. Tufted Titmouse - 1 11. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (m) 12. Carolina Wren - 1 13. American Robin - 2 14. European Starling - 6 15. American Tree Sparrow - 4 16. Song Sparrow - 1 17. White-throated Sparrow - 8 18. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (m) 19. Northern Cardinal - 33 (22m,11f) 20. Red-winged Blackbird - 5 (m) 21. Common Grackle - 12 (m) 22. Brown-headed Cowbird - 87 (about an equal mix of males & females with one male having white primaries & secondaries on only the left wing) 23. House Finch - 3 (2m,1f) 24. American Goldfinch - 22 25. House Sparrow - 16 Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]