I was also at Sandy Ridge for a couple of hours before noon. In addition to that listed below I had Black Throated Green Warbler 1 Green Winged Teal, 6 Sand Hill Cranes were croaking away loudly Coopers Hawk 1 Many Great Egrets A pair of Shovelers Field Sparrows singing along west side of ponds. 2 singing Swamp Sparrows 2 in grass in western pond, south trail Hermit Thrush 1 Green Heron 1 GB Heron 1 Wood Ducks in the trees on the path. 2 Eastern Blue Bird 1 Song Sparrow, 2 On Apr 20, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Tim Colborn wrote: > Had a quick hour to spend at Sandy Ridge Metropark in Lorain County > yesterday and highlights included the following: > > Bald Eagle > Red-shouldered Hawk > Northern Harrier (sitting in the fields ajacent to the drive road > in to the park) > Red-headed Woodpecker > Blue-winged Teal (3) > Pied-billed Grebe (2) > Great Egret (2) > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1) > Yellow-rumped Warbler * (~8) > Palm Warbler (3) > Eastern Phoebe > Tree Swallow (many) > > * a man and woman birding the trails told me they had seen an > Audubon's Warbler moments before I arrived. They were unable to > relocate the bird. The gentleman claimed to have clearly seen the > bright yellow throat. > > My brother and I are planning to travel to Shawnee SF to bird next > weekend. We've never been there before and would welcome > recommendations for worthwhile routes in the Forest to maximize our > birding. We're focusing on the southern specialties but not to the > exclusion of other migrants and resident species. We'd appreciate > any experienced advice. Please send privately to > [log in to unmask] Thank you. > > Good birding. > > Tim Colborn > North Olmsted, OH > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]