Greetings birders - The sparsely wooded/shrubby edges, phragmite stands, grassy wetlands and mudflat edges of Lorain Impoundment were absolutely hopping this morning. From 10 am - 12:30 pm I carefully worked the circular dike four times hopping to get a grip on what was present. Shorebird numbers were slim (6 species), but included one Baird's. Warblers were active (7 species), and passerine highlights included good numbers of sparrows, a single DARK-EYED JUNCO and PINE SISKIN. As the impoundment sits directly on Lake Erie, there is quite a bit of turnover with all birds in general. The siskin flew in from overhead and dropped into the willow stands. Semipalmated Plover - 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - 7 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Ruddy Turnstone - 1 Baird's Sandpiper - 1 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Blue-winged Teal - 5 Green-winged Teal - 2 Hooded Merganser - 1 Mallard - 8 Sora - 1 (flushed) American Kestrel - 1 Tree Swallow - 2 House Wren - 5 Winter Wren - 1 Gray Catbird - 4 Magnolia Warbler - 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Palm Warbler - 5 Wilson's Warbler - 1 American Redstart - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 8 Lincoln's Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 35 Swamp Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 22 White-crowned Sparrow - 6 Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Bobolink - 2 Pine Siskin - 1 American Goldfinch - 30 Good birding - Jen Jen Brumfield [log in to unmask] Sharon Center, OH _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]