This morning I visited the Dike 14 open house and birded with about 20 others in the first morning group. Jim McCormac lead the group under cloudy skies and a strong wind. Birds identified between 8-10 a.m.: Northern Mockingbird Eastern Phoebe Marsh Wren Palm warbler Blackpoll warbler Chimney Swifts (100+) Magnolia warbler BT Green warbler Gold Crowned Kinglet Ring bill gull Kingfisher DC Cormorant Mallard Northern Flicker Lincoln sparrow White throated sparrow Common yellow throat Blue Jay Robin Catbird Am. Goldfinch Thanks to all the organizations sponsoring today's open house, Great birding - Jim Lindway / Brecksville ______________________________________________________________________ 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]