A gorgeous morning for birding in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Yellow-rump Warblers were the dominant species, with two great bookend species: Merlin and Eastern Screech-owl. Here's the list and counts: Great Blue Heron 1 Canada Goose 23 Wood Duck 7 Mallard 12 Merlin 1 Rock Pigeon 5 Mourning Dove 3 Eastern Screech-owl 1 Chimney Swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Cedar Waxwing 56 Carolina Wren 3 Eastern Bluebird 7 American Robin 1 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 7 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 European Starling 36 American Goldfinch 1 Yellow-rump Warbler 57 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 3 Clyde Witt www.mywittsend.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]