Bob, Next time you're up this way, stop at our house--we can pretty much guarantee Black-capped Chickadees as the feeders (like many people up here). :-) —Steve On Jan 10, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Robert Royse wrote: > Despite the uninspiring reports I headed up to the lake today and > found more than I was expecting and was able to add 10 more species > for the year. > > Late morning at E. 72nd St. : in addition to all the ducks that > have been reported there were at least 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls > and a first year Iceland Gull. > > Sims Park in Euclid which has been so good for scoters in past > Januarys was mostly frozen over, but in the little open water I was > at least able to add Common Merganser for the year. > > Eastlake was cold, windy, and icy, but well worth the stop. Within > a minute I spotted 2 Iceland (1 ad., 1 first year), and 1 Glaucous > (first year). I spent nearly an hour scoping there without finding > any others, but those three birds remained in plain sight smack dab > in front of me the whole time I was there. > > Avon Lake was loaded with ducks, especially Redheads, Canvasbacks, > scaups (mostly Lessers), Buffleheads, and C. Goldeneyes. Red- > breasted and Common Mergansers were present in smaller numbers. New > year birds for me there included Double-crested Cormorant and a > single BLACK SCOTER. I saw no noteworthy gulls, but a fly by Bald > Eagle looked beautiful in the light that was shining at the time. > > If that doesn't sound like much for the day, it's because I was > spending most of my time looking for that big northern chickadee > and was striking out at every woodlot I looked. I was finding all > the other expected woodland birds, but no chickadees. After Avon > Lake I took a detour home via Bradley Woods where I spent a good > hour walking around and again finding all the usual woodland birds > including Eastern Bluebirds and Pileated Woodpeckers. It was about > 5:00 when I FINALLY found one and only one BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. > I would have been pretty pissed off to head back to Columbus > without that one. I can guarantee you northerners, if come down > here our chickadees are more obliging. > > Bob Royse > http://www.roysephotos.com/2010listJAN.html > > Robert Royse > [log in to unmask] > www.roysephotos.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4759 (20100110) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]