Yesterday (Sunday 3-13-10) we made multiple stops in Summit County; most of which consisted of "car birding" as the weather was rainy. Cascade Valley MetroPark - Schumacher Trail (accessed from the Northampton Road Parking Lot): We walked only as far as the first bridge. The highlight there was a female Cooper's Hawk gathering nest material from very close to the nest and returning to the nearly completed nest. It was interesting to see her as she pecked and tugged at things. Chestnut Cemetery on Sackett Avenue in Cuyahoga Falls: Sunday there were mallards and black ducks. We stopped briefly today, and they had been joined by wood ducks and one male redhead. Summit Lake: Pied billed Grebe Mallard American Black Ducks Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Common Goldeneye - 1 Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead So many American Coots it seemed the 'coot convention' was in town Nesmith Lake: Devoid of Waterfowl. Does anyone ever see any there? Long Lake: Mallard Hooded Merganser Bufflehead Ring-necked duck Mute Swan - 7 of them - Yikes! Nimisila Lake: (many birds too far out to id with bins) Mute Swan Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ring-necked duck Scaup sp. Gadwall Northern Pintail American Black Duck Wood Duck American Widgeon Bufflehead 3 Bald Eagles: 2 adults 1 second year On the way home, there were 31 turkeys on Northampton Road in Cuyahoga Falls. This was just north of Portage Trail. Renee ______________________________________________________________________ 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]