Sunday was a great birding day. Sunny & warm. Blue skies. Barred Owl in Elywood Park was a new addition to my Life List. Three Hooded Mergansers, one female and 2 males were courting in circles on the Black River. Their hood's were up & down as they chattered away. Four Ruddy Ducks were doing the same. Two Eastern Bluebirds had already moved in to a box at Carlisle Duck Pond. Location: Elywood Park Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 13 Snow Goose 1 Canada Goose 15 Mallard 7 Hooded Merganser 3 Ruddy Duck 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 gull sp. 5 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Dark-eyed Junco 2 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Cascade Park Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 22 Snow Goose 1 Canada Goose 30 Mallard 12 Hooded Merganser 3 Ruddy Duck 4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 gull sp. 5 Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 American Robin 25 European Starling 6 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Sparrow 10 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Carlisle Reservation Duck Pond Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 11 Canada Goose 40 Mallard 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 European Starling 8 House Sparrow 4 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Caley Reservation Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 13 Canada Goose 4 Mallard 2 gull sp. 7 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Horned Lark 6 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 American Robin 1 European Starling 15 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 2 House Sparrow 5 ----------------------------------------------------------- Location: Rocky River Reservation near Nature Center Observation date: 3/7/10 Number of species: 15 Canada Goose 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Downy Woodpecker 7 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 American Robin 8 European Starling 8 American Tree Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Northern Cardinal 6 House Sparrow 6 Good Birding... Mike ______________________________________________________________________ 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]