I spent a couple of hours at the Lower Shaker Lake and at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes yesterday. Highlights were three very handsome Fox Sparrows, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a Brown Creeper. I tried without success to conjure up some raptors, warblers, and crows. Ebird report follows. Laura Gooch Cleveland Heights Location: Lower Shaker Lake Observation date: 4/4/10 Notes: Home, Lower Shaker Lake, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, return. Clear, 60 F, SSE at 5 kts. Number of species: 28 Canada Goose 7 Wood Duck 6 Mallard 10 Herring Gull 2 Mourning Dove 7 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 5 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 15 Black-capped Chickadee 13 Tufted Titmouse 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Brown Creeper 1 American Robin 30 European Starling 3 Fox Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Northern Cardinal 14 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 20 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]