Hi Everyone, I made a quick visit to Shaker Lakes this morning before getting down to work. Mostly lots of American Robins and American Goldfinches and Red- winged Blackbirds. Plenty of Tufted Titmice singing everywhere (the goldfinches were also vocalizing a lot). I also saw: Herring Gull—1, working Lower Lake the whole time I was there Canada Goose Wood Duck—1 pair Mallard—about a dozen Red-breasted Merganser—I female. I originally saw her with two male and one female Mallard, and thought the poor thing was pretty confused. But later, when I saw her among a group of half-a-dozen male Mallards, I realized that she’s a rebel, and felt a lot better J American Crow—several Blue Jay—several Dark-eyed Junco—a few Song Sparrow—singing in several locations, and very active around the marsh Field Sparrow—several seen and a number singing pretty continuously in the area south of Lower Lake where we go to look for warblers (none yet) Ruby-crowned Kinglet—half a dozen Golden-crowned Kinglet—2 Eastern Phoebe—1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow—2 at the Coventry (i.e., west) end of Lower Lake Northern Cardinal—a few Downy Woodpecker-1 Hairy Woodpecker-1 Rusty Blackbird—2 (I suppose they’re a pair—I first saw and heard a male near the boardwalk on the north side of the marsh, and then saw a female on the south side of the marsh) Best wishes, Steve Cagan Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County -------------------------------------------- Steve Cagan, photographer [log in to unmask] www.stevecagan.com www.pbase.com/stevecagan 216-932-2753 (USA) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]