Hey Heather - thanks for asking! The only thing still needed is a fruit salad and veggies and dip for the evening meal. Haven't heard from Natalie yet but expect she'd like to do one of those?? Can't wait to see you all! :) Deb Oexmann Brukner Nature Center 5995 Horseshoe Bend Rd. Troy, OH 45373 (937) 698-6493 www.bruknernaturecenter.com Please consider the environment before printing this email -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cole DiFabio Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 6:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Blackbrook Audubon Society Field Trip along Lake Erie, 11/21 Blackbrook Audubon Society held a field trip along the lake starting at 8:30. Our starting location was Mentor Beach State Park. There we had the following: Mallard 15, American Black Duck 2, Red-breasted Merganser (hundreds), Horned Grebe 1, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Common Loon 1, Ring-billed Gull (hundreds), Blue Jay 1, American Crow 2, Golden-crowned Kinglet 1, Northern Cardinal 1, House Sparrow 5. The 2nd stop was Sunset Park in Willoughb. Not much there though. Here's what we found: Red-breasted Merganser (hundreds), Bufflehead 3, Ring-billed Gull (hundreds). The next stop in our trip was the Eastlake Power Plant in Eastlake. There were many gulls here, and few ducks. Red-breasted Merganser 300ish, Ruddy Duck 2, Common Loon 1, Ring-billed Gull many, Herring Gull (about 15), Bonapartes Gull 7, Great Black-backed Gull 3, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 4, Double-crested Cormorant 3, Bald Eagle 2, Rock Pigeon 9, American Crow 2. Sim's Park in Euclid was our last stop of the day. There were probably thousands of Red-breasted Mergs here. Here's the following birds seen: Canada Goose 103, Common Goldeneye 8, Bufflehead 3, Red-breasted Merganser (thousands), BLACK SCOTER 9, SURF SCOTER 1, Horned Grebe 1, Common Loon 1, Ring-billed Gull, Red- bellied Woodpecker 1, Downy Woodpecker 1, Blue Jay 5, European Starling 25, Black-capped Chickadee 1, White-breasted Nuthatch 1, Dark-eyed Junco 12, Common Grackle 2. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Kirtland Ohio Lake County ______________________________________________________________________ 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] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3270 - Release Date: 11/21/10 07:35:00 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]