I went to Villa Angela/Wildwood SP in Cleveland on Lake Erie today from 4:45pm to 7:20pm.  It was approx 44 deg, SE to S winds 12mph and rained most of the time, lighter closer to 7pm.  Late in the day it was more birdy today than yesterday late when it was nice. Just a few observations:
 
Long-tailed Duck 1 female still present in the marina (didn't see 4/21)
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 adult west side of Euclid Creek down from bathhouse
 
Red-breasted Mergansers 30-40 seen in front of Villa Angela
 
Double-crested Cormorants 950-1000, seen around 7pm flying west in long single file strings of 130, 100, 280, 130 etc etc almost continuously in less than 8 mins then ended - seen from Villa Angela shoreline (did not see the beginning of this)
 
Spotted Sandpiper 1 further down Euclid Creek in Wildwood (FOS for me)
 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 VA
Northern Flickers 5
Brown Creepers 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglets 6 
Hermit Thrush 9
Brown Thrashers 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 VA
Eastern Towhee 5 (3m, 2f) many calling
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrows ~ 30
Fox Sparrow 2
 
Lots of Red-winged Blackbirds calling and Robins
 
Nancy Anderson
Richmond Hts, OH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/

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