While visiting Cleveland, I convinced my family to spend a little time hiking around the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve. We went later in the afternoon than Laura Gooch, but had many of the same birds. In about a half hour, we had the clouds dissipate and found a decent mix of early spring migrants. Notables included: Waterfowl - 450+ Red-br.Mergansers, mostly in offshore flocks. Also a few Lesser Scaup and Bufflehead Raptors - few, but had 2 Turkey Vultures and 1 Kestrel Gulls - surprisingly low, with only small #s of Herrings and Bonapartes Woodpeckers - 3-4 Downies and 6+ Flickers, which was impressive given how spindly the trees are out here Kinglets - 4-5 Golden-crowns Sparrows - no great #s, but good diversity with E.Towhee, Chipping, Field, Swamp, Song, Fox, White-throated, and Junco Blackbirds - lots fo Redwings, no Rusties, and 2 Cowbirds Finches - only a few House Finches and Goldfinches ______________________________________________________________________ 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]