I have been going to Villa Angela and Wildwood State Parks on the east side of Cleveland recently but had only been going on the weekends so I have been seeing the birds others have already been seeing. I thought I would post what I have been seeing. I was there Saturday and today I was there from 9:40am to 2:40pm. Yesterday was very hazy on the lake. Lake was very calm both days. Today 68-74 degrees, 8-7mph S to SSW to S winds. I walked with Jeanne Hrenko for one hour in the morning. Here are my highlights only and most everything was in Villa Angela only - new birds Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creepers, Eastern Phoebes, American Coot and Fox Sparrows have been around since 3/11 but were more abundant today. Last weekend there were multiple Horned Grebes, 2 Bufflehead and a Pied-billed Grebe in the marina but did not see any of them this weekend. American Black Ducks 2 (Villa Angela woods 3/18) Red-breasted Mergansers - multiple hundreds vary far north of Wildwood (too far to see others) American Coot 1 - marina 3/18 (returns every year) Double-crested Cormorants 2 flying west Northern Flickers ~ 5 Eastern Phoebe 2 (3/17 only) Brown Creepers 5 today (2 yesterday) Winter Wrens 2 singing today Golden-crowned Kinglets 14-15 today (only 2 yesterday) American Robins - very abundant Northern Mockingbirds 3 today (2 near marina, 1 near Lakeshore entrance) American Tree Sparrow 1 today Fox Sparrow 7 today-- started seeing only 2 on 3/11 and 3/17 only in Villa Angela Song Sparrows 20-25 Dark-eyed Junco ~ 5 today Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles and many Starlings, Killdeer pair American Goldfinch - seeing & hearing more now Mourning Cloaks 2 seen 3/17, 1 seen today Cabbage White 2 seen today Spring Azure 2-3 seen each day I sometimes stop at Aberdeen Business Park on Golf View Lane off of Bishop Rd in Highland Heights on my way home. This is where Paula Lozana has found many birds. I stopped there yesterday and couldn't find much but today I heard and then saw 2 Eastern Meadowlarks in the fields. I stop at Bluestone Business Park in Euclid across from Euclid Square Mall but other than the Killdeer and Northern Mockingbird the only thing of interest is large numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds in with the Starlings. Last week there were over 75 today I didn't count but were over 50. Nancy Anderson Richmond Hts, OH http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancy_a/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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]