"Lazy" birding at Seneca Lake, Noble County on April 7/8 -- all birds listed here were seen/heard without moving from our deck on County Road 65 along the lake! Mourning dove Northern cardinal Tree swallow (observed nest building) - LOTS Eastern bluebird (observed nest building) Osprey (1 observed flying with fish in talons; also observed 2 on ground, inspecting deer carrion) Bald eagle (observed flying with fish in talons) Carolina wren Eastern towhee Eastern phoebe Northern flicker (up to 3 at a time) Red-bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Great blue heron Common loon Double-crested cormorant Common tern Carolina chickadee Tufted titmouse American robin American goldfinch Yellow-rumped warbler Brown thrasher Blue jay Northern mockingbird Sharp-shinned hawk Mallard Canada goose House finch House sparrow Chipping sparrow Red-winged blackbird American crow Turkey vulture (also interested in deer carrion on water's edge) Brown-headed cowbird White-breasted nuthatch European starling Common grackle Dark-eyed junco - Gerry Brevoort ______________________________________________________________________ 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]