On sunny days the shorebird habitat is now a swimming/sunbathing area. All shorebirds are chased out by noon. Bill Jones Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note™, an AT&T LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- Subject: BirdsEye-Conneaut-2012-7-13 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] CC: BirdsEye-Conneaut-2012-7-13 Observer: William L Jones 2012-07-13 10:40 Conneaut Protocol: Traveling 3 Miles 3 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes Comments: Sandspit and 1 mi. up Conneaut Creek by kayak. Exact count of 18 willets resting on sandbar 30 ft. offshore until woman walked through flock with dog. 45 Canada Goose 5 Wood Duck 110 Mallard 2 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 5 Turkey Vulture 3 Bald Eagle All Juvenile. 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Spotted Sandpiper 18 Willets resting on sand spit 100 ft offshore. 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 200 Ring-billed Gull 5 Herring Gull 1 had no marking on bill. 2 Caspian Tern 4 Rock Pigeon 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 American Crow 5 Purple Martin 10 Tree Swallow 35 Cliff Swallow 1 House Wren 2 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 50 European Starling 2 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 15 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Common Grackle This report was created and sent using BirdsEye BirdLog (http://birdseyebirding.com/)