The Headlands group today(July 31) (Ray, Jerry, Roger, Jim, Peter, Chia, and myself) found an astonishing 83 species in the Mentor area today. Area covered was Headlands Beach, Wake Robin, Mentor Lagoons, Veteran's Park, plus Chia went out on the lake with his kayak and also birded the Fairport Nursery rd fields. The previous record (according to Ray) on a single day in July was 70 species. Our goal for the day was 74, but we ended with 83! Highlights from the morning were: Blue-winged Teal--hen seen at Veteran's Park (a first record for July in Mentor according to Ray) Great Egret Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk,Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail--immature at Wake Robin 3 Sanderlings--west beach Caspian Tern all woodpeckers (minus sapsucker) all swallows--including a single Cliff seen by Chia 3 Marsh Wrens--seen by Jerry at Wake Robin Field, Savannah, & Swamp Sparrows Scarlet Tanager, RB Grosbeak Bobolink & Eastern Meadowlark http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19286509 Good Birding -- Cole DiFabio ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]