Saturday, Sept. 6 - 8 to 11 a.m. What a beautiful morning to be birding.. The red-shouldered and Coopers hawks put on quite a display for us at the north end of the lake. The red-shoulders seemed to be somewhat perturbed at the Coopers invading their territory. The gulls and terns flew in and great looks were seen through our scope. Species seen include: Bald eagles - 2 adults Great egrets - 14 Great blue herons - many, many Green-backed herons - 5 Lesser yellowlegs - 8 Greater yellowlegs - 2 Spotted sp Least sp - 3 DC cormorants - 3 Ring-billed gulls Bonaparte's gulls Forsters terns Caspian tern - 1 Belted kingfishers - 5 Wood ducks - many Canada geese - too many Mallards Coopers hawks - 2 Red-shouldered hawks - at least 2 Turkey vultures - 5 Good birding, Ed and Bev Neubauer, Dean Porter, many others who enjoyed the sightings ______________________________________________________________________ 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]