I had some time to bird the CVNP area, sometimes referred to as the Pinery area, near Brecksville this morning before getting started with my work day. For those interested in seeing a Red-headed Woodpecker for the first time, or perhaps just because they are beautiful birds, this area offers great chances year-round. To get to this area, park at Station Bridge Trailhead of the Towpath Trail and hike north up the CVNP railroad tracks into the swamp area that includes the large Bald Eagle nest that has produced so many young over the past few years. Here is my eBird list. Dec 3, 2014 Cuyahoga Valley NP--Station Rd. West (Cuyahoga Co.) Traveling 1.5 miles 93 Minutes Observers: 1 All birds reported? Yes Comments: Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.8 35 Canada Goose 23 Mallard 1 Hooded Merganser (male bird by itself sticking close to the far West shore of the swamp) 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Mourning Dove 5 Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 9 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 11 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 1 Northern Mockingbird 55 Cedar Waxwing 11 American Tree Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 10 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 12 Northern Cardinal 5 American Goldfinch Happy birding! Jon Cefus Cuyahoga Falls ______________________________________________________________________ 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]