Lake Erie Bluffs- Clark Road, Lake, US-OH May 18, 2015 6:45 AM - 7:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.3 mile(s) The area covered was south of Clark Road in the extreme northeast corner of the property. Hopes were to get a closer look at the Brewer's Blackbirds. 31 species Killdeer 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Alder Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 Warbling Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Barn Swallow 3 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 8 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 6 American Pipit 1 Feeding in plowed field Common Yellowthroat 3 Yellow Warbler 9 Wilson's Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Brewer's Blackbird 1 Three birds, a male and two females were observed feeding in a plowed field. The females were grayish with some slight green glossing to the back. They both had dark eyes. The male was iridescent with a greenish gloss to the back. Eyes on the male were pale. Similar in size and shape to rusty blackbird, except with a longer tail. The dark eyed females were diagnostic. I have seen numerous Brewer's blackbirds. Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Orchard Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 4 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23514443 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) John Pogacnik ______________________________________________________________________ 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]