There was a moderate movement of birds at the Lake Erie Bluffs this morning. Most of the songbirds were heading west. Typically the majority are heading east. There were a few vultures moving, but few hawks. A northern shrike was observed west of Lane Road. It was sitting in a birch tree southwest of the observation deck. It sat there for almost 15 minutes before dropping. I did not see it again. Also of note were 2 surf scoters, 2 blue-winged teal, 1 great egret, 1 merlin, 4 tree swallow, , and 1 eastern phoebe. Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark--Lane Rd., Lake, Ohio, US Mar 27, 2017 7:00 AM - 10:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: It was mostly cloudy with a moderate SW wind and temperatures in the 50s. Most of the songbirds were flying west. Typically the majority are heading east. 57 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 22 Wood Duck 8 Gadwall 7 American Black Duck 8 Mallard 22 Blue-winged Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Green-winged Teal 1 Canvasback 117 Surf Scoter 2 Bufflehead 2 Hooded Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 318 Ruddy Duck 23 Common Loon 6 Horned Grebe 4 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Great Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 66 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 21 Ring-billed Gull 345 Herring Gull 196 Great Black-backed Gull 6 Caspian Tern 2 Mourning Dove 74 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 9 Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Northern Shrike 1 Observed southwest of the Lane Road trails observation deck. Blue Jay 3 American Crow 294 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 318 European Starling 440 American Tree Sparrow 6 Dark-eyed Junco 22 Song Sparrow 61 Swamp Sparrow 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Northern Cardinal 7 Red-winged Blackbird 1250 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Rusty Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 320 Brown-headed Cowbird 160 blackbird sp. 3000 American Goldfinch 2 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]