Rachel McKinney and I birded from 9:30 am to 2:30 in Auburn and Burton Townships in Geauga County, covering Ladue Reservoir (Boathouse parking area, Auburn Rd below the dam, Valley Rd north of boathouse, Bartholomew Rd, Little Punderson and Burton Wetlands (Geauga Park District). Valley Parking Area/Ladue Reservoir Boat Launch Killdeer (multiple) Robin - 1 Red Winged Blackbird (multiple) Grackles (multiple) Starlings (multiple) Common Loons (3) Pied Billed Grebes (7) Canada Goose (multiple) OSPREY Great Blue Heron (2) Cormorant (6) Song Sparrow (1) Tufted Titmouse (1) Cardinal (1) Bartholomew Rd. Bufflehead (8) Gadwall (18) American Widgeon (8) Phoebe (1) Red Tailed Hawk Mourning Dove (2) Bluebird (1) Bald Eagle - immature LaDue/Auburn below dam (more Pied Billed grebes) Blue Jay (3) Chickadee (3+) Bald Eagle - immature Valley Rd north of boat launch Horned Grebe (6+) pied bill grebe - multiple Coots (20+) Mallard (1) Red Breasted Merganser (6) Little Punderson Redhead (2) Scaup (6+) Ring Necked Duck (6+) Burton Wetlands Turkey Vulture (1) Bald Eagle (immature) Ring Necked Duck (10) American Widgeon (1) Bufflehead (4+) Tree Swallows (4+) Hooded Merganser (1) SAND HILL CRANES (heard only) ______________________________________________________________________ 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]