Julie West, Gary Neuman and I spent Sunday morning surveying this block as part of the Kirtland Birding Club effort to help Black Swamp Bird Observatory complete the Winter Breeding Bird Atlas. We found more birds and more interesting variety in this block than we did in 51C7 (see previous post). We had a good flock of Horned Lark with a few Snow Buntings, and, most interesting a handful of Savannah Sparrows and Rusty Blackbirds. We did not note the exact location of the sparrows, but I believe they were along Good Road (west of 94 between Church Road and Township 119 (Burkhart Road)). Again, lots of raptors, including a Rough-Legged Hawk. My complete count follows. Laura Gooch Cleveland Heights -------- Original Message -------- Subject: eBird Report - Delorme 51B5 , 1/26/08 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:23:27 -0500 (EST) From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Location: Delorme 51B5 Observation date: 1/26/08 Notes: Ohio Winter Bird Atlas Survey by car with Julie West and Gary Neuman. Overcast, 16-25 degrees Fahrenheit, light wind. Chickadee species unknown - 1 bird. Number of species: 33 Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 11 Rough-legged Hawk 1 American Kestrel 5 Rock Pigeon 77 Mourning Dove 48 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 22 American Crow 22 Horned Lark 240 Carolina Chickadee X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 1 European Starling 800 American Tree Sparrow 16 Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 3 White-crowned Sparrow 6 Dark-eyed Junco 15 Snow Bunting 20 Northern Cardinal 14 Rusty Blackbird 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 24 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 90 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]