---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:45 AM Subject: eBird Report - Headlands Beach State Park , 4/25/10 To: [log in to unmask] Headlands Beach State Park was the place to be this morning (4-25). Lots and lots of swallows migrating past on the lake. We had 6 species of swallows including 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS! Our group and I for the spring bird walk found 53 species! There were so many Barn Swallows that we didn't even mind to count them. Along with blackbirds, so many flocks flying over and there were about 100 Red-winged Blackbirds (mostly females!) in the tall grasses in the dunes. Location: Headlands Beach State Park Observation date: 4/25/10 Number of species: 53 Canada Goose 5 Wood Duck 3 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 1 Green Heron 1 Bald Eagle 1 Cooper's Hawk 1- sitting on nest American Kestrel 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 3 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Bonaparte's Gull X- didn't count Ring-billed Gull X- didn't count Herring Gull X-didn't count Caspian Tern 5 Mourning Dove 2 Rock Pigeon 1 Chimney Swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1- making nest under bathrooms building Blue Jay 2 American Crow 4 Purple Martin 6 Tree Swallow 5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 Bank Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 2 Barn Swallow X- didn't count White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Eastern Bluebird 4 Hermit Thrush 4 American Robin X- didn't count European Starling X- didn't count Yellow-rumped Warbler X- didn't count Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 3 Eastern Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow X- didn't count Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird X- didn't count Common Grackle X- didn't count Brown-headed Cowbird X- didn't count American Goldfinch X- didn't count House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Also on Headlands Road, there were about 10 Rusty Blackbirds in a little wetland on the side of the road. There was also a single Blue-winged Teal on Shipman Pond. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Madison Ohio Lake County -- Cole DiFabio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]