An errand to the bank forced me to walk by the Lower Shaker Lake (alas). Now that the lake is (finally) clear of ice, we have a nice sampling of ducks! Along with a Red-shouldered Hawk and ten or so Turkey Vultures. Ebird list follows. Laura Gooch Cleveland Heights Location: Lower Shaker Lake Observation date: 3/18/11 Notes: 55 F, partly cloudy, WNW at 10. Number of species: 18 Canada Goose X Wood Duck 1 Mallard X Ring-necked Duck 5 Lesser Scaup 4 Hooded Merganser 2 Ruddy Duck 1 Turkey Vulture 10 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Blue Jay X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X American Robin X Song Sparrow 2 One banded Northern Cardinal X American Goldfinch X House Sparrow X 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]