as foretold by several folks, Friday 4/13 was fantastic for birds in downtown Cleveland. day began auspiciously with 2 yellow bellied sapsuckers in our suburban Akron yard. we never had more than 1 before, and then only briefly; yesterday one stayed in our sugar maple for 1 1/2 hr. then we were off to Erie St Cemetery for a 75 deg early afternoon, followed by mid afternoon at 53 deg (!) Wendy Park, back to 65 deg Erie St, and home to 82 deg Akron for dinner. you need layers when going to the lake! 53 species in all. make that 66 different species when including Thursday's Akron area lakes. highlights: Erie St: numerous sapsuckers (one female), flickers, golden crowned kinglets, phoebes, woodcocks. seen at Wendy Park but not at Erie St: wood thrush, thrasher, Lincoln's sparrow, mockingbird, killdeer. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]