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Second Saturday Bird Walk Report 

 
Date:​ Saturday, January 12, 2019 
Location:​ Trails around Rocky River Nature Center, Rocky River Reservation, 
Cleveland Metroparks, 24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070 
Leaders:​ Marty Calabrese, Bill Deininger, Ken Gober, Dave Graskemper 
Results:​ 25 Birders and 28 Species
Description:​ ​Our bird walk on the second Saturday of the month for Jan 2018 produced a few
surprises. First surprise was the number of excited birders who attended. We had 25 birders
who braved the 27 degree temperature, including a birder from Alaska. The second surprise
was a Rough-legged Hawk who did a fly over directly above our heads. We ended up with 28
species, including a fly over Bald Eagle and a very tough to see Barred Owl. ​-​ Report by Bill
Deininger.

Bird List  
# Species Count

1. ​ ranta canadensis)
Canada Goose ​(B 15

2. Bald Eagle​ (​Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1

3. Cooper’s Hawk ​(​Accipiter cooperii) 1

4. Red-tailed Hawk ​(​Buteo jamaicensis) 1

5. Rough-legged Hawk​ (​Buteo lagopus) 1

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6. Ring-billed Gull ​(​Larus delawarensis) 1

7. Barred Owl ​(​Strix varia) 1

8. Red-bellied Woodpecker (​Melanerpes carolinus​) 12

9. Downy Woodpecker ​(Picoides pubescens) 9

10. Hairy Woodpecker (​Leuconotopicus villosus​) 6

11. Pileated Woodpecker ​(​Dryocopus pileatus) 1

12. Blue Jay ​(Cyanocitta cristata) 10

13. Black-capped Chickadee ​(​Poecile atricapillus) 18

14. Tufted Titmouse ​(​Baeolophus bicolor) 10

15. Red-breasted Nuthatch ​(S​ itta canadensis) 4

16. White-breasted Nuthatch ​(​Sitta carolinensis) 15

17. Carolina Wren ​(​Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2

18. Eastern Bluebird​ (Sialia sialis) 8

19. American Robin ​(​Turdus migratorius) 8

20. European Starling​ (​Sturnus vulgaris) 20

21. American Tree Sparrow ​(Spizella arborea) 1

22. Song Sparrow​ (​Melospiza melodia) 12

23. Swamp Sparrow ​(​Melospiza georgiana) 2

24. White-throated Sparrow ​(​Zonotrichia albicollis) 7

25. Dark-eyed Junco ​(J​ unco hyemalis) 5

26. ​ ardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Cardinal​ (C 10

27. ​ aemorhous mexicanus)

House Finch​ (H 7

28. American Goldfinch​ (​Spinus tristis) 7

 
   

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Photos 
 

 
Photo: Second Saturday Birders Jan 2019 by Marty Calabrese at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland
Metroparks, 24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.
 

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Photo: Downy Woodpecker by Debra Sweeney at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000
Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

 
Photo: American Tree Sparrow by Debra Sweeney at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks,
24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

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Photo: Red-breasted Nuthatch by Debra Sweeney at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000
Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

Photo: Pileated Woodpecker by Debra Sweeney at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000
Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

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Photo: Bob Helton by Marty Calabrese at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000 Valley
Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

Photo: Second Saturday Bird Walk by Marty Calabrese at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks,
24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

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Photo: Bill Deininger by Marty Calabrese at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000 Valley
Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

Photo: Rough-legged Hawk by Marty Calabrese at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000
Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

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