On and from Kelleys Island - 11/09/2008

While on Kelleys Island Laura and I (along with Tom & Paula Bartlett) saw thousands of Red-breasted Mergansers
a Black Scoter - (Life bird for Laura and I)
Bufflehead
Lesser Scaup
a Bald Eagle
two American Kestrel
Double-crested Commorant,
two Wilson's Snipe
a Killdeer
a Northern Harrier
Bonaparte's, Ring-billed and Herring Gull
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted & Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Slate-colored Junco
Northern Flicker
Common Loon
Eastern Bluebird
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper
White-breasted Nuthatch
Great Blue Heron
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
and a Cooper's Hawk

Not bad considering 10 -20 mph winds from the South West and temperatures in the low 40's.