Birding in Rossford - I birded at Rossford Island View Park for a little over an hour around midday today. Temps were in the 60's with light winds and sunny skies. I saw a few TUVUs soaring when I pulled into the parking lot. I saw a Cooper's Hawk while in the park head towards Grassy Greek. There were a lot of birds singing, including several Juncos with their unrefined trills. If they took lessons, Juncos could sound like Chipping Sparrows. Speaking of sparrows, I saw the following at RIVP today: Fox, Song, Am. Tree, and White-throated. The river around RIVP was frozen last Friday, but today it was open with ice flows. In the river was Ring-necked Ducks, Common Mergansers, Mallards, and Canadian Geese. Gulls were flying around of course. (Damn, there was just now a helluva loud explosion outside in the distance.) Anyway, I believe the rest of the birds were the usuals. Multiple Carolina Wrens were singing.

Most of the snow is now gone. There is still some snow and ice in the shady areas. I also saw a couple chipmunks running around, and I saw a medium-sized butterfly, burnt orange with dark spots land on a limb. I haven't checked the butterfly book yet to see what it was. I think I saw a bumble-bee flying around too.