Magee Marsh and Surrounding Area
May 18, 2019
On Saturday, May 18th, seven birders attended the Stockbridge Audubon field trip to Magee Marsh, Ohio. We also visited Ottowa FWA and Howard Marsh. After the trip was over, four of us stayed in the area and birded Magee Marsh again for a few hours on Sunday morning before returning home. Here is our list of 91 species from our official trip on Saturday:
Magee Marsh boardwalk:
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 6
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Least Flycatcher 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 18
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 11
European Starling 8
Cedar Waxwing 15
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 10
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 6
Ovenbird 2
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 7
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 14
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 6
Magnolia Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 26
Chestnut-sided Warbler 10
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 5
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 7
Ottowa NWR:
Canada Goose 8
Trumpeter Swan 10
Killdeer 2
Great Blue Heron 1
white egret sp. 4
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 3
American Pipit 10
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 2
House Sparrow 4
Howard Marsh Metropark:
Canada Goose 10
Trumpeter Swan 6
Blue-winged Teal 4
Mallard 4
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 4
Ruddy Duck 8
King Rail 1 Awesome looks, as bird was walking right out in the open marsh grass!
Common Gallinule 4
American Coot 2
Black-necked Stilt 1
Killdeer 6
Dunlin 200
Ring-billed Gull 7
Herring Gull 4
Caspian Tern 20
Forster's Tern 1
American White Pelican 9
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 12
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 Adult - three sightings of, probably, the same bird. The first one was as it was chasing a flock of Dunlin.
Horned Lark 1
Tree Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 2
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
On Sunday morning, the four remaining members of our group also got some nice looks at both Connecticut and Mourning Warbler.
Field trip leaders: Margit Codispoti and John Winebrenner
May 18, 2019
On Saturday, May 18th, seven birders attended the Stockbridge Audubon field trip to Magee Marsh, Ohio. We also visited Ottowa FWA and Howard Marsh. After the trip was over, four of us stayed in the area and birded Magee Marsh again for a few hours on Sunday morning before returning home. Here is our list of 91 species from our official trip on Saturday:
Magee Marsh boardwalk:
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 6
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Least Flycatcher 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 18
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 11
European Starling 8
Cedar Waxwing 15
Song Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 10
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 6
Ovenbird 2
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 7
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 14
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 6
Magnolia Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 26
Chestnut-sided Warbler 10
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 5
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 7
Ottowa NWR:
Canada Goose 8
Trumpeter Swan 10
Killdeer 2
Great Blue Heron 1
white egret sp. 4
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 3
American Pipit 10
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 2
House Sparrow 4
Howard Marsh Metropark:
Canada Goose 10
Trumpeter Swan 6
Blue-winged Teal 4
Mallard 4
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 4
Ruddy Duck 8
King Rail 1 Awesome looks, as bird was walking right out in the open marsh grass!
Common Gallinule 4
American Coot 2
Black-necked Stilt 1
Killdeer 6
Dunlin 200
Ring-billed Gull 7
Herring Gull 4
Caspian Tern 20
Forster's Tern 1
American White Pelican 9
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 12
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 Adult - three sightings of, probably, the same bird. The first one was as it was chasing a flock of Dunlin.
Horned Lark 1
Tree Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 2
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
On Sunday morning, the four remaining members of our group also got some nice looks at both Connecticut and Mourning Warbler.
Field trip leaders: Margit Codispoti and John Winebrenner
