Magee Marsh, OH
May 20, 2017
Nine enthusiastic birders set out for Magee Marsh early Saturday morning and we were rewarded for our effort! The north winds created large waves on the lake and the birds were hunkering down in the lower trees and shrubs along the boardwalk providing us with many good looks at the warblers. We got 16 warbler species. But I am getting ahead of myself. Perhaps the best bird of the day was our first stop along the causeway into Magee. A KING RAIL was calling frequently and skulking about in the shrubs at the waters edge. All of us got some good looks at the rail and for some of us it was a lifer. Not far down the road we made another stop and picked up snowy egret, semipalmated plovers and dunlin.
In addition to many birds we found Phil and Jacob Wixom on the boardwalk (or should I say Jacob found us!).
Here's the list:
Canada goose
trumpeter swan
mallard
blue-winged teal
pied-billed grebe
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
great egret
snowy egret
black-crowned night heron
turkey vulture
bald eagle
king rail
common gallinule
American coot
semipalmated plover
killdeer
Dunlin
ring-billed gull
herring gull
rock pigeon
mourning dove
eastern whip-poor-will
ruby-throated hummingbird
downy woodpecker
eastern wood-pewee
alder flycatcher
willow flycatcher
great-crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
blue-headed vireo
warbling vireo
red-eyed vireo
blue jay
American crow
purple Martin
tree swallow
barn swallow
black-capped chickadee
house wren
Marsh wren
blue-gray gnatcatcher
veery
gray-cheeked thrush
Swainson's thrush
American robin
gray catbird
brown thrasher
European starling
black and white warbler
prothonotary warbler
Tennessee warbler
common yellowthroat
American redstart
northern parula
magnolia warbler
bay-breasted warbler
blackburnian warbler
yellow warbler
chestnut-sided warbler
blackpoll warbler
black-throated blue warbler
black-throated green warbler
Canada warbler
Wilson's warbler
song sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
scarlet tanager
northern Cardinal
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
Baltimore oriole
American goldfinch
house sparrow.
(We also had a sighting of Kim and Kenn Kaufman).
May 20, 2017
Nine enthusiastic birders set out for Magee Marsh early Saturday morning and we were rewarded for our effort! The north winds created large waves on the lake and the birds were hunkering down in the lower trees and shrubs along the boardwalk providing us with many good looks at the warblers. We got 16 warbler species. But I am getting ahead of myself. Perhaps the best bird of the day was our first stop along the causeway into Magee. A KING RAIL was calling frequently and skulking about in the shrubs at the waters edge. All of us got some good looks at the rail and for some of us it was a lifer. Not far down the road we made another stop and picked up snowy egret, semipalmated plovers and dunlin.
In addition to many birds we found Phil and Jacob Wixom on the boardwalk (or should I say Jacob found us!).
Here's the list:
Canada goose
trumpeter swan
mallard
blue-winged teal
pied-billed grebe
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
great egret
snowy egret
black-crowned night heron
turkey vulture
bald eagle
king rail
common gallinule
American coot
semipalmated plover
killdeer
Dunlin
ring-billed gull
herring gull
rock pigeon
mourning dove
eastern whip-poor-will
ruby-throated hummingbird
downy woodpecker
eastern wood-pewee
alder flycatcher
willow flycatcher
great-crested flycatcher
eastern kingbird
blue-headed vireo
warbling vireo
red-eyed vireo
blue jay
American crow
purple Martin
tree swallow
barn swallow
black-capped chickadee
house wren
Marsh wren
blue-gray gnatcatcher
veery
gray-cheeked thrush
Swainson's thrush
American robin
gray catbird
brown thrasher
European starling
black and white warbler
prothonotary warbler
Tennessee warbler
common yellowthroat
American redstart
northern parula
magnolia warbler
bay-breasted warbler
blackburnian warbler
yellow warbler
chestnut-sided warbler
blackpoll warbler
black-throated blue warbler
black-throated green warbler
Canada warbler
Wilson's warbler
song sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
scarlet tanager
northern Cardinal
indigo bunting
red-winged blackbird
common grackle
brown-headed cowbird
Baltimore oriole
American goldfinch
house sparrow.
(We also had a sighting of Kim and Kenn Kaufman).
