October 17, 2015  Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Metzger Marsh

​Four birders fit neatly in one car for the Stockbridge field trip to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Metzger Marsh.  We had to skip Magee Marsh because it was closed for hunting.  As has been the case this fall, birding was okay but not spectacular.  Best bird was White-winged Scoter at Metzger, far out over the lake and seen by only one of us.


Comments:     40F-46F, mostly cloudy to cloudy, moderate wind
41 species
 
Ot = Ottawa NWR, M = Metzger Marsh, T = on the trip to and from (mostly not counted)
 
Canada Goose              Ot 100, T
Trumpeter Swan           Ot 5
Wood Duck                   Ot 2
Mallard  OT                   50, T
Blue-winged Teal         Ot 50
White-winged                Scoter  M 6
Pied-billed Grebe          Ot 18, M 1
Double-crested Cormorant  Ot 5, M 1
Great Blue Heron         Ot 2, M 1
Great Egret                    Ot 26
Turkey Vulture             T
Northern Harrier           Ot 1
Bald Eagle                     Ot 8, T 6
Red-tailed Hawk          T
American Coot             M 200
Sandhill Crane              Ot 5
Killdeer                           T
Bonaparte's Gull           Ot 30
Ring-billed Gull             Ot 1, M 20, T
Mourning Dove            Ot 1, T
Red-bellied Woodpecker  Ot 3
Downy Woodpecker    Ot 2
Hairy Woodpecker      Ot 1
Northern Flicker            Ot 1
American Kestrel          T
Eastern Phoebe             Ot 1
Blue Jay                         Ot 4, T
American Crow            T
Tree Swallow                 Ot 500
White-breasted Nuthatch  Ot 2
Brown Creeper              Ot 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet Ot 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  Ot 6
American Robin           Ot 4, T
European Starling        T
Yellow-rumped Warbler  Ot 7
Field Sparrow                M 1
Song Sparrow                Ot 1, M1
Red-winged Blackbird  Ot 200, T
Common Grackle         Ot 1
House Sparrow             T
 
Ed Powers and Steve Sarratore