Monday, May 7, 2018

Magee Marsh day 3 and Maumee Bay State Park 5/7/2018

Made it out birding today, we hit the Maumee Bay State Park boardwalk first. Not a lot of action. Did see some cowbirds, rose-breasted grosbeaks, goldfinches, black capped chickadees and nuthatches near the feeder at the start of the trail.

Magee Marsh was also slow, by comparison, today. Highlights included: Great Horned owl baby on the Estuary Trail. White-eye Vireo and a Brown Thrasher, both also on the Estuary Trail.


  1. Myrtle Warbler
  2. Palm Warbler
  3. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  4. Bay-breasted Warbler
  5. Tennessee Warbler
  6. Nashville Warbler
  7. Warbling Vireo
  8. White-eyed Vireo
  9. Yellow Warbler
  10. Blackburnian Warbler
  11. Black Throated Green Warbler
  12. Prothonotary Warbler
  13. Northern Waterthrush
  14. Common Yellowthroat
  15. Northern Parula
  16. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  17. Nuthatch
  18. Black-capped Chickadee
  19. GoldFinch
  20. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  21. Baltimore Oriole
  22. Red-winged Blackbird
  23. Eastern Pheobe
  24. Eastern Kingbird
  25. Bald Eagle
  26. Northern Cardinal
  27. Blue Jay
  28. Great Blue Heron
  29. Great Egret
  30. Herring Gull
  31. Double Crested Commorant
  32. Tree Swallow
  33. Barn Swallow
  34. Purple Martin
  35. Brown Thrasher
  36. Woodcock
  37. Catbird
  38. Common Nighthawk
  39. Chirping Sparrow
  40. House Sparrow
  41. Gray Cheeked Thrush
  42. Swainson's Thrush
  43. Hermit Thrush
  44. Great Horned Owl 
  45. Sandhill Crane (fly-over)















































Sunday, May 6, 2018

Magee Marsh and Ottawa Auto Drive 5-5-2018

Another great day (May 5, 3018) birding. Went to the boardwalk and estuary trail at Magee Marsh and did the auto drive at Ottawa.

Managed a couple new birds for the year.

Highlights were the Sora on the Magee boardwalk and a Common Gallinule (Moorhen) on the Ottawa Auto Drive. Also we saw some Blandings Turtles on the Estuary Trail

The warm weather had plenty of critters out, frogs, snakes, muskrats and gnats!
  1. Yellow Warbler
  2. Cape-may Warbler
  3. Myrtle Warbler (Yellow rumped)
  4. Black and White Warbler
  5. Blackburnian Warbler
  6. Nashville Warbler
  7. Northern Parula
  8. Chesnut Sided Warbler
  9. Magnolia Warbler
  10. Black-Throated Green Warbler
  11. Palm Warbler
  12. Bay-Breasted Warbler
  13. American Redstart
  14. Ovenbird
  15. Prothonotary Warbler
  16. Common Yellowthroat
  17. Warbling Vireo
  18. Rusty Black Bird
  19. Swainsons Thrush
  20. Grey Cheeked Thrush
  21. Hermit Thrush
  22. House Wren
  23. Bald Eagle
  24. Canada goose
  25. Cardinal
  26. American Robin
  27. Blue Jay
  28. Tundra Swan
  29. Red-winged Black Bird
  30. Pied Billed Grebe
  31. Coot
  32. Catbird
  33. Eastern Screech Owl
  34. Tree Swallow
  35. Barn Swallow
  36. Double Crested Cormarant
  37. Ruby Crowned Kinglet
  38. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
  39. Common Tern
  40. White Throated Sparrow
  41. White Crowned Sparrow
  42. Clay Colored Sparrow
  43. Red Bellied Woodpecker
  44. Hairy Woodpecker
  45. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  46. Green Heron
  47. Great Blue Heron
  48. Great Egret
  49. Snowy Egret




























































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