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)

Birding the Maumee River

Hello again. Here we are in early November, and temperatures this weekend in North West Ohio were in the 70's. With that being said, there was no way we were staying in the house. Saturday took Jill and I to Side Cut Metro Park in Maumee, Oh. We saw lots of birds, people and fellow photogs out and enjoying the awesome weather. While walking the levees in the park, we got a glimpse of a new bird for us, the Pine Siskin. There were plenty of the regular birds and we managed to get in several miles of walking.

On Sunday, we drove farther south down the Maumee river and wound up at Farnsworth Metropark in Waterville, Oh. Farnsworth is the site of an ancient Indian meeting place and the site of a former French settlement. It is also the end of the Erie-Miami canal. With Chloe in tow, we walked the park and hiked some trails. Birds were out inforce including Nuthatches, Goldfinces, Cedar Waxwings, Gulls and even a Harrier. From Farsworth we headed down the towpath to Bend View, and Providence Metroparks. 

From the Toledo Metropark website: Canal boats once carried goods and people 249 miles between Toledo and Cincinnati, linking Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Visitors to Providence today get a sense of what canal travel was like during a trip aboard an authentic, mule-drawn canal boat on an original section of the Miami and Erie Canal. The Providence Dam, just upriver from another attraction, the Isaac Ludwig Mill, was originally constructed to keep the canal filled with water. The canal boat and mill are open May through October.

It was a great day and beautiful weather. Today as with yesterday, we saw another new bird for our lifetime birding list - the Redheaded Woodpecker. This year, there are lots of new birds migrating to our area due to a poor food supply in southern Canada. Purple Finches, Cedar Waxwings, Pine Siskins, Crossbills and Grosbeaks are just a few of the birds infiltrating our area to winter over. Can't wait for next weekend to get back out there and look for more. 

I hope you enjoy the pictures and have a great week!