There were quite a few birds flying by Lake Erie Bluffs with blue jays and orioles dominating. There were quite a few green herons also passing by, mostly in pairs heading east. Of note were 35 American pipits flying over and mourning warbler near the twoe and two chats.


Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark, Lake, Ohio, US
May 15, 2018 6:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Southwest winds changing to north around 9:30 with rain at 9:45. Most of the birds were heading east, but quite a few were going west also such as eastern kingbirds, great crested flycatchers, and American goldfinches.
88 species

Canada Goose  9
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  1
Red-breasted Merganser  26
Horned Grebe  1     Non-breeding plumage, close to shore along the lake.
Double-crested Cormorant  21
Great Blue Heron  7
Green Heron  19     All were migrants flying mostly east.
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  4
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Black-bellied Plover  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Ring-billed Gull  47
Herring Gull  7
Caspian Tern  2
Common Tern  3
Mourning Dove  14
Chimney Swift  72
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  2
Acadian Flycatcher  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  9
Eastern Kingbird  39
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1119
American Crow  26
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  41
Purple Martin  6
Tree Swallow  16
Bank Swallow  68
Barn Swallow  12
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Veery  3
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1
Swainson's Thrush  3
Wood Thrush  3
American Robin  24
Gray Catbird  47
Brown Thrasher  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  83
American Pipit  35     A flock of 35 flew by heading west
Cedar Waxwing  98
Ovenbird  2
Tennessee Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  1
Mourning Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  32
American Redstart  3
Magnolia Warbler  7
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  146
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Canada Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow  16
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  14
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  2
Scarlet Tanager  3
Northern Cardinal  11
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  15
Indigo Bunting  17
Orchard Oriole  10
Baltimore Oriole  126     Most were migrating east
Red-winged Blackbird  278
Brown-headed Cowbird  24
Common Grackle  15
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  121



John Pogacnik

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