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Date: | Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:58:28 -0400 |
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Hi folks,
Birds are slowly trickling into Magee Marsh right now. The boardwalk was
a little slow, but the usual early migrants (Yellow-rumped warbler,
hermit thrush, blue-gray gnatcatcher, ruby-crowned kinglet, pine
warbler) were seen. The most numerous waterfowl species was blue-winged
teal, with rafts of ruddy ducks seen off of the beach. Here is our
species list.
Mallard
Blue-winged teal
Green-winged teal
Gadwall
Wood duck
Northern pintail
Pied-billed grebe
Ruddy duck
Lesser scaup
Hooded merganser
Ring-necked duck
Canada goose
Trumpeter swan
American coot
Great egret
Great blue heron
Double-crested cormorant
Herring gull
Bonaparte's gull
Common tern
Greater yellowlegs
Lesser yellowlegs
Pectoral sandpiper
Killdeer
Wilson's snipe
Bald eagle
Red-tailed hawk
Barn swallow
Tree swallow
Purple martin
Downy woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Northern flicker
Northern cardinal
American robin
Hermit thrush
House wren
Winter wren
Mourning dove
Rock pigeon
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Yellow-rumped warbler
Pine warbler
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Eastern phoebe
Chipping sparrow
Song sparrow
Swamp sparrow
White-throated sparrow
House sparrow
Eastern towhee
Brown thrasher
European starling
Common grackle
Red-winged blackbird
Rusty blackbird
Brown-headed cowbird
American goldfinch
House finch
Jim Witter
Seasonal Naturalist
Sportsmen's Migratory Bird Center
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
13229 W. St. Rt. 2
Oak Harbor, OH 43449
419-898-0960 ext. 29
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