Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark, Lake, Ohio, US
Apr 23, 2018 6:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     the first 2 1/2 ours were spent on the 50' observation platform counting migrating birds. After a little time was spent on the Lane Road trails and also the observation deck there counting migrating hawks. Strong southeast winds.
88 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  66
Wood Duck  4
Blue-winged Teal  3
Mallard  2
Greater Scaup  5
Bufflehead  6
Red-breasted Merganser  77
Ruddy Duck  4
Wild Turkey  3
Common Loon  14
Pied-billed Grebe  4
Horned Grebe  6
Double-crested Cormorant  770
American White Pelican  1     One bird was observed fly east with a group of cormorants. the large size, white coloration, black flight feathers, and large orange bill were noted.
Great Blue Heron  59
Great Egret  4
Turkey Vulture  1264     There was a large movement of raptors moving along the lake. Vultures started moving by 7:30
Osprey  6
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  81     Part of the large raptor flight
Cooper's Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  4
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Broad-winged Hawk  557     Part of the large raptor flight. There were numerous small kettles of birds. The largest was of 49 birds
Red-tailed Hawk  39
Buteo sp.  400     Too distant to identify. Most were probably broad-winged hawks
Sandhill Crane  9     Flocks of 5, 3, and 1 birds flew by
Killdeer  1
Dunlin  6
Wilson's Snipe  3
Bonaparte's Gull  7
Laughing Gull  2     Two adult laughing gulls passed by heading west. They were together. Both had black heads, dark gray wings blending into an all black wingtip. There was no white on the wingtip. The tail and belly were white.
Ring-billed Gull  447
Herring Gull  61
Iceland Gull  1     1 1st/2nd cycle bird
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Caspian Tern  152
Forster's Tern  2
Mourning Dove  9
Short-eared Owl  1     A short-eared owl was observed flying in the field south of the Lane Road trail. The bird landed on a snag, where it remained for close to 2 hours
Chimney Swift  11
Belted Kingfisher  8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Downy Woodpecker  6
Northern Flicker  773     There was a large migration along the lakefront. Birds moved heavily until around 10:00
American Kestrel  47     The kestrels were part of the raptor flight
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  28
American Crow  122
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  24
Purple Martin  8
Tree Swallow  944
Bank Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  113
swallow sp.  200
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Brown Creeper  8
House Wren  1
Winter Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  34
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8
Eastern Bluebird  3
Hermit Thrush  4
American Robin  122
Brown Thrasher  2
European Starling  322
Cedar Waxwing  13
Yellow Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  31
Chipping Sparrow  9
Field Sparrow  4
Dark-eyed Junco  6
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  43
Swamp Sparrow  8
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  12
Bobolink  8     Two flocks of 6 and 2 bobolinks flew over. They were calling.
Eastern Meadowlark  14
Red-winged Blackbird  2100
Brown-headed Cowbird  800
Rusty Blackbird  51
Common Grackle  69
blackbird sp.  5000
American Goldfinch  3


John Pogacnik

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