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Date: | Wed, 22 May 2013 19:20:41 +0000 |
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The monthly bird count was done yesterday at Magee Marsh and the following birds were seen or heard:
Bird Count - May 2013<http://friendsofmageemarsh.org/sightings/archives/2013/05/bird-count-may-2013/>
Posted on May 21, 2013<http://friendsofmageemarsh.org/sightings/archives/2013/05/bird-count-may-2013/> by NZ Bellbird<http://friendsofmageemarsh.org/sightings/archives/author/nz-bellbird/>
May 21 bird count performed by Shane Roberts with the assistance of Aimee, ODNR’s Magee Marsh summer naturalist. The weather was mostly sunny, breezy by mid-day and into the mid 80′s temperature wise.
Geese
Canada Goose
Waterfowl
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Raptors
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Shorebirds
Killdeer
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson’s Snipe
Gulls
Herring Gull
Doves
Mourning Dove
Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Flycatchers
Eastern Wood Peewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Corvids
Blue Jay
American Crow
Martins, Swifts and Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Wrens
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes and Mimids
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Wood Warblers
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Common yellow-throat
Wilson’s Warbler
Canada Warbler
Sparrows and Finches
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Grosbeaks, Blackbirds, etc
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Although the birding has slowed down , there are still plenty of good birds to be seen and no crowds!
Happy Birding!
Mary L. Warren
Wildlife Communications Specialist
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
13229 W. State Route 2
Oak Harbor, OH 43449
419-898-0960 #31
419-898-4017 Fax
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