Beautiful day to be in the field. Walked the boardwalk, the trail and behind the BSBO. Great day for waterfoul anda few surprises like the first of year Phoebe, E. Meadowlark and BW Teal.
Location:???? Magee Marsh Bird Trail
Observation date:???? 3/14/09
Number of species:???? 46

Canada Goose???? lots
Mute Swan???? 2
Trumpeter Swan???? 11
Wood Duck???? 4
Gadwall???? 2
American Black Duck???? 3
Mallard???? 20-ish
Blue-winged Teal???? 3
Northern Shoveler???? 16
Canvasback???? 2
Redhead???? 21
Ring-necked Duck???? 26
Greater/Lesser Scaup???? 3
Bufflehead???? 3
Common Goldeneye???? 2
Hooded Merganser???? 5
Common Merganser???? 8
Pied-billed Grebe???? 1
Great Blue Heron???? 3
Bald Eagle???? 9
Northern Harrier???? 2
Red-tailed Hawk???? 2
Killdeer???? 3
Ring-billed Gull???? did not count
Mourning Dove???? 4
Eastern Screech-Owl???? 2 - heard one calling in the middle of the day but could not point location - Odd? - saw the other
Red-bellied Woodpecker???? 1
Downy Woodpecker???? 3
Eastern Phoebe???? 1
Northern Shrike???? 1
American Crow???? 2
Brown Creeper???? 2
American Robin???? lots
European Starling???? too many flying around in large flock over the entrance to the area
American Tree Sparrow???? 7
Song Sparrow???? 2
White-throated Sparrow???? 2
Dark-eyed Junco???? 2
Northern Cardinal???? 3
Red-winged Blackbird???? all over the place
Eastern Meadowlark???? 1 - trail behind BSBO
Rusty Blackbird???? 5 - all found along the boardwalk
Common Grackle???? lots
Brown-headed Cowbird???? 9
American Goldfinch???? 5
House Sparrows

Also saw a mink on the dike, white tail deer (one with a bum leg) ?and lots of muskrats.

Good birding,
D

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