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Hi Everyone,
Since I’ve started posting on ebird, I’m afraid I’ve neglected Ohio-Birds
and my own little list—sorry about that…
Well, yesterday (Saturday), we spent the day in Ottawa and Lucas counties.
Two passes through the wildlife drive in Ottawa National Wildlife refuge
produced some nice sightings, though there was virtually no habitat for
shorebirds, and our clearly identifiable ducks were all Mallards.
The two best moments were probably first, seeing five White Pelicans fly in
to join the one we had already seen, sharing a pool with Trumpeters, Canada
Geese, gulls, and Caspian Terns, and then seeing probably thousands of
Monarch butterflies congregating on cottonwood trees (only cottonwoods—not
on oaks, willows, dogwoods, etc.), preparing to migrate—got some good
photos and videos of them, but this medium doesn’t accept imagery. This was
a terrific moment, as it had been years since we had seen such
concentrations of Monarchs. And in truth, even in our garden this year we
had more than we have seen in some time.
Later, we went for the first time to the still-new Howard Marsh—by now it
was raining pretty steadily, but we did see a little, at least.
Our lists follow.
Best wishes, good birding to all—and let’s stand up for conservation…
Steve Cagan
Cuyahoga County
Ottawa NWR:
Canada Goose 112
Trumpeter Swan 24
Mallard 20
duck sp. 25
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Mourning Dove 10
Common Gallinule 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 75
Caspian Tern 8
Forster's Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 45
American White Pelican 6
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 45
Bald Eagle 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 2
swallow sp. 6
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 10
American Goldfinch 3
Red-winged Blackbird 89
Northern Cardinal 2
House Sparrow 6
Howard Marsh, Lucas County:
Canada Goose 45
Mallard 30
Hooded Merganser 4
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Ring-billed Gull 8
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Black Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 20
Barn Swallow 25
European Starling 40
Red-winged Blackbird 20
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Steve Cagan, photographer
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