Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark, Lake, Ohio, US
Apr 30, 2018 6:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Winds were west-southwest. Migration was a bit on the slow side. Most birds were heading west.
47 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  38
Mallard  7
Lesser Scaup  1
Red-breasted Merganser  117
Double-crested Cormorant  678
Great Blue Heron  21
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  42
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  4
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Rough-legged Hawk  1     One light phase rough-legged hawk passed by heading east. Noted were the whitish underwings with slightly darker underwing coverts. There were distinct dark marks at the bend of the wing. The tail was dark with a white rump. Wings were long and narrow. It appeared to be a female.
Bonaparte's Gull  14
Ring-billed Gull  423
Herring Gull  51
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Caspian Tern  45
Common Tern  6
Forster's Tern  2
Mourning Dove  22
Chimney Swift  4
Belted Kingfisher  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  54
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  26
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  6
Tree Swallow  34
Barn Swallow  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
American Robin  176
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  44
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  5
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Red-winged Blackbird  384
Brown-headed Cowbird  111
Common Grackle  84
blackbird sp.  400
Pine Siskin  3
American Goldfinch  63

John Pogacnik

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