Two things to add/share:
1) Lake Erie Public Access Guide
We've got 'em at Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) too. We're located at
the entrance to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area and are currently open Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. If we can't entice you
to come out to BSBO, Magee Marsh, and Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge this
weekend to pick up the guide, then see number 2).
2) Fall Migration
It's definitely under way. While the numbers banded at our main research
station (behind Davis Besse Nuclear Power Plant, just a few miles east of
Magee Marsh) were low overall yesterday, they still had seven species of
warblers: Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, Canada, Mourning,
Common Yellowthroat, and Ovenbird.
We also had several migrants visiting the water feature at BSBO, including
Magnolia, Wilson's, Yellow, and Nashville Warblers, and one lovely Veery.
If you can tune out the din of hundreds of recently fledged American
Goldfinches begging to be fed : ) BSBO's window on wildlife is a great
place to watch for migrants.
Oh, I almost forgot... Okay, three things to share!
2a) Most people consider some birds to be nonmigratory, like Northern
Cardinals, for example. But, last fall we banded a Northern Cardinal at our
main site behind Davis Besse, in Ottawa County, and get this, it was
recaptured at another one of our research sites this spring -- at Shaker
Lakes Nature Center near Cleveland! Not exactly the migration sensation of
some terns and shorebirds, but not too shabby for a Cardinal, eh?! That's
what I love so much about birds -- there's always something new to discover
if we just go out and look! Even a bird as "common" as the Northern
Cardinal still has some secrets to share.
Thanks,
Kimberly Kaufman
Executive Director
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
13551 West State Route 2
Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449
419-898-4070
www.bsbobird.org
www.ohioyoungbirders.org
www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.org
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From: "John Pogacnik" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Lake Erie Public Access Guide
We are rapidly getting close to the fall migration of waterbirds along
the Lake Erie shoreline. I just recently ran across a new publication
put out by the ODNR Office of Coastal Management titled "Ohio's Lake
Erie Public Access Guidebook". it is a 300+ page book listing all the
public access sites in Ohio. It lists 164 access points and each site
has its own map, address, and description of the site. I remember many a
time watching a bird fly by and thinking it's heading in this
direction, is there anywhere down the way to get a better look? This
book will definitely help. Best of all it's free. Here is a link to
the website. The website has PDF's of each site and lists where you can
pick up a copy of the book.
http://ohiodnr.com/Coastal_Main_Menu/Access/tabid/21033/Default.aspx
John
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