Greetings birders -
Before attending the BSBO authors and artists event this afternoon, Sunday the 24th, I hit the Cedar Point Chaussee and Medusa Marsh for shorebirds. On the old Cedar Point road, on the extreme northeasternmost point, there is some good habitat that held several dowitchers, yellowlegs, and gulls and terns.
At the Medusa Marsh area on the other hand...
The only impoundment here that is prime for shorebirds is the hardest-to-view. You must exit at 269, go north only very briefly, (you will gain slight altitude from here), and you will see the habitat immediately on the east side of the road. Park on the wide gravel shoulder, walk south about a hundred feet towards Route 2, and use the "windows" through the thick phragmites stands to view the flats. PLEASE exercise extreme caution as you are standing on the side of the road to view this habitat. That should be a given.
HIGHLIGHTS
I made 2 stops here, one around noon and the other at 5:30 pm. On both visits the stunning adult TRICOLORED HERON was seen actively foraging, first relatively close-by, then in the evening back towards the far eastern end of the flats. ****You MUST have a spotting scope for this location or you will become frustrated.*** There are LOADS of birds here. It is amazing. There are surely many more treats to be found. On both visits I was only able to stay for around 30 minutes. You will not be able to closely view the majority of these birds; it is a good practice on IDing your shorebirds by behavior, plumage and overall appearance, size vrs. other species, etc.
Tricolored Heron - 1 striking adult
Little Blue Heron - 1 striking adult
Least Bittern - 1 flyby (Rosche)
Wilson's Phalarope - 2
White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 (nice study)
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 200+
Least Sandpiper - 200+
Pectoral Sandpiper - 200+
Stilt Sandpiper - 30+
Short-billed Dowitcher - 50+
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 80+
Black-bellied Plover - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 20+
Lesser Yellowlegs - 200+
Best of birding -
Jen
Jen Brumfield
[log in to unmask]
Sharon Center, OH
_________________________________________________________________
Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows®.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
|
