Patrick and I also saw two Blue Winged Teal as we were leaving Metzger.
Thanks to all for a great weekend!

Karyn and Patrick Otte

---- Kathi Hutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> To add to Chris' excellent report about this weekend, and to continue 
> the phoebe reports, I saw an Eastern Phoebe along the dike that 
> separates Lake Erie from the marsh at Metzger after the majority of the 
> group departed on Sunday.  Unlike the one that has been calling its name 
> at my house in SW Ohio for the past week, this bird was silent, just 
> bobbing its tail in the weeds along the trail. 
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> Not to be too picky, Chris, but I think you meant to say that the Tundra 
> Swans were at Ottawa. 
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> The whole weekend was lots of fun, especially Norman Smith's talks on 
> Snowy Owls and the many other raptors he has studied and banded over the 
> years.  I really loved the many photos of his two "assistants" (his 
> young son and daughter) holding hawks and owls. 
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> Date:    Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:20:43 -0400
>  From:    Chris Knoll <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
>   <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >
> Subject: BSBO Annual Banquet Field Trips
> 
> Here is our bird list for today from Metzger and Ottawa National 
> Wildlife
> Refuge.
> 
> 1. Canada Geese - both places
> 2. Mute Swan - Metzger
> 3. Trumpeter Swan - both places
> 4. Tundra Swan - Metzger
> 5. Wood Duck - 2 flyovers at Ottawa
> 6. Gadwall - both places
> 7. American Wigeon - both places
> 8. American Black Duck - Ottawa
> 9. Mallard - both places
> 10. Northern Shoveler - Ottawa
> 11. Northern Pintail - Metzger
> 12. Green-winged Teal - both places
> 13. Canvasback - Metzger
> 14. Redhead - both places
> 15. Ring-necked Duck - both places
> 16. Lesser Scaup - Metzger
> 17. Bufflehead - both places
> 18. Hooded Merganser - Ottawa
> 19. Common Merganser - Metzger
> 20. Ruddy Duck - Metzger
> 21. Pied-billed Grebe - both places
> 22. Horned Grebe - both places
> 23. Great Blue Heron - both places
> 24. Great Egret - (2) - Ottawa parking lot
> 25. Black-crowned Night Heron - Metzger
> 26. Bald Eagle - both places
> 27. Northern Harrier - Metzger
> 28. Red-tailed Hawk - Ottawa
> 29. American Coot - both places
> 30. Sandhill Cranes - 4 - calling and flying; Ottawa
> 31. Killdeer - both places
> 32. Wilson's Snipe - Ottawa
> 33. Ring-billed Gull - Ottawa
> 34. Herring Gull - Metzger
> 35. Mourning Dove - both places
> 36. Great-horned Owl on nest - Ottawa
> 37. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Ottawa
> 38. Downy Woodpecker - both places
> 39. N. Flicker - both places
> 40. American Crow - Ottawa
> 41. Horned Lark - Metzger
> 42. Tree Swallow - Ottawa
> 43. Winter Wren - Metzger
> 44. American Robin - both places
> 45. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Ottawa parking lot fly-over
> 46. European Starling - Metzger
> 47. American Tree Sparrow - Ottawa
> 48. Song Sparrow - both places
> 49. White-throated Sparrow - Metzger
> 50. Northern Cardinal - both places
> 51. RWBB - both places
> 52. Eastern Meadowlark - Metzger
> 53. Rusty Blackbird - Ottawa
> 54. C. Grackle - both places
> 55. Brown-headed Cowbird - Metzger
> 56. American Goldfinch - 1 male - Ottawa
> 
> Later birding fans,
> 
> Chris Knoll
> Education Director
> Black Swamp Bird Observatory
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> 
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