First, the Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen and heard last night by Judy and
Hugh Rose around 6:00 pm at the Inland Marina mobile home community. This
place is located just past Route 19 on Route 2 East on the left-hand side of
the road. Please drive 5 miles an hour there. Thanks



Magee Marsh birds today were as follows: Canada Geese, Trumpeter Swans, Wood
Ducks, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern
Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Greater and Lesser Scaup,
Bufflehead, Hooded Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, American Coots, and lots
of Ruddy Ducks and Bonaparte's Gulls on Lake Erie. The best of the wading
birds were the 5 SNOWY EGRETS along the causeway with several Great Egrets
and Great Blue Herons. Other causeway birds were an American Woodcock,
Killdeer, and Swamp Sparrows can be seen and heard now in fair numbers.



Dan and Barb Myers along with Ed Muchow at the observation tower near the
bird center saw very few hawks today. They did manage a few Turkey Vultures,
Bald Eagles, Northern Harrier, Cooper's hawk, and Red-tailed Hawks and a
Sandhill Crane. They did manage to see three swallow species though, Tree
and Barn Swallows, and Purple Martins.



Boardwalk birds were Mourning Dove, a male Belted Kingfisher, a male
Red-bellied Woodpecker (rare for the boardwalk), and Yellow-bellied
Sapsuckers everywhere it seemed. Several Downy Woodpeckers and Northern
Flickers were calling and pounding on trees to set-up territories. They were
trying to out due each other. Also was a White-breasted Nuthatch, lots of
Winter Wrens - one singing, Brown Creepers, Golden and Ruby Crowned
Kinglets. The male Ruby-crowned Kinglets were really putting on a show for
the lady Ruby-crowned Kinglets with those bright-red crown feathers. The
thrushes included lots of American Robins and Hermit Thrush. Even a
Yellow-rumped Warbler appeared on the east end of the boardwalk around noon.
As for the sparrows, we still are getting a few Fox, Song, D.E. Juncos, and
American Tree Sparrows.

Our beautiful state bird is still singing his heart-out along with the
Red-winged and Rusty Blackbirds, Common Grackles, a few Brown-headed
Cowbirds and one brilliantly-colored male, American Goldfinch.





Christopher J. Knoll

Education Director

Black Swamp Bird Observatory

13551 West State Route 2

Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449

Website: www.bsbobird.org

Phone: 419-898-4070

Fax: 419-898-1363




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