Hi Everyone--
Beth and I had a very good day at Ottawa and Magee yesterday as well. Though
our list for the day was not close to the Nuebauers' (whom we finally met, I
think, though we didn't introduce ourselves), at about 53 or 54 species for
the day. Instead of repeating the species that they saw, I'll add the few
that we managed to see that they didn't, apparently:
At Ottawa, Brown Thrasher (obligingly posing out in the open on an as-yet
unleaved tree) and great Horned Owl
At the Magee boardwalk, Pine Warbler (I'm sure just inadvertently left out
of that terrific list)
One amusing moment was watching a Herring Gull harass an juvenile Bald Eagle
over one of the impoundments at Ottawa.
Best wishes,
Steve Cagan
Cleveland Heights
on 4/19/09 1:06 AM, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Friday, April 17 - (Sheldon Marsh, Old Woman's Creek, Medusa Marsh and
> Benton-Carroll Road) Benton-Carroll is a real pleasure to bird along. The
> people that live nearby are very friendly, and the 'locals' that drive by
> are always curious and interested in what is seen. Trucks and traffic have
> decreased significantly on Route 2. Route 2 has also been much improved and
> widened through the area from Route 19 through Bono. It is a much better
> road since we began going there 14 years ago. We have never had a problem
> with law enforcement personnel.
>
> A beautiful weekend for birding in northern Ohio. With temps in the 70's,
> the birds were arriving. The Ottawa Auto Tour, as KK has mentioned, had a
> great variety of ducks, many eagle sightings. We watched a male northern
> harrier go through courtship display, zooming straight up like a rocket,
> turning on its back, and spiraling near the ground repeatedly. Life sighting
> !
>
> Our list for Friday and Saturday includes birds seen on the boardwalk late
> in the day on Saturday--3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Surprises were singing yellow
> warbler M & F; Brewer's blackbird, lots of hermit thrushes and winter
> wrens. And seemingly, every yellow-rumped warbler in Ohio ! Altogether, a
> total of 84 species, including 1 NOID.
>
> Canada goose
> Mute swan
> Trumpeter swan
> Gadwall
> American widgeon
> Mallard
> Blue-winged teal
> Northern shoveler
> Northern pintail
> Green-winged teal
> Redhead
> Ring-necked duck
> Lesser scaup
> Bufflehead
> Ruddy duck
> Pied-billed grebe
> DC cormorant
> Great blue heron
> Great egret
> Snowy egret
> Turkey vulture
> Bald eagle
> Northern harrier
> Cooper's hawk
> Red-tailed hawk
> American kestrel
> Common moorhen
> American coot
> American golden-plover
> Killdeer
> Greater yellowleg
> Lesser yellowleg
> Pectoral sandpiper
> Dunlin
> Wilson's snipe
> Bonaparte's gull
> Ring-billed gull
> Herring gull
> Mourning dove
> Red-bellied woodpecker
> Yellow-bellied sapsucker
> Downy woodpecker
> Northern flicker
> Pileated woodpecker
> Eastern phoebe
> Blue Jay
> American crow
> Tree swallow
> Barn swallow
> Black-capped chickadee
> Tufted titmouse
> White-breasted nuthatch
> Brown creeper
> Carolina wren
> Winter wren
> Golden-crowned kinglet
> Ruby-crowned kinglet
> Blue-gray gnatcatcher
> Eastern bluebird
> Hermit thrush
> American robin
> Northern mockingbird
> European starling
> Yellow warbler
> Yellow-rumped warbler
> Eastern towhee
> American tree sparrow
> Chipping sparrow
> Field sparrow
> Song sparrow
> Swamp sparrow
> White-throated sparrow
> Dark-eyed junco
> Northern cardinal
> Red-winged blackbird
> Eastern meadowlark
> Rusty blackbird
> Brewer's blackbird
> Common grackle
> Brown-headed cowbird
> Purple finch
> House finch
> American goldfinch
> House sparrow
>
> Now, about the NOID. It was along the causeway at Crane Creek,
> sparrow-size bird, clear breast, no dots, no stripes, no nuttin on the
> breast. Cheek
> pattern looked like a lark something--2 black stripes on top of head, 2
> black stripes on throat looking like a broken X from straight on. Song was a
> rapid, buzzy trill. Nothing in Peterson's or Sibley's seemed to fit.
> HELP ???
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped make this such a great weekend !
>
> Ed and Bev Neubauer
> Englewood, Ohio
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