We had a great morning on the boardwalk behind the Visitor Center at
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge - a big thanks to our guide, Ethan Kistler
of the Ohio Young Birders Club!  Guides from the Black Swamp Bird
Observatory or refuge volunteers will be leading walks every Friday
morning in May, meeting at the Visitor Center at 8:00 a.m.  Here are some
highlights from our list:

Great-crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Bobolink
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

Reminder - the Ottawa NWR auto tour route is open both Saturday and Sunday
this weekend, 9 am to 4 pm.  Thanks - happy birding!

Laura A. Bonneau
Visitor Services Specialist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
14000 West State Route 2
Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449
(419) 898-0014
www.fws.gov/midwest/ottawa

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