I am reporting (after returning home) on my birding in the Lake Erie
area from 12/17-12/19.
Two life birds for me! Great Black-backed Gulls and Trumpter Swans
(two with neck bands.)


Location:     Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (Lucas Co.)
Observation date:     12/17/09
Dawn until 10:45AM
Number of species:     12

Canada Goose     X
Hooded Merganser     2
Bald Eagle     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     4
Downy Woodpecker     3
Blue Jay     4
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Hermit Thrush     1
American Tree Sparrow     25
Northern Cardinal     7
American Goldfinch     11



Location:     Ottawa NWR (Ottawa Co.)
Observation date:     12/17/09
11AM until 1:15PM
Number of species:     15

Canada Goose     500
swan sp.     500
Mallard     200
Great Blue Heron     5
Bald Eagle     15
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     4
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     5
Black-capped Chickadee     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
European Starling     X
American Tree Sparrow     30
Song Sparrow     2
Swamp Sparrow     5
Red-winged Blackbird     7



Location:     East Harbor SP
Observation date:     12/18/09
8:15AM to Noon
Number of species:     26

Canada Goose     50
Mute Swan     60
Trumpeter Swan     3
Mallard     35
Bufflehead     9
Common Goldeneye     12
Common Merganser     15
Great Blue Heron     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Bonaparte's Gull     75
Ring-billed Gull     300
Great Black-backed Gull     3
Mourning Dove     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     6
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Brown Creeper     2
Carolina Wren     2
European Starling     1
American Tree Sparrow     7
Northern Cardinal     5



Location:     Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve
Observation date:     12/18/09
12:45PM until 2:10PM
Number of species:     19

Canada Goose     35
American Black Duck     15
Mallard     15
Red-breasted Merganser     35
Bald Eagle     1
Dunlin     5
Ring-billed Gull     500
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Downy Woodpecker     5
Blue Jay     7
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
American Robin     2
White-throated Sparrow     5
Northern Cardinal     3
American Goldfinch     3



Location:     Sandy Ridge Reservation
Observation date:     12/19/09
7:45AM until 9AM, Light snow
Number of species:     15

Snow Goose     1
Canada Goose     3000
Mallard     200
American Coot     3
Mourning Dove     4
Red-headed Woodpecker     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Downy Woodpecker     6
Blue Jay     5
Black-capped Chickadee     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
European Starling     X
Swamp Sparrow     5
Dark-eyed Junco     2
Northern Cardinal     9

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


Charles Crawford
Henderson, KY




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