Hi folks,

 

Birds are slowly trickling into Magee Marsh right now. The boardwalk was
a little slow, but the usual early migrants (Yellow-rumped warbler,
hermit thrush, blue-gray gnatcatcher, ruby-crowned kinglet, pine
warbler) were seen. The most numerous waterfowl species was blue-winged
teal, with rafts of ruddy ducks seen off of the beach. Here is our
species list.

 

Mallard

Blue-winged teal

Green-winged teal

Gadwall

Wood duck

Northern pintail

Pied-billed grebe

Ruddy duck

Lesser scaup

Hooded merganser

Ring-necked duck

Canada goose

Trumpeter swan

American coot

Great egret

Great blue heron

Double-crested cormorant

Herring gull

Bonaparte's gull

Common tern

Greater yellowlegs

Lesser yellowlegs

Pectoral sandpiper

Killdeer

Wilson's snipe

Bald eagle

Red-tailed hawk

Barn swallow 

Tree swallow

Purple martin

Downy woodpecker

Red-bellied woodpecker 

Northern flicker

Northern cardinal

American robin

Hermit thrush

House wren

Winter wren

Mourning dove

Rock pigeon

Golden-crowned kinglet

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Yellow-rumped warbler

Pine warbler

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Eastern phoebe

Chipping sparrow

Song sparrow

Swamp sparrow

White-throated sparrow

House sparrow

Eastern towhee

Brown thrasher

European starling

Common grackle

Red-winged blackbird

Rusty blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird

American goldfinch

House finch

 

 

Jim Witter

Seasonal Naturalist

Sportsmen's Migratory Bird Center

Magee Marsh Wildlife Area

13229 W. St. Rt. 2

Oak Harbor, OH 43449

419-898-0960 ext. 29

 


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