The mayflies are out in full force today, but we did complete the Magee
Marsh Bird Census for June.
Thanks to Jim Witter and Pat Seles for helping out!!   Probably the
strangest thing we saw was a Black Crowned Night Heron walking along the
boardwalk!
The Prothonotaries were still along the Boardwalk and the Walking Trail
to delight us.   Here is what was sighted today from 8 am until 1 pm . 

Double Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Wood Duck
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Common Tern
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
E. Kingbird
Great-crested Flycatcher
E. Phoebe
Willow Flycatcher
E. Wood Pewee
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Am Robin
Cedar Waxwing
E. Starling
Warbling Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow
House Finch
Am Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Our next bird Census is scheduled for Tuesday July 20th at 8 am.   Meet
at the Bird Center if you would like to join us.

Happy Birding

Mary L. Warren
Wildlife Communications Specialist
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
13229 W. State Route 2
Oak Harbor, OH  43449
419-898-0960 #31
FAX: 419-898-4017
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                                     John Burroughs


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