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I was up in Northwest Ohio this weekend and it ended up being some pretty
good birding.  First the highlights for today: black-necked stilt, upland
sandpiper, tricolored heron, cattle egret, yellow-headed blackbird, and
Brewer's blackbird.

I started at Metzger Marsh first thing this morning.  The CATTLE EGRET was
not near the marina area on the way in, but it was there when I was leaving.
Along the roadway there were four pairs of common moorhens close in to the
roadway.  At the parking lot I watched the lake a few minutes and saw a
TRICOLORED HERON fly in from the west.  It flew east of the woods at the
parking lot and I lost sight of it and was unable to relocate it.

Along Krause Road I had an UPLAND SANDPIPER near the Grim Wildlife Area.  It
was on top of a telephone pole about a 100 yards east of the parking lot.
About halfway down Krause Road I had a flock of  blackbirds that included a
male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.  It was flying to the northeast about halfway
down Krause Road.

The bird trail was a little slow.  Most of the birds were in the eastern
half on the backside.  the only warblers were a few yellow-rumped, 2 yellow
and two palms.  One of the palms was a brilliantly colored "yellow" palm
warbler.  It was chasing a second palm, but I was unable to see whether it
was a yellow palm or not.  There were at least three brown thrashers on the
trail and a single black-capped chickadee amongst the other more common
migrants.

The BLACK-NECKED STILT was on Benton Carroll Road just south of Route 2.  It
was very close to the road  and posed nicely for photos.  After taking
Benton-Carroll Road south to the first turn off, Zenzer Road, I found two
snowy egrets in a small wetland north of Zenzer.  On Lemon Road there was a
flock of 25 or so American golden plovers.  Also along Lemon just south of
Route 2 there were three BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS, two females and a male.

There were a few more shorebirds around today compared to yesterday,
although I saw only greater and lesser yellowlegs and a few pectorals and
snipe.

Yesterday there were a ton of birds moving, although I didn't see as many
good ones.  Yesterday there was an orange-crowned warbler sand a veery on
the bird trail.  We had a single sandhill crane pass by the Ottawa Refuge
parking lot.  At the entrance road to Metzger we had a kettle of 80+
broad-winged hawks.  I also had a couple lark sparrows at Oak Openings at
the usual Girdham and Reed location.


John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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