Got in a lot of birding yesterday in the NW L. Erie marsh region. First good sighting was 4 sandhill cranes in a field along Rte. 2 in Ottawa Co. Started in the early morning at Magee Marsh Bird Trail. Found decent activity towards the east end. Warblers included: chestnut-sided, magnolia, Cape May, yellow-rumped, black-throated green, bay-breasted, blackpoll, Am. redstart, and c. yellowthroat. Also n. flickers, e. wood-pewees, warbling vireos, red-eyed vireo, 5 red-breasted nuthatches, Carolina wren, Swainson's thrushes, gray catbirds, and cedar waxwings. Next we walked the Crane Creek Estuary Trail to view one part of the estuary. Seen there: green-winged teal, snowy egret, black-bellied plover, greater yellowlegs, lesser yellowlegs, least sandpipers, buff-breasted sandpiper, short-billed dowitcher. Then we went to the regular Ottawa NWR entrance, and made the hike out to the south side of the estuary. Picked up a spotted sandpiper,
but at the prime-looking mudflat area there were absolutely no shorebirds. Did see a stilt sandpiper at a little mud island. There was a nice group of terns with 60 commons and 15 Forster's estimated. Also some Caspian terns and Bonaparte's gulls. On the walk back to the car we flushed a couple wood ducks. Next/last birding site we visited was the Cedar Point Chaussee. There were a lot of birds there: Am. wigeon, blue-winged teal, n. shovelers, green-winged teal, pied-billed grebes, great egrets, 2 snowy egrets, juv. little blue heron, semipalmated plovers, killdeer, lesser yellowlegs, 3 marbled godwits, least sandpipers, pectoral sandpipers, 20 stilt sandpipers, short-billed dowitchers, 5 red-necked phalaropes, Caspian terns, tree swallows, and barn swallows. Back at the brush/woody area by the parking pull-off were some more passerines: e. wood-pewee, Philadelphia vireo, chestnut-sided warbler, Am. redstarts and a number of no ID
warblers. All in all a good birding day......Craig Holt, Lowellville
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