The Bird Count for August was conducted this morning, August 13, 2013.    Thanks to counters Mary Warren, Chris Knoll, Adam Marks, and to young birders Caroline, Rob, and Andy (and Andy's mom!)

The following were seen or heard:

Double-crested cormorant -2
Great blue heron-12
Green heron-1
Great egret-14
Black-crowned night-heron-1
Trumpeter swan-5
Mallard-53
Wood duck-39
Ring-necked duck-9
Bald eagle-7
Northern harrier-1
Killdeer-2
Spotted sandpiper-4
Herring gull-2
Ring-billed gull-9
Caspian tern-1
Mourning dove-15
Yellow-billed cuckoo-1
Ruby-throated hummingbird-6 (look in the butterfly garden by the Bird Center!)
Belted kingfisher-3
Northern flicker-1
Red-bellied woodpecker-1
Hairy woodpecker-2
Downy woodpecker-4
Eastern kingbird-9
Eastern wood-pewee-4
Tree swallow- 207
Bank swallow-365 (swallows are swarming at Magee... check the east end of the boardwalk!)
Barn swallow-337
Purple martin-68
Black-capped chickadee-2
House wren-2
Gray catbird-23
Brown thrasher-1
American robin-10
Blue-gray gnatcatcher-3
Cedar waxwing-70
European starling-21
Warbling vireo-4
Yellow warbler-8
Common yellowthroat-1
Red-winged blackbird-15
Baltimore oriole-5
Common grackle-8
Northern cardinal-8
Indigo bunting-1
Song sparrow-3
American goldfinch-10
House sparrow-6
Flycatcher sp.-2

The morning was damp and breezy with the waves eroding a lot of the beach.  The sandpipers were struggling to stand up!

The next Bird Count will be September 17 beginning at 8 am from the Bird Center.    Join us if you can!

Aimee Weidner
Seasonal Naturalist
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
13229 W. State Rt. 2
Oak Harbor, OH 43449
419-898-0960


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