Greetings!


Great two days birding.  97 first day, 89 species today with 112 for the
combined two days.  Not too bad.  Though if I had hung out with Tom Bartlet
all day, I would have had 103 or 104 for the day...or whatever the final
number was. :-D  But my total species count would have only gone up to 115
or so.

Best birds:

Day 1: Neotropic Cormorant, and Snowy Egret (Both over in Sandusky)

Day 2: Kentucky Warbler...and the two second view I got of a Mourning
Warbler.

Only disappointment: No Orange-crowned Warbler...:-( But that is for next
year I guess...If I didn't need all my days this year for something in the
summer, I could have possibly gotten it...but I will try again next year.

I have about 3-400 pictures to go through...looks like a rough week for my
computer. :-D I will post a blog entry later on this week with all the
photos from there.  I did get a chance to get my hands on a Tamron 150-600
this weekend...on a Canon body...so sorry, no pics from it.  First
impressions are that it is a well built lens, quiet, and good detail. A
little heavier than the Sigma, but still lighter than the Nikon 500mm.
Only downside so far is that the zoom ring turns the wrong way...but I can
deal with that I guess. :-D

I am saddened for the family of the man that had passed away while there.
Without going into detail...I think he died in a place that he loved. I
remember seeing his van every year, and the Orioles he attracted to it. :-)
He will be missed.

Tell your mother/wife Happy Mother's Day, and that you love her, and take
her birding...unless she wants to go to a restaurant...then I guess you do
what she wants to do. :-D

List of birds seen are below.

Happy Birding and God Bless!


Steve J.

Magee Marsh Wildlife Area--Boardwalk, Lucas, US-OH
May 10, 2014 5:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.3
89 species

Canada Goose  3
Trumpeter Swan  2
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  4
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  2
Sora  4
Sandhill Crane  2
Killdeer  2
American Woodcock  4
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  1
Caspian Tern  2
Common Tern  2
Mourning Dove  4
Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Great Horned Owl  1
Common Nighthawk  1
Eastern Whip-poor-will  1
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  3
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  30
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Veery  3
Gray-cheeked Thrush  2
Swainson's Thrush  4
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  2
Ovenbird  8
Northern Waterthrush  8
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Prothonotary Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  0
Nashville Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Hooded Warbler  1
American Redstart  30
Cape May Warbler  5
Northern Parula  6
Magnolia Warbler  12
Bay-breasted Warbler  6
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  8
Chestnut-sided Warbler  20
Blackpoll Warbler  6
Black-throated Blue Warbler  8
Palm Warbler  30
Yellow-rumped Warbler  40
Wilson's Warbler  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  4
White-crowned Sparrow  6
Summer Tanager  1
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  3
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Baltimore Oriole  6
American Goldfinch  2

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18322148

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