A beautiful day to be out in the marsh! We saw 57 species of birds today. Thanks to Chris Knoll and Shane Roberts and the volunteers on the Observation Tower who helped out today! We also saw snakes, frogs, turtles, and even a beaver! Pied-billed grebe Great Blue Heron Mute Swan Tundra Swan Trumpeter Swan Canada Goose Mallard Black Duck Gadwall GW Teal BW Teal Wigeon Shoveler Wood Duck Ring necked duck Gr. Scaup Lesser Scaup Common goldeneye Hooded Merg Common Merg Turkey Vulture Coopers Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed hawk Rough legged hawk Bald Eagle Harrier Kestrel Sand hill Crane Coot Killdeer Common snipe Herring gull Ring billed gull Mourning Dove Flicker Red-bellied woodpecker Downy Tree Swallow Blue Jay Crow BC Chickadee Brown creeper Robin Bluebird GC kinglet N. Shrike Starling Red-winged blackbird Rusty blackbird Grackle Cardinal Junco Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Goldfinch House sparrow Our next Bird Count is scheduled for April 21 at 7:30 am. Happy Birding and Happy Spring! 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 [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]