The birds seen at the Window on Wildlife and around the Black Swamp Bird Observatory's property for April, 2009. 1. Canada Goose - flybys. 2. Trumpeter Swan - flybys. 3. Great Blue Heron - flybys. 4. Great Egret - 1 flyby. 5. Green Heron - flyover with Oak Harbor scouts on the 24th. 6. Turkey Vulture - migrating overhead. 7. Bald Eagle - several soaring overhead. 8. Sharp-shinned Hawk - several migrating. 9. Cooper's Hawk - chasing birds at the feeders. 10. Red-tailed Hawk - flybys. 11. American Golden Plover - migrating overhead. 12. Killdeer - migrating overhead. 13. Greater Yellowlegs - migrating overhead. 14. Lesser Yellowlegs - migrating overhead. 15. American Woodcock - trail behind the center. 16. Bonaparte's Gull - flybys. 17. Ring-billed Gull - flybys. 18. Herring Gull - flybys. 19. Mourning Dove - at feeders. 20. Whip-poor-will - just across the street; seen and heard by scouts on the 24th. 21. Chimney Swift - flew right over the building. 22. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - near feeders on Red Cedar tree. 23. Downy Woodpecker - at feeders. 24. Eastern Phoebe - near feeders. 25. Blue Jay - on the 26th, about 60 birds total at the feeders. Awesome views; the kids loved it! 26. Tree Swallow - flyovers. 27. Black-capped Chickadee - at feeder. 28. Tufted Titmouse - near feeders; first one of the year!! Rare for the Magee Marsh property. 29. Golden-crowned Kinglet - in the Red Cedar trees 30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - near the feeders. 31. American Robin - flyovers. 32. Brown Thrasher - in the shrubs by the building. 33. European Starling - at the feeders. 34. Yellow Warbler - several in the shrubs by the building. 35. Pine Warbler - 2 in the large willow tree. 36. Scarlet Tanager - one female near the feeders. 37. Eastern Towhee - at the feeders. 38. American Tree Sparrow - at the feeders. 39. Chipping Sparrow - at the feeders. 40. Fox Sparrow - at the feeders. 41. Song Sparrow - at the feeders. 42. White-throated Sparrow - at the feeders. 43. White-crowned Sparrow - at the feeders. 44. Dark-eyed Junco - at the feeders. 45. Northern Cardinal - at the feeders. 46. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - at the feeders. 47. Red-winged Blackbird - at the feeders. 48. Eastern Meadowlark - trail behind the center. 49. Common Grackle - at the feeders. 50. Purple Finch - at the feeders. 51. House Finch - at the feeders. 52. Pine Siskin - at the feeders. 53. American Goldfinch - at the feeders. 54. House Sparrow - at the feeders. The Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) for the month of May, we are open everyday Monday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. We have four pair of binoculars and bird ID books at the window for your pleasure. So bring the kids and enjoy the birds. Right now we have Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at the feeders and the Magee Marsh boardwalk is full of birds. See you on the birding trails and have a wonderful May everyone. Christopher J. Knoll Education Director Black Swamp Bird Observatory 13551 West State Route 2 Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 Phone: 419-898-4070 Fax: 419-898-1363 Visit us at: www.bsbobird.org www.ohioyoungbirders.org We are the proud sponsor of the Ohio Young Birders Club. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]