The monthly bird count was done yesterday at Magee Marsh and the following birds were seen or heard: Bird Count - May 2013<http://friendsofmageemarsh.org/sightings/archives/2013/05/bird-count-may-2013/> Posted on May 21, 2013<http://friendsofmageemarsh.org/sightings/archives/2013/05/bird-count-may-2013/> by NZ Bellbird<http://friendsofmageemarsh.org/sightings/archives/author/nz-bellbird/> May 21 bird count performed by Shane Roberts with the assistance of Aimee, ODNR’s Magee Marsh summer naturalist. The weather was mostly sunny, breezy by mid-day and into the mid 80′s temperature wise. Geese Canada Goose Waterfowl Mallard Double-crested Cormorant Herons Great Blue Heron Great Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Raptors Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Shorebirds Killdeer Ruddy Turnstone Wilson’s Snipe Gulls Herring Gull Doves Mourning Dove Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Goatsuckers Common Nighthawk Hummingbirds Ruby-throated Hummingbird Woodpeckers Red-bellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Flycatchers Eastern Wood Peewee Willow Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great-crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Vireos White-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Corvids Blue Jay American Crow Martins, Swifts and Swallows Purple Martin Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Wrens Carolina Wren House Wren Gnatcatchers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Thrushes and Mimids Swainson’s Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Wood Warblers Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American redstart Prothonotary Warbler Common yellow-throat Wilson’s Warbler Canada Warbler Sparrows and Finches Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow American Goldfinch House Sparrow Grosbeaks, Blackbirds, etc Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Although the birding has slowed down , there are still plenty of good birds to be seen and no crowds! Happy Birding! Mary L. Warren Wildlife Communications Specialist Magee Marsh Wildlife Area 13229 W. State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449 419-898-0960 #31 419-898-4017 Fax [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Keep the WILD in Ohio……….find out how you can help at www.wildstampohio.com<http://www.wildstampohio.com> “I go to nature to be soothed and healed , and to have my senses put in order.” John Burroughs ______________________________________________________________________ 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]