Hi all, As with John, I had an excellent morning flight this morning but at Metzger Marsh. From 7:05am to 10:40am I counted 362 Baltimore Orioles (new eBird high count for Ohio), 33 Orchard Orioles, 33 Indigo Buntings, 1,600 Blue jays, and numerous Great Crested Flycatchers, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Eastern Kingbirds to name a few. ALL heading east. Ethan Kistler On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 12:58:33 PM EDT, John Pogacnik <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Fantastic day (5/9) at Lake Erie Bluffs in Lake County. There were large numbers of blue jays, orioles, goldfinches and kingbirds migrating by the tower this morning. Flybys of note were 7 red crossbills, observed heading west, and a fish crow heading east. I spent a bit of time on the trails off Lane Road. Of note there was a young male summer tanager, hooded and orange-crowned warbler, and yellow-breasted chat. There were a lot of thrushes in the woods. Yellow warblers and gray catbirds were everywhere, even in the woods. In all, in five and a half hours, I had 112 species ake Erie Bluffs Metropark, Lake, Ohio, US May 9, 2018 6:30 AM - 11:40 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.2 mile(s) Comments: Started off on the Clark Road tower counting flyby migrants. At 9:00 I went over to Lane Road and walked the trails there. There was a good migration with large numbers of blue jays, orioles, indigo buntings, kingbirds, and goldfinch. I was joined on part of the walk by Paul and Sue Belanger. Conditions were southwest winds with mostly sunny skies. 112 species Canada Goose 21 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 1 Red-breasted Merganser 19 Wild Turkey 4 Horned Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 47 Great Blue Heron 13 Green Heron 4 Turkey Vulture 156 Osprey 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Bald Eagle 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Sora 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Ring-billed Gull 134 Herring Gull 24 Caspian Tern 2 Common Tern 7 Forster's Tern 5 Mourning Dove 3 Common Nighthawk 1 Chimney Swift 21 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 13 All but two were flying high, migrating east. Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 5 Merlin 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Least Flycatcher 4 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 Eastern Kingbird 63 Most were migrating west White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 6 Red-eyed Vireo 7 Blue Jay 3484 Large numbers were flying east with numerous flocks of 100+ birds American Crow 23 Fish Crow 1 A single fish crow was seen flying east over the lake. It called numerous times. The call was a very nasal " cah". Northern Rough-winged Swallow 128 Purple Martin 9 Tree Swallow 52 Bank Swallow 196 Barn Swallow 55 Cliff Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 Veery 17 Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 Swainson's Thrush 11 Hermit Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 28 Wood thrushes were calling everywhere in the woods. This was one of the highest totals I have seen of them at this park. American Robin 61 Gray Catbird 138 Catbirds were extremely common today. This area has large areas of prime habitat and they were everywhere. Brown Thrasher 2 European Starling 47 Cedar Waxwing 41 Ovenbird 2 Northern Waterthrush 2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 5 Common Yellowthroat 37 Hooded Warbler 1 American Redstart 6 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 184 Yellow warblers tend to be very numerous at this park. They were even found in the woods today. If anything, this total is underestimated. Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Palm Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 11 Field Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 9 White-throated Sparrow 18 Song Sparrow 38 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 3 Eastern Towhee 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Summer Tanager 1 A young male bird was observed on the ground drinking at a puddle. The bird was a mottled yellow and red throughout its plumage. Scarlet Tanager 4 Northern Cardinal 14 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 38 Indigo Bunting 52 There was a significant flight of indigo buntings flying west. They were passing by in small groups of up to 6 birds. Bobolink 21 Orchard Oriole 24 Baltimore Oriole 214 Large numbers of orioles were migrating by in flocks as large as 8 birds Red-winged Blackbird 96 Brown-headed Cowbird 38 Common Grackle 41 House Finch 3 Red Crossbill 7 Seven red crossbils flew by the observation deck heading west. At least two of the birds were mostly red males. They were identified by call of "ip-jip-jip". I am very familiar with their flight call. Pine Siskin 9 American Goldfinch 394 Large numbers of goldfinches were migrating west. John Pogacnik ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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