Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark, Lake, Ohio, US May 1, 2018 6:45 AM - 12:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: There was a good migration at Lake Erie Bluffs this morning, despite west-southwest winds. There were a lot more songbirds migrating today and fewer waterbirds. Swallows and blackbirds were the most obvious migrants today. There were also 237 chimney swifts this morning. Only 76 flickers were counted, so their migration is winding down. Birds of note were two willets heading west over the lake.A migrating mockingbird was a surprise. We get them along the lake, but this was flying high and migrating. There were large numbers of vultures, but low numbers of hawks. the wind switched more westerly and may have pushed them more inland. Winds were gusty and were west-southwest and changed to more of a west wind.. Flight direction was to the west. From 7:00 am-10-40 am counted migrants flying by the tower off Clark Road. The remainder of the time was spent walking the trails west of Lane Road. 84 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose 132 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 7 Lesser Scaup 2 Red-breasted Merganser 76 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 417 Great Blue Heron 46 Green Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 408 Large numbers of turkey vultures were migrating this morning Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Bald Eagle 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 12 Red-tailed Hawk 16 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Willet 2 Two birds were seen flying west over the lake. The distinctive black and white wing pattern was very evident. Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Bonaparte's Gull 56 Ring-billed Gull 528 Herring Gull 69 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Caspian Tern 91 Common Tern 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 26 Chimney Swift 237 There was a steady movement of swifts throughout the morning. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 76 Flicker numbers were down. It appears their migration is winding down. Pileated Woodpecker 1 American Kestrel 3 Eastern Phoebe 7 Blue Jay 487 American Crow 34 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 79 Purple Martin 16 Tree Swallow 655 Tree swallows were migrating throughout the morning and made up the majority of migrating swallows. Bank Swallow 9 Barn Swallow 114 swallow sp. 250 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Eastern Bluebird 3 Swainson's Thrush 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 61 Brown Thrasher 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 One flew by the tower heading west. appeared to be migrating. European Starling 177 American Pipit 19 Cedar Waxwing 6 Common Yellowthroat 3 Yellow Warbler 13 Palm Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 Chipping Sparrow 14 Field Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 31 Song Sparrow 42 Swamp Sparrow 3 Eastern Towhee 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Northern Cardinal 9 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1300 Brown-headed Cowbird 125 Rusty Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 55 blackbird sp. 2000 House Finch 8 Purple Finch 3 Pine Siskin 12 American Goldfinch 286 Goldfinches are beginning to migrate. Most were headed west John Pogacnik ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]