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Caspian terns, LB dowitchers, & phalarope OH MY ! ! !
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[log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 28 Aug 2009 22:24:33 -0400597_iso-8859-1 Between rain showers today (Friday August 28 -- it would have been Roger
Tory Peterson's 101st birthday) I made a quick check of the west end of the
boardwalk at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ottawa / Lucas counties, n.w. Ohio.
As expected at this season, the birding is more challenging than in spring.
The very dense vegetation of late summer makes the birds harder to see, and
migrants are strongly clustered in small flocks, with essentially no birds
in between flocks. Still, in a short visit I was able to find a couple of
mixed flocks and a good diversity [...]51_28Aug200922:24:[log in to unmask]
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Wednesday, August 19 - 10:15 a.m.

Caspian terns - 7 (flyby)
Wilson's phalarope - 1
LB dowitchers - 2
Spotted sp - 8
Pectoral sp - 25
Lesser yellowlegs - 7
Solitary sp - 15
Semipalmated plover - 1
Least sp - 4
Semipalmated sp - 3
Killdeers
Green- and blue-winged teal - several of each
Wood ducks
Great egrets - 3
Pied-billed grebe - 1
Belted kingfishers - 2
Great blue herons
Tree, barn swallows
Chimney swifts
Turkey vultures

Ed, Bev, and Kurt Stein
Englewood, OH


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