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I was up in Northwest Ohio this weekend and it ended up being some pretty
good birding. First the highlights for today: black-necked stilt, upland
sandpiper, tricolored heron, cattle egret, yellow-headed blackbird, and
Brewer's blackbird.
I started at Metzger Marsh first thing this morning. The CATTLE EGRET was
not near the marina area on the way in, but it was there when I was leaving.
Along the roadway there were four pairs of common moorhens close in to the
roadway. At the parking lot I watched the lake a few minutes and saw a
TRICOLORED HERON fly in from the west. It flew east of the woods at the
parking lot and I lost sight of it and was unable to relocate it.
Along Krause Road I had an UPLAND SANDPIPER near the Grim Wildlife Area. It
was on top of a telephone pole about a 100 yards east of the parking lot.
About halfway down Krause Road I had a flock of blackbirds that included a
male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. It was flying to the northeast about halfway
down Krause Road.
The bird trail was a little slow. Most of the birds were in the eastern
half on the backside. the only warblers were a few yellow-rumped, 2 yellow
and two palms. One of the palms was a brilliantly colored "yellow" palm
warbler. It was chasing a second palm, but I was unable to see whether it
was a yellow palm or not. There were at least three brown thrashers on the
trail and a single black-capped chickadee amongst the other more common
migrants.
The BLACK-NECKED STILT was on Benton Carroll Road just south of Route 2. It
was very close to the road and posed nicely for photos. After taking
Benton-Carroll Road south to the first turn off, Zenzer Road, I found two
snowy egrets in a small wetland north of Zenzer. On Lemon Road there was a
flock of 25 or so American golden plovers. Also along Lemon just south of
Route 2 there were three BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS, two females and a male.
There were a few more shorebirds around today compared to yesterday,
although I saw only greater and lesser yellowlegs and a few pectorals and
snipe.
Yesterday there were a ton of birds moving, although I didn't see as many
good ones. Yesterday there was an orange-crowned warbler sand a veery on
the bird trail. We had a single sandhill crane pass by the Ottawa Refuge
parking lot. At the entrance road to Metzger we had a kettle of 80+
broad-winged hawks. I also had a couple lark sparrows at Oak Openings at
the usual Girdham and Reed location.
John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751
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