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The birds seen at the Window on Wildlife and around the Black Swamp Bird
Observatory's property for April, 2009.
1. Canada Goose - flybys.
2. Trumpeter Swan - flybys.
3. Great Blue Heron - flybys.
4. Great Egret - 1 flyby.
5. Green Heron - flyover with Oak Harbor scouts on the 24th.
6. Turkey Vulture - migrating overhead.
7. Bald Eagle - several soaring overhead.
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk - several migrating.
9. Cooper's Hawk - chasing birds at the feeders.
10. Red-tailed Hawk - flybys.
11. American Golden Plover - migrating overhead.
12. Killdeer - migrating overhead.
13. Greater Yellowlegs - migrating overhead.
14. Lesser Yellowlegs - migrating overhead.
15. American Woodcock - trail behind the center.
16. Bonaparte's Gull - flybys.
17. Ring-billed Gull - flybys.
18. Herring Gull - flybys.
19. Mourning Dove - at feeders.
20. Whip-poor-will - just across the street; seen and heard by scouts on
the 24th.
21. Chimney Swift - flew right over the building.
22. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - near feeders on Red Cedar tree.
23. Downy Woodpecker - at feeders.
24. Eastern Phoebe - near feeders.
25. Blue Jay - on the 26th, about 60 birds total at the feeders. Awesome
views; the kids loved it!
26. Tree Swallow - flyovers.
27. Black-capped Chickadee - at feeder.
28. Tufted Titmouse - near feeders; first one of the year!! Rare for the
Magee Marsh property.
29. Golden-crowned Kinglet - in the Red Cedar trees
30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - near the feeders.
31. American Robin - flyovers.
32. Brown Thrasher - in the shrubs by the building.
33. European Starling - at the feeders.
34. Yellow Warbler - several in the shrubs by the building.
35. Pine Warbler - 2 in the large willow tree.
36. Scarlet Tanager - one female near the feeders.
37. Eastern Towhee - at the feeders.
38. American Tree Sparrow - at the feeders.
39. Chipping Sparrow - at the feeders.
40. Fox Sparrow - at the feeders.
41. Song Sparrow - at the feeders.
42. White-throated Sparrow - at the feeders.
43. White-crowned Sparrow - at the feeders.
44. Dark-eyed Junco - at the feeders.
45. Northern Cardinal - at the feeders.
46. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - at the feeders.
47. Red-winged Blackbird - at the feeders.
48. Eastern Meadowlark - trail behind the center.
49. Common Grackle - at the feeders.
50. Purple Finch - at the feeders.
51. House Finch - at the feeders.
52. Pine Siskin - at the feeders.
53. American Goldfinch - at the feeders.
54. House Sparrow - at the feeders.
The Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) for the month of May, we are open
everyday Monday - Sunday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. We have four pair of
binoculars and bird ID books at the window for your pleasure. So bring the
kids and enjoy the birds. Right now we have Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at the
feeders and the Magee Marsh boardwalk is full of birds.
See you on the birding trails and have a wonderful May everyone.
Christopher J. Knoll
Education Director
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
13551 West State Route 2
Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449
Phone: 419-898-4070
Fax: 419-898-1363
Visit us at:
www.bsbobird.org
www.ohioyoungbirders.org
We are the proud sponsor of the Ohio Young Birders Club.
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