Birding Through Glass

I spent the afternoon painting after returning from Petersburg SGA. Seeing that skies were still clear, fairly mild, and that it was Sunday afternoon I decided that visiting Magee Marsh and the Biggest Week in American Birding might be better this evening (when crowds are lower) than tomorrow morning. Plus, a Harris' Sparrow was found in the overflow parking lot just west of the west boardwalk entrance at Magee.  Jack and Janet Volker had called earlier in the afternoon to let me know that it was putting on a show so I thought that it was an added incentive to go this evening. I left for NW Ohio shortly before 5 pm after dinner with Robin at the Mav (Happy Mother's Day!) and arrived shortly before 6 pm. Sure enough, a steady stream of cars were leaving Magee Marsh as I drove the causeway (careful not to hit any Canada Geese or their goslings).  As I approached the Maintenance Shed at the back of the overflow parking lot I spotted dozens of people with cameras and binoculars tr...