Easter at Magee - 21 Apr 2019


Happy Easter! The rains have subsided and the Sun is about to shine. In the meantime, the cool, breezy morning produced a few nice birds at Magee Marsh in NW Ohio. This Ring-necked Duck was a nice start. The drake was swimming with a hen in the canal along the causeway and provided a nice early morning, low-light pic or two.


The boardwalk was relatively slow, but small flocks of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were moving through. A Pine Warbler was also seen, but poorly photographed. Other birds included White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Wood Ducks, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Sora.





Magee Marsh--Boardwalk, Lucas, Ohio, US
Apr 21, 2019 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
10 species

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  2
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  1
Sora (Porzana carolina)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  4
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  2

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I then drove over to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and saw the Common Loon swimming in the pond in front of the Visitor's Center. A quick run through the Wildlife Drive yielded a Horned Grebe, Great Egret and a pair of Trumpeter Swans.







Ottawa NWR--Visitor Center and Boardwalk, Ottawa, Ohio, US
Apr 21, 2019 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
4 species

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)  2
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  1
Common Loon (Gavia immer)  1
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  2

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