First Wave - 04 May 2021

I spent a couple of hours this morning at Lake Erie Metropark to check on migrants. The first wave has arrived; these birds include Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers. They were everywhere. Unfortunately, overcast and dark clouds produced low-light photo opps and many a blurred photo. 

Great Egrets and Caspian Terns on the ponds were a bit easier.

The trail next to the Marshland Museum did produce an orange Scarlet Tanager, some House Wrens, and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. But otherwise, it was slow. Most action was on the west side of trail loop.

I then drove over to the Boat Launch and walked the Cherry Trail. Yellow Warblers were deafening, but impossible to photograph. My best luck came in the form of a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers that stayed low enough for a few moments. I got scolded by a Song Sparrow that was announcing a nearby nest.

I never did see the Black-throated Green Warblers. They were in the canopy.

Finally, some Canada Geese goslings snoozing in the grass during a brief and rare moment of sunshine.

Afternoon reports would include a Kirtland's Warbler at Maumee Bay State Park in NW Ohio and a Blue Grosbeak at nearby Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. 

Lake Erie Metropark--Marshlands Nature Center, Wayne, Michigan, US
May 4, 2021 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
10 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  8
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)  4
Great Egret (Ardea alba)  16
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  4
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  2
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  12
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  7
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  2
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S159831819

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