[bcbirdclub] Re: Magee trip
- From: "Jerry Thornhill" <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'buchanan county bird club'" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:51:11 -0400
Dang! 711 RWBB and Gary Cooper was at the Food City in Bristol and missed
it. Double dang!
Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Kendrick
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 6:11 PM
To: buchanan county bird club
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Magee trip
I had the opportunity to bird Metzger Marsh, Magee Marsh and a few other
roads in that area yesterday as I'd worked for 3 days previous in Ann Arbor
Michigan. Obvious to the fact that spring migration had passed, I thought it
might be interesting to visit any way.
My first stop was Metzger and I saw Baltimore orioles, common terns,
trumpetor Swans, swallows galore. I did however see the Glaucous Gull that
Kenn Kaufman had posted June 15th in Ohio rare bird alert. Another neat fine
was a family of Common Moorhens. While my photo is not very good, you can
see make out probably 5 or 6 chicks.
My next stop was Veller Road. Besides a couple of Kestrels, a bald eagle,
what I found the most interesting was a wet boggy area that contained at
least 60 Great Egrets. This was the place that my cousin David Raines and I
had seen the Wilson's Phalarope a couple of years ago.
My next stop was Magee and this was extremely eerie...I was totally alone on
the boardwalk. Usually surrounded by hundreds and indeed the birding was
meager, I still saw warbling vireos, yellow warblers, heard a couple of
prothonarys, a yellow billed cuckoo, 553 robins, 614 Common grackles and 711
Red wing Blackbirds. Oh yeah, I was also joined by 100 or so biting flies
and mosquitos.
Regardless, it was still an interesting visit with 46 species in all.
Dan Kendrick
Other related posts:
