After hawkwatching, I visited the boardwalk for a little while. Numbers were way down. Just not much happening.
Another birder observed the day before on the boardwalk: Black-throated Green and Rose-brested Grosbeak. And on the morning of the 28th, a Great-crested Flycatcher was observed.
My little afternoon birding on the boardwalk on April 28:
White-throated Sparrow x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x
Palm Warbler x
Nashville Warbler x
Yellow Warble x
Myrtle Warbler x
White-eyed Vireo x
Warbling Vireo x
Hermit Thrush x
Eastern Towhee x
April 29 sightings posted to the TNA message board:
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Ottawa County: 8:00 am to 12:00 noon on the boardwalk at the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
Warbler list
1. Yellow
2. Palm
3. Yellow-rumped
4. Pine
5. Nashiville
6. Magnolia
7. Ovenbird
8. Black & White
9. Black-throated Green
10. Black-throated Blue
11. N. Waterthrush
Blue-headed, Warbling, & White-eyed Vireo's
Song, Swamp, White-throated, & Lincoln's Sparrow
Tree, Barn, N. Rough-winged Swallows, & Purple Martins-(fly-overs)
Great-horned Owlets -2 sitting close together in a willow tree.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets - males were displaying their ruby-red crowns nicely.
Rusty Blackbird- 1 & Hermit Thrush - 4.
Sportman's Migratory Bird Center
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks - 2 males together by the entrance; awesome!!!
White-crowned Sparrrows - 2 beautiful males singing.
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posted by jr on May 02, 2006 at 10:06:24 am #