Report from the TNA message board.
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Ottawa County Birds seen by birders on May 8th from 8 am to 12:00 noon at Magee Marsh.
Warblers
1. Yellow
2. Yellow-rumped
3. Magnolia
4. Chestnut-sided
5. Black & White
6. Prothonotary
7. Cerulean
8. L. Waterthrush
9. N. Waterthrush
10. Ovenbird
11. B.T. Green
12. B.T. Blue
13. Blackburnian
14. Palm
15. Nashville
16. A. Redstart
17. N. Parula
Vireo's
1. Blue-headed
2. Warbling
3. White-eyed
Sparrows
1. White-throated
2. White-crowned
3. Song
4. Swamp
Others
1. Scarlet Tanager
2. R.B. Grosbeak
3. Baltimore Oriole
4. Hermit & Wood Thrush
5. Sandhill Crane - 1 flyover
6. Green Herons - 3
7. Common Terns
8. G.C. & Least Flytcatchers
9. Gray Catbirds
10. R.C. Kinglets
11. Carolina & House Wrens
SUMMER TANAGER - just seen here at the marsh.
Ottawa County; New birds seen since 1:30pm at Magee Marsh.
(Warblers)
1. Wilson's - loop trail by the bird center/hawk-watch tower.
2. Connecticut - loop trail by the bird center/hawk-watch tower.
(Vireo's)
1. Philadelphia
(Other's)
1. Common Moorhen - in the marsh along the causeway road.
2. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - actually seen early in am.
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Another birder added:
"Also, I had a singing Hooded Warbler near the small loop of the boardwalk. I heard it sing twice, then briefly saw it. I also saw the Moorhens on the way out, neat birds. Two Black-bellied Plovers were present at Benton-Carroll Road."
