Article source for : Magee report for 2-May-2006
<a href="http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1308&PN=1">Reports</a> from the Toledo Naturalists' message board indicate 22 species of warblers were seen on May 2 at Magee.
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Ottawa County - 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the boardwalk.
17 species of warblers seen today.
1. Yellow - many
2. Yellow-rumped - many
3. Palm- many
4. B.t. Green - at least 2.
5. B.t. Blue - several calling near bird center.
6. C. Yellowthroat - 1 near the tower by the bird center.
7. Prairie - 1 near the tower by the bird center.
8. Blue-winged - at least 2.
9. Black & White - many
10. Cape May - 1
11. Bay-breasted -1
12. Chestnut-sided - many
13. A. Redstart- 1
14. Ovenbird - at least 2
15. N. Waterthrush - a few
16. Blackburnian - a male!!!!!
17. Nashville - a few
Warbling, Blue-headed, & Yellow-throated Vireo's
Baltimore Orioles
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Wood Thrush
E. Kingbird, Least & Great-crested Flycatchers
Spotted Sandpiper - at the bird center.
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Another birder added the following:
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In addition to the warblers listed above, I can add 5 more to the list for a total of 22 warblers for the day. Singles of Northern Parula, Magnolia, Canada, and Pine and 2 Orange-crowned. Also 1 Scarlet Tanager, 2 Indigo Buntings, Veery, Red-headed Woodpecker and a large influx of White-crowned Sparrows.
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And in another <a href="http://www.rarebird.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1309&PN=1">posting</a> on the TNA site, more May 2 sightings at Magee:
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Boardwalk , May 2 in the evening hours ( birds seen by various people.)
American Redstart - 1
Cape May Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler -1
Worm-eating Warbler -1 new
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 new
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 new
Green Herons - 2
Eastern Screech Owl - 1 gray morph
Scarlet Tanager - 1 male new
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Whip-poor-will - 3
Great-horned Owlets - 2
Veery, Gray-cheeked, Hermit & Wood Thrush
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May 2 was rainy during the middle part of the day. The day started cloudy. Temps throughout the day remained steady between 55 and 60. Rain started in Toledo around 9:30 a.m., and it ended a little after 3:00 p.m. The rain during the day was light to moderate at times, but it was pretty much constant for about six hours. It rained some more after dark, before Midnight and then a little more before sunrise.
A birder in Oregon recorded .70 inches of rain. We needed the rain. It's been dry in recent weeks. Little to no water exists in the usual places around the boardwalk.
Anyway, I heard birding was good at Magee before and after the rain. The [[BSBO]] banding station at Navarre banded 200 birds before the rain started. The nets are closed once rain begins.
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