As the birds moved north, so did Dave and I. This year, for the first time, we went to Magee Marsh in Ohio. This little town sits on the shore of a Lake Erie. Birds stop here to tank up before making that flight. It's renowned for warblers - and it did not disappoint. It's also well known for crowds - we found that to be true too!
Black-Throated Green Warbler near the parking lot at Magee Marsh.
Black-Throated Blue Warbler very close to the shore of the lake.
Black-Throated Green warbler along the boardwalk at Magee Marsh.
Chestnut Sided Warbler. One of my favorite birds and hard to photograph!
Blackburnian Warbler! A super beautiful bird :-)
Black-Throated Blue Warbler singing.
American Redstart taking a break.
A young Baltimore Oriole comes close to the ground.
Female Baltimore Oriole
Scarlet Tanager
Black and White Warbler
Canada Warbler! We only saw a couple of these beauties and they were hard to photograph!
Blackburnian Warbler.
Magnolia Warbler!!
Blackpoll Warbler male!! These tiny birds have one of the longest migrations, over 6000 miles each way, twice per year!
Black Crowned Night Heron munching a fish. Yum ;-)
Bay-Breasted Warbler!!! Just before sunset, near the shore of the lake.
Oh, a tough one. A Flycatcher of some sort. :)
Baltimore Oriole male.
Gray-Crested Rock Scaler.
Gray-back key pecker in purple breeding plumage ;-0
Birding!
Just some of the crowds
Crowds - more people than birds. And there were a lot of birds!
Dave having fun
Getting eaten by a fish...Wylie the Walleye to be exact, in front of our motel in Port Clinton OH.
ha!
The pub we went to. Really excellent food which we were not expecting!
Best salad ever!
The salad was so good, we had it multiple evenings!
Dave at the shore of lake Erie.
Oh, what a treat this was. We saw the Golden Winged Warbler. It was unexpected, gorgeous and drew a crowd for hours.
Bird watching/walking
Though many buildings in Port Clinton were vacant, it was a nice place to be.
The main street of Port Clinton. It's a really nice place!
Gray-headed goofball
Birder license plates were thick.
Driving to Magee Marsh from Port Clinton where we stayed. this particular nuclear plant has had some issues in the past. :/
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