Eleven people braved the cold and nearly constant rain for this October adventure to the Lake Erie shoreline. We left Worthington Square Mall at 5:30 AM and birded the lakeshore until approximately 4:00 PM. Despite the weather, it was a pretty productive trip, but no rarities were found. All in all, we tallied 69 species.
Location abbreviations: Maumee Bay State Park (MB), Magee Marsh (MM), Medusa Marsh (MED), Lorain Harbor (LOR), Wellington Reservoir (WR), along the road while in route (RD).
Unless indicated, locations listed are where we first saw each species.
| Species | Loc. | Species | Loc. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pied-billed Grebe | MM | Red-eyed Vireo | MM |
| Double-crested Cormorant | MB | Blue Jay | RD |
| Great Blue Heron | MM | American Crow | RD |
| Great Egret | RD | Tree Swallow | MB |
| Turkey Vulture | RD | Barn Swallow | MB |
| Canada Goose | MB | Red-breasted Nuthatch | MM |
| Wood Duck | MM | White-breasted Nuthatch | RD |
| Mallard | MB | Brown Creeper | MM |
| Northern Shoveler | MB | Carolina Wren | MM |
| Green-winged Teal | LOR | Winter Wren | MM |
| Ruddy Duck | WR | Golden-crowned Kinglet | MM |
| Bald Eagle | MM | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | MM |
| Cooper’s Hawk | RD | Hermit Thrush | MM |
| Red-tailed Hawk | RD | American Robin | RD |
| American Kestrel | RD | European Starling | RD |
| American Coot | MED | Nashville Warbler | MB |
| Killdeer | MB | Black-throated Blue Warbler | MM |
| Greater Yellowlegs | MB | Yellow-rumped Warbler | MB |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | MED | Black-throated Green Warbler | MM |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | MB | Ovenbird | MM |
| Common Snipe | MM | Common Yellowthroat | MM |
| American Woodcock | MB | Wilson’s Warbler | MM |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | MB | Song Sparrow | MB |
| Ring-billed Gull | MB | Swamp Sparrow | MM |
| Herring Gull | MB | White-throated Sparrow | MB |
| Great Black-backed Gull | MB | White-crowned Sparrow | MB |
| Forster’s Tern | MB | Northern Cardinal | MM |
| Rock Dove | RD | Red-winged Blackbird | RD |
| Mourning Dove | RD | Eastern Meadowlark | MB |
| Chimney Swift | WR | Rusty Blackbird | MM |
| Belted Kingfisher | MM | Common Grackle | RD |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | MM | Brown-headed Cowbird | MB |
| Downy Woodpecker | MM | American Goldfinch | MB |
| Northern Flicker | MM | House Sparrow | RD |
| Blue-headed Vireo | MM |