Avids in the Rain: 3 October, 1998

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

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