Phriday Photo – Owls Up Close and Personal
May 14, 2010
Article in: Photography
On our recent trip to Magee Marsh for the Biggest Week in American Birding we stopped by a demonstration of rehabilitated raptors. Back to the Wild, a rehabilitation center located in Castalia, Ohio had several birds but the owls stole the show. Not surprising because OWLS ARE SO COOL!!
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Great Horned Owl with Barn Owl in Background
Deer Run Bird Survey #13
May 20, 2008
Article in: Bird Conservation
Making our third survey of the week, we did Deer Run Bird Survey #13 on Sunday, May 18th. It was by far our best survey yet in number of species as well as warbler diversity.
Wilson’s Warbler
We spent over six hours hiking and covered more than 7 miles. We were delighted to find four Henslow’s Sparrows and pleasantly surprised to find a Bobolink. Other interesting finds included Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-billed Cuckoo, and many Empidonax Flycatchers. We had 18 warblers total and four vireos.
Bobolink
We found a Red-breasted Nuthatch (a little late for them to still be here). Another cool find was a Gray-cheeked Thrush singing and hopping around in the brush. We found 674 birds of 85 species. That brings our overall total species count to 121 and 4925 individuals.
New Birds for the Count:
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Bobolink
- Chimney Swift
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Willow Flycatcher
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
Barred Owl
