It's Big!

(Male Yellow Warbler)

When: Saturday May 7 2011

Where: Magee Marsh, Oak Harbor Ohio

IT'S THE BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING

...and when I say big, I mean it!!

The Biggest Week in American Birding is here, and so are the biggest names in birding, and the biggest birds in birding...this week is BIG! Warblers, warblers, warblers, warblers are back!! Fifty (50) species and thirteen (11) Life birds in one day (May 7)...those are some big numbers. Would you like the list? Bold birds are Life birds.

1. Chestnut sided Warbler
2. Warbling vireo
3. Bay Breasted Warbler
4. Prothonotary Warbler
5. Nashville Warbler
6. Blackburnian Warbler
7. Black and White Warbler
8. Black Throated Green Warbler
9. Ovenbird
10. Linncoln's sparrow
11. Nothern Parula
12. American WoodCock
13. Cape May Warbler
14. Pine Siskin
15. Green Heron
16. Common Grackle
17. Redwinged Blackbird
18. American Redstart
19. Yellow Warbler
20. White Crowned Sparrow
21. Rose breasted Grosbeak
22. Northern Cardinal
23. Sandhill Crane
24. American Coot
25. Mallard
26. Great Crested flycatcher
27. Canada Goose
28. Baltimore Oriole
29. American Robin
30. Herring Gull
31. DC Cormorant
32. Bald Eagle
33. Redtailed Hawk
34. Rng Billed gull
35. Turkey Vulture
36. Blue Jay
37. Downy Woodpecker
38. American Goldfinch
39. Brown Headed Cowbird
40. Killdeer
41. Red Breasted Nuthatch
42. GBH
43. Great Egret
44. Palm Warbly
45. 1 unID'd empid flycatcher
46. 1 unID'd tern
47. Pine warbler
48. White throated Sparrow

(and for some reason, I've lost the last two...the Word document I typed up was deleted. Sorry!)

Also, I had written a whole blog post and it, too, got deleted. I can't remember what I had written, so I'll just share my photos! I'm sure that's all you'd like to see, anyways! *winks* Enjoy!

Female American Robin

Reeeeeach for that food, Mr. NOPA!

The same male NOPA.

My first NOPA! Look at those legs! Can you believe that's only half of his legs? You only see the tarsus...wouldn't it be funny if warblers had all of their legs visible? They'd look like mini Boat-tailed Grackles!

OVENBIRD. I spotted this one for a whole group of birders. :) Pretty proud of this sighting.

Nashville warblers were EVERYWHERE.

Eating...

Watching us...

And turning away...

Near the end of the day I saw and heard this Green Heron in a tree. They've got the most interesting voice!

Male Chestnut Sided Warbly. What lovely colours you have, sir!

My FIRST Cape May Warbler. Beautiful!

I never did manage to get a good shot of a BTBW...oh well. These at least show their telltale wing patches.

Male Bay-breasted Warbler. What a handsome species...

I'm afraid that's all the decent photos I got from that day. Magee/BSBO is certainly a WONDERFUL place to be, though...the birds are incredible and the people as well!! Go visit!

**Peace Always,

Kristina**