We had our first snow yesterday in southeastern Michigan, mostly just a light dusting. But my flowers seem to be holding on this morning.
The Biggest Week: Birdwatching at Magee Marsh
My Mother’s Day weekend isn’t complete without a trip to Magee Marsh in Oregon, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. What I love about Magree Marsh on Mother’s Day weekend is that it coincides with The Biggest Week, a week of birdwatching activities held throughout northwestern Ohio.
In the spring, warblers return to the northern regions of North America, stopping at Magee Marsh before making the trip across Lake Erie to their nesting areas in Ontario, Canada and beyond.
And for those birding experts, fans, and photographers, it’s a treat to walk the Magee Marsh boardwalk and Lake Erie shoreline to get a glimpse of the colorful warblers.
Here’s my list of birds I saw at Magee Marsh:
- Nashville Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Scarlet Tanager
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Great Horned Owl
- Woodcock
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Bald Eagle
- American Coot
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Baltimore Oriole
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Sandhill Crane
- Tree Swallow
- Purple Martin
- Black-capped Chickadee
- American Kestrel
- House Wren
- American Redstart
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Warbling Vireo
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Mallard Duck
- Green-winged Teal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Gray Catbird
- American Robin
- Great Blue Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Canada Goose
- Great Egret
- Ring-billed Gull
- European Starling