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:

1. Nashville Warbler
2. Pine Warbler
3. Palm Warbler
4. Black-and-white Warbler
5. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6. Scarlet Tanager
7. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
8. Great Horned Owl
9. Woodcock
10. Bay-breasted Warbler
11. Magnolia Warbler
12. Yellow Warbler
13. Chestnut-sided Warbler
14. Bald Eagle
15. American Coot
16. Louisiana Waterthrush
17. Baltimore Oriole
18. White-crowned Sparrow
19. Sandhill Crane
20. Tree Swallow
21. Purple Martin
22. Black-capped Chickadee
23. American Kestrel
24. House Wren
25. American Redstart
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler
27. Blackburnian Warbler
28. Warbling Vireo
29. Black-throated Green Warbler
30. Cape May Warbler
31. Blackpoll Warbler
32. Bonaparte’s Gull
33. Double-crested Cormorant
34. Mallard Duck
35. Green-winged Teal
36. Red-winged Blackbird
37. Gray Catbird
38. American Robin
39. Great Blue Heron
40. Black-crowned Night Heron
41. Canada Goose
42. Great Egret
43. Ring-billed Gull
44. European Starling