Raptor Watch at Lake Erie Metropark,
Point Mouille & Metzger Marsh WA

Saturday, October 21, 2006
Sponsored by Black Swamp Bird Observatory

Lake Erie Metroparks SE Michigan Canada Goose Mute Swan Mallard Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Forster's Tern Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackpoll Warbler White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird American Goldfinch

Ben checking out the mouth of the river.

Not a lot happening...

...so we did some hiking around.

Ethan and Ben at Pointe Mouille.

Pt. Mouillee State Game  Area, Michigan Mute Swan Redhead Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Dunlin Tree Swallow House Sparrow Other Michigan Rock Pigeon Great Blue Heron

Phil

Phil, Kenn & Ethan at Metzger Marsh

Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area

Lucas County, Ohio

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

American Coot

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Forster's Tern

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Hermit Thrush

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Paula, Ethan & Kenn

Everyone gathered around to check out a dead vole.

A lost meal perhaps?

Ben found a more comfortable position for hawk watching!