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Nest with the
Birds began on Sunday
at 1:00 pm at North Pond Nature Preserve. |
Allison Cusick,
led the afternoon wild flower walk. |
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| Hedge Parsley, |
Juniper Fungus |
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| It had been
raining all morning and we finally got a break in the weather.. |
We did sneak
in a few peaks at birds during the walk. |
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| Allison Cusick |
With the rainy
spring, North Pond held water unlike last year. |
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| A few fisherman
taking advantage of the rain stopping. |
Paul Sherwood
leading the 4:00 p.m. bird walk on Sunday. |
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| Birding around
the Glacial Grooves State Memorial can be rewarding. |
A beautiful
sunset on Mother's Day. |
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| Birding at the
end of Woodford Street on the East shore Monday morning. |
Chestnut-sided
Warbler |
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| Indoor program
on Ducks. |
Monday
afternoon's walk along Titus Road. |
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| Did everyone
see that Blackburnian? |
On Tuesday
morning we started off with Kevin Metcalf along the east shore. |
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| And this is
where we saw the Kirtland's Warbler on May 14, 2002. |
Kevin listening for the Connecticut Warbler. |
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Dawn Dugan and Joan Van Offeron with Pat Hayes,
Audubon President. How did they know that Tuesday would have the
best bird? |
We
next headed to the North Pond Nature Preserve on Ward Street. |
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Kevin Metcalf an group on the board walk. |
Kevin's afternoon program, "How to Become a Better Birder" was held
outdoors. |
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| The
afternoon bird walk started at the State Park sandy beach but.... |
...we ultimately went back to the east shore, the site of the Kirtland's
Warbler, |
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Tuesday evening we went to our favorite Woodcock watch location on Monagan
Road by Scheele Preserve. |
We
enjoyed many Woodcock flights and saw Nighthawks above the tree line in
the air. |
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next morning we birded the sandy beach at the State Park. |
We
got some good looks at a Lake Erie Water Snake. |
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.The birds were slow Wednesday afternoon but there was plenty of other
things to look at. |
Back on the board walk at the viewing tower overlooking North Pond with
Larry Rosche. |
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| The
Thursday all day Birdathon required us to visit all of the island
treasures. One group visited the ancient shoreline at North Pond Nature
Preserve. |
The
shoreline at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Long Point
Preserve. |
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Getting a better look at a Common Loon with my spotting scope on the east
shore I came very close to a Lake Erie Water Snake. |
At Himmelblau House we found a Fox Snake. |
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the other Birdathon team came across a Black Racer. |
Team #1 checking out the East Quarry... |
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...and the Alvar Nature Preserve. |
A
Great Egret made the list. |
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Birdathon Winners
Gretchen Larson from team #1 for most new species (5) and Lou Gardella
from team #2 for most species (97). |
At
St. Michael's Hall on Chappel Street, here we are ready for the morning
bird walk with
Marcus England |
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Looking for those warblers on the east side of the island, again! |
The
birds were very low again. Marcus showing us where the bird is. |
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Banding started bright and early at Long Point Saturday morning. |
Tom
Bartlett and banding volunteers. |
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| Tom
taking a break. |
Lori Hayes at the Audubon sales table. |
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Gently taking a bird out of the mist net. |
This net was filled with birds! |
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A banded Magnolia Warbler. |
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| This
years Nest With the Birds was a great week of birding tallying 27
warbler species and 141 total
species (see below for the listing) through Saturday. |
