All of the photos in this blog were taken by Tom, either on Monday or on other trips we've taken to Lake Erie.
The day was overcast when we started out and never improved. Before we left Lake Erie we drove through mist and light rain. As we headed home Tom drove through two nasty snow squalls. fortunately, neither one lasted long. Nevertheless, we had a good birding day. Ducks aren't bothered by the weather and we birded from the van.
At Magee Marsh we were pleased to see that at least one eagle pair had returned to their nest of previous years. One eagle was on the nest. The other was nearby.
Tom offered to drop me off at the boardwalk. He said he would read if I wanted to walk. I told him, "No." There was a mist falling and the temperature was 31 degrees.
There were ducks along the causeway and the red-winged blackbirds were back.
Northern Shoveler
Red-winged Blackbird
There were ducks at Metzger, too. We were pleased to see a few Northern Pintails. We don't see them every year. Usually we are too late.
Tom decided he would like to go to East Harbor which is about a half hour to the east. We never have gone to the state park because we didn't want to waste time driving when we could be birding. however, Tom has been following the Ohio bird sightings on EBird and he said there had been a lot of birds sighted there.
This is what we saw...birds from one shore to the other. We will go back to East Harbor again.
The day was overcast when we started out and never improved. Before we left Lake Erie we drove through mist and light rain. As we headed home Tom drove through two nasty snow squalls. fortunately, neither one lasted long. Nevertheless, we had a good birding day. Ducks aren't bothered by the weather and we birded from the van.
At Magee Marsh we were pleased to see that at least one eagle pair had returned to their nest of previous years. One eagle was on the nest. The other was nearby.
There were ducks along the causeway and the red-winged blackbirds were back.
Northern Shoveler
Red-winged Blackbird
There were ducks at Metzger, too. We were pleased to see a few Northern Pintails. We don't see them every year. Usually we are too late.
Tom decided he would like to go to East Harbor which is about a half hour to the east. We never have gone to the state park because we didn't want to waste time driving when we could be birding. however, Tom has been following the Ohio bird sightings on EBird and he said there had been a lot of birds sighted there.
This is what we saw...birds from one shore to the other. We will go back to East Harbor again.
Wow that is a good birding spot! The Carving group is carving a Northern Pintail, they are coming along. It is way to big of a piece of wood for mre to carve with my arthritic hands.
ReplyDeleteYou have spring for sure with all those birds!