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Field Trip Report

Event: Field Trip to Huntington Reservation - Lake Erie Nature and Science
Center
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Location: Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, 28728 Wolf Rd, Bay Village,
OH 44140
Leader: Tim Jasinski, Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist
Results: 17 Birders, 29 Species

Barred Owls have nested next to Lake Erie Nature and Science Center for some years now, and
the female of the pair sat quietly in the favorite tree on the edge of the ravine by Porter Creek.
Red-headed Woodpeckers were very visible and active. Many birds were singing in the
unusually warm weather. On Lake Erie, gulls and mergansers clustered over a school of fish,
diving and quarreling over food.

Bird List
# Species Count

1.
Canada goose (Branta canadensis) 60

2.
American wigeon (Anas americana) 4

3. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 16

4. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2

5. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 250

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6.
Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1

7. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 200

8. American herring gull or Smithsonian gull (Larus smithsonianus 50

or Larus argentatus smithsonianus)

9. Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) 7

10. Barred owl (Strix varia) 1

11. Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 3

12.
Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 7

13. Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 3

14. Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 4

15. Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 15

16. American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 5

17. Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2

18. Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 7

19. White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 4

20. Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1

21. American robin (Turdus migratorius) 2

22. European Starling or Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 20

23. Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1

24. White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 2

25. Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5

26. Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 6

27. House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 4

28. American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2

29. House sparrow (Passer domesticus) 12

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Photos

Photo: LENSC Birders Penny OConnor

Photo: Lakewatch Penny OConnor

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Photo: Barred Owl Penny OConnor

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Photo: Porter Creek 1 Penny OConnor

Photo: Porter Creek 2 Penny OConnor

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Photo: Porter Creek 3 Penny OConnor

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