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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Monday 15 April So far it had been a very successful trip but today was always going to be the crunch day. No matter how great the last 5 days had been if we dipped Kirtland’s Warbler having made the effort to get to its tiny (in world terms) breeding area it would be a disappointing end to...
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Thank-you! I should have recognised it from the film!
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Sunday 14th May There was some debate as to whether we should start our last day in Ohio at Magee or head straight for Oak Openings to try again for Henslow’s Sparrow. With Southerly winds we decided that we should at least start at Magee. This we duly did but whilst there was an increase in...
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Thanks Pete. I had the same concern about crowds as I do not like lots of people around, especially when I’m out birding! The only time the Magee boardwalk got a little too crowded for our liking was at weekends. Certainly by mid morning Saturday we had had enough. However the crowds were very...
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Saturday 13th May We got to Magee Marsh at first light (picking up our first Snowy Egret of the trip along the entrance causeway) but the anticipated crowds were already building. A birder doing a sponsored “big sit” informed us that an Eastern Whip-poor-will was viewable from the boardwalk so...
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Friday 12 May 2017 Friday started with somewhat warmer weather and a change of venue as we headed for the boardwalk at Maumee Bay State Park and some different birds. Almost immediately on starting the walk we had new species, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Black-capped Chickadee were predictable...
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    The way things are going they'll probably get split at some point!
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Thursday 11 May 2017 7am found us standing in the car park at a bitterly cold but dry Magee Marsh. After stopping to admire the Bald Eagle on its nest and a perched Tree Swallow demonstrating how it had got its name we hit the boardwalk. Grey Catbird was also added and proved to be a common...
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    Unfortunately we had to leave on 15th so we decided to pay the extra to gain a bit more birding. Locals were brilliant. If that Magee boardwalk had been somewhere in the Uk there would have been fights!
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    Ohio & Michigan May 17

    For the past few years I have taken off in May or June with a friend or two leaving my family at home for a short birding break in Europe (3-5 nights). Over the years we have ranged all over Europe and it is beginning to get tricky to find somewhere in Europe with a lot of new birds. This year...
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