Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Field trip at Lake Erie Nature and Science Center,

 Huntington Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Leaders: Terri Martincic and Marty Reynard

Rain did not deter the Girl Scouts of Troop 774, West Park from a birding expedition with Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society.  Highlights were a mixed flock of thrushes, including Gray-cheeked and Swainson's, a flyby of a Red-tailed Hawk and a Barred Owl, and close-up near-ground views of American Redstart and Black-throated Blue Warblers.  Amy LeMonds, wildlife rehabilitator at Lake Erie Nature and Science Center provided a close-up encounter with a Great Horned Owl. The owl called! Woo hoo-hoo hoo hoo!

9 Canada Goose
66 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Green Heron
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
75 Ring-billed Gull
45 Herring Gull
7 Rock Pigeon
4 Mourning Dove
1 Barred Owl
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Northern Flicker
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
10 Blue Jay
6 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Veery
2 Gray-cheeked Thrush
2 Swainson's Thrush
5 Catharus sp.
4 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
2 European Starling
2 American Redstart
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Common Grackle
1 American Goldfinch