Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Shorebird Field Trip at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

August 12, 2012

Leader: Ethan Kistler

A private tour of the Ottawa National Refuge yielded 56 bird species, including 9 shorebird species.  Mild weather made for a pleasant picnic by hummingbirds at Black Swamp Bird Observatory.

19 Birders,  56 Bird Species

Bird List

Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Caspian Tern

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

Blue Jay

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Field Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow