Canalway Center
September 13, 2009

   

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Field Trip Sunday, September 13, 2009, 8-11 a.m.

Accessible Birding

Canalway Center, Cleveland Metroparks Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation

Leaders: Jo Ann Kubicki and Joe Woyma

 

Splendid blue sky made this a perfect day to be outside.  A visitor from Colorado was among the 21 birders. Flocks of Cedar Waxwings and American Goldfinches provided music and color. Just two warbler species showed up: a cooperative Black-and-white Warbler and a Yellow Warbler. Green Herons, Great Blue Herons and Flickers posed for good views.

 

The Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation is home to the first nine-hole Audubon International Gold Signature Golf Course: Washington Golf Learning Center. Before starting out on our accessible bird-by-cart field trip, we learned from Jo Ann Kubicki about sustainable practices that make this golf course a bird-friendly wildlife sanctuary. Bird surveys have revealed a nice variety of species, including resident Brown Thrashers. More about the golf course is at http://signature.auduboninternational.org/members/OH.htm

 

 

Bird list: 30 species

 

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Warbling Vireo

Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

 


Birders on board © Laurie Boylan


Birders on board © Laurie Boylan


Birders on board © Laurie Boylan


Spider Webs © Laurie Boylan

 


Canalway birders © Page Stephens


Canalway birders © Page Stephens


Canalway birders © Page Stephens


American Goldfinch © Dave Lewis


Black & White Warbler © Dave Lewis


Green Heron © Dave Lewis


Northern Cardinal © Dave Lewis


Praying Mantis © Dave Lewis


Northern Flicker © Dave Lewis


Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society, 4310 Bush Ave, Cleveland, OH 44109 info@wcasohio.org