The JAS trip down to Magee Marsh and surrounds was a bit earlier this year than normal-I won't do that again. Seven JAS members took the trip across the border to Ohio for a visit to the Magee Marsh, Metzger Marsh, and Howard Marsh locations. It was cold, and windy, and we had a bit of rain. What we did not have unfortunately, was warblers.
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(Sidney Fitzpatrick)
While our count was very low, we did have lots of room on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, no trouble finding parking, and no waiting at the porta-Johns. We stayed dry the whole day and had lots of wildfowl on our list. Highlights included a Eastern Screech Owl and four Black-necked Stilts, a lifer for some of our group as well as a new spotting of this bird in the Midwest for most of the rest of us.
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(Sidney Fitzpatrick)
A combined species list of the 65 species we observed is available as an eBird Trip Report .