Birding the Crane Creek - Magee Region of Northwest Ohio

A male Scarlet Tanager foraging among boxelder along the Magee Marsh boardwalk. Photo: Ryan Jacob. SUNDAY, MAY 12:  Ryan Jacob writes: Beginning Thursday, May 9, new winds from the south w...

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A male Kirtland's Warbler pauses at a private residence at Curtice, Ohio, near Howard Marsh Metropark, on May 6, 2019. Photo: Jeff Bouton. TUESDAY, MAY 7: Ryan Jacob writes: As predicted, a...

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A male Black-throated Blue Warbler foraging among the tangles along the Magee Marsh boardwalk. Photo: Nate Koszycki. SUNDAY, MAY 5: Ryan Jacob writes: Despite temperatures that have felt mo...

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Baltimore Orioles were among the migrants flooding into the region today. Photo: Matt Sanders WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 2019: Ryan Jacob writes: Well, migration really feels like it has finally kick...

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A female Bay-breasted Warbler pauses along the Estuary Trail at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio. Photo by Kenn Kaufman.  FRIDAY MAY 11, 2018: Three days ago, based on the weather forec...

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A Northern Parula launches from a twig at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio, in early May 2018. Photo by Kenn Kaufman. TUESDAY MAY 8, 2018: After a very slow migration up through April 30th, th...

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This Kentucky Warbler entertained birders at the west entrance to the Magee Marsh boardwalk for hours on May 2nd. Photo by Kenn Kaufman. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018: As predicted, after a very slow...

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Black-throated Green Warbler, one of the migrant species that should show up in good numbers during the next few days. Photo by Kenn Kaufman. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018: As of today migration ...

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Numbers of Purple Finches arrived in northwestern Ohio this week. Photo by Kenn Kaufman. Friday, April 13, 2018: At the time of our last post, the extended weather forecast made it sound as i...

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The first major wave of Yellow-rumped Warblers should arrive in woodlots of northwestern Ohio within the next few days. Photo by Kenn Kaufman. APRIL 8, 2018: After a month of cool temperature...

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Wilson's Warbler: one of the typical late-May migrants.  TUESDAY, MAY 23: As predicted, last week (particularly Wednesday, May 17th) saw a great number and diversity of birds enter the reg...

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo: a typical - yet hard to find - migrant in mid-May. MONDAY, MAY 15: The end of the "pressure system clog" is nigh, and the birds are telling us that they are ready to ar...

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Chestnut-sided Warbler: a major player in the second wave. Photo by Kenn Kaufman TUESDAY, MAY 9: Rain, wind, cold, sun, birds...last week had a mix of everything. Just before persistent no...

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Palm Warbler, one of the dominant warblers of the first wave. Photo by Ryan Jacob MONDAY, MAY 1: As expected, following a lull of birds, last Wednesday and Thursday, April 26th and 27th, sa...

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Black-throated Green Warbler, one of the typical migrants of the first major wave. Photo by Kenn Kaufman. TUESDAY, APRIL 25: With a good push of warm, southerly winds earlier this month, t...

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Adult Red-shouldered Hawk over Maumee Bay State Park, Ohio, in March 2016. Photo / Kenn Kaufman. Thursday, March 23: With spring migration under way, we are watching the weather. Current fore...

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Northern Parula offering great looks at eye level along the Magee Marsh boardwalk. SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016: As predicted, after a generous push of migrants early last week, numbers of migrant s...

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Philadelphia Vireo foraging at eye level along the Magee Marsh boardwalk during chilly conditions on May 15. Photo / Kenn Kaufman. SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2016: The overall timing of migration conti...

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A male Bay-breasted Warbler, one of the classic, and classy, migrants of May. MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016: Our last prediction worked out fairly well in the short term. Only a small arrival of migra...

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Black-and-white Warbler. One of the characteristic early migrants among the warblers, and the logo bird for the Black Swamp Bird Observatory. TUESDAY, MAY 3. With the Biggest Week In America...

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Black-throated Green Warbler, one of the typical early migrants among the warblers. Photo / Kenn Kaufman. THURSDAY, APRIL 28: As predicted last week by Ryan Jacob, this Monday (the 25th) pro...

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Pine Warbler SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD: As expected, a slight shift in wind direction to the south earlier this week carried away most of the waterfowl and Fox Sparrows lingering in the area. Wh...

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Hermit Thrush: The earliest of the "brown" thrushes to move through northwest Ohio. THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH: Despite a rather unwelcomed snowfall over the past weekend, a quick shift of winds t...

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Excellent numbers of Fox Sparrows are now moving through habitats near the Lake Erie shoreline in northwestern Ohio. Photo / Kenn Kaufman. THURSDAY, MARCH 24: After an exceptionally mild win...

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THURSDAY, MAY 28: As expected, the third wave of migrating songbirds began to move into the area this past week with the highest volume occurring Sunday (May 24). Numbers trickled down each day f...

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