Magee Marsh and more, May 2024

My brother and I wanted to visit Magee Marsh to see lots of migrating warblers. A birding friend, Bob, recommended Magee Marsh to us. We paid for our trip with our savings and my father drove us. It is about an 5 hour drive from our home in Chicago. Once in Ohio, we visited this amazing wildlife refuge, the visitor center and adjacent marshes. Below are links to the posts from our adventure.

Day 1, Driving to Port Clinton, OH

5.12.24 and 5.13 24 Port Clinton, OH Pictured: Turkey Vulture, Cat, American Robin, Skunk

5.12.24 Waterworks Park, Port Clinton, Ohio Pictured: Bald Eagle, Great Egrets, Red-winged Blackbird, Muskrat, Canada Geese, Herring Gull, Mallard, House Sparrows, European Starlings and a Tree Swallow

Day 2, First Day in Magee Marsh

5.13.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (I) Pictured: Prothonotary Warbler, Blackburnian Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Baltimore Orioles, Gray Catbird, and Scarlet Tanagers

5.13.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (II) Pictured: Bald Eagle parents and chicks in nest, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, Trumpeter Swan, Canada Geese and goslings, Common Nighthawks, American White Pelicans, Sandhill Cranes, Purple Martins at their nest boxes, Barn Swallows, Northern Flicker, Bonaparte's Gulls, Common Terns, Ring-billed Gull, Tree Swallows, Spotted Sandpipers, Bufflehead, Blanding's Turtle, Tiger Swallowtail, and Great Egrets


Day 3, Second Day at Magee Marsh

5.14.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (III) Pictured: Canada Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Northern Parulas, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Blue Jay, Warbling Vireo and it's nest, Tree Swallow

5.14.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (IV) Pictured: Bald Eagle, Great Egret, Trumpeter Swans, Red-winged Blackbird, Canada Geese, Gulls, Groundhog, Painted turtles, Blanding turtle, Common Snapping turtle and an American Bullfrog

Day 4, Third Day at Magee Marsh

5.15.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (V) Pictured: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Northern Parulas, Cape May Warbler, Prothonotary Warblers, Magnolia Warblers, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, American Redstart and Yellow Warbler

5.15.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (VI) Pictured: American White Pelicans, Neotropic Cormorant, Trumpeter Swans, Eastern Screech Owl, Bald Eagle, Gray Catbird, Tree Swallow, Great Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gull, Green Heron, Purple Martins, Common Snapping Turtle, Copper belly water snake and House Wren

Day 5, An eventful morning at adjacent marshlands and we drove back to Chicago, IL

5.16.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area adjacent, Oak Harbor, OH Pictured: American White Pelicans, Great Egrets and Trumpeter Swan

5.16.24 Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area, Curtice, OH Pictured: Common Gallinules, Black Tern, Common Tern, Bonaparte's Gull, Mallard, Red-winged Blackbird and Trumpeter Swans

5.16.24 Howard Marsh Metropark, Curtice, OH Pictured: Black-necked Stilts, Dunlins, Ring-billed Gull, Pied-billed Grebe, Osprey, Turkey Vultures, and Common Terns