Magee Marsh and more, May 2024

My brother and I wanted to visit Magee Marsh to see as manny migrating warblers as we could. 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:

5.13.24 Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH (II) Pictured:


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