Magee Marsh and Surrounding Areas

I just got back this Sunday from a two day stay out in Lucas and Ottawa counties. The main attraction were all the warblers passing through on their way north to the breeding grounds. I was unable to leave real early in the morning on saturday like I would have liked to due to work. When work finally ended at 3 I hit the road and made it to Magee in just an hour and a half. Arriving at 4:30 the boardwalk was still teeming with birders. I found the fist parking spot and just parked the car. Getting out I could tell the woods were just swarmed with birds.

Walking to the bird walk I got my first couple of birds; Norther Flicker (Yellow Shafted), European Starlings (sadly), Red-Winged Blackbirds and Common Grackle. Flying overhead I had Herring Gull and Common Terns, further out in the distance two Double-Breasted Cormorants were flying east. My first few steps onto the boardwalk I was greeted by a group looking at a Canada's Warbler. Probably one of the cooler looking warblers with the black necklace around its yellow belly. Hopping around next to it were Wilson's Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Gray Catbirds, Warbling Vireos, Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, and Prothonotary Warblers. I enjoyed great looks of both Black-billed Cuckoos and Yellow-billed Cuckoos.