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Magee Marsh Spring Songbird Migration 13229 W. ST. RT. 2 OAK HARBOR, OH 43449 (419) 898-0960 The western basin of Lake Erie has a few forested beach ridges on its southern coast which provide good stopping grounds for songbirds in migration. Because of a reluctance to cross Lake Erie, these birds “pile in” on these forested beach ridges in large numbers and provide excellent bird watching opportunities. When the birds have regained energy by feeding and resting, they move on either by flying west around the lake or “island hopping” across the lake to Point Pelee. This information is a general listing of when bird species will be present at Magee Marsh during spring migration. The key to spectacular birdwatching is weather. Watch for low pressure cells building up in Arkansas, good southwest winds, and a sharp increase in temperature (as a front moves in). EARLY MIGRANTS (OVERFLIGHT SPECIES) ....generally last week of April to first part of May Dominant: yellow-rumped warbler (male) hermit thrush white-throated sparrow (male) ruby-crowned kinglet (male) Subdominants: song sparrow swamp sparrow Nashville warbler (male) black and white warbler western palm warbler black-throated green warbler Overflight species: worm-eating warbler Kentucky warbler hooded warbler yellow-throated warbler Louisiana waterthrush prairie warbler MID MIGRANTS (HIGH SPECIES VARIATION) ....generally 1st two weeks of May Dominants: yellow-rumped warbler (female) magnolia warbler (male) Swainson’s thrush white-throated sparrow (female) ruby-crowned kinglet (female) blue jay Subdominants: Lincoln sparrow veery chestnut-sided warbler Nashville warbler (female) Tennessee warbler black and white warbler common yellowthroat yellow warbler Others: orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks LATE MIGRANTS (HIGH NUMBERS MIGRATING) ....generally last week of May Dominants: magnolia warbler (female) American redstart indigo bunting Empidonax flycatchers cedar waxwing red-eyed vireo Subdominants: Wilson’s warbler Canada warbler mourning warbler bay-breasted warbler warbling vireo ruby-throated hummingbird Spring songbird migration information for Magee Marsh Wildlife Area was developed by research conducted by Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Oak Harbor, Ohio. .

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