Castalia, Fish Hatchery, Resthaven & Pickerel Creek Local Trip

Sunday, March 16, 2003
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
59° F
Sunny



13 Members and 1 Guest from
Firelands Audubon Society

66 Species Seen

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe: 1 @ Bay View
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron: 1 @ Castalia
Turkey Vulture: along SR-2
Snow Goose: ~12 along SR-269 south of Castalia (FCD)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan: Barrett Road
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal: 3 @ Barrett Road
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle: 1 SR-2 near Huron, 5 @ Pickerel Creek WA, 2 US-6 & Northwest Road, 1 @ Martins Point Road
Northern Harrier: 1 @ Pickerel Creek WA
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel: 2 on Maple Road near Castalia
Peregrine Falcon: 1 on Hilliard Road Bridge (Lakewood/Rocky River)
Ring-necked Pheasant: 3 on Heywood Road
American Coot
Killdeer
Bonaparte’s Gull: 10 @ Bay View
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher: 1 @ Castalia
Red-headed Woodpecker: 2 on Pearson Road @ Pickerel Creek WA
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark: Maple Road near Castalia
Black-capped Chickadee: 1 @ Resthaven WA
White-breasted Nuthatch: 2 @ Homegardner Road, 1 @ Resthaven
Eastern Bluebird: 1 @ SR-269 & Mason
Road (FCD)
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing; 1 @ Homegardner Road
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 1 @ Homegardner Road
American Tree Sparrow: Homegardner Road
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow: Homegardner Road
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark: 1 @ US-6 & Northwest Road (DC)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Cardinal
House Finch: Bay View
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Started out in Castalia.	There we saw the usual, but no bands.
An American Coot walking along, look at those feet!	Found a Black-crowned Night Heron on the far side of the pond.
On the way to the Fish Hatchery we look ed for and found Horned Larks.	Having already seen a Bald Eagle on SR2 on the way to Castalia, we found three more in one tree.
Got a Yellow-rumped Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, White-throated Sparrow and a Dark-eyed Junco here.	At Resthaven Wildlife Area we got a Red-bellied Woodpecker.
This place was wonderfully remote.	Ice was still covering the water.
Bill is getting the location for a Prairie Orchid from Sheryl Young who knew the area and had joined us for the morning.	We looked for other Hawks but only had a Red-tailed and Northern Harrier.
This guy was hanging out in Paula's car.	Lake Erie was still frozen at Pickeral Creek even though the temperature was up.
The Bayview bridge got us a Redhead and a Horned Grebe.	Some of us stopped and had lunch at the Bay Bell Restaurant.
Great trip Paula!

Photos by Delores Cole

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