FIELD TRIP REPORTS

Castalia, Fish Hatchery, Resthaven & Pickerel Creek Local Trip

Sunday, March 14, 2004
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Castalia Pond
Maple/Homegardner/Heywood Roads
Resthaven Wildlife Area
Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area/Pearson Road
Bayview Bridge/Sandusky Bay
Medusa Marsh/Barrett Road
Cedar Point Chausee

11 Members & 3 Guests

Overcast and Rain
40° F Wind WSW 26 mph

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Trip Report

51 Species

Pied-billed Grebe: Resthaven WA
Great Blue Heron: Resthaven WA
Turkey Vulture: SR-2 @ Vermilion River
Canada Goose
Mute Swan: ~12 @ Barrett Road
Tundra Swan: 3 @ Barrett Road & ~12
@ Cedar Point Chausee
Wood Duck: 4 @ Pickerel Creek WA
Gadwall: Pickerel Creek WA & Medusa Marsh
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal: 1 @ Pickerel Creek WA
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail: Pickerel Creek WA
Green-winged Teal: Pickerel Creek WA
Redhead: Bayview @ marina
Ring-necked Duck: Castalia
Lesser Scaup: Bayview
Bufflehead: 3 f @ Castalia Pond
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck: 1 @ Bayview @ marina
Bald Eagle: ~20 - most @ Pickerel Creek WA
Northern Harrier: 2 @ Pickerel Creek WA
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel: 1 SR-6 & 1 I-90 Lorain Co.
American Coot: Castalia Pond & Cedar Point Chausee
Killdeer: Castalia Pond, Maple & Homegardner Roads
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull: Cedar Point Chausee
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher: 1 @ Resthaven WA
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1 @ Resthaven WA
Downy Woodpecker: 1 @ SR-101
N. Flicker: 1 heard @ Resthaven WA
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark: Maple Road
Eastern Bluebird: 2 @ Pearson Road
American Robin
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow: Homegardner Road
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco: Pearson Road
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark: 2 @ Pearson Road
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
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