FIELD TRIP REPORTS

Mentor Headlands State Park and Mentor Marsh Wildlife Area
Field Trip Report
Lake County
October 5, 2013
 8:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Weather: Sunny 70-80 F
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Leader: Lukas Padegimas
63 Species
13 Observers
On this warm October day,thirteen of us spent a few hours at Mentor Headlands State Park where we saw 12 species of Warblers including an Orange-crowned Warbler. We also saw an out-of-place Eastern Meadowlark. One notably missing species was the Monarch butterfly. While plenty are usually seen at Mentor Headlands at this time of the year, not a single butterfly was spotted during this walk.

Later, our group headed down to Mentor Marsh where we had nice looks at a Nelson’s Sparrow – another target bird. Overall, we saw 63 species. One of those days where we have both great weather and great birds together!

10                Canada Goose
7                  Mallard Duck
20                Double-crested Cormorant
2                  Great Blue Heron
5                  Turkey Vulture
1                  Cooper’s Hawk
7                  Red-tailed Hawk
2                  Sora
800              Ring-billed Gull
2                  Herring Gull
2                  Rock Pigeon
10                Chimney Swift
1                  Belted Kingfisher
2                  Red-headed Woodpecker
2                  Red-bellied Woodpecker
1                  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3                  Downy Woodpecker
1                  Northern Flicker
1                  Eastern Phoebe
2                  Unidentified Epid. Flycatcher Species
1                  Warbling Vireo
40                Blue Jay
2                  American Crow
5                  Black-capped Chickadee
1                  White-breasted Nuthatch
1                  Brown Creeper
1                  Carolina Wren
2                  House Wren
2                  Winter Wren
2                  Marsh Wren
8                  Golden-crowned Kinglet
17                Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1                  Eastern Bluebird
1                  Veery
1                  Swainson’s or Gray-cheeked Thrush
1                  Hermit Thrush
25                American Robin
2                  Gray Catbird
250              European Starling
1                  Black-and-white Warbler
1                  Orange-crowned Warbler
1                  Nashville Warbler
1                  Common Yellowthroat
1                  American Redstart
3                  Cape May Warbler
1                  Magnolia Warbler
2                  Bay-breasted Warbler
2                  Black-throated Blue Warbler
12                Palm Warbler
25                Yellow-rumped Warbler
4                  Wilson’s Warbler
1                  Chipping Sparrow
1                  Nelson’s Sparrow
12                Song Sparrow
5                  Swamp Sparrow
15                White-throated Sparrow
2                  Dark-eyed Junco
3                  Northern Cardinal
2                  Red-winged Blackbird
1                  Eastern Meadowlark
1                  Common Grackle
5                  American Goldfinch
1                  House Sparrow

Green Heron

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

Belted Kingfisher

Mallard