At least 2 White-rumped Sandpipers feeding where the Caspian Terns hangout at Howard Marsh Metropark - Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
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Cerulean Warbler - Magee Marsh west end in parking lot across for porta johns near orange barrel- Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Common Nighthawk sitting in parking lot of Magee - west end near porta johns. Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Metzger is still very birdy! Lots of singing warblers in the woodlot, both cuckoos, and some fun migrants like Red-headed Woodpecker and Black-bellied Plovers going by the count. Signing off for BWIAB 2026. - Patrick Maurice
Alder flycatcher calling from the northeast aspect of the big loop at Magee Marsh - Cassidy Ficker
Redstarts, Chestnut-sided, and Bay-breasted Warblers are dominating the MM boardwalk this morning. Canada Warbler between 9 & 10. Alder Flycatchers scattered throughout west end. Several Philly Vireos moving near small loop at west end.
Black-billed Cuckoo showing well in Metzger parking lot - Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Glossy Ibis and King Rails continue at Metzger - Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Ruddy Turnstone - Inland beach at MBSP - Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Look up! Common Nighthawks are feeding all along the lakefront!
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at 19B at Magee. - Patrick
Keep an eye out for those skulkers on the Magee boardwalk! Just had an Ovenbird and Gray-cheeked Thrush on the ground at #16. - Patrick Maurice
Nice looks at a Philly Vireo at #2 on the Magee boardwalk. -Patrick Maurice
Nice looks at a Common Nighthawk flying around & feasting on insects high in the sky - seen from the Magee Marsh parking lot (west side). - Erik Bruhnke/VENT
Metzger has been productive with visuals of two Mourning Warblers along with several Canada, Wilson’s Blackpoll, etc. - Ethan Kistler/WINGS
Cerulean Warbler continuing just outside of Secor Metropark’s Lone Oak Area parking lot along Tupelo Way. Singing incessantly - Nate Koszycki
At least two Mourning Warblers on the West Beach of Magee Marsh, one right near the eastern path to the Estuary Trail and one on the western edge -SK
Several Wilson’s Phalaropes, Semipalmated Plovers, etc behind Barnside Creamery but a scope is necessary and you need elevation by standing on the concrete walls. - Ethan Kistler/WINGS
Mourning Warbler being seen and heard well at Sheldon Marsh approximately half way from parking area to porta potty. - Janice & Trey
Magee Boardwalk- Mourning Warbler singing, Canada Warbler up close. Marker 14 - Joshua Vardous
White-rumped Sandpiper near the Crane Creek bridge (41.6179496, -83.2398368) with a group of Dunlin in Ottawa Wildlife Drive - Ryan S and Eliana F
Magee Boardwalk..Golden-winged Warbler, Canada, Wilson’s, Black-throated-blue, Chestnut-sided, Prothonotary at marker 8 -Joshua Vardous
Very birdy on the trails behind the Magee Visitor Center! Just had a Black-billed Cuckoo right across the bridge and directly behind the visitor center. A couple Canada Warblers and Broad-winged Hawks overhead! - Patrick, Erik, and Billie
Quick glimpse of WILSON’S PHALAROPE at Howard Marsh (east) in the cattails where the Caspian Terns have been hanging out. (41.6426697, -83.2646329) Currently NOT in view. Seen 11:05am. Nicole F. & Dan E.
Mourning Warbler - singing and showing well for a minute in parking lot of Oak Openings Lodge. Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Seven Broad-winged Hawks moving west over East end of Cabin Road - Maumee Bay State Park. Very very high. David Simpson Big Day Van 6.
Sedge Wren singing away at Stange Prairie platform with Swamp Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat. Also Willow Flycatcher, Indigo Buntings, a Sandhill Crane in the distance, and flyover American White Pelicans. -Joshua Vardous
Female Cerulean at Metzger wood lot. -Killian Sullivan
Singing Cerulean Warbler silver trail Oak Openings - (41.5427296, -83.8473072) - Jeremy Dominguez (Go Birding Nature Tours)
Female Mourning Warbler being very skulky on the east side of the path at the following coordinates from the Ottawa NWR woodlot: (41.6094127, -83.2066458) -Andrew Marden and Nathan Pieplow