RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES & A EUROPEAN STARLING ON BEACH, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025

 

GREAT EGRET, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025

 

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this thrush as a Gray-cheeked Thrush as follows:

• Gray face
• Grayish olive upperparts
• Whitish eyering
• The area between the bill and eye is grayish, but the area above this and below the crown is grayish white.
• The base of the bill's lower mandible is yellowish.
• The throat is whitish gray with dark spots.

   The Gray-cheeked Thrush is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

SPOTTED SANDPIPER, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025

 

AMERICAN HERRING GULL IN FLIGHT, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025

 

FEMALE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025

 

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, MAGEE MARSH WILDLIFE AREA, OAK HARBOR, OHIO, 5/5/2025