Lagoon Picnic Area- Annual
Picnic
June 3, 2014
Report | Photos |
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Picnic, plant exchange and bird walk June 3, 2014
at Cleveland Metroparks Lagoon Picnic Area
WCAS members and friends enjoyed a perfect June evening at Lagoon
Picnic Area for our annual picnic, plant exchange and bird walk.
A pair of Eastern Phoebes shuttled back and forth to feed
young in their nest in the picnic shelter. The plant exchange
featured interesting tubers for "Voodoo lily or "corpse plant,"
(Amorphophallus Konjac)
and lovely native cardinal flowers, along with a variety of unusual
plants and garden favorites.
During the bird walk Nancy Howell and Terry Gorges rescued a
Canada Goose entangled in fishing line.
Tiny new frogs animated the picnic area on the north area of
the lagoon, where birders got great views of a Pileated Woodpecker
and four Green Herons silhouetted in tall bare trees.
The call of a Common Nighthawk made the day.
Bird List
Leader: Nancy Howell
19 Birders
41 Species
Canada Goose -- 24
(including 9 babies)
Wood Duck -- 2
Mallard -- 4
Great Blue Heron -- 2
Great Egret -- 2
Green Heron -- 4
Ring-billed Gull -- 1
Barred Owl -- 1
Common Nighthawk -- 1
Chimney Swift -- 6
Belted Kingfisher -- 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker -- 3
Downy Woodpecker -- 1
Hairy Woodpecker -- 2
Pileated Woodpecker -- 1
Eastern Wood Pewee - 2
Acadian Flycatcher -- 1
Eastern Phoebe -- 2 (nesting in picnic shelter)
Great Crested Flycatcher -- 1
Warbling Vireo -- 1
Red-eyed Vireo -- 4
Blue Jay -- 1
Tree Swallow -- 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- 1
Barn Swallow -- 1
Tufted Titmouse -- 2
White-breasted Nuthatch -- 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher --1
Eastern Bluebird -- 3
American Robin -- 3
Gray Catbird -- 2
Cedar Waxwing -- 32
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow -- 2
Song Sparrow -- 1
Northern Cardinal -- 1
Red-winged Blackbird -- 3
Common Grackle -- 5
Brown-headed Cowbird -- 1
Baltimore Oriole -- 1
American Goldfinch -- 2
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Picnic attendees © Barb Warmy Cardinal Flowers © Penny O'Connor Rich, Carol and Nancy © Penny O'Connor Rocky River © Penny O'Connor |