Notes - Sat, Apr 26, 2014

Copying notes from my Field Notes pocket notebook.

WTSP sang along the west side our house between 6:00 and 6:20 a.m. Upstairs west window left open during the night, so good morning song wafted in.

We slept in. I walked Barney at 10:00 a.m.

Sunny, clear sky, breezy morning, comfy enough temps. West wind.

Late start, but we visited the Toledo Farmers Market and purchased:

• Proof 419 Bread - made with beer from the Maumee Bay Brewing Company. This particular small round contained cheese too. Tasty.
• Kenyan Coffee beans. I'll usual. From Bea's Blend roaster.
• carrots
• potatoes
• onions
• soft pretzels from Egg and Honey
• and tamales from a new vendor who sold hot tamales ready to eat.

From the farmers market, we went to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area boardwalk for birdwatching. We started at the west entrance. We arrived around 12:15 p.m. Birds observed:

• BGGN
• WPWA
• WTSP - picking at green buds on bushes/downed trees that were recently cut for some reason.
• RCKI
• MYWA
• female AMRO shaping a new nest. She lowered herself into nest, moved wings, raised herself, rotated body clockwise, and repeated the shaping.
• female EATO
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