Barn Swallows
Barn Swallow’s build nests in the rafters of barns as well as under bridges, porches and picnic pavilions.
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Blue Herons
In larger wetlands you may find Little Blue Heron’s feeding their all-white babies.
Mallards
Mallards are familiar to everyone and Mother Nature produces lots of them every spring.
Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Juncos only nest in a few NE Ohio counties and often use manmade structures like wreaths hung on doors or between bales of hay in a barn.
Red-winged Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbirds pull cattails together to hide their nest.
Eastern Kingbirds
Eastern Kingbirds are very large flycatchers that like to nest near water.
Wood Duck
Photo by Matt Valencic
Wood Duck. Woodies are a tree duck, using a hollow cavity in a tree for their nest site, but will also use artificial nest boxes. Once the babies hatch the mother calls to them from the ground, and the babies jump out, sometimes fluttering...
Bank Swallow
Photo by Matt Valencic
Bank Swallow. Often nesting communally, Bank Swallows dig a borrow into the soil of a natural bluff, eroding riverside cliff, or even a gravel yard. They exclusively eat insects caught in flight over fields or water. In fall they join other species of swallows...
Yellowed-billed Cuckoo
Photo by Matt Valencic
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. About 12” long with large white spots under its tail, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo specializes in eating hairy caterpillars. They are a secretive forest bird, preferring dense cover near water. You are more likely to hear a cuckoo than to see one.
Osprey
Photo by Matt Valencic
Osprey. Osprey diet consists of live fish they catch with their sharp talons. Soaring overhead until they spot a fish, they dive feet-first into the water, emerging wet but victorious about 25% of the time. In NE Ohio their favorite nest site is the...
