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The Biggest Week in American Birding Festival 2012

This gallery contains just a small sample of the fun experienced while attending ten days of AMAZING warbler-watching and socializing, all taking place along the shore of Lake Eerie in northwestern Ohio. Based out of the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, The Biggest Week in American Birding hosts a thrilling time to people of all ages, and birdwatchers of all skill levels.
To learn more about the biggest week, go to:

http://www.biggestweekinamericanbirding.com


To learn more about Black Swamp Bird Observatory, go to:

http://www.bsbobird.org
American Redstart, singing
American Redstart, singing		 American Robin on the nest
American Robin on the nest		 American Woodcock
American Woodcock		 Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole		 Bay-breasted Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler		 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with nesting material
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with nesting material
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with food
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher with food		 Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo		 Blackburnian Warbler flying through the trees
Blackburnian Warbler flying through the trees		 Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler		 Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler		 Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler		 Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler... where are you going?
Black-throated Blue Warbler... where are you going?		 Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler		 Amigos... Carlos Bethancourt and I
Amigos... Carlos Bethancourt and I		 Blandings Turtle
Blandings Turtle
Canada Warbler
Canada Warbler		 Cape May Warbler, coming in for a landing
Cape May Warbler, coming in for a landing		 Cape May Warbler
Cape May Warbler		 Common Tern, reTERNing with food for the young
Common Tern, reTERNing with food for the young
Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat		 Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler		 Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler		 Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Dunlin Flock coming in for a landing at sunrise
Dunlin Flock coming in for a landing at sunrise		 Dunlin flock zipping by
Dunlin flock zipping by		 Underside of an Eastern Screech Owl
Underside of an Eastern Screech Owl		 Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owlet in the snag
Great Horned Owlet in the snag		 Gray Catbird
Gray Catbird		 Great Egret fishing
Great Egret fishing		 Great Egret flock
Great Egret flock
Great Egret
Great Egret		 Gunnar jamming away, with his Bird Party song!
Gunnar jamming away, with his Bird Party song!		 Hooded Warbler
Hooded Warbler		 House Wren
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting		 Jeff Bethancourt (left), Carlos Bethancourt, Jenn Sinasec and I
Jeff Bethancourt (left), Carlos Bethancourt, Jenn Sinasec and I		 Birding crowd, to see the Kirtland's Warbler!
Birding crowd, to see the Kirtland's Warbler!		 Kirtland's Warbler!!
Kirtland's Warbler!!
The Kirtland's Warbler mecca
The Kirtland's Warbler mecca		 Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler		 Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler		 Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler		 Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler		 Female Kirtland's Warbler
Female Kirtland's Warbler		 Female Kirtland's Warbler, looking cute!
Female Kirtland's Warbler, looking cute!
Photographers, waiting patiently for the Kirtland's Warbler
Photographers, waiting patiently for the Kirtland's Warbler		 In this tree there is a Male Kirtland's Warbler... can you find him?
In this tree there is a Male Kirtland's Warbler... can you find him?		 Male Kirtland's Warbler
Male Kirtland's Warbler		 Male Kirtland's Warbler
Male Kirtland's Warbler
Male Kirtland's Warbler
Male Kirtland's Warbler		 Hanging out with Kim and Kenn Kaufman :)
Hanging out with Kim and Kenn Kaufman :)		 Magnolia Warbler taking it easy
Magnolia Warbler taking it easy		 Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Magnolia Warbler		 Nashville Warbler
Nashville Warbler		 Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal		 Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Northern Parula		 Northern Parula singing his heart out!
Northern Parula singing his heart out!		 Northern Parula
Northern Parula		 Northern Parula looking silly, while looking for insects
Northern Parula looking silly, while looking for insects
Northern Parula
Northern Parula		 Northern Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush		 Northern Water Snake
Northern Water Snake		 Palm Warbler on the ground
Palm Warbler on the ground
Palm Warbler
Palm Warbler		 Palm Warbler
Palm Warbler		 Pied-billed Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe		 Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler		 Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler		 Prothonotary Warbler singing!
Prothonotary Warbler singing!		 Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler		 Prothonotary Warbler, big leap!
Prothonotary Warbler, big leap!		 Prothonotary Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler		 Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle
Rusty Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird		 Ruddy Turnstone that I found near the shore of Magee Marsh
Ruddy Turnstone that I found near the shore of Magee Marsh		 Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird		 Snowy Egrets that I found along the Magee Marsh dike
Snowy Egrets that I found along the Magee Marsh dike
Sora, sleeping away...
Sora, sleeping away...		 Summer Tanager
Summer Tanager		 Hanging out with Birdchick... Sharon Stitler and I
Hanging out with Birdchick... Sharon Stitler and I		 Tree Swallows doing some cloacal kissing
Tree Swallows doing some "cloacal kissing"
Tree Swallow at Sunrise
Tree Swallow at Sunrise		 Trumpeter Swan
Trumpeter Swan		 Tukrey Vulture
Tukrey Vulture		 White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher		 Wilson's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler		 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher		 Yellow Warbler, coming in for a landing!
Yellow Warbler, coming in for a landing!
Sweet Sweet Sweet I'm So Sweet... Yellow Warbler singing
Sweet Sweet Sweet I'm So Sweet... Yellow Warbler singing		 Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler		 Zeiss booth
Zeiss booth		 Bee, Damselfly and Questionmark butterfly
Bee, Damselfly and Questionmark butterfly
Bird bumper stickers
Bird bumper stickers		 Bird Nerds... Ethan Kistler and I
Bird Nerds... Ethan Kistler and I		 Ethan Kistler and I
Ethan Kistler and I		 In Oak Harbor, the local businesses are very welcoming and accomodating of birders during the Biggest Week
In Oak Harbor, the local businesses are very welcoming and accomodating of birders during the Biggest Week
My Van and Ethan's Van
My Van and Ethan's Van		 Sharon Stitler and I at Birds n' Beers!
Sharon Stitler and I at Birds n' Beers!		 Birding Guides for the Biggest Week in American Birding 2012
Birding Guides for the Biggest Week in American Birding 2012		 Birders enjoying the birds at Magee Marsh
Birders enjoying the birds at Magee Marsh
Birders on the lookout tower, within Magee Marsh
Birders on the lookout tower, within Magee Marsh		 Birders at Magee Marsh
Birders at Magee Marsh		 Birders
Birders		 Bullfrog
Bullfrog
Butterfly
Butterfly		 Butterfly
Butterfly		 Carlos Bethancourt and I... we had a blast at The Biggest Week in American Birding
Carlos Bethancourt and I... we had a blast at The Biggest Week in American Birding		 Carlos Bethancourt guiding people to see the Kirtland's Warbler!
Carlos Bethancourt guiding people to see the Kirtland's Warbler!
Carlos Bethancourt, Jenn Sinasac and I
Carlos Bethancourt, Jenn Sinasac and I		 Carlos Bethancourt, talking about Canopy Tower
Carlos Bethancourt, talking about Canopy Tower		 Carlos Bethancourt pointing out warblers
Carlos Bethancourt pointing out warblers		 Cicropia Moth
Cicropia Moth
Couple going birdwatching
Couple going birdwatching		 Birding Crowd
Birding Crowd		 crowd6.jpg
crowd6.jpg		 cuckoo.jpg
cuckoo.jpg
damselflies.jpg
damselflies.jpg		 Wildside Nature Tour guides and I
Wildside Nature Tour guides and I		 Flowers in the woods
Flowers in the woods		 Fly
Fly
Ken teaching about banding birds, with a banded flycatcher in-hand
Ken teaching about banding birds, with a banded flycatcher in-hand		 Fox Snakes
Fox Snakes		 Fox Snakes
Fox Snakes		 Fungus
Fungus
Fungus
Fungus		 Garter Snake
Garter Snake		 This is the group I guided around on Friday. We had a thrilling time watching birds, and made some wonderful friendships
This is the group I guided around on Friday. We had a thrilling time watching birds, and made some wonderful friendships		 Hanging out with two of my trip participants
Hanging out with two of my trip participants
Gunnar Engblom and I
Gunnar Engblom and I		 Lots of midges in the air... with many songbirds to migrate through shortly with this abundance of food!
Lots of midges in the air... with many songbirds to migrate through shortly with this abundance of food!		 Jeffrey Gordon of ABA and Carlos Bethancourt of Canopy Tower
Jeffrey Gordon of ABA and Carlos Bethancourt of Canopy Tower		 Kaufman sign along Highway 2
Kaufman sign along Highway 2
Kowa booth
Kowa booth		 The scopes are all lined up, ready to be field-tested
The scopes are all lined up, ready to be field-tested		 Birdwatchers
Birdwatchers		 Head of the Magee Marsh trail
Head of the Magee Marsh trail
Magee Marsh
Magee Marsh		 Moon
Moon		 Mushroom
Mushroom		 Naturally Avian Booth
Naturally Avian Booth
Painted Turtles
Painted Turtles		 Questionmark butterfly
Questionmark butterfly		 Questionmark butterfly
Questionmark butterfly		 Rainbow over Metzger Marsh
Rainbow over Metzger Marsh
Little pond, cutting through Magee Marsh
Little pond, cutting through Magee Marsh		 Rob, Rob and I. These guys were a hoot to birdwatch with!
Rob, Rob and I. These guys were a hoot to birdwatch with!		 Sharon Stitler helping point out the Whip-poor-will with her scope
Sharon Stitler helping point out the Whip-poor-will with her scope		 :-)
:-)
:-)
:-)		 The Soup Nazi was here! Too cool!
The Soup Nazi was here! Too cool!		 Sunrise along Lake Erie... during the morning which the Kirtland's Warbler was found!
Sunrise along Lake Erie... during the morning which the Kirtland's Warbler was found!		 Sunrise in Metzger Marsh
Sunrise in Metzger Marsh
Tom Bartlett conducting the Big Sit, to help raise money for Black Swamp Bird Observatory
Tom Bartlett conducting the Big Sit, to help raise money for Black Swamp Bird Observatory		 Warbler food in the sky
Warbler food in the sky		 Warbler list, from the Biggest Week... this is why they call this festival the Warbler Capital of the World
Warbler list, from the Biggest Week... this is why they call this festival the "Warbler Capital of the World"		 Warbler sign, at the head of the boardwalk
Warbler sign, at the head of the boardwalk
I took this photo as I was heading home, leaving a toll booth in Chicago
I took this photo as I was heading home, leaving a toll booth in Chicago

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