Name: Lake Logan in Logan, Ohio
Weather: Cold and partly cloudy
Habitat: Lake and marsh
With: Lab Group
It was a cold fall morning when we arrived at Lake Logan. The sun was beginning to rise over the water but the cool breeze coming off the lake gave us no hope of it warming up. We hiked along the lake as fears of falling in became apparent. At the edge of the trail we were able to pear out onto the lake as we listened to the sweet songs of Song Sparrows, American Crows, Blue Jays, and Northern Cardinals singing from the canape. As we headed back to the cars we saw Canada Geese flying over head and a Double-Crested Cormorant fishing in the lake. Its black body and yellow beak gave it away. On the other side of the bridge we found two Mallards and a mated pair of Mute Swans which are an introduced species from Europe and are very aggressive.
We then drive further down the lake and were able to see 11 Mallards, 3 more Mute Swans, a Red-necked Greeb, a Double-Crested Cormorant, Canada Geese, a Blue Heron, two Belted Kingfishers, an American Coot, a Piped-billed Greeb, a Ring-billed Gall and a Kill Deer. We also heard Song Sparrows and a Red-bellied Woodpecker.
At the end of the lake around 9:45 am there was also a marsh habitat present. Here we saw +11 Red-winged Blackbirds. The males were displaying in the trees above the marsh while the females watched unnoticed from the cattails and brush below. We also saw a Great Blue Heron perching high in a tree which seemed very odd to us. We saw another looking for fish in the lake. At the end of the lake we also saw 5 more Mute Swans, European Starlings, 31 Mallards, a Ceder Wax Wing, 11 American Robins, 3 Wood Ducks flying over head, 3 American Coots swimming, and a White Crowned Sparrow. We also got to see a Downy Woodpecker close up, with its black and white streaks very present and 3 Swam Sparrows who has gray backs with no brown streaks on their breasts.
Two of the paired Mute Swans we saw at Lake Logan
