Biggest Week News Today

It's the Biggest Week in American Birding in northwest Ohio and out-of-state visitors are asking locals to join in spotting songbirds before they cross Lake Erie.

Birding enthusiasts hit the hiking trail at Metzger Marsh as the Biggest Week in American Birding begins May 3 and runs through the 12th. This group spotted a Blackpoll Warbler. See story in Entertainment. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)

BY SHERI TRUSTY

Learn how to locate the easily-identified, boldly hued black-and-white warbler. This bird is an efficient forager for insects.

Ohio skies are filled this time of year with hundreds of species of birds flying north for the summer.

Starting on May 3, the bird-watching event will bring an estimated 90K visitors to northwest Ohio.

Eclipse happens one week from today, on April 8

        Northwest Ohio native, tenor Shawn Mlynek, with  harpist Eleonora Congiu, will present a concert Wednesday, April 3 at 6 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 611 Woodville Rd., Toledo.

One week from today, more than half of Ohio is going to stop whatever it’s doing and spend a few minutes looking into the sky. The April 8 eclipse cuts

Eclipse happens one week from today, on April 8 - photo credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio