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Editor’s Note: Having admired the most glorious photos of colorful and unusual birds visiting the Lake Erie region of Northwest Ohio taken by Dianne Rozak of

For locals, Ohioan can access other regions of our state in less than a day. Driving from where you live to elsewhere is less than a day trip at the

Where are the birds? Migrant numbers around Erie low for mid-May Jerry McWilliams Lesser yellowlegs were migrating past Gull Point at Presque Isle State Park where a whopping 365 were counted on May 7. A red-throated loon, near breeding plumage, was spotted off Beach 9 on Sunday. A sedge wren was seen briefly on the north side of Niagara Pond on Wednesday. It has been noted by many birders that migrant bird numbers are much lower than normal for mid-May. This has also been said about other...

The Beacon In springtime, visitors to the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) are eager to enjoy The Biggest Week in American Birding. First-timers often discover they don’t have to go very far to see a wide range of colorful migrating birds. In fact, the birding can be excellent right around the BSBO headquarters nestled in the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area on the Lake Erie shoreline. Located at 13551 W. State Rt. 2 in Oak Harbor — the Village of Oak Harbor is just to the south — it’s easy...

The birds though will be quite real. "The birds will still come, the birds dont know theres a pandemic. The birds dont care about borders or closures or vaccinations. The birds will still come," said Kaufman. And where there are birds, there will be birdwatchers, spreading out around the region and answering the call of nature. Although spots on the Magee Marsh Boardwalk have been limited this year there are still plenty of spots around the area to check out migrating birds. "Northwest Ohio has...

CARROLL TOWNSHIP - As the clock hit 8 a.m. Friday, a Division of Wildlife staffer walked up to a door to Magee Marsh Wildlife Areas popular boardwalk area and unlocked it. Thats not usually how birding season kicks off at Magee Marshs boardwalk, where thousands of bird enthusiasts nationwide converge in Ottawa County annually during peak migration. It didnt matter to Rebecca Torisky. She drove up from Marysville and stood first in line Friday, eager to see the warblers and other birds she mi...

The Beacon One of the most glamorous birds visiting Northwest Ohio each spring is the sandhill crane. It is a topic Dr. Richard Beilfuss, President & CEO of the International Crane Foundation, will focus on during the Biggest Week in American Birding on May 6-10. Sandhill cranes often visit the Toledo Metropark’s Howard Marsh, just west of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. (Photo by D’Arcy Patrick Egan) The Biggest Week in American Birding (BWIAB), hosted by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO)...

A road trip for birding Published by keng@presspubli... on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 8:33am Brian Reed, of Cincinnati, focuses on a young eagle in its nest at Magee Marsh. Reed, who spent years as a landscape photographer, now photographs nature. “This is the place to be for birding,” said Reed. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)

Magee Marsh Boardwalk will be open for limited birding access Visitors must register online; no signup needed for rest of park trails CARROLL TOWNSHIP - It can be a tight squeeze to navigate through Magee Marsh Wildlife Areas winding, narrow boardwalk when visitors converge on Ground Zero of Northwest Ohios spring bird migration. Thousands of birders congregate at the popular Ottawa County birding site and other Northwest Ohio hot spots to get their fill of yellow-rumped warblers, ruby-crown...

By Dan Armitage, host of Buckeye Sportsman, Ohio’s longest running outdoor radio show In hindsight, I think I would have enjoyed a career as a “game warden.” That’s what Ohio’s fish and game law enforcers were called before being pegged as Wildlife Officers and, more recently, rebranded as Natural Resource Officers. By any name, I believe the job would be rewarding on many levels. If you have an interest in pursuing such a career, applications are being accepted through January 15 fo...