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CARROLL TOWNSHIP - As the clock hit 8 a.m. Friday, a Division of Wildlife staffer walked up to a door to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area's popular boardwalk area and unlocked it. That's not usually how birding season kicks off at Magee Marsh's boardwalk, where thousands of bird enthusiasts nationwide converge in Ottawa County annually during peak migration. It didn't matter to Rebecca Torisky. She drove up from Marysville and stood first in line Friday, eager to see the warblers and other birds she missed last year. Torisky normally comes up to Magee Marsh at least once a year and her trek is a...

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), will present a virtual program on May 6-10 because of Covid-19 restrictions. The BSBO will feature...

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 Area's winding, narrow boardwalk when visitors converge on Ground Zero of Northwest Ohio's 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-crowned kinglets and warbling vireos during the birds' migration peak in April and May. To avoid a simi...

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 for the next Natural Resources Officer training academy. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODN...