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Birding by Canoe -NEW
TRIP FOR 2012!
Dates:
May 7, 9, & 11
Time: 6 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Where: Meet at the Sandusky County Park
District office at 1970 Countryside Place in
Fremont, Ohio 43420
Fee: $30
*The Parks will provide the canoes and life
vests.
For Google map directions to the Park
Office, click
HERE.
Canoe northwest Ohio's best kept secret—Green
Creek. The creek meanders through two miles of
habitat ideal for migrating warblers and flows
into Mud Creek Bay, an arm of the larger
Sandusky Bay. The property has a conservation
easement with Black Swamp Conservancy and will
eventually be deeded to the Sandusky County Park
District. Led by Research Coordinator, Tom Kashmer, of the Sandusky County Park District,
you will learn the history of this unique
area. Expect to see more Bald Eagles than you
will see all week, too! All this and we’ll still
have you back in time to check out the daily
action at the Magee Marsh boardwalk!
***Proceeds from The Biggest Week canoe trips
will benefit Sandusky County Parks, Black Swamp
Conservancy, and Black Swamp Bird Observatory!
Birding Point Pelee National Park, Ontario Canada
onboard
the Jet Express
 Date:
Thursday, May 3 & 10
Time: 7:45 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: Departure and Arrival:
Jet Express Dock
3 N. Monroe Street
Port Clinton, OH 43452
Fee: $85
***You must be a US OR CANADIAN Citizen and have a current
US or Canadian passport
Experience spring migration on the
northern shore
of Lake Erie! Many migratory birds use Point Pelee to rest and feed as they make
their long migratory flight across the lake in
route to their northern nesting grounds. The
Jet Express will take you and expert bird guides
to Point Pelee National Park to look for
migrating songbirds along the Pelee peninsula.
Continental breakfast, shuttle service on the
peninsula, park entry fee, and a box lunch are
included in this guided excursion. So grab your
binoculars and jet-away-with-us on this exciting
birdwatching excursion! Be sure to bring a
backpack to carry your box lunch.
The Jet Express supports Black Swamp Bird
Observatory by being a Birds & Business Alliance
Partner!
Kelleys Island Birding by Ferry
Date:
Tuesday, May 8
Time: 7:45 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Departure and Arrival from the Kelleys
Island Ferry Dock
510 W Main St. (SR-163)
Lakeside-Marblehead, Ohio 43440
Fee: $55
The trip includes ferry fee, expert bird guides,
island transportation and a buffet lunch. You will board the ferry by foot and must be
able to carry all you will need during this
excursion. Parking at the ferry dock is $8 and
is on your own. The ferry dock is located 30
miles east of the Magee Marsh boardwalk or 11
miles east of Port Clinton.
Experience spring migration on the largest U.S.
island in Lake Erie, used as a "stepping stone"
by migrating songbirds. Bird your way across the
Lake during the 25-minute ferry passage to the
island, where you’ll be taken to your birding
locations by an island tram. Before lunch you
will bird the Glacial Grooves State Memorial
area (the largest accessible Devonian limestone
glacial grooves in the world). We will have
lunch at the northwestern point of the island at
Camp Patmos and will bird the Camp Patmos
grounds and the Cleveland Museum of Natural
History's Jones Preserve grounds on Long Point
after lunch.
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