2017 You Drive / We Lead
Back by popular demand! New last year, these trips allow you to drive yourself to the location where you'll meet an expert leader for a three hour birding experience. These trips are affordable, fun, and allow you to travel with as much of your birding gear as you like, and listen to Kid Rock, Barry Manilow, and The Carpenters if you want...all in the comfort of your own vehicle! We'll post a carpooling board at festival headquarters in the lobby of Maumee Bay State Park Lodge for those interested in riding together.
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GUIDED BIRDING WALK // EAST HARBOR STATE PARK
Activity Level: EASY Date: Time: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Meeting Location: East Harbor State Park 1169 N Buck Road Lakeside Marblehead, OH 43440 Fee: $15.00 Registration required Limited to 20 people NO TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED Click HERE for a map of the meeting location East Harbor is among the hidden jewels of lakefront birding hotspots. Its varied habitats include sandy beaches, sheltered bays, open waters of Lake Erie, marshes, shrubland, and swamp forest. Many rarities have been found, including Western Tanager and Magnificent Frigatebird. Songbird fallouts can be spectacular, with nearly every regularly occurring warbler appearing annually, and often in good numbers. The beach attracts a diversity of gulls and terns, including Great Black-backed Gull, Caspian and Forster's terns. ___________________________________________ GUIDED BIRDING WALK // PEARSON METROPARK Activity Level: EASY Date: Time: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Meeting Location: Pearson Metropark 761 Lallendorf Rd. Oregon, OH 43616 Fee: $15.00 Registration required Limited to 20 people NO TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED Click HERE for a map of the meeting location This park is a remnant patch of the formerly vast Great Black Swamp. About three miles of trails bisect the woodlands, and birding can be quite good during spring and fall migration. Typical forest-breeding species can be found in summer, including both cuckoos. A well-stocked feeding station at the nature center attracts lots of birds in the winter and is always worth a look. A recent 300-acre wetland restoration on the park's north side should become increasingly attractive to waterfowl and other wetland-dependent species. ________________________________________________ GUIDED BIRDING WALK // SHELDON MARSH STATE NATURE PRESERVE Activity Level: EASY Date: Time: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Fee: $15.00 Meeting Location: Sheldon Marsh SNP 2710 Cleveland Road Sandusky OH 44870 Registration required Limited to 20 people NO TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED Click HERE for a map of the meeting location This 465-acre nature preserve is one of Lake Erie’s “hidden” jewels. Sheldon Marsh can rival just about any spot on the lakefront for numbers and diversity of birds. Spring and fall migration can bring scores of songbirds, including the possibility of all 37 species of warblers that occur annually in Ohio. |
