by Ken Ostermiller | What's New
New eBird Hotspots
Geauga County Fairgrounds Parking Field
Thanks to Dave English for suggesting and providing a description of this hotspot.
Collins Park
Thanks to Paul Jacyk for suggesting this hotspot and for providing a description with tips for view birds.
Stadium Park
Thanks to Michael Rossitti for suggesting this hotspot.
Beaver Creek Preserve
Thanks to Paul Sherwood for suggesting this hotspot.
Updates
Republic Landfill Grasslands and Airfield
We have added “Grasslands and Airfield” to this hotspot name to help birders know that there is no entry to the landfill itself. The grasslands and airfield adjacent to the landfill provides a place to view birds in the landfill area. Please do not enter or go past the office building into the active landfill. No permission or entry is allowed past that point. In winter, gulls can be viewed with a scope from the airfield hill.
Irwin Prairie
Photo by Ken Ostermiller
New Feature Complete
Ohio Birding Day Hikes
There are 307 pages of Ohio Birding Day Hikes. With a few exceptions, this list includes locations that have trails that provide 2 or more miles of hiking. Hikes may often be shortened or lengthened.
If there is a park or trail where you like to hike and see birds that we do not yet have in this collection, please suggest that we add it.
by Ken Ostermiller | What's New
Canfield Fairgrounds
Photo by Rob Macomber
New eBird Hotspots
Canfield Fairgrounds
Thanks to Rob Macomber for suggesting this location as a hotspot and for providing a description and photos.
Rudolph Savanna
Thanks to Paul Sherwood for suggesting this hotspot.
Updates
Scenic Vista Park
This park is managed as a public hunting area by Ohio Department of Natural Resources and it is also a county park. We removed “Public Hunting Area” from the name of the hotspot to avoid confusion and match signs in the area.
Pataskala Municipal Park
Thanks to Margaret Bowman for providing tips for birding and information about a handicap accessible trail at this park in Licking County.
A. W. Marion State Park
This hotspot is being used to report checklists of birds seen anywhere in the State Park including on Hargus Lake. The name was adjusted from “A. W. Marion State Park–Hargus Lake”. Please continue to report birds seen on the lake to this hotspot.
There are 207 pages of Ohio Bird Day Hikes. If there is a park or trail where you like to hike and see birds that we do not yet have in this collection, please suggest that we add it.
Bedford Reservation
Cuyahoga County
by Ken Ostermiller | What's New
New eBird Hotspots
Alum Creek State Park–Dam at Africa Road
Thanks to Rob Thorn for suggesting and providing a description of this additional hotspot at Alum Creek State Park
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge–Metzger Marsh Partnership Trail
This new trail, open seasonally May through September, is accessed from Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area by walking the outer dike to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The trail continues for 2 miles and ends at the Crane Creek Estuary. This is an out and back trail, hikers must return to Metzger Marsh to exit.
White-eyed Vireo
seen at Decliff Road Trailhead
Photo by Amy Holloway
Marion Tallgrass Trail–Augusta-Meeker Road to Decliff Road
Marion Tallgrass Trail–Decliff Road to LaRue-Marseilles Road
Thanks to Amy Holloway for suggesting that we add hospots either direction from the Decliff Road trailhead on the Marion Tallgrass Trail.
Updates
Alum Creek State Park–Sailing Club Access
Thanks to Rob Thorn for providing an updated description of this hotspot. There are three access points near the Sailing Club to view birds.
In order to make them work better with the new Clendening Lake Trails day hikes, we have made some adjustments to hotspot names located on the Buckeye Trail in this area.
Clendening Lake–Buckeye Trail, North of Brushy Fork Bay
Formerly there were two hotspots, Clendening Lake–Buckeye Trail North Side East and Clendening Lake–Buckeye Trail North Side West. We have combined these and added Brushy Creek Bay to better identify the location.
Clendening Lake–Buckeye Trail, South of Brushy Fork Bay
This was formerly Clendening Lake–Buckeye Trail South Side. The new name more clearly identifies the location.
Oak Openings–Evergreen Trail (orange)
Oak Openings–Ferns and Lakes Trail (blue)
Oak Openings–Foxfire Trail (yellow)
Oak Openings–Sand Dunes Trail (red)
The names of four hotspots on trails in the Oak Openings Preserve Metropark had used the color of the blaze on the trail rather than the trail name. In creating a page about day hikes using the Oak Openings Preserve Metropark Trails, it seemed more helpful to have the name of the trail as well as the color of the blazes in the hotspot name. These hotspot names have been adjusted accordingly.
Marion Tallgrass Trail – Holland Road Trailhead
Photo by Ken Ostermiller
Thanks to everyone who has helped with adding Ohio Birding Day Hikes.
There are only a few counties left with no hikes suggested: Brown, Coshocton, Defiance, Fayette, Gallia, Henry, Putnam, Van Wert, Washington, and Willaims. If you have a hike to suggest in any of these, please let me know.
by Ken Ostermiller | What's New
Irwin Prairie
Ohio Birding Day Hikes, a new feature of the website, is under development.
I need your help. I would like to add at least one Birding Day Hike for each county in Ohio. I would like to add hikes suggested by Ohio birders. Please use the contact form to let me know if you have a good hike in your county that we should add.
Mohican State Park Covered Bridge
New eBird Hotspots
Shaw Woods Park
Thanks to Jessica Winchell for suggesting this hotspot in Portage County.
Tar Hollow State Forest–Logan Trail
This new hotspot is located where the Buckeye Trail intersects the Logan Trail in Tar Hollow State Forest.
Updates
Mohican State Park–Covered Bridge
Mohican State Park–Pleasant Hill Trail
Added photos to these two hotspot pages.
Hinckley Reservation–Redwing Cabin Picnic Area
Thanks to Alex Garrote for providing photos and tips for birding this new hotspot.
Photo by Alex Garrote
Hueston Woods State Park–Sycamore and Pine Loop Trails
This hotspot was set up for the Sycamore Trail and we have added the Pine Loop Trail to it. The Pine Loop Trail is adjacent and together they make a 2-mile hike in this section of the park.
Caesar Creek Gorge
This hotspot was previously named “Caesar Creek SP–Gorge Trail Loop.” The trail is actually within the Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Area and may be access from the state park on the east or from the state nature area parking on the west. This hotspot may be used for checklists when hiking the Caesar Creek Gorge Trail.
by Ken Ostermiller | What's New
New Feature
Clear Fork Mohican River
Mohican State Park
Ohio Birding Day Hikes, a new feature of the website, is under development.
I need your help. I would like to add at least one Birding Day Hike for each county in Ohio. I would like to add hikes suggested by Ohio birders. Please use the contact form to let me know if you have a good hike in your county that we should add.
New eBird Hotspots
Beaver Creek State Park–Vondergreen Trail
This state park is in the Little Beaver Creek Important Bird Area.
Veterans Legacy Woods
Thanks to Cory Chiappone for suggesting this hotspot at a newly opened Geauga County Park which was formerly the Wicked Woods Golf Course.
Garland Reserve
Thanks to Lee Funderburg for suggesting this new hotspot.
Mill Creek Park–East Gorge Trail
This new hotspot in the Mill Creek Park was added with the new Birding Day Hikes feature to accommodate checklists submitted on the Mill Creek Gorge Trail Loop hike.
Hinckley Reservation–Redwing Cabin Picnic Area
Thanks to Alex Garrote for suggesting this additional hotspot in the Hinckley Reservation and the Rocky River-East Branch Important Bird Area.
Updates
Tecumseh Trail
We have moved the marker for the hotspot to the entrance of the Tecumseh Trail in Smith Park to make the coordinates easier to use with finding the location using a GPS or smartphone.
Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus
Updated page with a “birding map” from the Green Lawn Cemetery webpage.
Johnson Woods Nature Preserve
Photo by Ken Ostermiller
Added photos to these pages.
Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area–Angling Road
Johnson Woods Nature Preserve
Wecht Road
New Maps
Added maps showing all the hotspots in these state parks or wildlife areas.
Hueston Woods State Park
Buck Creek State Park
East Fork State Park
Bedford Reservation
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area
Maumee Bay State Park
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area
Big Island Wildlife Area
East Harbor State Park
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area
