Ohio Birding Drives are routes for birding trips which can be accomplished in one day, stopping to walk and bird at various eBird hotspots. For each Birding Drive, a Google map is provided with the route and suggested stops at eBird hotspots. You may save the link to the Google map on your smartphone or tablet, or print a copy on paper to take with you. Links are provided for each eBird hotspot. Follow those links for information about birding each location.
Ohio Birding Drives are a new feature of the Ohio eBird Hotspot website. Feedback is especially welcome with suggestions for improving the driving directions on these birding drives. Additional tips for birding locations are also welcome.
Please, email Ken Ostermiller with suggestions for additional county drives and with edits for existing drives.
Birders like to bird close to home and, naturally, the counties with higher populations in Ohio have many more checklists submitted. We have developed Birding Drives for “lightly birded” Ohio counties so that when your travels take you to a different part of the state you might add to the data about birds all across the state.
Counties marked with an asterisk (*) are the counties in Ohio with fewer than 2000 checklists submitted in eBird.
Adams County*
Adams County Birding Drive
Allen County*
Allen County Birding Drive
Ashland County
Ashland County Birding Drive
Charles Mill Lake Birding Drive
Mohican Birding Drive
Pleasant Hill Lake Birding Drive
Ashtabula County
Ashtabula Birding Drive
Conneaut Birding Drive
Athens County
Athens County Birding Drive
Auglaize County*
Auglaize County Birding Drive
Belmont County*
Belmont County Birding Drive
Captina Creek Birding Drive
Brown County*
Brown County Birding Drive
Butler County
Butler County Birding Drive
Carroll County*
Carroll County Birding Drive
Champaign County*
Champaign County Birding Drive
Clark County
Clark County Birding Drive
Clermont County
Clermont County Birding Drive
Clinton County*
Clinton County Birding Drive
Caesar Creek State Park Birding Drive
Columbiana County
Columbiana County Birding Drive
Coshocton County*
Coshocton County Birding Drive
Crawford County*
Crawford County Birding Drive
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Lakeshore East Birding Drive
Cleveland Lakeshore West Birding Drive
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Birding Drive
Rocky River Reservation Birding Drive
Darke County
Darke County Birding Drive
Defiance County*
Defiance County Birding Drive
Delaware County
Hoover Reservoir Birding Drive
Erie County
Bellevue Birding Drive
Castalia Birding Drive
Erie County Lakeshore Birding Drive
Huron River Birding Drive
Pickerel Creek Birding Drive
Fairfield County
Buckeye Lake Birding Drive
Fairfield County Birding Drive
Fayette County*
Fayette County Birding Drive
Franklin County
Battelle Darby Creek Birding Drive
Columbus North Birding Drive
Columbus South Birding Drive
Hoover Reservoir Birding Drive
Fulton County*
Fulton County Birding Drive
Gallia County*
Gallia County Birding Drive
Geauga County
Geauga County East Birding Drive
Geauga County West Birding Drive
Greene County
Greene County Birding Drive
Guernsey County*
Guernsey County Birding Drive
Hamilton County
Cincinnati Birding Drive
Hamilton County Northeast Birding Drive
Hamilton County Northwest Birding Drive
Hamilton County Southeast Birding Drive
Hamilton County Southwest Birding Drive
Miami Whitewater Forest Birding Drive
Hancock County
Findlay Birding Drive
Hancock County Birding Drive
Hardin County*
Hardin County Birding Drive
Harrison County*
Harrison County Birding Drive
Henry County*
Henry County Birding Drive
Highland County*
Highland County Birding Drive
Hocking County*
Hocking County Birding Drive
Holmes County*
Holmes County Birding Drive
Huron County*
Bellevue Birding Drive
Huron County Birding Drive
Jackson County*
Jackson County Birding Drive
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Birding Drive
Knox County
Knox County Birding Drive
Lake County
Lake County Birding Drive
Lake County Lakeshore Birding Drive
Lawrence County*
Lawrence County Birding Drive
Licking County
Buckeye Lake Birding Drive
Licking County Birding Drive
Logan County*
Logan County Birding Drive
Lorain County
Lorain County Birding Drive
Lorain Lakeshore Birding Drive
Lucas County
Lucas County Lakeshore Birding Drive
Oak Openings Birding Drive
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Drive
Madison County
Madison County Birding Drive
Mahoning County
Berlin Lake Birding Drive
Mahoning County Birding Drive
Marion County
Big Island Birding Drive
Killdeer Plains Birding Drive
Medina County
Hinckley Reservation Birding Drive
Medina County Birding Drive
Meigs County*
Meigs County Birding Drive
Mercer County*
Mercer County Birding Drive
Miami County
Miami County Birding Drive
Monroe County*
Monroe County Birding Drive
Montgomery County
Dayton Northeast Birding Drive
Dayton Northwest Birding Drive
Dayton Southeast Birding Drive
Dayton Southwest Birding Drive
Morgan County*
Morgan County Birding Drive
The Wilds Birding Drive
Morrow County*
Clear Fork Reservoir Birding Drive
Morrow County Birding Drive
Muskingum County
Muskingum County Birding Drive
The Wilds Birding Drive
Noble County*
Noble County Birding Drive
Ottawa County
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Drive
Paulding County*
Paulding County Birding Drive
Perry County*
Perry County Birding Drive
Pickaway County
Battelle Darby Creek Birding Drive
Pickaway County Birding Drive
Pike County*
Pike County Birding Drive
Portage County
Berlin Lake Birding Drive
Portage County North Birding Drive
Portage County South Birding Drive
Preble County*
Preble County Birding Drive
Putnam County*
Putnam County Birding Drive
Richland County
Charles Mill Lake Birding Drive
Clear Fork Reservoir Birding Drive
Mansfield Birding Drive
Pleasant Hill Lake Birding Drive
Richland B&O Trail Birding Drive
Richland County North Birding Drive
Ross County
Ross County Birding Drive
Sandusky County
Bellevue Birding Drive
Pickerel Creek Birding Drive
Scioto County*
Shawnee State Forest OOS Birding Drive
Shawnee State Forest Panoram Birding Drive
Seneca County
Bellevue Birding Drive
Seneca County Birding Drive
Shelby County*
Shelby County Birding Drive
Stark County
Alliance Birding Drive
Berlin Lake Birding Drive
Canton Birding Drive
Summit County
Akron North Birding Drive
Akron South Birding Drive
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Birding Drive
Trumbull County
Trumbull County Birding Drive
Tuscarawas County*
Tuscarawas County Birding Drive
Union County
Union County Birding Drive
Van Wert County*
Van Wert County Birding Drive
Vinton County*
Vinton County Birding Drive
Zaleski State Forest Birding Drive
Warren County
Caesar Creek State Park Birding Drive
Washington County*
Washington County Birding Drive
Wayne County
Funk Bottoms Birding Drive
Killbuck Marsh Birding Drive
Killbuck Marsh to Funk Bottoms Birding Drive
Wayne County Shorebird Drive
Wooster Area Birding Drive
Williams County*
Williams County Birding Drive
Wood County
Wood County Birding Drive
Wyandot County
Killdeer Plains Birding Drive