Highlight Photos
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Maumee Bay State Park trail -
Common Yellowthroat -
Orchard Oriole -
Black-and-white Warbler -
Raccoon resting -
Watersnake resting -
Lots of Canada Geese with chicks -
Prothonotary Warbler -
Inside the show exhibits -
American Woodcock show -
Birding group in Pearson Park -
Blackburnian Warbler -
Woodchuck -
On the shore of Lake Erie -
Palm Warbler on the shore -
American Redstart, female -
Trumpeter Swans -
Famous Cerulean Warbler -
Bay-breasted Warbler -
Water Snake crossing in front of us -
Creek in Ottawa NWR -
Sunset at Ottawa NWR -
Pier at Pipe Creek -
Black-billed Cuckoo -
Red headed woodpecker -
Hooded Warbler -
Into the marshy areas we go -
Pipe Creek intersection -
Cape May Warbler -
Raccoon saving their young one -
Eastern Screech Owl -
Marblehead Lighthouse -
Erie Lakeshore at East Harbor State Park -
Tree swallow enjoying their nest -
Onto the boardwalk in Castalia Quarry
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For some time we wanted to catch the bird migration in Northern USA and this year we finally decided to attend the “Biggest Week in American Birding”, a festival near Toledo. By the time we decide we had only limited options to attend so we picked whatever we could and decided we will explore on our own otherwise. Overall the visit what a success with us adding five new species of warblers to our life list, something not easy to do in the USA for us anymore.
To learn more click on the Links below or Markers on the map above to go directly to a specific part of our trip and follow our visit to the southern shore of Lake Erie while attending the “Biggest Week in American Birding”.
- Four nights in Port Clinton for birding
We spend four nights in a condo on the Lake Erie shore while exploring the many parks and preserves all around us for migrating birds - Registration and first guided trip in Maumee Bay SP
Our first trip is a bit of a hassle as we cannot register prior to it but we can join it luckily and then the guides are quite scattered but still we find quite a few birds - Famous Magee Marsh Boardwalk
After registering we visit the famous Magee Marsh Boardwalk full of birders and warblers and we explore it thoroughly adding quite a few warblers to our list - Looking for Woodcocks in the evening
In the evening we go to the public woodcock place which is quite popular with organized tours also and manage to see one after some waiting - Guided birding tour of Pearson Park
On our second guided tour we have much better guides and more luck in finding warblers with the Canada Warbler being found on our own - Looking for birds on a loop through Maumee
After lunch we explore Maumee Bay SP on a longer loop finding some special warblers including a Canada Warbler - Metzger Marsh, a profilic birding site
In the evening based on a tip from a shopkeeper we explore Metzger Marsh seeing our only Cerulean Warbler and lots of other special birds - Short exploration of Ottawa NWR
We spend late evening in Ottawa NWR exploring some of the trails and finding martins and snakes all around us - Birding in the Pipe Creek Wildlife Area
The first guided tour of the day leads us to Pipe Creek Wildlife Area seeing lots of birds including our only Hooded Warbler of the trip - Walking and finding birds in Sheldon Marsh
The last park visited on the guided tour today is Sheldon Marsh SNR a location with lots of interesting birds and quite a few other visitors - Rare daisies and a historic lighthouse
Late afternoon we explore east of Port Clinton looking for rare Lakeside Daisies and finding historic lighthouses - Ending the day by birding East Harbor SP
We spend the evening until sunset in East Harbor State Park looking for any interesting birds along the lakeshore and enjoying the cooler temperatures - Exploring the south side of Sandusky Bay
After checking out we explore two small nature preserves for any interesting birds failing to see anything special - Castalia Quarry and return
We end the trip with a short jaunt in Castalia Quarry park before returning the car and spending some time in the lounge before our plane