Ohio eBird Hot Spots
Reporting Ottawa NWR Auto Tour Bird Checklists on eBird

If you wish to report your bird sightings to eBird (http://ebird.org/) from
the Auto Tour at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, there are two eBird “hot
spots” to receive your reports:

Ottawa NWR—Auto Tour (Ottawa Co.)
Ottawa NWR—Auto Tour (Lucas Co.)

The south portion of the Auto Tour is in Ottawa County, the north portion is
in Lucas Co. You are on the county line when the Auto Tour turns right
(east) on Lucas-Ottawa Rd.

Please keep two checklists of birds you see, one for each portion of the
Auto Tour. The section in Ottawa County is about 2.4 miles; the section in
Lucas County is 3 miles. eBird limits a “traveling” count to five miles or
less and sorts your bird sightings by county, thus two “hot spots” to report
your sightings. Sometimes the route of the Auto Tour varies, so you might
want to set your odometer to record the actual miles you cover for each section.

The Black Swamp Bird Observatory have a great map of Ottawa NWR showing the
Auto Tour which you may download by visiting:
http://www.bsbo.org/Birding/pdf/OttawaNWRMap-AutoTour.pdf

Ken Ostermiller
eBird Hot Spot reviewer for Ohio

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