This is purely local, but might be of interest to birders visiting the
Magee Marsh / Ottawa NWR area (Ottawa Co., NW Ohio) this summer.  Cliff
Swallows are again nesting in the nearby town of Oak Harbor.  The nesting
site is under the railroad bridge over the Portage River, just south of the
Community Markets grocery store in the middle of town (along Water St. / Rt
163, the main east-west route through town).  Looking with binoculars from
the southwest corner of the store's parking lot, you can see about a dozen
of the nests and see the adults coming and going.  The Cliff Swallows also
forage over the center of town, along with many Chimney Swifts, which
always seem to be numerous and low over the midtown area.  Since a few
pairs of Common Nighthawks also nest on roofs in town, Oak Harbor skies
offer fairly decent birding in summer.

Kenn Kaufman
Ottawa County (The O.C.)

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