Suggestions for good birding location northeast lake area or inland over next few days On Sep 8, 2012, at 7:10 AM, John Pogacnik <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > When I worked at Crane Creek State Park I used to regularly bird EHSP in the > fall. All the birds leaving Pelee to island hop are coming ashore in the > area of Marblehead and Catawba. East Harbor has a lot of trails and areas > to cover. The trails leading to the East Harbor boat entrance can be quite > good under the right conditions. I have seen some huge songbird numbers > there. And the sandspit adjacent to the entrance is good for gulls and > shorebirds. The Marina at the end of Route 269 is good for late terns and > swallows. The west harbor trail is another good one. The northwest corner > of Middle Harbor dries up quick and can be good for shorebirds. > > This area is also good for migrating raptors. It is as good as anywhere in > Ohio for goshawks when they are moving. I have also done well with saw-whet > owls there. Be prepared for anything. I remember trying to identify a > small group of birds in the top of a cottonwood. When they flew they were > pipits! > > If you deleted Kim's post, here is a link to a map: > > http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Portals/2/parkmaps/eastharborparkmap.pdf > > John Pogacnik > 4765 Lockwood Road > Perry, OH 44081 > (440) 259-2751 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]