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When in northwest Ohio there are many options from which to choose a birding site.  But if you want herons and ducks and shorebirds and geese and egrets and swans and rails the best bet is the famed Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge along State Route 2 in Oak Harbor, Ohio.  Together with Cedar Point and West [...]

I just got back from an all-too-brief exposure to the Biggest Week in American Birding, and all I can tell you is that you’ve got to get to Ohio! Despite highly inclement weather, including an unexpected tornado scare, Magee Marsh has been overrun by spring migrants en route to the great Boreal forest. I was [...]

My recent trip to Ohio was nothing less than revelatory for me. Not only did I have an incredible time at the 2009 Midwest Birding Symposium but I also gained a new appreciation for the natural beauty of the Buckeye State. The biggest surprise in terms of the latter was definitely Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge; [...]