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James F. McCarty & Jo Ellen Corrigan, The Plain Dealer
jcorrigan@plaind.com
April, 2007. Created with HTML ImageMapper 9.2 by alta4
Headlands Beach State Park: Arguably the most prolific birding area – and the most heavily-birded habitat – in N.E. Ohio. Reliable resting spot on a migratory flyway in spring and fall, and good for gulls and waterfowl in winter. Close to Mentor Marsh. Holden Arboretum: Nesting birds found nowhere else in Northeast Ohio, such as dark-eyed juncoes and hermit thrush, can be found in the cool hemlock forests of Gildersleeve Mountain here. A Townsend’s solitaire showed up for a month in the winter of 2001. Mentor Lagoons State Nature Preserve: Some of the highest concentrations of songbirds, especially warblers, in spring and fall. Lake overlook provides awesome views of a variety of wintering ducks. Beach, woods and marsh make up this 450-acre area. Painesville Township Park: A perfectly located Lake Erie overlook for viewing waterfowl, gulls and migrating raptors in the fall. This 37-acre park was the site of the state’s first-ever sighting of a cave swallow in 2005. Sims Park: Huge rafts of scoters and ducks visible from the pier and lake observation point from fall through spring. The woods are busy with songbirds during migration.