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Field Trip: Magee Marsh-Biggest Week in Birding

  • Magee Marsh 13229 Ohio 2 Oak Harbor, OH, 43449 United States (map)

Leader: TBD

This may last longer for those who want to stay. If time permits, the leader may choose to go to Metzger Marsh and/or Howard Marsh as well. There is a local eatery, Blackberry CornersTavern, where the leader may choose to take a lunch for those interested in making this a day trip.

Magee Marsh, situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, is a prime stopover for North American warblers during spring migration.  Every year thousands of birders, photographers, and nature lovers flock to this location in spring to witness the unforgettable spectacle of large songbird concentrations preparing to migrate across the great lake toward their breeding grounds in the north.  Many birders make the trip annually.  Some have been doing so for twenty five or thirty years.  Magee Marsh is just one of those special places that you have to come back to year after year.

For those who would like to, there will be a meetup at Blackberry Corners for lunch.