Birdwatching in Ohio

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		Initial	Last Name	Area	Available	Language
		N	Fensler	Alger	Weekend	English
		I live in flat, boring NW-West Central Ohio, but there are still some interesting places for birding in the area. I also make frequent trips to 'more exciting' parts of the state.
		J	Duerr	Athens	Anytime	English
		My husband and I are avid birders and Ohio Breeding Bird atlases, living in the lovely wooded Appalachian foothills of southeast Ohio.
		T	Shively	Bellefontaine	Weekend	English
		J	McMahon	Chillicothe	Anytime	English
		B	Foppe	Cincinnati/Clermont County	Anytime	English
		S	Bobonick	Cincinnati	Weekend	English, some French, Spanish
		We have a number of good birding sites in the Cincinnati area. I am an Aeronautical Engineer and I grew up in Connecticut, where I began birding at age 14. I have travelled throughout the US and have an ABA area life list of 679 species. I have birded several countries in South America, Trinidad and Tobago, France and England, a bit in Kenya and Australia and Singapore/Malaysia. My ABA area life list is now up to 716 birds (currently listed as 679).
		T	Fitzpatrick	Cincinnati	Anytime	English
		Great birding all year especially the spring.
		D	Morse Jr.	Clermont County	Weekend	English
		C	Kendall	Colombus	Weekend	English
		D	Bradley	Colombus	Weekend	English
		I am a birdwatcher of average ability but would be excited to show someone around and do my best to find them their target species. I have 14 acres that attract a lot of great birds as well as live close to some nice parks.
		T	Rooney	Dayton	Weekend	English, intermediate Spanish
		I am a biology professor at Wright State University and recreational birder. I bird in the Dayton, Ohio area. Local parks provide a diversity of habitats (lakes, wetlands, surrogate prairies, forests) and the birding can be quite good.
		J	Espedal	Kettering, Dayton	Anytime	English, Korean, French
		R	Rogers	Galloway	Anytime	English
		R	Schieltz	Greenville	Weekend	English, some German
		We don't have any IBA's, but have woodland and agricultural areas. We have 11 county parks with wetlands, wooded areas, and prairies. There are gravel pits and peat bogs that are privately owned. We have several serious birders who are always on the lookout for the rarer species. Some found in past 3 years around Greenville were Ohio's first nesting pair of Eurasian Collared doves, Wilson's Phalarope in migrations, a nesting Bell's vireo.I am a volunteer for the Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas II that is in its third year and am a member of the Ohio Ornithological Society and our local Darke County Birders. I know many of the common bird songs and calls, but am still working on the warblers and others. I am a retired special ed. teacher and have lived in Darke County most of my life. I have traveled to 49 states and most of the Canadian provinces and several European countries.
		T	Walker	Kenttering	Anytime	English, some French
		I am a recreational birder, since 2012, primarily spotting in the Dayton area Metroparks and the Spring Valley Wildlife Preserve.
		B	Berger	Massillon, Ohio	Weekends	English, Spanish
		migration		Area: Crane Creek (Magee Marsh) Area Birds: Shore, forest, marsh	Interests: Nature: birdwatching, twitching, photography, butterflies, fishing, Travel: walking, hiking, bus, car, biking, long walk, packpack, canoe Visit: tourist site, museum, restaurant, club, monument, arboretum, tech Attend: dance show Participate: dance, club, bar, rock, classical, swing, wine, beer, social games, amateur radio operator
		A	Milenski	Lakewood	Weekend	English
		I bird in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Lake and Summit County Ohio, but also take occasional trips to key hotspots in the state.
		K	Zeleznik	Macedonia	Weekend	English
		J	Estep	Newark	Weekend	English
		I am 35 minutes east of Columbus, Ohio (CMH is the airport that you would use). Spring mirgation is the best time for Eastern Wood Warblers during the first three weeks of May roughly.
		J	Blanda	Peninsula	Weekend	English
		I know the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. I also do bird photography.
		P	Sherwood	Sandusky	Anytime	English
		C	Beckman	Spring Valley	Anytime	English
		Spring Valley is located in SW Ohio, between Cincinnati and Dayton.
		D	Overacker	Springfield	Anytime	English
		I have been birding for about 40 years and know my area well. I am about 3 hours away from Lake Erie which has some excellent birding spots.
		H	Mason	Sugarcreek	Weekend	English
		Woodland Warblers to Grassland birds abound in this area.
		T	Joseph	Tiffin	Anytime	English
		I have been an avid bird watcher for years (more so after retirement). I live near lake Erie and Magee Marsh and have knowledge on several locations in this area for bird watching. I have information on Warblers and other species in this area.
		T	Stahl	Vermilion	Anytime	English
		We are located on Lake Erie 45 minutes from CLE. Ottawa NWR & Magee Marsh Wildlife area are 1 hour from our house. We are 15 minutes from Old Woman Creek Nature Preserve, several other State Nature Preserves with shorebird, waterfowl and warbler viewing are close by. Good birding in all seasons, but especially spring migration.
		M	Cullum	West Chester, Ohio	Anytime, but weekends are always good.	English
		Hi! I'm Mary Cullum. I've been birding ever since high school. I really enjoy visiting local birding ares as well as exploring new birding places wherever I travel. I'm especially interested in completing my warbler list. I have about 5 left! It would be fabulous to meet other birders who share my enjoyment of birding! There's nothing I like more than trading birding stories with fellow birders.		Area: Ellis Lake Wetlands; Crane Creek/Magee Marsh; Brookville Dam; Spring Valley, etc Since I could bird all day, I would go to whatever spots were hot depending on the time of year. A trip to Magee Marsh in the spring is a must-see! Brookville Dam after the fall drawdown is great as well! There are plenty of good birding spots around the Cincinnati area worth exploring! Of course we'd local area places to grab a bite.	Area Birds: eagles, ospreys, migrating shorebirds, ducks, sandhill cranes, warblers Interests: birding
		E	Bruder	Westlake	Weekend	English
		West side of Cleveland. Familiar with all the major hot spots in NE Ohio and along the Lake Erie shore to Toledo. 20+ years of birding experience and I'm out in the field nearly every weekend.
		C	Caldwell	Westlake	Anytime	English
		Excellent spring and fall migration sites nearby. Nesting forest and grassland birds as well. Winter gulls in downtown Cleveland.
		T	Glassburner	Windsor	Weekend	English
		R	King	Wooster	Anytime	English
		Rich birding area. From the shores of Lake Erie to inland lakes, marshes and open farming area. We live in an area near the largest Amish enclave in the world which is a mixture of farms, small towns and hills. We are on the edges of two migration flyways so we are bird rich in the spring with ducks, geese, and wood warblers as well as many other species. We have over 300 species of birds. I am a semi retired educator.
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		Initial	Last Name	Area	Available	Language
Local Information
		Name			Description
		Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia			Ohio
		Local weather			Yahoo
		Ohio Ornithological Society			Club
		Ohio Audubon Society			Club
		Appalachian Front Audubon Society			Club
		Audubon Miami Valley			Club
		Audubon Society of Mahoning Valley			Club
		Audubon Society of Ohio			Club
		Black River Audubon Society			Club
		Black Swamp Audubon Society			Club
		Blackbrook Audubon Society			Club
		Canton Audubon Society			Club
		Clark County Audubon Society			Club
		Columbus Audubon Society			Club
		Dayton Audubon Society			Club
		Firelands Audubon Society			Club
		Greater Akron Audubon Society			Club
		Greater Mohican Audubon Society			Club
		Kirtland Bird Club, Cleveland			Club
		Tri-Moraine Audubon Society			Club
		Western Cuyahoga Audubon, Cleveland			Club
		Victor W. Fazio III			Latest Sights
		Black Swamp Bird Observatory			Banding
		Lake Milton Raptor Education Center			Raptor Watch
		Ned Keller's			Cincinnati
		Dick & Jean Hoffman's			Cleveland Area
		Breeding Bird			Atlas
		Ohio Lepidopterists			Butterflies
		Birding Hotspots around the world			Sites