Early May brings the Biggest Week in American Birding to northern Ohio, a birding festival celebrating the peak of spring warbler migration in the marshland area along Ohio's Lake Erie shore.
The festival promises to draw crowds of birders and nature photographers to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and Magee Marsh Wildlife area. We visited both refuges earlier this month, so I can give you a quick sneak peek at this beautiful natural area and some of the early avian arrivals.
Be sure to check out my stories about the Ottawa and Magee Marsh areas I posted earlier this week:
Lake Erie is for the birds: Ottawa National Wildlife RefugeLake Erie is for the birds: Ohio's Magee Marsh
Today, I'm posting a few more photos of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge that I didn't post with my original story.
Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.
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I love that 2nd photo. The colors of the bird's feathers jump out.
Posted by: wandermom | April 30, 2010 at 09:59 AM
What's the bird on top of the box? I'm new to this area as you can guess by this possibly stupid question :)
Posted by: Cate | April 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Birding is such a fine art. This looks like a fantastic way to spend some time this spring!
Posted by: Wanderluster | May 01, 2010 at 08:08 AM
My kids would LOVE this! They can spy a nature boardwalk from miles away!
Posted by: Jen | May 03, 2010 at 06:57 AM
Wandermom and Cate-I loved that little birdie, but I have no clue as to what type of bird it is. Anyone else know?
Wanderluster-I'm not a birder, but these refuges are nice places for a walk or casual photo taking for us.
Jen-This refuge has some nice trails...the boardwalk at neighboring Magee Marsh is even nicer IMHO. In both cases, the trails cover easy terrain with some variety. The kids probably would love it, and the shortness of some of the trails make them easily accessible for the littlest ones as well :)
Posted by: Dominique King | May 03, 2010 at 06:20 PM
The bird look like a barn swollow
Posted by: dennis | October 01, 2011 at 04:28 PM
Dennis-I think you're right...as someone else told me that as well. Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by: Dominique King | October 01, 2011 at 08:36 PM