CARROLL TOWNSHIP - As the clock hit 8 a.m. Friday, a Division of Wildlife staffer walked up to a door to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area s popular boardwalk area and unlocked it.
That s not usually how birding season kicks off at Magee Marsh s boardwalk, where thousands of bird enthusiasts nationwide converge in Ottawa County annually during peak migration.
It didn t matter to Rebecca Torisky.
She drove up from Marysville and stood first in line Friday, eager to see the warblers and other birds she missed last year.
Torisky normally comes up to Magee Marsh at least once a year and her trek is a much shorter trip than those taken by birds that migrate through the marsh.