Editor’s Note: Having admired the most glorious photos of colorful and unusual birds visiting the Lake Erie region of Northwest Ohio taken by Dianne Rozak of
The Beacon
In springtime, visitors to the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) are eager to enjoy The Biggest Week in American Birding. First-timers often discover they don’t have to go very far to see a wide range of colorful migrating birds.
In fact, the birding can be excellent right around the BSBO headquarters nestled in the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area on the Lake Erie shoreline.
Located at 13551 W. State Rt. 2 in Oak Harbor the Village of Oak Harbor is just to the south it’s easy to find with the highway signage.
Here are some birding hotspots shared by BSBO members and birding experts.
Natural Wanders - January is a great time to invite wildlife visitors to your yard Published by twalro@presspub. on Sat, 01/02/2021 - 5:50am
By:
Art Weber
Backyard feeding stations, done properly, can attract a wide variety of interesting birds including such common residents as tufted titmice and cardinals. (Photo by Art Weber)
Odds are, you’re still hunkered down – more or less homebound.
Travel for most of us is still in the future, but with vaccines on the way there is the promise that things will return to some sense of normal in the not-too-distant future.
In the meantime, consider this. Instead of bringing visitors into your home, invite them to your yard. Establish or improve an existing wildlife feeding station outside your windows. It’s guaranteed the birds, squirrels and other wildlife that it attracts will bring action into your view.