Less-crowded Toledo area birdwatching spots

The Magee Marsh Wildlife Area boardwalk is the best place to view migrating songbirds for numbers, variety, and ease-of-use.

But the boardwalk can be scrunched-crowded in the first half of May, especially before Noon.

Plenty of other Toledo-area places exist to view migrating birds. These places lack the crowds. No one else may be present, birdwatching anyway. But a little more effort may be needed, covering more ground, viewing more birds high in the canopy, etc.

West Toledo

• Ottawa Park - Toledo
• Woodlawn Cemetery - Toledo
• Greenwood Park - Toledo

Eastern Sylvania Township

• Wildwood Metropark - Sylvania

South Toledo

• Swan Creek Metropark

+Northern Wood County

• Rossford Island View Park
• W.W. Knight Nature Preserve
• 577 Foundation

Western Lucas County

• Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve
• Secor Metropark
• Oak Openings Metropark

Northeastern Lucas County along lake shore

• Maumee Bay Start Park boardwalk
• Reno Beach

Northwestern Ottawa County

• Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, the wooded, shrubby area behind the visitors building

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