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


br. +Eastern Sylvania Township+

* Wildwood Metropark - Sylvania


br. +South Toledo+

* Swan Creek Metropark


br. +Northern Wood County

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

br. +Western Lucas County+

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

br. +Northeastern Lucas County along lake shore+

* Maumee Bay Start Park boardwalk
* Reno Beach


br. +Northwestern Ottawa County+

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


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