Birding on the Buckeye Trail
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l 1 AEP ReCreation Lands l31 Independence Dam State Park Birding on the l 2 Avoca Park l32 Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve Buckeye Trail l 3 Beall Farmstead-- Buckeye Trail Association l33 Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve l 4 Bedford Reservation--Hemlock Creek Picnic Area l34 Leesville Lake--Autumn Rd. Have you ever seen a cerulean warbler flitting through l 5 Bellevue Reservoir #3 l35 Little Miami Scenic Trail treetops in the Hocking Hills? Been lucky enough Birding The to glimpse a LeConte’s sparrow scouring through l 6 Broughton Nature and Wildlife Education Area l36 Lockington Reserve & Lockington Locks the reeds at Mentor Marsh? Or had the pleasure of 7 Burr Oak State Park 37 Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve--Wake Robin Boardwalk witnessing a swarm of bobolinks in display over the l l vast grasslands of the AEP ReCreation Lands? If you 8 Caesar’s Creek State Park 38 North Chagrin Nature Center Trails haven’t, then maybe you have never been birding on l l 9 Caldwell Lake 39 Norwalk City Reservoirs--Lower Reservoir Blue Blazes the Buckeye Trail! At 1400+ miles encircling the entire l l state of Ohio, the BT is by far the longest birding trail 10 Cuyahoga Valley National Park--Jaite to Blue Hen Falls 40 Ottoville Quarry Wildlife Area in the state. Along its route it passes through some l l of the most popular parks and natural areas, but also 11 Cuyahoga Valley National Park--Ira Rd. Beaver Marsh 41 Pemberville--Portage River Trail hidden gems all across rural Ohio. These areas include l l nearly every habitat type that exists in the state: Appa- 12 Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve 42 Piedmont Lake--Piedmont Marina lachian Forests, Farmland, Coastal Marshes, Reclaimed l l Mine Land, Riparian Corridors, Pastures, Prairies, l13 Delphos-Gillmor Reservoir l43 Pike Lake State Park Wetlands, Woodlots, Beaches, and Backyards. l14 Eagle Creek Wildlife Area l44 Pretty Run Preserve--Buckeye Trail Association At the Buckeye Trail Association it’s our mission to 15 East Fork State Park--Bethel Concord Rd. Area l45 Richfield Heritage Preserve build, maintain , protect, and promote Ohio’s largest l 16 East Fork State Park--South Side 46 Ritter Park & Meyerholtz Wildlife Area hiking trail, but the way we see it, hiking and bird- l l ing go hand in hand. By providing excellent hiking 17 Edge of Appalachia Nature Preserve 47 Salt Fork State Park--Rd. 54 opportunities all across the state, the Buckeye Trail also l l preserves a green corridor that provides habitat and l18 Farnsworth Metropark l48 Schedel Arboretum & Gardens resources for birds. There are over 60 eBird “Hotspots” 19 Farrington Reserve 49 Scioto Trail State Park and Audubon “Important Bird Areas” along the Buck- l l eye Trail. Check out our BT Birding Locations Map to l20 Findley State Park l50 Seneca Lake & Senecaville Fish Hatchery see which ones are close to you! l21 Fort Hill Earthworks and Nature Preserve l51 Shawnee State Park--Turkey Creek Lake and Lodge The Buckeye Trail is broken down into 26 sections and 22 Forty Acre Pond Bridge 52 Tar Hollow State Park our detailed Section Maps are a great way to experi- l l 23 Girdled Road Reservation 53 Taylorsville Metropark ence the trail! Also available are our Hiker-on-the-Go l l series maps which detail shorter day-hikes with excel- 24 Glen Helen Nature Preserve 54 Vorwerk Park lent birding opportunities. You can learn more about, l l and purchase Buckeye Trail Maps at buckeyetrail.org/ l25 Grand Lake St Mary’s l55 Wakeman Community Park overview.php. When you think about all the places the 26 Grant Lake Wildlife Area 56 Walsh Park, Fremont BT goes and all the ecosystems it encompasses, is there l l a species of bird that hasn’t been on the Buckeye Trail? 27 Headwaters Park 57 Wayne National Forest--Lamping Homestead Recreation Area If they’re here, why not you?! Take a hike on the BT l l and see all the fantastic birding you have been missing! l28 Hinckley Reservation l58 Wayne National Forest--Tecumseh Lake Bird Trail l29 Hocking Hills State Park l59 West Branch State Park--Kirwan Reservoir BuckeyeTrail.org l30 Huffman Metropark l60 Zoar Wetland Arboretum BT Birding Locations 37 18 38 48 27 41 54 46 4 31 56 45 10 28 5 39 55 11 20 59 40 13 32 33 22 60 25 34 3 36 42 19 47 50 53 24 9 30 57 58 1 7 8 29 6 52 44 35 2 49 43 21 1516 26 12 17 14 51 IBA Important Bird Area Find the Buckeye Trail Hotspots on eBird! eBird eBird Hotspot eBird is a citizen science project by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Over 100 million sightings are recorded annually from everyday birders just like you. Sign up and upload your latest checklist today! eBird.org Brochure created by Jeremy Dominguez, Ryan Brown, Richard Lutz & George Blankenhorn Buckeye Trail Association Trail Buckeye Please tell us where you gotthisBrochure: you Please telluswhere Email State City Address Name Email State City Address Name Event Offers, Ohio Hiking Organizations! Hiking Ohio Offers, Event For Birders, Gift Memberships, Special Special GiftMemberships, ForBirders, other organizations. other with information contact my share not Please do IF GIFT MEMBERSHIP, NAMEOFDONOR IF GIFTMEMBERSHIP, Life-Household.............................. Life-Individual.............................. Business........................................ Sustaining...................................... Organization................................... Household...................................... Individual...................................... (full-time).......................... Student P.O. 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