Article source for : Birdwatching locations
Places to watch birds along the southwest Lake Erie shoreline.
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h2. Public accessible areas
[[Cullen Park]]
[[Bayshore Power Plant]]
[[Maumee Bay State Park]]
[[Mallard Club Marsh Wildlife Area]]
[[Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area]]
[[Adam Grimm]]
[[Krause and Stange Roads]]
[[Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge]]
[[Magee Marsh Wildlife Area]] (and Crane Creek State Park)
[[Turtle Creek Wildlife Area]]
[[Toussaint Wildlife Area]]
[[Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area]]
[[Farm Fields]]
Need coordinates for:
[[Little Portage Wildlife Area]]
[[Pipe Creek Wildlife Area]]
[[Resthaven Wildlife Area]]
[[Willow Point Wildlife Area]]
h2. Private areas
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
[[Navarre Marsh]]
West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge
