2025 Regional Director Birdwalks
Join the OOS Regional Director Birdwalks!
Every year, the Regional Directors of the Ohio Ornithological Society lead a birdwalk in their region.
Mark your calendars and join them for a fun morning of birding. Learn about birds and birding areas in your region OR venture outside of your region and see what great birding areas are available within our beautiful Ohio.
Regional Directors are working on setting up their walks for 2025.
Be sure to check our website, Facebook and your email for continuing information on these walks as they develop.
Summer Grassland & Wetland Birds
with Leigh Casal, Northeast Regional Director
Where: Bath Nature Preserve, Summit County
When: Thursday, June 19 from 8:00 am to 11:00 AM
Register: leigh.casal@ohiobirds.org
Join us for a morning of birding through the diverse habitats of Bath Nature Preserve in Summit County! We’ll explore prime grassland in search of Bobolinks and Henslows’s sparrows and venture into wetlands where we’ve encountered Least Bittern, Marsh Wren, Common Gallinule, Trumpeter Swans and more. Time permitting, we may also explore the tamarack bog and old-growth forest.
Expect to walk around 2 miles on mostly flat terrain, with a few hills. Directions, parking details and more specifics to come. Register with Leigh Casal at leigh.casal@ohiobirds.org.
- ebird list from 2023: 46 species
- ebird list from 2024: 51 species
Fall birding at Pearls
with Rick Luehrs, Regional Director
Where: Pearls Fen
When: Saturday, September 6, 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Register: Register with Rick
Pearls Fen is one of the Greene County Parks and is part of the Beavercreek Wetlands network and it is usually awesome for birding in the Fall. We hope to see good numbers of hummingbirds, woodpeckers, flycatchers and Warblers! Maybe even a surprise or two!
We’ll meet at the paved parking area on Byron Road in Fairborn. There is a porta-potty and a picnic table beside the lot. We’ll walk the scenic boardwalk that crosses the natural spring first and then we’ll walk the wide, easy trail that skirts the fen.
Late Fall in Southeast Ohio
with Madison Donohue, Southeast Regional Director
Where: Lake Snowden Campground
When: Saturday, October 25, 2025 – 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Register: RSVP to madison@ruralaction.org
Lake Snowden is a late fall Southeast Ohio hotspot, especially for migrating waterfowl, including American Coot, Northern Shoveler, Common Loon, Ruddy Duck and grebes (Pied-billed and Horned). The bushes around the fish ponds are very good for sparrows, including White-crowned and Vesper and also Wilson’s Snipe.
We’ll meet at the pavilion near the small jungle gym to bird from 10am to noon. Dress for the weather and bring water.
