Birding spots · Ohio

Best Birding Spots in Lucas County, Ohio

Maumee Bay State Park (west) leads Lucas County's birding spots with 246 species reported, best in spring. 109 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Maumee Bay State Park (west)	246	2,364	82	224	110	176
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area	244	22,210	44	240	139	174
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area (east)	238	3,089	64	228	109	125
Howard Farms Land Acquisition	234	13,892	75	217	156	157
Douglas Marsh	234	4,595	61	215	98	142
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (east)	230	3,830	57	223	104	142
Maumee Bay State Park	229	4,666	48	222	108	149
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area	221	3,188	60	208	98	67
Pintail Marsh	218	1,695	59	204	131	116
Howard Farms Land Acquisition (west)	210	3,485	50	186	127	127
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area (Howard Farms Beach)	210	2,664	25	205	50	66
Maumee Bay State Park (Mallard Club Marsh)	199	966	32	195	58	87
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area (east)	198	670	20	177	61	111
Bay View Park	196	2,061	91	172	93	152
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (northeast)	191	1,152	33	181	47	73
Mallard Club Wildlife Area	188	672	38	181	66	47
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area (south)	186	747	25	173	74	55
Cullen Park	178	1,040	49	141	72	122
Maumee Bay State Park (southwest)	176	988	32	171	58	70
Pearson Metropark	174	2,011	30	173	44	56
Pintail Marsh (Continental Marsh)	174	312	16	154	77	72
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (Douglas Marsh)	173	788	0	173	32	1
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (east 2)	170	1,146	45	159	46	45
Maumee Bay State Park (Erie Beach)	169	1,537	52	128	78	101
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark (northwest 2)	169	1,195	45	163	103	76
Side Cut Metropark	168	2,798	70	144	82	112
Suzar Bay	168	120	28	147	65	16
Maumee Bay State Park (South Shore Park)	167	1,271	37	155	65	81
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark	165	2,096	50	161	80	85
Maumee Bay State Park (west 3)	164	441	33	155	35	39
Irwin Prairie Dedicated Nature Preserve	162	1,035	36	156	87	61
Manhattan Marsh Preserve Metropark	162	763	52	147	72	114
Maumee Bay State Park (west 2)	161	1,241	37	130	75	86
Swan Creek Preserve Metropark	146	1,427	45	140	68	91
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark (west)	145	1,613	12	141	89	36
Wildwood Preserve Metropark	140	1,726	51	134	63	72
Providence, Bend View, Farnsworth Metroparks	140	512	53	99	77	59
Secor Metropark	137	1,057	50	131	77	77
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark (northwest)	134	1,473	41	131	67	52
Evergreen Lake	134	297	20	129	63	34
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (Big Sand Bay)	132	195	16	118	22	9
Maumee Bay State Park (Niles Beach)	131	269	15	121	34	26
Wabash-Cannonball Trail	127	699	40	108	76	64
Pearson Metropark (northeast)	127	634	25	124	22	19
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark (northwest 3)	126	528	12	123	71	7
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark (East Swanton)	126	334	22	111	63	28
Oak Openings Corridor	123	414	29	108	70	54
Howard Farms Land Acquisition (Howard Farms Beach)	123	171	6	114	45	5
Providence, Bend View, Farnsworth Metroparks (Beaver Creek)	121	331	45	96	56	67
Pearson Metropark (northwest)	121	305	9	117	28	8