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Best Birding Spots in Ottawa County, Ohio

Eisenhour Marsh leads Ottawa County's birding spots with 228 species reported, best in spring. 74 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
Eisenhour Marsh	228	2,581	65	211	119	145
Ritter Marsh (Searles Marsh)	220	1,278	76	178	141	175
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (southeast)	211	3,039	68	205	77	94
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (southeast)	209	1,295	51	205	72	77
Ritter Marsh	206	1,946	56	194	81	133
Eisenhour Marsh (Hunter Marsh)	205	849	54	188	92	101
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge	201	3,647	49	195	87	114
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (France Marsh)	199	3,234	36	194	76	119
East Harbor State Park	195	1,449	59	180	94	137
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (south)	186	1,171	43	174	48	70
Meadowbrook Marsh	178	1,311	49	170	92	130
Hunter Marsh	177	962	56	159	66	72
Winous Point Marsh	172	179	0	152	76	96
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (east)	166	1,129	37	150	61	59
East Harbor State Park (North Swimming Beach)	162	641	31	156	73	105
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (south)	161	775	35	142	73	80
Navarre Marsh	160	131	0	144	32	88
Middle Harbor	156	487	61	129	82	110
Marblehead Lighthouse State Park	151	620	61	120	43	64
East Harbor State Park (East Harbor Boat Entrance)	148	354	25	134	46	82
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (west)	147	201	13	128	53	18
Southwestern Lake Erie Marshes and Islands	145	464	55	119	64	80
France Marsh	138	1,421	37	133	46	24
Ritter Marsh (northeast)	136	311	19	117	43	54
Continental Marsh	135	112	25	112	31	41
East Harbor State Park (West Harbor Boat Entrance)	129	154	17	107	57	66
Toussaint Creek Wildlife Area	126	180	29	110	53	32
Hunter Marsh (Eisenhour Marsh)	122	401	25	112	44	28
Winous Point Marsh (Muddy Creek Bay)	115	60	0	111	32	12
Turtle Creek Bay	109	1,062	1	107	18	0
Lighthouse Point	109	76	0	98	4	30
Buckeye Point	104	144	2	90	32	34
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Grodis Corner)	103	459	21	88	51	13
Toussaint Creek Wildlife Area (Packer Creek)	97	172	13	86	30	13
South Bass Island	95	55	0	74	31	43
Ritter Marsh (Douglas Marsh)	93	51	5	81	25	22
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (Turtle Creek Bay)	92	165	8	85	24	17
Lakeside	88	148	3	64	53	28
Nehls Memorial Nature Preserve	85	123	19	69	39	33
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	83	127	2	69	39	20
Middle Bass Island State Park	83	62	0	76	0	10
Little Portage Wildlife Area	82	62	0	79	23	0
Monument Pond (historical)	80	85	0	71	29	18
Waterworks Park	79	253	34	47	31	31
Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve	78	149	1	72	29	30
Kuehnle Wildlife Area	77	56	0	58	5	30
Terwilligers Pond	70	71	0	65	28	8
Dempseys Sandusky Bay Wildlife Area	62	132	39	37	14	30
North Swimming Beach	60	106	19	35	22	21
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Portage River)	58	167	7	36	25	38