Deer+Creek+State+Park

Also, see Deer Creek Wildlife Area and Pickaway County Birding Drive
 * =Birding in Ohio=

Pickaway County
=Deer Creek State Park= 20635 State Park Road 20 Mount Sterling, Ohio 43143 Deer Creek State Park website Deer Creek State Park map Deer Creek State Park trail map

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Deer Creek SP
Coordinates: 39.6320576, -83.2480543 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek SP--Beach
Coordinates: 39.6185477, -83.2276904 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek SP--Boat Ramp and Harding Cabin
Coordinates: 39.6265154, -83.2309708 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek SP--Egypt Pike Wetland
Coordinates: 39.5786034, -83.25109 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek SP--Georges Run
Coordinates: 39.6078456, -83.2450175 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek--Dam
Coordinates: 39.6226149, -83.2145691 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek Lake--Marina and Boat Launch
Coordinates: 39.617879, -83.2499743 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek Wildlife Area--East St. Wetland
Coordinates: 39.5577359, -83.2563996 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Deer Creek Wildlife Area--Middle Wetland
Coordinates: 39.5664752, -83.2508969 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Deer Creek Reservoir (State Park and Wildlife Area)
From Ohio Ornithological Society website From Robert Royse's Bird Photography Pages

About Deer Creek State Park
Deer Creek State Park lies on the eastern edge of the great till plains of Ohio. These plains receive their name from the glacial debris, or till, which is a mixture of sand, silt, and gravel that was deposited by the glaciers. As glaciers advanced across the northern two-thirds of Ohio, most hills and valleys were covered and filled in by the till, leaving this part of Ohio relatively flat.

Today, these rich plains in the park's region support corn, soybeans, and wheat. The first settlers to the area did not find these open fields. Except for a few small prairie openings, the region was covered by dense woodlands. A regrowth of the original woodlands can be found scattered along the ridge tops and creek bottoms of the park.

Wildflowers abound in the fields and woodlands of the till plains. In spring, common flowers are Dutchman's breeches, rue anemone, trillium, spring beauty, and bloodroot. Summer months produce thimbleweed, wild lettuce, jewelweed, and daisy fleabane. In autumn, the most abundant flowers are aster, goldenrod, and chicory, whose roots were used by settlers to make a coffee-like beverage.

The best-known animals of the Deer Creek area include amphibians such as the chorus frog, spring peeper, and American toad. Reptiles include box and painted turtles, black rat snake, and eastern garter snake. Numerous mammals inhabit the park. Most of them are small and include the red fox, raccoon, opossum, woodchuck, skunk, rabbit, deer mouse, and white-tailed deer. Deer Creek is known for its population of ring-necked pheasant. Other birds of the area include eastern meadowlark, song sparrow, cowbird, eastern bluebird, barn swallow, and woodcock. From Deer Creek State Park website



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