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Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area
Coordinates: 40.7524219, -82.1058162 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area--Funk Rd.
Coordinates: 40.7677703, -82.1179727 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Angling Rd.
Coordinates: 40.780987, -82.097183 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Blachleyville
Coordinates: 40.7522637, -82.079072 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Schwartzwalder Rd.
Coordinates: 40.7268587, -82.0760196 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Wilderness Rd.
Coordinates: 40.7347385, -82.0710897 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Co. Rd. 1950
Coordinates: 40.7773139, -82.154485 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Hopkins Landing
Coordinates: 40.776528, -82.1566415 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Mohicanville Dam
Coordinates: 40.7250472, -82.1540666 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Mohicanville Dam--Township Rd. 2250
Coordinates: 40.7339255, -82.1459341 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Cool Springs Conservation Park
Coordinates: 40.7448192, -82.1309195 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Funk Bottoms Important Bird Area
This IBA consists of 2,000 acres of floodplain bottoms: intermittent wetlands and mostly scrub/shrub fields, with some permanent restored wetlands. The Funk Bottoms Wildlife Area is the main source of habitat. The adjacent areas are largely agricultural and include a peat farm. The area has an observation tower. The region undergoes extensive bottomland flooding in March and April.

This has been ground zero for Ohio's breeding Sandhill Cranes. The IBA also attracts substantial spring shorebird and waterfowl numbers depending on water levels. It is a prime area for Rusty Blackbird in spring and fall. Sedge Wren is regular. Grassy vegetation appears to be becoming richer and attracting rarer sparrows. Shorebirds into the thousands will stop when the water levels are suitable. For over twenty years, this site has produced more Pectoral Sandpiper records for inland Ohio than any other except Killdeer Plains - some years exceeding Killdeer Plains.

This region exhibits major waterfowl concentrations dating back to the late 1970s. It is one of the better places to see uncommon geese such as Snow Geese and Greater White-fronted Geese. Large flocks of Tundra Swans have been recorded during migration. In winter, Rough-legged Hawks, Northern Harriers, and occasionally Short-eared Owls are present. From Funk Bottoms Important Bird Area webpage

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