Pickerel+Creek+Wildlife+Area

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Sandusky County
=Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area= US-6 Vickery, Ohio 43464 Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area webpage Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area map Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area (Coastal Access) webpage

Pickerel Creek Birding Drive

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Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area
Coordinates: 41.4181104, -82.9512903 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Boggy Bottoms
Coordinates: 41.4244512, -82.9795647 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Brugger Rd.
Coordinates: 41.4289561, -82.9708958 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Co. Rd. 232
Coordinates: 41.4140323, -83.0111906 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Observation Deck
Coordinates: 41.4095698, -82.9484242 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Ohms Rd. Wetlands
Coordinates: 41.4147967, -83.0403543 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Parking Area D
Coordinates: 41.4086815, -82.9208994 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Parking Area E
Coordinates: 41.4160396, -82.9165298 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Pearson Rd.
Coordinates: 41.4256048, -82.9628245 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Pump House Wetland
Coordinates: 41.4093638, -82.9395332 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Three Eagles Wetland
Coordinates: 41.4140662, -83.0251994 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area--Vern Essi Wetland
Coordinates: 41.4135094, -83.0050778 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

//While not in the Wildlife Area this hotspot is on private property adjacent to other hotspots on Ohms Road.//

Ohms Rd. Private Wetlands (view from road only)
Coordinates: 41.4113529, -82.9896498 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area
From Lake Erie Birding Trail website From Ohio Ornithological Society website

About Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area
During the spring and fall migrations, large numbers of waterfowl are attracted to the area. Mallard, wood duck, black duck, blue-winged teal, and green-winged teal are the most abundant species, with wigeon, pintail, gadwall, and shoveler appearing in smaller numbers. Canada geese also use the area. Other bird species include the trumpeter and tundra swans, common tern, great blue heron, common egret, black-crowned night heron, woodcock, common snipe, sora, Virginia rail, and mourning dove. Bald eagles nest on the area and both adults and immatures are frequently seen year-round.

The geographic location of Pickerel Creek, along the southern shore of Lake Erie, also accounts for high numbers of song birds, shorebirds, and hawks during the spring and fall migrations. Upland game animals and furbearers are also plentiful including cottontail rabbit, white-tailed deer, woodchuck, muskrat, raccoon, and mink.

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area lies between the south shore of Sandusky Bay and US-6 in Townsend and Riley townships, Sandusky County. The area totals 3,200 acres. The majority of the area has been restored to wetlands with the remainder in woods, brush, and native grassland. Pickerel Creek flows through the western half of the area, forming a high-quality freshwater estuarine habitat.

The northern portion of Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area lies in the center of some of the finest wetland habitat still in existence along Sandusky Bay. Early records reveal an extensive wet prairie in this vicinity. Wild rice and other waterfowl foods grew in abundance in the clear waters of Sandusky Bay. As the surrounding land was cleared and drained for agricultural use, wetland habitat was seriously damaged. The turbid water no longer supported the huge beds of wild rice and other high-quality aquatic vegetation, and waterfowl numbers decreased.

The Division of Wildlife acquired Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area in 1987. Since this region continues to support a good waterfowl population, Pickerel Creek is presently managed as a public hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife observation area with emphasis on waterfowl and other wetland wildlife. From Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area webpage



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 * Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area Observation Deck**