Eastlake+Seawall+(Eastlake+Power+Plant)


 * =Birding in Ohio=

Lake County
=Eastlake Seawall= 10 Erie Road Eastlake, Ohio 44094 Eastlake Seawall (Coastal Access) webpage

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Eastlake Seawall (Eastlake Power Plant)
Coordinates: 41.67447, -81.43982 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Eastlake Seawall
From Lake Erie Birding Trail website From Ohio Ornithological Society website

The Eastlake power plant sometimes has open water in winter which attracts large numbers of gulls and waterfowl. Peregrine Falcons have nested on the stack. From Birding Lake County's Often Overlooked Birding Hotspots by Haans Petruschke

About Eastlake Seawall
Birders often refer to this site as the "Eastlake Power Plant" because of the large plant just to the west of the site. This site is just a parking lot of a little less than an acre, directly fronting Lake Erie. It provides an easy drive-up site to scan the lake, which in this area is often filled with birds.

The 0.9-acre Eastlake Seawall is at the northern terminus of Erie Road, which intersects OH-283 (Lake Shore Boulevard) about one mile to the south.

The Eastlake Seawall is 960 feet west of the Chagrin River mouth and adjacent to the east of First Energy Corp.’s Eastlake Power Plant. The plant’s warm water discharge into Lake Erie attracts fish and birds, especially during winter months when the rest of the lake freezes. Birds use the discharge area for feeding and bobbing in the water making this site a good winter bird watching location. Even in the coldest winters, the warm water opens a lead in the ice that lies within view of the seawall’s parking lot.

Parking areas on the seawall are toward the south while the north and east sides of the asphalt-covered bulkhead provide more than 500 feet of fishing access.

The majority of this site is paved impervious surface; however, a small amount of green space is located on the south side of the parking lot. A few picnic tables are located here beneath deciduous trees. From Eastlake Seawall (Coastal Access) webpage



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