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Pickerington Ponds
Coordinates: 39.8866949, -82.8006077 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerington Ponds--Arrowhead Trail
Coordinates: 39.895218, -82.809596 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerington Ponds--Ellis Pond
Coordinates: 39.8817616, -82.8037727 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerington Ponds--Glacier Knoll Arrowhead Marsh Overlook
Coordinates: 39.8939294, -82.8072864 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerington Ponds--West (Franklin Co)
Coordinates: 39.8861022, -82.8079033 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerington Ponds--Wood Duck Picnic Area
Coordinates: 39.8918992, -82.8033167 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Pickerington Ponds--East (Fairfield Co.)
Coordinates: 39.888932, -82.793146 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Pickerington Ponds Important Bird Area
This IBA, located approximately five miles southeast of Columbus, is part of the Metro Park system in Franklin County and the Pickerington Ponds Wetland Wildlife Refuge includes one of the last remaining glacial kettle lakes in Central Ohio. Associated with the lake are a large cattail marsh, a buttonbush swamp, and numerous small ponds. This area also has several glacial features. Also included are one small woodlot and approximately 60-70 acres of managed grasslands. In all 416 acres of this IBA is a dedicated state nature preserve.

This is an important migrating bird stopover site and provides unique nesting bird habitat. Over 260 species of birds have been recorded at this site. Numerous seasonal ponds combined with the associated rich wetland vegetation, all bordered by woodlands attracting migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and land birds. Wetland habitats like Pickerington Ponds are somewhat rare in Ohio, with a number of species requiring just this sort of habitat. A Great Blue Heron rookery with up to 50 nests was active until the early 2000s. A nesting pair of Ospreys is present. From Pickerington Ponds Important Bird Area webpage

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