Killdeer+Plains+Wildlife+Area

Also, see Killdeer Plains-Big Island Important Bird Area and Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area Birding Drive =Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area= Upper Sandusky, Ohio 43351 Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area webpage Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area map
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Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
Coordinates: 40.7138257, -83.3016014 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Abraham Marsh
Coordinates: 40.7075799, -83.3464909 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Co. Highway 71 East
Coordinates: 40.7234861, -83.2610786 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Co. Highway 71 West
Coordinates: 40.723717, -83.30838 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Co. Highway 75 (no vehicles)
Coordinates: 40.7089329, -83.3115578 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Harold Roe Wetland
Coordinates: 40.7176282, -83.3220505 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Owl Pines
Coordinates: 40.7173713, -83.3551168 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 27
Coordinates: 40.7050123, -83.2817993 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 3
Coordinates: 40.7171518, -83.3399385 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 30
Coordinates: 40.7121342, -83.2319927 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 33
Coordinates: 40.7110281, -83.3688068 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Pond 6
Coordinates: 40.7209166, -83.2984257 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Reservoir
Coordinates: 40.7034424, -83.379445 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area--Former Service Center Area
Coordinates: 40.7083606, -83.3272648 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area (Marion Co.)
Coordinates: 40.6987306, -83.2852936 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Myers Woods
Coordinates: 40.7017727, -83.2385266 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Washburn Rd.
Coordinates: 40.6948912, -83.2654667 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
From the city of Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County, take OH-67 south for about 1.5 miles, cross a set of railroad tracks and immediately turn left onto County Road 115. Follow County Road 115 for 4+ miles, crossing OH-294, to a left turn at County Road 71 which leads into the state wildlife area. Drive the roads with an eye out for Northern Shrike in winter, scope the impounded areas and the reservoir for unusual waterfowl and check the open fields at dusk for Short-eared Owls. Bald Eagles are common year-round, and wintering Long-eared and Northern Saw-whet Owls are annual in the spruce groves.


 * Certain parts of Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area in Wyandot County are off limits to the public.** While much of this heavily birded 9,000+ acre wildlife area has no restrictions on access, the area bounded by County Highway 68 and 75 on the south, County Highway 71 on the north, Township Highway 108 on the west, and County Highway 119 on the east are off limits. There are signs that clearly mark these boundaries. Please, see Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area map. The restricted area is marked with crosshatching on this map.

For the most part, the restricted refuge area of Killdeer Plains encompasses the vicinity of Pond 27 and the other large ponds at the east end of the wildlife area. Very good viewing opportunities can be had from along County Highway 68 on the south side of the large ponds. From Ohio Division of Wildlife

About Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area
The 9,230-acre Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area lies in the grain farming country of north-central Ohio, eight miles south of Upper Sandusky. Wyandot County Road 115 provides access from OH-294, two miles west of Harpster, and from OH-309, eight miles west of Marion. OH-67 and OH-294 border the area on the west and north. Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area is quite flat, with little natural drainage; however, land adjacent to the Little Sandusky River on the east edge of the area is quite rolling.

Approximately two-thirds of the area is in cropland and grassland. The other one-third is divided almost equally between woods and shrubby coverts and water. The water areas include more than 1,000 acres of marsh, a 360-acre green tree reservoir, the upground reservoir, and 125 ponds ranging from less than an acre to 50 acres in size. Most small ponds are not shown on the map.

Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area is situated in a natural basin of flat, poorly drained soils formerly covered by prairie sloughs. The original prairie spanned about 30,000 acres. Early records report an abundance of deer, waterfowl, and furbearers. The “Plains” eventually were drained, with varying degrees of success, by ditching and tiling. Today, the agricultural land around the area is intensively farmed for corn and soybeans. Purchase of land for this area began in 1952.

Wildlife management activities included development and management of several thousand acres of grain crops and grassland, primarily for nesting and migrating grassland wildlife. Trees and shrubs have been planted along field borders and in odd areas to provide permanent cover for upland wildlife. Woods have been protected and improved. Several of the ponds provide fishing opportunities. An 800-acre marsh was constructed in 1966, and the upground reservoir was completed in 1971. All suitable fishing waters were stocked with fish. Waterfowl production was enhanced through the provision of several hundred wood duck nest boxes and Canada goose nesting structures. The green tree reservoir was completed in 1994 with assistance from Ducks Unlimited. Pond 3 has been converted to a moist soil unit for the benefit of waterfowl.

The primary purpose of the wildlife area is for grassland wildlife management and associated recreational use. Uses which have become increasingly popular because of the area’s natural features and open character are nature lore, wildlife photography, and bird watching. From Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area webpage

Ross's Geese at Harold Roe Wetland Photo by Lisa Phelps

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