Buck+Creek+State+Park--Northeast+Lake+Access

Also, see Buck Creek State Park and C. J. Brown Important Bird Area
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Clark County
=Buck Creek State Park= =Northeast Lake Access= Springfield, Ohio 45502 C. J. Brown Important Bird Area (Audubon) webpage Buck Creek State Park website Buck Creek State Park map C. J. Brown Reservoir map

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Buck Creek SP--Northeast Lake Access
Coordinates: 39.9827053, -83.7063843 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Northeast Lake Access
This hotspot is located at a parking area off Grant Road. You may park there and walk to the northeast corner of the reservoir. This location can, in some years, have shorebird habitat during migration and is often a place where the lake first has open water in the early spring.

Tips for birding Buck Creek State Park
From Ohio Ornithological Society website

About Buck Creek State Park
The natural features of Buck Creek State Park can be attributed to the effects of glaciers which receded from Ohio over 12,000 years ago. Low hills called moraines can be seen in the area where glaciers halted for extended periods of time and left deposits of gravel and sand. Old river valleys were filled by these deposits where numerous springs now well up through the sand and gravel. The nearby city of Springfield is named for the many springs seeping up from the broad meadows. The springs account for the many bogs and fens in Clark and Champaign counties of which Cedar Bog is probably the best known.

These wet areas harbor an assortment of rare and unusual plants including round-leaved sundew and horned bladderwort. The spotted turtle, a state endangered animal, is found in the area. The northernmost region of the park is an excellent area to observe waterfowl. The shallow waters provide a stopover for thousands of migrating ducks. Relatively rare songbirds of open meadows are also present including dickcissels, bobolinks, and Henslow sparrows. From Buck Creek State Park website

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