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Also, see Lakefront Reservation, Cleveland Lakefront Important Bird Area, and Cleveland Lakeshore East Birding Drive
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=Lakefront Reservation= =East 72nd Street= Cleveland, Ohio 44102 Lakefront Reservation website East 72nd Street map

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Lakefront Reservation--East 72nd St.
Coordinates: 41.5382308, -81.6408602 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding East 72nd Street and Gordon Park
These adjacent units of the Lakefront Reservation provide lake access as well as some limited habitat for migrant passerines. The upper portion of Gordon Park, which houses a park ranger and watercraft licensing station, is an attractive place for nesting and wintering Mockingbirds. From the Memorial Shoreway, which has been joined by Interstate 90 east of downtown, exit at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and proceed north. The East 72nd street and lower Gordon portions can be reached by turning west on the marginal road which parallels I-90. East 72 provides a good view of the lake including an intake channel for the nearby CEI plant that offers some sheltered water for waterfowl. Lower Gordon Park contains a marina, boat ramps, and a sheltered lagoon. Upper Gordon Park is reached by continuing north on MLK Blvd until it turns right, becoming Lake Shore Blvd. Proceed east as the road curves and goes up a hill. Take the first left at the top of the hill and bear left into the park headquarters. Upper Gordon overlooks a former Army Corps of Engineers diked landfill, the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve. Check the landfill walls for Snowy Owl in winter and watch for Harriers, Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks. Check the pines near the headquarters building for migrant Pine Warbler, and walk the fence along the landfill for sparrows and thrushes. From Dick Hoffman

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