Kitty+Todd+Nature+Preserve

Also, see Oak Openings, Oak Openings Important Bird Area, and Oak Openings Birding Drive
 * =Birding in Ohio=

Lucas County
=Kitty Todd Nature Preserve= =The Nature Conservancy= 10420 Old State Line Road Swanton, Ohio 43558 Kitty Todd Nature Preserve webpage Nature Conservancy Kitty Todd webpage

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Kitty Todd Nature Preserve (TNC)
Coordinates: 41.61888, -83.791991 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Kitty Todd Nature Preserve
From Lake Erie Birding Trail website

About Kitty Todd Nature Preserve

 * Black oak savanna
 * Sedge meadow
 * Wet prairie communities typical of the Oak Openings region

Located in western Lucas County north of Old State Line Road. Managed by The Nature Conservancy, Kitty Todd Preserve is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the first full weekend of the month from May through October only.

Kitty Todd Preserve consists of a mosaic of plant communities including sand barren, black oak savanna, sedge meadow and wet prairie communities typical of the Oak Openings region.

Kitty Todd Preserve is one of the finest nature preserves in the Oak Openings region of northwestern Ohio. The preserve was named in honor of Toledo conservationist and former Nature Conservancy board member, Kitty Todd.

The Oak Openings region was originally characterized by a series of windblown sand dunes and wetlands that were saturated in winter and spring and extremely dry in summer. These conditions gave rise to vegetation ranging from dry sand barren and oak savanna on the raised dunes to moist sedge meadow and wet prairie in the low-lying swales. Kitty Todd supports a number of these small sand dunes, interesting examples of the unusual geology of the Oak Openings region.

Last sited at Kitty Todd before its extirpation from Ohio, the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly was reintroduced to the preserve in 1998. More than 100 state-listed rare plants occur in the preserve including prickly-pear cactus, yellow-fringed orchid, cross-leaved milkwort, grass-pink orchid, and Skinner's foxglove. One of the state's largest populations of wild lupine occurs here. The state endangered lark sparrow nests on the preserve. From Nature Conservancy Kitty Todd webpage

Blue-winged Warbler Photo by Jennifer Hammett

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