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Also, see Hoover Reservoir, Hoover Nature Preserve, Big Walnut Important Bird Area, and Hoover Reservoir Birding Drive
 * =Birding in Ohio=

Delaware County
=Hoover Nature Preserve= =Hoover Meadows= Galena, Ohio 43021 Hoover Reservoir map

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Tips for Birding Hoover Meadows
From Columbus Audubon Society

Hoover Nature Preserve--Hoover Meadows
Coordinates: 40.1931513, -82.8712088 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Hoover Meadows
Hoover Meadows is accessed from Sunbury Road. The area is marked by an large sign and the chain-link fence. This is a 91 acre inland tract of The Hoover Nature Preserve. The strip is narrow but contains conifers near the front, wetlands, grasslands, ponds, and mature forests. This area can yield Northern Bobwhite, Ring-necked Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Bobolinks, American Woodcock, American Bittern, warblers, finches, hawks, waterfowl, waders, shorebirds and assorted sparrows. In the winter the area can yield Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, and Lapland Longspurs. There are three fields in the meadows.

About Hoover Nature Preserve
Access Areas with trails — Mud Hen Marsh, Ox Bow Road, Hoover Meadows, Dustin Road, Areas L, M, and N, Clover Field From Hoover Nature Preserve brochure and maps
 * over 925 acres
 * vital migratory stopover for over 33 different species of shorebirds
 * largest breeding population of state special concern Prothonotary Warblers in Ohio
 * 1,500-foot boardwalk at Area M
 * observation blind at Mud Hen Marsh
 * Bald Eagles frequently observed throughout the year

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