Spring Bird Walks

Above: Western Cuyahoga Audubon Spring Bird Walk Map ​
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Annual Audubon Spring Bird Walks Since 1932

​​Watch spring migrants return or travel through to their summer breeding grounds during the Annual Audubon Spring Bird Walk.

​Walks are led by experienced Birders and are held on Sundays, mid April through mid May at 7:30 a.m. at the locations listed below. Check the annual location list published every year at the News blog or search this website for "Spring Bird Walks" for updates.

​Audubon Spring Bird Walks are cosponsored by Cleveland Metroparks, The Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Geauga Park District, Lake Metroparks, Huntington Reservation at Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society.

Download: 85th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks 2018 Announcement (PDF)
Aurora Sanctuary State Nature Preserve, 382 Townline Rd, Aurora, OH 44202. Parking lot east of Page Rd. on E. Pioneer Trail, east of routes 306 and 43. Ph: 216-337-2202.  "The Aurora Preserve, owned by the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland, is the oldest bird sanctuary in Ohio, acquired in 1941 by the Greater Cleveland Audubon Society's predecessor, The Cleveland Bird Club." Visit ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.
​Bedford Reservation - Hemlock Creek Picnic Area, Gorge Pkwy, Bedford, OH 44146. Area parking lot, off Button Rd., Bedford. Ph: 330-715-6300
​Big Creek Reservation - Lake Isaac, Bayer's Pond Trail, Cleveland, OH 44130. Big Creek Parkway, Middleburg Heights. Ph: 440-891-1710 
Brecksville Reservation, 13513 Station Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141. Station Rd. Bridge Trailhead Parking area at Station Rd. Bridge Trailhead, off Riverview Rd. south of route 82, Brecksville, OH. Ph: 330-467-3664
Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve - Lakefront Office parking lot, 8701 Lakeshore Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44103.  Exit Shoreway at Martin Luther King Blvd., go north, follow Lake Shore Blvd. to right, turn left into first driveway on the left, bear left. Ph: 440-887-1968
Gates Mills, Ohio 44040. - Various locations. Call 440-338-4923 for details.
Geauga Park District, 9160 Robinson Rd, Chardon, OH 44024. Various locations in Geauga County. Call 440-286-9516 for details.
Hinckley Reservation, Hinckley, OH 44233. Bridge at south end of Hinckley Lake, off State Rd., Hinckley, Ohio. Ph: 330-625-5503.
James H. Barrow Field Station (Hiram College), 11243 Wheeler Rd, Garrettsville, OH 44231. Ph: 330-527-2141 
Holden Arboretum, 9550 Sperry Rd, Willoughby, OH 44094. Visitors Center off of Sperry Rd main parking lot off Sperry Rd., Kirtland, OH. Ph: 440-946-4400 
Huntington Reservation, Huntington Beach parking lot by the water tower, 28649 Lake Rd., Bay Village, OH 44140. Ph: 440-808-1970
Lake Metroparks - Lake Erie Bluffs, 2901 Clark Rd., Perry, OH 44081. Perry Township. Ph: 440-256-1404, ext. 2112
Headlands State Park, ​Mentor Marsh Nature Center, Mentor, OH 44060.  Take I-90 to Rt. 44 to the beginning of Headlands State Park. Parking area on Headland Road at East end of Mentor Headlands SP . Ph: 440-257-0777 
North Chagrin Reservation , North Chagrin Nature Center, Off Buttermilk Falls Parkway, Sunset Pond, Willoughby Hills, OH 44143. Ph: 440-473-3370
Blanche Katherine Novak Wildlife Sanctuary and State Nature Preserve, 382 Townline Rd, Aurora, OH 44202. Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland Sanctuary. Parking lot north of Rt. 82 on Aurora Town Line Rd. Ph: 440-543-6399 
Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, CanalWay Center, 4524 E 49th St, Cleveland, OH 44125. Visitor Center parking lot, Whittlesey Way off E. 49th St. south of Grant Ave, Cuyahoga Hts. Ph: 216-206-1000
Rocky River Reservation, Rocky River Nature Center, 24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070. Parking lot, 24000 Valley Parkway (¼ mile north of Cedar Point Road). Ph: 216-924-0188
Shaker Lakes, Nature Center, 2600 S Park Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44120. At Shaker Lakes parking lot. Ph: 216-321-5935 
 South Chagrin Reservation, Jackson Rd., 37374 Miles Rd, Bentleyville, OH 44022. Parking lot, off Chagrin River Rd. (between Miles Rd. and Chagrin Blvd.) Ph: 440-473-3370
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