Jim McCormac

In winter, look for gulls, ducks, mergansers, and other waterfowl at this Lake Erie hotspot.

This park on the banks of the Scioto River south of downtown Columbus is a great spot to watch waterfowl, sandpipers, warblers, flycatchers, and kingfishers. Plus, rarities fly in often.

This huge wildlife conservation center is home to Golden Eagles, Rough-legged Hawks, and Short-eared Owls in winter and Bobolinks, meadowlarks, and Henslow’s and Grasshopper Sparrows in summer.

Watch waterfowl, kingfishers, woodpeckers, swallows, warblers, and other birds south of Cleveland.