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Contact Address:

14000 West State Route 2
Oak Harbor, Ohio 43449 USA
phone: (419) 898-0014
E-mail: Ottawa@fws.gov

• 1: Visitor Center Closed
• 3: Nature Tots: Feeding Birds in Winter, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 4: Christmas Bird Count, 8 am
• 11: Naturally Speaking: Bald Eagle Basics, 2 pm
• 17: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 19: Visitor Center Closed
• 24: Decoy Carving Workshop,: 9 am - 4 pm

• 1: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 7: Nature Tots: Animal Tracks, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 8: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 13: Volunteer Potluck/Stargazing Party, 6:30 pm
• 16: Visitor Center Closed
• 21: Auto Tour - CANCELLED
• 21: Winter Wildflower Planting, 10 am - 12 pm

• 1: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 7: Hike the Dikes: Canada Goose Day, 1:30 pm
• 7: Nature Tots: Squirrelly Squirrels, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 8: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 15: Ottawa NWR Association Annual Meeting, 2 pm (open to public)
• 18: Marsh Monitoring Workshop, 6:30 pm register here or call Kathy at 419-898-0014
• 21: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 27: Owl Prowl, 7:30 pm

• 3: Woodcock Walk, 7 pm (meet at Black Swamp Bird Observatory)
• 4: Nature Tots: Fancy Flowers, 10:30-11:30 am
• 4: Lake Erie Wing Watch
• 5: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 5: Hike the Dikes: Early Arrivals, 9 am
• 5: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 18: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 18: Waterfowl Symposium, 9 am - 12 pm
• 24: Volunteer Banquet, 6:30 pm
• 25: Garlic Mustard Pulling, 9 am - 1 pm

Starting April 21: Tuesdays & Thursdays- Garlic Mustard Pulling, 9 am - 1 pm

• 2: Nature Tots: Wetland Birds, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 3: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 8: Bird Walk, 8 am
• 9: International Migratory Bird Day, 9 am - 4 pm
• 9: Hike the Dikes: Catch the Migration Sensation! 10am - 2pm
• 9 & 10: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 10: Naturally Speaking, The Miracle of Flight, 2 pm
• 16: Garlic Mustard Pulling, 9 am - 1 pm

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Garlic Mustard Pulling, 9 am - 1 pm

Every Friday: Bird Walk, 8 am

• 6: Hike the Dikes: Search for signs of summer, 9 am
• 6: Nature Tots: Beautiful Butterflies, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 7: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 14: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 20: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm

Every Wednesday: Wild Wednesday for Kids! 10 am - 12 pm (K-2nd grade), 1 - 3 pm (3rd-5th grade), register here or call Laura at 419-898-0014

Every Saturday: Family Nature Adventure! 10 am, register here or call Laura at 419-898-0014

• 4: Hike the Dikes: Jewels with wings: Dragonflies! 9 am
• 4: Nature Tots: Terrific Turtles, 9 am
• 5: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 11: Butterfly Identification Workshop, 1 pm
• 12: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 14: A Land Manager's Tool Kit: Fighting Invasive plants in Northwest Ohio, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm workshop
• 18: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 25: NABA Butterfly Count, 10 am - 4 pm

Every Wednesday:Wild Wednesday for Kids! 10 am - 12 pm (K-2nd grade), 1 - 3 pm (3rd-5th grade), register here or call Laura at 419-898-0014

Every Saturday:Family Nature Adventure 10 am, register here or call Laura at 419-898-0014

• 1: Hike the Dikes: Sensational Shorebirds, 9 am
• 1: Nature Tots: Super Spiders, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 2: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 9: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm.
• 15: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4:30 pm
• 16: Dog Days of Summer, 10 am - 2 pm
• 29: Birds of Ottawa NWR - program & fieldtrip with Joe LeFleur, author of Better Birdwatching DVDs, 2 pm - 3:30 pm

Every Wednesday: Wild Wednesday for Kids! 10 am - 12 pm (K-2nd grade), 1 - 3 pm (3rd-5th grade), register here or call Laura at 419-898-0014

Every Saturday: Family Nature Adventure 10 am, register here or call Laura at 419-898-0014

• 5: Nature Tots: Duck, Duck, Goose, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 6: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 12: Hike the Dikes: Wildflowers, 9 am
• 13: Naturally Speaking: Spiders of Ohio, 2 pm
• 17-20: Midwest Birding Symposium
• 19: Auto Tour, 6:30 am - 4:30 pm
• 26: National Public Lands Day
• 26: Diversity in Outdoor Recreation: The Many Faces of Conservation: conference at Wildwood Preserve, Toledo Metroparks, 9 am - 4:30 pm
• 27: Cars for Critters, 9 am - 3 pm

• 3: Nature Tots: Leaves that Fall, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 4: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 10: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 10: Refuge Open House
• 10: Hike the Dikes: Ducks, Geese, & Swans, Oh My! 9 am
• 11: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 12: Visitor Center Closed
• 17: Duck I.D. Workshop 1 pm

• 1: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 7: Nature Tots: Oh Deer!, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 8: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 8: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 11: Visitor Center Closed
• 25: Visitor Center Closes at 12 pm
• 26: Visitor Center Closed

• 5: Nature Tots: Happy Hibernators, 10:30 - 11:30 am
• 6: Monthly Bird Census, 8 am
• 6: Winter Open House, 1pm - 5 pm
• 13: Naturally Speaking, 2 pm
• 19: Auto Tour, 9 am - 4 pm
• 24, 25 & 31: Visitor Center Closed