Birding

The refuge does not offer trails for birding but there are still many birds to be seen in the open areas. 

At the Yondota Road entrance is a small parking lot that provides views of many migrating birds in the spring. You can also walk north of the parking area to the T in the road to view the vast marsh and there are limited views into Potter’s Pond on Lake Erie. 

Outside of hunting season Pheasant Farm on the west side of the refuge is open. This, 134-acre diked wetland provides habitat for a variety of marsh birds including ducks, geese, swans, rails and grebes. There are many bald eagles in the area, osprey are possible, and large rafts of diving ducks are seen in the lake each winter.