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[edit] Overview

Located in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Sandy Ridge is one of the newer reservations in the Lorain County Metro Parks system.

[edit] Birds

[edit] Notable Species

208 species total- recorded since 1995.

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Birds you can see here include:

Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Green-backed Heron, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Canada Goose, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Ruddy Duck, Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, Wild Turkey, Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, American Woodcock, Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Eastern Screech Owl, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Northern Flicker(Yellow-shafted form), Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Acadian Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Eastern Wood Pewee, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple Martin, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Carolina Wren, Marsh Wren, Sedge Wren, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Wood Thrush, Veery, Eastern Bluebird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Cedar Waxwing, European Starling, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-breasted Chat, American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler, House Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird, Bobolink, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, Scarlet Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow

[edit] Other Wildlife

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[edit] Site Information

[edit] History and Use

While the area was originally a wetland (hydric soils and vegetation types are evidence of this) it had been drained and used as farmland for many years. Then, after sitting fallow for several years again after that (during which time it began to revert to a wetland) it was purchased by Lorain County Metro Parks in 1990.

[edit] Areas of Interest

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[edit] Access and Facilities

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[edit] Contact Details

Sandy Ridge Reservation 6195 Otten Road North Ridgeville, OH 44039

Tel: (440) 327-3626

[edit] External Links

Sandy Ridge Reservation

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