The Biggest Week in American Birding

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 6:00am

Various Venue in Oak Harbor, OH
419-898-4070

Schedule of Events

6:00 am - 2:00 pm - Van #1: oak openings preserve guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #2: the wilds of erie county guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #3: the wilds of erie county guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge  
6:00 am - 10:00 am - Van #4: leader's choice guided trip $40) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #5: big day guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #6: big day guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 2:00 pm - Van #7: metroparks toledo guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #8: private lands guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #9: catawba/marblehead guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
6:00 am - 2:00 pm - Van #10: birding the maumee river guided trip $65) maumee bay lodge
8:00 am - 10:00 am - magee marsh guided trip free magee marsh west end  
8:00 am - 11:00 am - oak openings preserve - you drive / we lead $20) oak openings
8:00 am - 11:00 am - sheldon marsh - you drive / we lead $20) sheldon marsh
8:00 am - 11:00 am - woodlawn cemetery - you drive / we lead $20) woodlawn cemetery
8:00 am - 12:00 pm - art workshop: the art of field sketching: forming a bond with birds with anna rose $55) mb nature center
8:00 am - 10:30 am - field-based workshop: talking turkeys, chatty chats, and warbling warblers with scott whittle $30) magee marsh west end
8:00 am - 10:00 am - keynote birding with dexter patterson $50) mb nature center
10:00 am - 5:00 pm - optics alley public optics alley / magee marsh
10:00 am - 12:00 pm - accessible birding: meadowbrook marsh public meadowbrook marsh
10:30 am - 12:30 pm - magee marsh guided trip free magee marsh west end
11:00 am - 3:00 pm - Van #4: leader's choice guided trip $40) maumee bay lodge
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - save the songbirds: actions at home and beyond with brian cunningham - $10) ottawa refuge
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Photo workshop: kicking it up a notch with brian zwiebel (1 of 2 sessions) $80) mb lodge starboard
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - wake up and smell the conservation: bird-friendly coffee with kelly smith $10) ottawa refuge
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm - spotlight: my year behind the scope: a digiscoping big year with jeff bouton $10) mb lodge starboard
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - keynote: veracruz river of raptors with ernesto inzunza $15) mb lodge ballroom 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm -
5:00 pm - to 7:00 pm - evening social - free refreshments and giveaways for registrants only - must show biggest week name badge
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - keynote: an evening with actor lili taylor, author of turning to birds $15) mb lodge ballroom
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm - skydancing: woodcocks on the wing $20) maumee bay lot #6

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