{"id":8,"date":"2011-04-18T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.wordpress.com\/birding\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T17:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T21:04:43","slug":"birding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Self-guided Birding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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General Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Iosco County Bird Checklist<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall Map of Oscoda and Tawas Area (Thanks to Larry VanWagoner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tawas Point State Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tawas Point State Park<\/strong> is probably the premier destination in the area for birding. It is home to our annual Bird Migration Festival held around the second week of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuttle Marsh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To access Tuttle Marsh:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Oscoda, take Old US 23 about 5 miles wet to Tuttle Marsh Road, turn left into the entrance road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Tawas, travel north on Wilbur Road to Sherman Road, turn right on May Road, right on Brooks Road, left on Swan Road, left on Davison and follow to Tuttle Marsh Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tips to get the most out of Tuttle Marsh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pine River<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pine River Map<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eagle Run<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Highbanks Trail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two important birding areas worthwhile of a stop in their own right along this trail (easily reached by vehicle) are Iargo Springs and Lumberman’s Monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clark’s Marsh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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General Information Iosco County Bird Checklist. Overall Map of Oscoda and Tawas Area (Thanks to Larry VanWagoner) Tawas Point State Park Tawas Point State Park is probably the premier destination in the area for birding. It is home to our … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3984,"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/3984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ausablevalleyaudubon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}