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    Headwaters Highlight: Rangers welcome bird watchers to Berlin Lake as a growing birding hotspot [Image 26 of 40]

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    Headwaters Highlight: Rangers welcome bird watchers to Berlin Lake as a growing birding hotspot

    PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

    05.12.2023

    Photo by Michel Sauret    

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District

    Barn swallows return to their nests below the control tower at Berlin Lake in Deerfield, Ohio, May 12, 2023. The barn swallow is just one of the hundreds of bird species to migrate through the region, making Berlin Lake an ideal destination for bird watchers.

    Park rangers and staff at Berlin Lake want to encourage more bird enthusiasts to visit the reservoir. Berlin Lake is located along the Atlantic Flyway path, considered a migration highway, making the reservoir a hotspot for birds during migration.

    Staff and volunteers have installed hundreds of various birdhouses, planted pollinator gardens, and maintain several beehives in the area to foster a better habitat for local wildlife and attract more birds to the region. As a result, birders recorded more than 200 bird species around the lake in early May, according to the eBird website.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District completed the Berlin Lake project construction on the Mahoning River in 1943, with the congressionally authorized purpose of reducing flood damage, providing water supply for navigation, and improving water quality downstream.

    (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District Photos by Michel Sauret)

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    Date Taken: 05.12.2023
    Date Posted: 06.02.2023 09:30
    Photo ID: 7832418
    VIRIN: 230512-A-TI382-1518
    Resolution: 4736x3109
    Size: 2.75 MB
    Location: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US

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