Ohio Migration Charts

Mammal Migration

Species	Winter	Summer	Notes
White‑Tailed Deer	Sheltered valleys	Field edges	Food-driven
Gray Squirrel	Near nest	Wide foraging	Caching
Raccoon	Reduced	Wide ranges	Nocturnal
Cottontail	Reduced	Meadows	High predation
Bobcat	Large range	Large range	Solitary

Bird Migration

Species	Type	Peak	Notes
Bald Eagle	Partial	Late fall	Northern birds move south
Red‑Tailed Hawk	Partial	Fall and spring	Many overwinter
Barred Owl	Resident	—	Territory-bound
Northern Cardinal	Resident	—	Non‑migratory
Ring‑Billed Gull	Short-distance	Spring and fall	Lake Erie
Wild Turkey	Resident	—	Flock shifts
Piping Plover	Long-distance	Late spring	Endangered

Fish Migration

Species	Type	Peak	Notes
Walleye	Spawning	April	Maumee River
Smallmouth Bass	Local	May	Rocky streams
Channel Catfish	River	June	Upstream
Bluegill	Minimal	June–July	Colony nesting
Northern Pike	Spawning	March	Marshes
Lake Sturgeon	Long-distance	May	Rare

Sources — Migration

Cornell Lab Migration — https://www.allaboutbirds.org USFWS Migratory Birds — https://www.fws.gov/program/migratory-birds (fws.gov in Bing) USGS Fish Migration — https://www.usgs.gov