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Field Trip to Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation June 17, 2018 Report

6/18/2018

It was a sultry morning on Sunday, June 17 as 6 participants attended the WCAS field trip to the Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation’s CanalWay Center. A variety of habitats in an urban area, forests, wetlands, the river, shrub and brushy areas along the Cuyahoga River, provided us with 46 species.

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Field Trip to the Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation on Saturday, June 17, 2018

6/17/2018

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Photo: Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) by David Lewis.

Nature has a way of softening the grittier, industrial parts yet, not surprisingly, wildlife does find a home here. During this trip, we will locate a variety of birds within different habitats and perhaps find young birds recently out of their nests.

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Second Saturday Bird Walk June 9, 2018 Report

6/10/2018

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Second Saturday Birders June 2018 by Penny O'Connor.

A singing Veery, pairs of Wood Thrushes and Yellow Warblers feeding their young, and an Acadian Flycatcher on the nest were just a few of the rewards for walking through a cloudburst. The final attraction was a Belted Kingfisher toiling mightily to swallow a large fish.

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Second Saturday Bird Walk June 9, 2018 at Rocky River Nature Center

6/9/2018

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June Rocky River Birders by Penny O'Connor

In 2017, we saw an Acadian Flycatcher and a Cedar Waxwing on their nests plus singing Veeries highlighted this perfect June day. A slightly downy juvenile Barred Owl was another great find. A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers excavated holes in an old tree. Being summer, flycatchers are back, five species seen. What will we see in 2018?

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Annual Picnic, Plant Exchange, and Bird Walk June 5, 2018 Report

6/6/2018

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Annual Picnic, Plant Exchange and Bird Walk Group 2018 by Penny O’Connor.

A bright and cool evening is great for a picnic. A singing Yellow Warbler serenaded during the picnic. The plant exchange featured may apples and several smaller native plants, as well as hostas and tulips to name a few. - Penny O’Connor, WCAS Board Member

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Annual Picnic, Plant Exchange & Bird Walk at Lagoon Picnic Area, Rocky River Reservation

6/5/2018

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Our annual Audubon picnic and plant exchange. Bring your dinner (grill will be available for cooking), your family or friends AND bring any plants, seeds, bulbs that need homes.

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"Dance" by Beth Nigles-Nehamkin for auction donation at “Peregrine Falcons: Predators of Urban Canyons” speaker series Tue May 7, 2019, 7:30 pm, Cleveland Metroparks, Rocky River Nature Ctr, 24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070. Details

WCAS Bird Friendly Plant Sale Apr 7 - June 1, 2019. Purchase WCAS Bird Friendly Plants at the STORE and Sat June 1, 2019 from 9:00am - 1:00pm at the Frostville Museum Farmers' Market, 24101 Cedar Point Rd, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070. Details

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86th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks 2019

Join us as we watch migratory birds return or travel through our area towards their summer breeding grounds during the 86th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks. Celebrate one of the oldest citizen science partnerships with a total of 6,160 Spring Bird Walk checklists entered into eBird, dating back to 1955! Locations PDF

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What’s a WCAS Conservation Project Lab?? Kurt Miske, WCAS Board member, Ch Conservation Committee, talks about why WCAS launched Project Labs at Bethany Presbyterian Church, Gordon Square Arts District and what's happening because of them. Article

NEO Sierra Club members Kathy Schaefer, Urban Issues Committee, and Fran Mentch, Activist, Co-Chair, Water Committee, participate in the Jan 2019 WCAS Conservation Project Lab, Bethany Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, OH, Gordon Square Arts District.

"Well, I was just at the most recent Western Cuyahoga Audubon meeting and we're planning new projects to possibly raise money through growing native plants and selling them to people who are interested in growing native plants in their gardens." ~ Patrick McGuigan

Terry Robison, Dir Natural Resources, Cleveland Metroparks, and Tom Romito, WCAS, talk about the value WCAS members have brought to advance NEO conservation at the Cleveland Metroparks.

Above: Rocky River Reservation by Tom Fishburn.

Thank you for joining us for “Conservation Stories of Western Cuyahoga Audubon”, an evening of legendary member stories and participatory idea stations to generate next-gen conservation projects supported by the WCAS Giving Day Fund.

Wendy Weirich, Dir Outdoor Experiences, Cleveland Metroparks, Tom Romito, WCAS, and Tim Colborn, Ohio Ornithological Society, talk about the value conservation groups bring to regional conservation efforts and how we can all work together for a better world.

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Picture Eastern Screech Owl, Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve, 2715 Cleveland Rd W, Huron, OH 44839 by David Lewis

Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) by Bridgette Seebacher, March 9, 2019 at Rocky River Nature Center, Rocky River Reservation, 24000 Valley Pkwy, North Olmsted, OH 44070.

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Annual Picnic, Plant Exchange & Bird Walk 2018

Field Trip to Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation June 17, 2018 Report

Field Trip to the Ohio and Erie Canal Reservation on Saturday, June 17, 2018

Second Saturday Bird Walk June 9, 2018 Report

Second Saturday Bird Walk June 9, 2018 at Rocky River Nature Center

Annual Picnic, Plant Exchange, and Bird Walk June 5, 2018 Report

Annual Picnic, Plant Exchange & Bird Walk at Lagoon Picnic Area, Rocky River Reservation

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