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Field Trip to Huntington Beach, Cahoon Memorial Park and Bradstreet's Landing, Saturday, November 26, 2016 Report

11/27/2016

Hardy Huntington Birders by Penny O'Connor

Wind and wave action made it hard to hear birds, but Red-breasted Mergansers were easy to see flying west low over the lake. Loons, grebes and goldeneye fished close to shore.

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Field Trip to Huntington Beach, Bay Village, Ohio on Saturday, November 26, 2016

11/26/2016

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The Lake Erie Shore is a great place to see waterfowl and gulls. We will bird Huntington and then move to other areas along the lake shore, according to recent sightings.

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Second Saturday Bird Walk November 12, 2016 Report

11/20/2016

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November 2016 Second Saturday Birders © Penny O'Connor

A Sunny high 30’s - high 40’s day produced the winter birds and a few migrants on the way south. A Common Loon was a highlight. The signs of impending winter included American Tree Sparrows and Fox Sparrows.

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Second Saturday Bird Walk November 12, 2016 at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks

11/12/2016

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Monthly Second Saturday walks are a great opportunity for birders of all skill levels to enjoy the woods and wetlands around the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Nature Center.

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Special Event: Bird Walk, Audubon Climate Action Workshop, and Cleveland Important Bird Areas (IBAs) on November 6, 2016

11/6/2016

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Plan to Attend the Early Morning Bird Walk at 8:30am with Nancy Howell, Western Cuyahoga Audubon

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Speaker Series November 1, 2016-Acacia Reservation: From Fairways to Forests with Wendy Weirich, Director, Outdoor Experiences, Cleveland Metroparks

11/1/2016

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In the fall of 2012, Cleveland Metroparks received the generous gift of 155 acre Acacia Country Club. The gift came with the specific requirement to return the land to forests.

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Quarterly Feathered Flyer Newsletter Vol. 14 Issue 4 November 2016 -January 2017 Online Edition

11/1/2016

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Western Cuyahoga Audubon Newsletter Vol.14 Issue 4 November 2016 Online Edition by Western Cuyahoga Audubon on Scribd

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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.