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117th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count-Lakewood Circle 2016

12/30/2016

"Lakewood" count circle includes western areas of Cuyahoga County, from Lake Erie south into Berea and Olmsted Falls, and Lakewood and Cleveland Zoo too.

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Second Saturday Bird Walk December 10, 2016 Report

12/23/2016

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Winter is here, ice on the ponds, temperatures in the 20’s on a sunny, breezy day. Leader Ken Gober observed 40 American Tree Sparrows on the way in, adding to two observed by the group of 13 hardy birders.

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Make an Annual End-of-Year Gift to Western Cuyahoga Audubon for Birds and Conservation

12/16/2016

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In 2016, Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society sponsored Conservation, Science and Advocacy outreach activities reaching nearly one thousand people.

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Second Saturday Bird Walk December 10, 2016 at Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks

12/10/2016

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New to birding? You will be amazed how much you can learn in this friendly group.

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Welcome to our Bird-Friendly Coffee Club!

12/9/2016

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Wouldn’t you like to wake up every morning knowing that you are doing your part to preserve important bird habitat?

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Speaker Series December 6, 2016-Living a Biocentric Lifestyle and How to Get More People Connected to Nature with Stefanie Spear, Founder & CEO, EcoWatch

12/6/2016

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Come hear and share the challenges and joys of working to encourage people to adopt sustainable practices and become active in their communities, and the role you play in shaping the future of our planet. Annual Dinner & Auction.

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News Blog

Publishing news, announcements and reports.

COUNCIL OF OHIO AUDUBON CHAPTERS-COAC Annual Business Mtg & 50 Year Anniversary Celebration, Sun Mar 3, 2019 ANNOUNCEMENT & REGISTRATION

WCAS Project Lab

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

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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.

Quarterly Newsletter

Press for Western Cuyahoga Audubon Newsletter Vol.17 Issue 1 February 2019 (PDF)

Waterfowl Hotspot Field Trip at Sandy Ridge Reservation, Sat Nov 17, 2018 Report

Sponsor-A-Speaker

Sponsor-A-Speaker in the WCAS 2018-2019 Speaker Series. See Details

Volunteer Positions 2018-2019

Are you a great communicator? Do you have good organization skills to help grow the Audubon mission? Press to apply.

Membership Form

Press for Membership Form (PDF)

WCAS Speaker Series 2018-2019 Trifold

WCAS Speaker Series 2018-2019 Trifold. Press to view and print PDF.

Business Sponsors & Contributors

All Kinds of Signs in Westlake, Ohio, offers premium posters for WCAS Web Platform Fund Donations. Go Here

Bird Friendly Coffee Club

Birds & Beans is the only coffee brand in the USA that is 100% certified Smithsonian shade grown Bird Friendly®, USDA Organic and Fair Trade. Orders in by the 10th of every month! Details

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Shop & Donate

Shopping for fall gardening? The Rock Pile Garden Center donates 5% of your purchases back to WCAS to support conservation activities! Go Here

Donate 0.5% of your Amazon purchases to Western Cuyahoga Audubon

BAZAAR

The 'BAZAAR’ features low-priced goods to fundraise for chapter conservation activities. Follow updates here and on social media!

WCAS Volunteers

WCAS Photostream

Bird Photo

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

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) feast on some Hawthorn fruits on a bitterly cold afternoon at Gordon Park in Cleveland, Ohio Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.