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Nest with the
Birds began on Sunday
at 1:00 pm at North Pond Nature Preserve. |
Allison Cusick,
Chief Botanist with ODNR led the afternoon wild flower walk. |
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| It was a
perfect day to enjoy in the woods. |
The boardwalk
at the preserve winds through the woods and provides the chance to view
many habitats. |
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Gretchen Lori,
and Bob enjoying a rest
on the board walk along the way during
our 4:00 pm bird walk. |
Kevin Metcalf,
a Trailside Naturalist at Cleveland Metro Parks is intent on
listening
with Ann and Bill. |
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| With lake
levels down there was not much to see from the observation tower. |
Kevin giving us
a Woodcock overview before we went to our favorite island spot to
watch them do their mating flight on Monagon Road. |
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Kevin again led
us on a walk on Long Point
on Monday morning |
Again here he
is intently listening for an Ovenbird this time. |
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| Kevin was
amazed on how many American Ladies and... |
Red Admirals we
saw during his two days with us on the island. |
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| Gary Gerrone
leading us in the rain down Huntington Lane on Monday afternoon.
Nothing could stop us! |
The quarry was eerie
that afternoon. |
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| Wrens and
thrushes seemed to be everywhere. |
Gary Gerrone, a
Naturalist with Lorain Metro Parks provides us with a program on bird
songs and calls the next day. |
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| Jed Burtt, from
Ohio Wesleyan College led us along at Long Point the next morning . |
He gave a very
interesting program about "Life Amongst Feathers" Wednesday
afternoon. |
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| It started
warming up that afternoon and we spent time at Long Point . |
Peter
Gottschling and Lynne Aldrich led the Long Point bird walk. |
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| Thursday
morning brought us to the State Park fishing peer where we set up our
scopes. |
In the North
Canyon we took time out to look at the blooming Lakeside Daisy, a state
endangered flower. |
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| Mary Scott gave
an intriguing program on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. |
Kathy Mock
joined us that afternoon and we checked out Long Point again. |
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| We met Lori and
Jan, from Cincinnati, at last years Feathers and Foliage Festival. |
Kathy and I
showing our tally board of species seen so far. |
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| We had a lot of
luck with warblers and flycatchers on the sandy beach. |
We got some
good looks at a a Great egret even though fog was rolling in. |
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| We stayed
in this area going back and forth as the warblers fed in the shrubs. |
Back on the
board walk. |
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| A group of
school children joined us this week. |
We did see some
interesting wild flowers. Here is a wild hyacinth. |
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| This
years Nest With the Birds was a great week of birding tallying 124
species (see below for the listing) through Saturday. On
Thursday evening a group of us ventured to Monagon again to see the
Woodcock and we were treated with the call of a Whip-poor-will and a
Chuck-will's-widow! |
