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Saturday, March 16, 2024, 11:30 AM & 1:00 PM
Field Trip to Huntington Reservation and Lake Erie Nature & Science Center
Field Trip to Huntington Reservation and Lake Erie Nature & Science Center
11:30 AM Meet at: Water Tower, 28492-28648 Lake Road, Bay Village, 44140 1:00 PM Meet at: Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, 28728 Wolf Rd, Bay Village, 44140 Please register for this field trip by emailing info@kirtlandbirdclub.org. If you would like to be contacted in case the trip is modified, postponed, or cancelled due to weather, please include your name and phone number. |
Huntington Reservation, the 102-acre Cleveland Metroparks site, includes nearly a half-mile of Lake Erie shoreline, most of which is sand beach. Five breakwalls extend up to 350 feet into Lake Erie and serve to protect the beach from erosion. A steep bluff overlooks the beach and lake, and provides a good lake-watch vista. From the Water Tower location, we'll scan for waterfowl. Also, if there's time before the program begins at 1 PM, we'll take a short walk in the Wolf Picnic Area to look for Barred Owl.
Click HERE for a map of the Huntington Reservation
Click HERE for an eBird Bar Chart for the Huntington Reservation
Click HERE for a map of the Huntington Reservation
Click HERE for an eBird Bar Chart for the Huntington Reservation
After we look for birds on the lakefront, we'll regroup at 1:00 PM at Lake Erie Nature and Science Center.
Tim Jasinski will tell us about the work he does there - rehabbing birds that people find injured or in some other way incapacitated, including birds injured in collisions with buildings during migration. He works closely with Lights Out Cleveland and will update us on the coming spring season. Tim has been a "bird nerd" since he was five. He had bird feeders and would mark what species he had seen in his field guide. When he was 13, Tim raised and bred caged birds and now raises Homing Pigeons. In 2007, he started as a volunteer at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center and became a full-time Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist in 2013. Wildlife rehabilitation has been a passion of his for over 30 years! Also, Tim initiated the Lights Out Cleveland program seven years ago with Harvey Webster. |
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM on Zoom
LBJs – Sparrows and Finches of NE Ohio
LBJs – Sparrows and Finches of NE Ohio
Presenter: Matt Valencic
KBC members receive a Zoom link automatically
Nonmembers register HERE on eventbrite.
Little Brown Jobs. That's how many of us identify sparrows and finches, mostly because they are LBJs! But each of the 28 species we find in northeast Ohio has one or more features to help lead to its identity. Through lots of photographs this program introduces you to these small birds, where to find them, when to expect to see them, and how to separate them from similar species. It's time to put a name to the face.
Click HERE to see the list of species Matt will review
- and when to expect them.
KBC members receive a Zoom link automatically
Nonmembers register HERE on eventbrite.
Little Brown Jobs. That's how many of us identify sparrows and finches, mostly because they are LBJs! But each of the 28 species we find in northeast Ohio has one or more features to help lead to its identity. Through lots of photographs this program introduces you to these small birds, where to find them, when to expect to see them, and how to separate them from similar species. It's time to put a name to the face.
Click HERE to see the list of species Matt will review
- and when to expect them.
Matt Valencic is a long-time birder as well as photographer, native plant enthusiast, educator, and Kirtland Bird Club member. Matt is very active in educational programming for his "home" club, the Audubon Society of Cleveland and is the force behind Birdquest, a 24 hour team challenge to find the most possible species in the Chagrin River Watershed. He is exceedingly generous with his time and has given speaker programs and led field trips for Kirtland Bird Club. When he's not out birding or documenting his sightings on ebird or doing a program or field trip or tending his garden, he can be found baking with his grandaughter or spending time with one of his other family members.
Winter News:
National Audubon Society's Climate Watch Survey runs from January 15th to February 15th - if you'd like to participate, email maryanneromito@gmail.com
Read an inspiring duck rescue story HERE
Check out FieldInclusive.org, an organization dedicated to amplifying and supporting marginalized and historically excluded Biologist and Researchers.
A new nature center at Wildwood Marina: The barge that the Metroparks bought & moved there is being transformed into a nature center!
Use your voice to shape the redevelopment of three areas of lakefront in the Cleveland area - what habitat and trails would you like to see by the lake?
Click HERE for the DOWNTOWN LAKEFRONT survey
Click HERE for MENTOR NATURE PRESERVE SHORELINE survey
Click HERE for CHEERS news and signup
Go birding! Waterfowl and gulls are on the lakefront!
Keep an eye out for pop-up and kids' bird walks - or join our email list to be notified of all of our events! Let us know what interests you!
In the meantime, check out additional resources under the MORE tab (above right on this page).
National Audubon Society's Climate Watch Survey runs from January 15th to February 15th - if you'd like to participate, email maryanneromito@gmail.com
Read an inspiring duck rescue story HERE
Check out FieldInclusive.org, an organization dedicated to amplifying and supporting marginalized and historically excluded Biologist and Researchers.
A new nature center at Wildwood Marina: The barge that the Metroparks bought & moved there is being transformed into a nature center!
Use your voice to shape the redevelopment of three areas of lakefront in the Cleveland area - what habitat and trails would you like to see by the lake?
Click HERE for the DOWNTOWN LAKEFRONT survey
- Northcoast Master Plan and Northcoast Connector
Click HERE for MENTOR NATURE PRESERVE SHORELINE survey
Click HERE for CHEERS news and signup
- Lakefront re-development between Burke-Lakefront Airport & Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve
- Click HERE to view latest design
Go birding! Waterfowl and gulls are on the lakefront!
Keep an eye out for pop-up and kids' bird walks - or join our email list to be notified of all of our events! Let us know what interests you!
In the meantime, check out additional resources under the MORE tab (above right on this page).
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