Category: News

Native Plants for Birds and Pollinators

In the last two newsletters [January and February 2021]I wrote about the importance of native plants for birds and pollinators and suggested you consider adding some to your home landscape.  Native trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants support more caterpillar species for birds and attract more...

2018 Annual Meeting

The Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland (ASGC) held its annual meeting and dinner on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at the West Woods Nature Center in Geauga County and the weather was perfect.  For more information click on photo above (if appearing) then click here.

Hach-Otis Sanctuary Extension Ceremony

The ceremony took place on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at the field on Dodd Road, formerly known as the Riggin Orchard.  This was a celebration ceremony to acknowledge the 80.5 acres being added to the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland’s Hach-Otis Sanctuary. For a summary...

2017 Annual Meeting

2017 Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland (ASGC) Annual Meeting was held on June 3, 2017 at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy (WRLC) Central Office in Moreland Hills.  For a summary of the meeting, click on the photo above (if appearing) and then click here.

2016 Questers not deterred by rain!

In spite of near continuous rain, almost 50 Questers participated in the 2nd Annual Chagrin River Bird Quest on September 16 and 17. Bird Quest is a 24-hour team birding challenge in support of the Chagrin River preservation initiative begun by ASGC in 2015. This...

2016 Annual Dinner bigger than ever!

Saturday, June 4th, the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland held its Annual Dinner at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes. A near capacity crowd enjoyed wine and cheese, stuffed mushrooms, and a catered dinner of chicken Marsala, bistro potatoes and roasted vegetables. The dessert tray...

Scout Day 2016

The 4th Annual ASGC Scout Day was held on February 27th and deemed to be yet another successful educational program! Although the response was not as overwhelming as last year, we still needed to have 2 sessions. We mixed things up a bit this year...

CRBQ a great success!

We sponsored our first team birding event, the Chagrin River Bird Quest, this past weekend, October 9th and 10th. The weather was cool but sunny, a perfect day for birding! Nine teams participated, and included family groups, adult couples and groups of friends, and two...

Project ¿QUÉ?

July 15, 2015 – Project ¿QUÉ? is a multi-faceted John Carroll University initiative to raise the educational aspirations of middle school Hispanic children from Cleveland’s west side. Due to budget cuts, this will be the program’s final year. Twenty-two eighth-graders and approximately twelve counselors, instructors, and volunteers participated...

Scholarships Awarded

The ASGC awarded its first high school scholarships this year. A non-renewable award of $1000, the scholarship is open to college-bound seniors with plans to pursue a degree and career in the natural sciences. For 2015, our five winners have plans to pursue Environmental Science,...