Almost Winter Solstice Field Trip
Aurora Audubon Sanctuary 896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United StatesHave you experienced the soft, quietness of a pine forest on a winter night? If we are lucky enough to enjoy a light snow cover it enhances the feeling of solitude. Celebrate some of the shortest days and longest nights of the year with us...
Scout Day
Novak Education Center 382 Townline Road, Aurora, OH, United StatesHave a Scout in the family? This is a great opportunity for Scouts age K- 3rd grade to learn a little bit about birds and have a lot of fun in the process. Stations in our Novak Center are filled with information and activities about...
Great Backyard Bird Count
Field Trip
Aurora Audubon Sanctuary
896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States
Join the fun of this international event where all levels of birding experience can participate either on this winter bird survey or in your own backyard. The idea is to identify and record as many species as you can recognize in as little time as...
2018 Photo Contest
The 3rd Annual ASGC Photo Contest is coming! This year’s categories are Birds of Ohio, Nature, Fine Art, and Youth. Entries open at midnight on March 16, 2018 and will close at midnight on April 14, 2018. Photos must be submitted through our online form,...
Waterfowl Wander
Field Trip
La Due Reservoir
La Due Reservoir, Akron, OH, United States
I am constantly astounded by the blazing colors reflected in the resplendent breeding plumage of the drakes as they head north to their breeding grounds. This is a caravan style birding tour where we will stop at several favorite lakes and ponds in southern Geauga...
Plastic Paradise
Partner Program
Ursuline College
2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH, United States
Ursuline College is screening the award-winning documentary “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” followed by a panel discussion about the threat of plastic pollution to the Great Lakes on Friday, March 23, 6-8:30pm. “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” is an independent documentary...
Timberdoodles!
Field Trip
Novak Sanctuary
382 Townline Road, Mantua, OH, United States
These shorebirds are a long way from the shore but they seem to love our wet fields for their courtship dance and flight display. In mild winters they start this activity as early as late February and crescendo to a peak in late March/early April....
Baby Birds
CMNH Lecture
Cleveland Natural History Museum
1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland, OH, United States
BABY BIRDS: AN ARTIST LOOKS INTO THE NEST Julie Zickefoose Artist, Writer and Naturalist Art and science combine to capture the amazing stories of 17 different bird species, charting their daily growth from the moment they hatch to their first forays into the sky. See...
Spring Wild Flowers
Field Trip
Aurora Audubon Sanctuary
896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States
We will hike the trails in quest of spring ephemeral wildflowers. There will be at least 9 or 10 species to dazzle your senses! Will we find a Trillium? With the heavy deer browsing it is unlikely. But, we know where there have been a...
Frog Fugue
Field Trip
Aurora Audubon Sanctuary
896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States
As we approach the pond a silence settles in as if no souls were there. Then first one voice followed by another voice and another join in. Soon a full chorus of the entire symphony booms out its arrangement to delight our ears. I wonder...
