• Birding Workshop (South)

    Novak Education Center 382 Townline Road, Aurora, OH, United States

    Update your skills and learn new ones with experienced birders as instructors. Hand-outs, full color slide presentation with bird songs, and refreshments. Click here to register.

  • Chagrin River Bird Quest

    West Woods Nature Center 9465 Kinsman Road, Novelty, OH, United States

    Get your team together and explore the Chagrin River Valley from Lake Erie south to Audubon’s bird sanctuaries in Aurora in search of fall residents and migrants. Start in your own backyard, bird on your own, or join one of our expert birders for a...

  • Owl Prowl
    Field Trip

    Aurora Audubon Sanctuary 896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States

    Explore Audubon's Aurora Sanctuary after dark for a chance to add a few night-flyers to your Bird Quest list. It is now safe to go owling as the owlets are out of the nest and learning to forage on their own under supervision of their...

  • The Rookery
    Field Trip

    The Rookery 10110 Cedar Road, Munson Township, OH, United States

    A Geauga Park District park on the Upper Middle Branch of the Chagrin River. This location has two wetlands, lots of shrubby edge and flooded woods that attract many migrant birds. Groomed trails and vault toilets. Meet by the lodge. Leader: Matt Valencic You do...

  • Fringed Gentians
    Field Trip

    Aurora Audubon Sanctuary 896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States

    Join us for our annual autumn wildflower walk to check the status of our Fringed Gentian patch. Fringed Gentian are an uncommon native plant with the most beautiful color of blue pigmenting delicately toothed petals. Fringed Gentian are one of the last flowers to bloom...

  • Autumn Color
    Field Trip

    Hach-Otis Sanctuary Skyline Drive, Willoughby Hills, OH, United States

    Our autumn leaf color is among the best in the world. Of course the local weather leading up to the leaf change influences the intensity but we have the correct mix of species to really show off nature’s amazing palette. And if you have not...

  • Leaf Cruncher
    Field Trip

    Novak Sanctuary 382 Townline Road, Mantua, OH, United States

    Have you walked the “other side” of the Novak Sanctuary? We frequently explore the west side (Aurora side) of the Novak Sanctuary but rarely go into the east side (Mantua side). There is a flock of Wild Turkey that make this section their home and...

  • Almost Winter Solstice
    Field Trip

    Aurora Audubon Sanctuary 896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United States

    Have 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 States

    Have 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...