Events
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Sparrows & Finches of NE Ohio via Zoom
Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, this program has been changed to: "LBJs: Sparrows & Finches of NE Ohio." 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 NE Ohio has...
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Winter Track Walk Field Trip
Novak Sanctuary 382 Townline Road, Mantua, OH, United StatesOur resident wildlife use our trails too! Due to their nocturnal nature or their skittish wariness, we rarely see them but they do leave evidence behind. You may help me discover “who” walked the trail ahead of us. Let’s hope for a thin coating of...
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Will it be beautiful? via Zoom
Steve Cagan lives in Cleveland Heights, and shares birding, native plants and vegetable gardening with his wife, Beth. His avian photography and the images from his garden are by-products of a long-standing love of nature and birding. He will present a look through the year...
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Great Backyard Bird Count Field Trip
Aurora Audubon Sanctuary 896 E. Pioneer Trail, Aurora, OH, United StatesThis fun international bird count also helps us achieve our annual winter bird survey and contributes to the statistics managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaberation with National Audubon and Birds Canada. All participants are welcomed regardless of experience. We need young acute...
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A Bird’s Eye View via Zoom
A Birds Eye View: The Sensory World of Birds Did you know that a bird’s eyesight is more than seven times keener than yours? Birds experience the sights, sounds, and smells of the world in a radically different way than we do. Learn about some...
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Planting for the Planet 101 via Zoom
Don't miss our next Brown Bagging it in My Backyard Zoom talk on Wednesday, March 12 at noon. Zoom in to hear Citizen Scientist John Barber's talk Planting for the Planet 101. As the climate emergency brings awareness that nature exists in our own yards,...
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Insects in the Forest Canopy via Zoom
Insect interactions high in the canopy of a forest have largely remained a mystery. To understand what’s happening in and above the canopy, one must visit it. Here, I focus on how accessing, quantifying, and inferring ecological interactions in and above the forest canopy alters...
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Waterfowl Wander Field Trip
La Due Reservoir La Due Reservoir, Akron, OH, United StatesMany waterfowl are speeding their way north to breeding grounds with the drakes sporting their spectacular, breeding plumage. Most of them will cause you to gasp in amazement! They are only passing through so now is the time to get out and see them. This...
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Warbler Warm-up Various
Warbler Warm Up Gates Mills Library April 11 @ 1:00pm West Wood Nature Center April 13 @ 2:00pm Some of the prettiest birds on the planet are in NE Ohio from April through October. Most just pass-through during May on their way north, but some...
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Native Plants for Birds, Insects & Biodiversity Program
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave. SW, Wilmot, OHApril 11, 2025 @ 1:00pm Native Plants for Birds, Insects and Biodiversity The Wilderness Center, Wilmot, OH Birds, insects and native plants are inextricably linked in nature. Whatever happens to one will have an effect on the others. This talk explains those relationships, then shows...






