| Firelands and Greater Mohican Audubon Societies joint trip to Mill Hollow Lorain County |
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| A recent trip to Mill Hollow in Vermilion turned out to be twice as much fun with two Audubon chapters. After a hearty meal and a brief info session, a pleasant river front walk was in order. One starts to wonder if the �A� in GMAS stands for A.D.D. as several wander off in search of botany and adventure. Soon, as with any group of children having this much flat rock available, a stone-skipping contest breaks out. (Gary Cowell is the uncontested winner.) |
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| Su Snyder and Cheryl Harner compete in stone-skipping. |
| Jim Sloan slings a stone. |
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| Sam Weyrick, Sheryl Young and Tim Leslie comb the beach. |
| The birds seen and heard at Vermilion River Reservation (Mill Hollow) and the subsequent side trip to Schoepfle Garden were: great blue heron, turkey vulture, Canada goose, mallard, bald eagle, red-shouldered hawk, ring-billed gull, barred owl, red-bellied woodpecker, downey woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, northern flicker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, tufted titmouse, red- breasted nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, Carolina wren, house wren, golden-crowned kinglet, eastern blue bird, American robin, European starling, yellow-rumped warbler, chipping sparrow, white-throated sparrow, dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, house finch, and American goldfinch. Good Birding! (recorded by Tim Leslie) |
| Side trip to Schoepfle Gardens... we plan to go again in the spring! Fantastic! |
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| Botany as well as birds were the high light of our side trip to near-by Schoepfle Gardens. Another jewel in the Lorain County Metro Park System, it provided a pleasant walk and tremendous variety of habitat and flora. The cast of charaters include: Gary, Pam, Sam, Cheryl, Su, Jim and Tim. |
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| A few of the small and large wonders of our trip to Schoepfle Gardens. < Golden-crown kinglet Black capped chickadee> Bird photos by Cornell U <Horsetail, Equisetum hyemale Katsura Tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum.> |
| Photos: Jim Sloan and Cheryl Harner |