Information concerning our organization and our educational outreach can be found at this link.

View Tim Akin's cartoons featuring the Klydel Wetland frogs that were originally published in the Tonawanda News.

Citizens for a Green North Tonawanda and Buffalo Audubon Society sponsor OWL PROWLs. The photo (above) was taken by Chester Barosky of Niagara Falls during the Owl Prowl on April 20, 2002.

Spring Owl Prowl was held on April 22, 2006. It took a trip to the Raymond & Birch Drive entrance of the nature preserve for Chuck Rosenburg to be able to call in a screech owl. This bird flew several times directly overhead the crowd of participants and then settled in a nearby tree where everyone could view him.

The October 29, 2005, Owl Prowl was held on a warm, beautiful night. The leaves have still not fallen off the trees so we anticipated difficulty spotting owls. We were pleasantly surprised when a male and female pair of screech owls flew around us and landed several times on trees for easy viewing. These two owls were very vocal and joined perhaps by a third owl. University of Buffalo students did a great job working on the nature trail today.

The October 29, 2004, Owl Prowl was attended by over 30 participants on a warm misty night. Two to three screech owls were spotted almost from the moment the group walked into the NT Audubon Nature Preserve. The elusive great horned owl was also seen or heard by some of the participants during this year's event.

The October 29, 2003, Owl Prowl at the North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve was attended by 18 participants from the Buffalo Jewish Community Center. Two screech owls responded and one was captured by flashlight for a good view while a third owl was heard at a distance at another stop.

A steady downpour on October 25, 2003 made caller Chuck Rosenburg's night a little more difficult for the Owl Prowl on the new trail off Kinkead and Meadow Drive. One screech owl did call back and finally came in for viewing by all before the prowl was quickly ended due to weather.

One of the owl prowls in October 2002 featured several screech owls that came in for close viewing. This Owl Prowl especially pleased a couple from Texas who came in for the occasion after reading about the event on this web site.

The October 2001 Owl Prowl is the only one that did not feature an owl close enough to view although one could be heard. It was decided that owls don't like to come out during the full moon.

October 28, 2000 was a clear, cool night with a new moon-- just the perfect setting for a very successful Owl Prowl event in the Klydel Wetland. The owls were calling before we even headed into the woods. We heard some very feisty eastern screech owls at every spot we stopped except for the last one on the trail. We spotted one that quickly flew over the crowd.

One tricky little owl saved his appearance for the grand finale. We were about to leave after our last calls when we noticed an owl sitting not very far away from the caller (Chuck Rosenburg). This owl just sat on a nearby branch and looked at us for a few minutes but didn't make a sound. He finally flew away after everyone had plenty of time to see him. He turned his head from side to side and probably wondered what we were all doing there. Considering the size of the crowd, we were indeed lucky to spot an owl. We certainly appreciate those that made the trip from as far away as Albion and Java, NY to join us.

We thank the Outdoor Awareness Club from North Tonawanda High School for blazing nature trails on the North Tonawanda School District property in the wetland in Fall 1998. In Fall 2001 & 2002, the high school students, along with the Boy Scouts, created trails on the Audubon-owned portion of the Klydel Wetland in the new portion of the nature preserve. In Fall 2003, the NTHS students and teachers again helped develop a new nature trail-- this one directly across the street from the high school on Meadow Drive.

Any parties interested in a guided tour of the Klydel Wetland/North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve should send an e-mail to the address below. Self-guiding trail brochures are also available at the North Tonawanda Public Library.

There are several public access points for the nature study area. One begins at the end of Woodward Avenue in North Tonawanda. You will see a large sign with Klydel Wetland written on it indicating the trail head. When walking in the wetland, use the buddy system! Please do not go past the trail posts. We don't want to upset the adjoining landowners, although this part of the wetland is not posted at the present time. Please be considerate! Funding for the first trail was provided by the Niagara County Environmental Fund and new funding was attained from DuPont- Niagara Falls plant and many other sources.

The trail brochures are available at the library located near the red star on the map below on Meadow Drive. The Klydel Wetland is located in the area south of Ruie Road, north of Meadow Drive, west of Doebler Drive, and east of Woodward. Nature trails begin at the eastern dead end of Woodward Avenue, off Payne Avenue on North Tonawanda School District property. Another trail head is located at Raymond and Birch Streets for the North Tonawanda Audubon Nature Preserve. The newest trail head was completed in October 2003 with at Kinkead Avenue near Meadow Drive with another public access available at Sunset Drive.

"Each town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest, of five hundred 

or a thousand acres, where a stick should never be cut for fuel, a common 

possession forever, for instruction and recreation."

-- Henry David Thoreau

The Journal, October 15, 1859