GMAS Beginner's Birdwalks at Secrest Arboretum

Welcome to one of our regular bird walks at Secrest Arboretum.  Our group leader is Tim Leslie, a guide that is happy to help beginners find great birds.  Secrest Arboretum is a delightful  place to meet and walk.  It has an incredible variety of trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers and forbs of all kinds.  A botanist could easily get distracted from the birds on a walk at this venue!  But the birds are here, and one that you can regularly count on is the beautiful Cedar Waxwing.  Watch for them in the fruit trees!

Welcome to Secrest!

A Cedar waxwing

Tim Leslie brings a lot of birdwatching experience and helpful, friendly guidance to our groups.

A tiny skull!  We found the remains of some owl's supper in the pines.

We had a large group of about 22 individuals on March 11, 2006.  We spread out a little, clustering in small groups, but we have several knowledgable Audubon members to help with questions.  Not only avid birders, we have several amateur botanists, and lepidopterists in the group.  Anything pertaining to nature is likely to get a second look on these trips.  Kids are especially welcomed and encouraged to experience nature and learn more about it.

Owl pellets were also found.  These are the bones and indigestable remains of rodents. - Sort of an avian "hairball" if you will.

Secrest is on the OARDC grounds. Click here for more information

- Copy and most photos by Cheryl Harner.   Waxwing, owl pellet and map borrowed from internet sources.

Part of the group found a stick growing an interesting cup fungus.  Do you know what type of fungus this is?

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