| 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 |