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SUMMARY:Amphibian Event February/March 2025
DESCRIPTION:Date: To Be Determined February/March 2025 \nTime: After 7:00 PM \nLocation: East Fork State Park Camping Area Parking Lot. \nJoin the Audubon Society of Ohio (Cincinnati) and the Greater Cincinnati Herpetological Society for a night out searching East Fork State Park for salamanders\, frogs and anything else we can find. \nIf the conditions are right we can expect to see various salamanders including Spotted\, Jefferson’s\, Streamside\, Two-lined\, Eastern Newts and others that come out on warm rainy nights in late February and March looking for places to breed and lay eggs. While the salamanders are on the move we can also expect to find Spring Peepers\, Western Chorus Frogs\, Wood Frogs\, American Toads and others that are also breeding and laying eggs. Warm is a relative term with nights 40F or above fitting the bill and a steady rain is required. Salamanders and frogs are utilizing the vernal pools created by the rains to lay their eggs. We can also expect to see egg masses left by salamanders in the vernal pools. \nIt is very difficult to predict when conditions will be right for amphibians to move so we are going to try something different this year. Anyone interested in attending this event will need to email me (Bill Stanley tyrannus58@gmail.com) your name and email address. When it appears that the conditions are going be right I will send an email out notifying the group that we will be meeting at East Fork. I will try to do this on a Friday or Saturday night so more can attend\, but this event is driven by weather and I might not be able to choose a weekend night. \nDress for the weather! It will be raining and cold. Bring a flashlight and extra batteries. This trip requires a lot of walking at a slow pace. The complete route is will be about 5 miles. If the distance is to far you are welcome to do a portion of the walk. \nTo make this event a success and continue to do it in the future we need to put the WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS FIRST. The salamanders and frogs are small\, slow and we look for them on wet roads in the dark making it difficult to see them. We have to take care not to step on them. These are wild animals and though they are easy to catch they should not be handled. We will not be picking up these animals\, but if it is necessary to handle them then clean rubber gloves should be used or hand sanitizer should be used before and after handling an animal. Various diseases and fungi can be transferred from one animal to another through improper handling. \nThis will be an exciting night out and you will observe things that not many people get to see so sign up and come out to get a unique view of the world of some of our local salamanders and frogs. \nBill Stanley \ntyrannus58@gmail.com
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/amphibian-event-february-march-2025/
LOCATION:East Fork State Park\, Park Rd 2\, Bethel\, OH\, 45106\, United States
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SUMMARY:New St. Joseph’s Cemetery And Merlins With Bill Zimmerman
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Wintering Merlins \nLocation: New St. Joseph’s Cemetery (Price Hill) \nDate: Saturday\, February 22\, 2025 \nMeet: 3:45 P.M. at the Bell Tower and Office parking lot located at the Foley Road and Pedretti Avenue entrance to St. Joseph’s Cemetery. The address is 4500 Foley Road. \nLeader: Bill Zimmerman\, (513) 708-8117\, wtvz@icloud.com \nThis will be a short late afternoon field trip. But it may be one you might not want to miss. On this trip it will be highly likely that we will see at least one\, and maybe more\, Merlins. These smallish raptors are rather rare migrants and winter residents in our region of the country\, but their wintering numbers have seemingly increased over the past decade. And they also seem to have a preference for the habitats found in most cemeteries. Merlins are small hawks and included in the falcon family. They are larger than kestrels and smaller than Peregrines. But don’t let their relatively small size fool you. They are very fast fliers and fierce birds of prey that feed on small to medium sized birds. For whatever reason\, they find New St Joseph’s Cemetery suits their needs very well. As many as 4 have been seen there at once.  \nWhy so late in the day for this field trip you might ask. During the day these birds hunt over a wide area and can be difficult to find. But they roost overnight at St. Josephs. So the best time to see them is an hour or so before nightfall when they come back to the cemetery to roost for the night. \nOur trip leader is Bill Zimmerman who will explain all of this and more about Merlins when we meet. Bill is an exceptional birder and all around naturalist. Bill lives nearby the cemetery and has made it a point to monitor these birds over the past many winters. He has recorded a lot of important data over those years. Several years ago Bill began what has become an annual Winter Merlin Survey in the Greater Cincinnati area held on one day in February. The results of these surveys has given us much information regarding wintering Merlin populations in our area.  \nBill’s plan is to meet in the Bell Tower and Office parking lot\, located at the Foley Road & Pedretti Avenue entrance. There he will give us a brief overview of Merlins. Bill will then lead us through the cemetery as we look for these birds. We will of course find other species of wintering birds as we move through the grounds. Bill may have us drive into the heart of the cemetery\, but expect some light walking on cemetery roads. \nRemember to dress appropriately for cold weather with decent foot wear. You will need binoculars to see birds well. This trip will end when the cemetery closes at 5 PM. Severe weather will cancel this trip. Contact Bill if you are unsure or have any other questions. \nNew St Joseph’s address: \n4500 Foley Road \nCincinnati\, OH 45238 \nNew St. Joseph’s Cemetery website (with map) \nhttps://www.stjoenew.com/ \n \n(Contributed by Jay Stenger)
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/new-st-josephs-cemetery-and-merlins-with-bill-zimmerman/
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