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SUMMARY:ASO Field Trip - Middle Creek Park
DESCRIPTION:ASO Covid-19 Field Trip Policy: \nAs the COVID-19 pandemic becomes less severe\, the Audubon Society of Ohio will be hosting more field trips.  We ask that you follow local\, state\, and CDC guidelines on our trips. Although the trips are outdoors\, maintain a safe distance from other participants and wear a mask if you are not fully vaccinated.  Also avoid carpooling if you haven’t been vaccinated. Again\, please use common sense as we navigate this pandemic and stay safe. We look forward to seeing you in the field. \nBreeding Birds in Riparian & Mature Forests\nLocation: Boone County Cliffs & Middle Creek Park & Road. Boone County\, Kentucky\nSunday\, June 13\, 2021\nMeeting Place: At 7:30 a.m. in the Middle Creek Park Parking Lot\, Boone County\, Kentucky. (See directions below).\nLeader: Ann Oliver\, (513)-307-0929\, annieobirder@yahoo.com \nMiddle Creek Park (a 230 acre Boone County Park) and the Boone County Cliffs Preserve (a Nature Conservancy property) are both nestled in the wooded hills of western Boone County\, Kentucky. The picturesque Middle Creek Road and Middle Creek run between these two locations and comprise one of the most beautiful riparian corridors in our region. Unfortunately the Boone County Cliffs are closed to the public at this time. \nJoin our trip leader\, Ann Oliver\, as she explores this fascinating area on what should be a pleasant morning walk in early summer. Ann is an experienced and highly skilled birder and long-time ASO advocate. Ann has led many ASO and other field trips in the past\, including several to this location\, so she knows the area very well. \nSpring migration will be over by this date\, but at least 13 species of warblers and many other birds breed along the Middle Creek and in the forested hillsides of this beautiful area. The birding in this area can be phenomenal. The whole region is forested and contains some old-growth forest habitat reliable for breeding Worm-eating Warblers which is generally rare in most of our region. Other breeding forest birds are also expected\, including Broad-winged Hawk\, Cerulean\, Hooded and Kentucky Warblers\, Ovenbird\, Louisiana Waterthrush and both tanagers. Middle Creek\, which flows through the area\, is loaded with Northern Parulas\, Yellow-throated Warblers and numerous other breeding birds. Prairie Warblers & Yellow-breasted Chats are common in adjacent successional areas.  \nAnn plans to begin the trip at Middle Creek Park and spend most of our time walking and birding along the trails in this wonderful park. Near the end of the trip\, Ann plans to drive along picturesque Middle Creek Road\, making a couple of stops along the way. Middle Creek Road is an excellent birding spot\, but it is narrow and has limited space to pull off. Nonetheless we will try to walk a good bit of this lovely secluded and little used road. We will end the trip no later than before noon.  \nThis trip will consist mostly of moderate walking along the trails at Middle Creek Park\, and a bit more along Middle Creek Road. Also note that there are no restrooms in any of these places. If nature calls you’ll have to drive back to civilization or find a quiet spot. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water to make your trip more enjoyable. Contact Ann if you have any questions.  \nDirections to Middle Creek Park: \nFrom I-75: from I-75 take Kentucky 18\, exit # 18\, at Florence and go west. When you reach Burlington\, KY\, continue for 6.5 miles to the Middle Creek Park entrance\, which will be on your left (south side of KY 18). The entrance is just a short distance past Middle Creek Rd.  \nDirections from the west: Take I-275 south and cross the Ohio River. After crossing the river take the first exit\, which is KY 8\, exit # 11. Turn right (west) onto KY 8\, which immediately becomes KY 20 after a short distance. Continue west and then south on KY 20 for about 12 miles. At the intersection with KY 18\, turn left or east onto KY 18 and go about 1 mile. The entrance to Middle Creek Park will be on your right (south side of KY 18). Middle Creek Rd. is just a short distance ahead. \nFor directions\, a map and information about Middle Creek Park (a Boone County KY Park) go to the following webpage:\nhttp://www.boonecountyky.org/departments/parks/middle_creek_park.aspx \nFor further info on the Nature Conservancy’s Boone County Cliffs go to the following webpage:\nhttps://www.boonecountyky.org/departments/parks/boone_cliffs.aspx \n(Contributed by Jay Stenger)
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/aso-field-trip-middle-creek-park/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T210000
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SUMMARY:May Audubon Zoom Program
DESCRIPTION:Phenology: Using this age-old science to predict bloom time and insect activity \nPhenology is the study of recurring biological phenomena and their relationship to weather and climate. Bird migration\, hunting and gathering seasons\, blooming of wildflowers and trees\, and the seasonal appearance of insects are examples of phenological events that have been recorded for centuries. Participants will learn how phenology tells us what’s blooming and what insect activity is in the near future. With an easy-to-use web-based biological calendar\, participants will learn how to customize this calendar. \n \n  \nDenise R. Ellsworth is the program Director for Honeybee and Native Pollinator Education at the Ohio State Department of Entomology. In this outreach position\, Denise supports and teaches beekeepers\, farmers\, gardeners and others across the state through a variety of work-shops\, webinars\, written materials and electronic resources. She has a special interest in phenology. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAudubon program Zoom info: \nTopic: May Audubon Program \nTime: May 17\, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81280243857?pwd=Nm5PZG90ZENDUndhZ2FZT29pQ3E1Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 812 8024 3857 \nPasscode: 544100
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/may-audubon-zoom-program/
LOCATION:OH
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210426T210000
DTSTAMP:20210420T190051Z
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SUMMARY:April Audubon Program - Dave Nolin on Huffman Prairie
DESCRIPTION:Audubon April program\nDate: Monday\, April 26\, 2021\nTime: 7:00 pm\nSpeaker: Dave Nolin\nTopic: Huffman Prairie history and restoration\n[This is a Zoom meeting – information for joining the meeting is below] \nJoin us to learn about the history and restoration of Huffman Prairie – the historic flying field of the Wright Brothers. Located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton\, this prairie has been the focus of local\, state\, and federal conservation efforts since the 1980s. \nDave Nolin grew up in Greene County and earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wright State University. He retired from Five Rivers MetroParks in 2015 after 30 years of conservation and land acquisition work. In 2018\, he published the book “Discovery and Renewal on Huffman Prairie: Where Aviation Took Wing”. Today\, Dave volunteers for several conservation entities and is president of the Beaver Creek Wetlands Association. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82207591791?pwd=SHlzWTlFUG1JSnE5c2RHYnU5L1dRQT09 \nMeeting ID: 822 0759 1791\nPasscode: 186680
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/april-audubon-program-dave-nolin-on-huffman-prairie/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210408T110000
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SUMMARY:Bender Mountain Wildflower Walk
DESCRIPTION:Spring Ephemeral Walk April 8 11:00am-12:30pm\n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJoin Joyce Richter\, Western Wildlife Corridor board member\, naturalist and avid hiker\, as she takes us on a guided walk through the preserve. We should see Blue-eyed Mary carpeting the forest floor\, a variety of Waterleaf species\, and many other blooming understory native wildflowers.This is one of the best places to see this variety and number of our native spring It’s been described as the “best place in Hamilton County to observe native wildflowers” by Dr. Denis Conover\, botanist with the University of Cincinnati.  We recommend sturdy shoes\, a walking stick if you need more stability\, and water.  We will require wearing masks and social distancing during our walk. Limit to 10.\nYou must RSVP to cincinnatiwildones@gmail.com before April 5. \nBender Mountain Preserve is more than fifty acres of wooded hillside between Bender Road and Hillside Avenue.\nThe principal areas of the preserve are owned by Delhi Township and the Western Wildlife Corridor\, who maintain the trails and work to eliminate invasive species throughout the Preserve. Bender Mountain has a range of hiking options from easy to strenuous\, and even includes a long-ago-abandoned stretch of Delhi Pike. Bender Mountain Preserve has over three miles of hiking trails\, some with a fantastic view of the Ohio River. This is a lovely\, heavily wooded\, restored nature preserve that supports hundreds of plant and animal species. It’s been described as the “best place in Hamilton County to observe native wildflowers” by Dr. Denis Conover\, botanist with the University of Cincinnati. The trails are well-maintained\, have Trail markers (signposts)\, and feature four benches. Follow this link for a map.
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/bender-mountain-wildflower-walk/
LOCATION:BENDER MOUNTAIN NATURE PRESERVE
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210329T070000
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SUMMARY:March Zoom Program
DESCRIPTION:March Audubon Program – Avian Conservation with ODNR \nMarch 29\, 2021\, 7:00 pm \nSpeaker:  Laura Kearns (ODNR) \nProgram Title: Ohio Division of Wildlife Avian Diversity Programs and Update on Ohio’s Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons \nLaura Kearns will give an overview of current programs dealing with avian species of greatest conservation need in the Division of Wildlife.  In addition\, she will give the latest update on recovered Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon populations in the state. \nBio: Dr. Laura Kearns has been a wildlife biologist with the Olentangy Research Station at the Ohio Division of Wildlife for 6 ½ years.  She oversees monitoring\, research\, and management of forest and wetland birds of greatest conservation need.  Specific species or groups of species she works with include common terns\, secretive marsh birds (bitterns\, rails)\, colonial waterbirds\, trumpeter swans\, and sandhill cranes.  She also deals with monitoring and issues related to bald eagles and peregrine falcons.  She serves on the Appalachian Mountain Joint Venture Technical Committee\, Mississippi Flyway Council Nongame Bird Technical Section\, and the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative Steering Committee and Conservation/Research Planning Committee. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88290677630?pwd=NHdtSzFEbjdLb2FGUE9kcFlPQXhoQT09 \nMeeting ID: 882 9067 7630 \nPasscode: 044146
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/march-zoom-program/
LOCATION:OH
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T203000
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SUMMARY:Greg Torres on Planting for Birds
DESCRIPTION:Plants and birds have a long history of working together. As an example of mutualism\, this development and relationship between plants and birds has had far reaching consequences\, encouraging co-evolution that enhanced the survival of both plants and birds. “Planting for Birds” explores some of these relationships\, tips how we can grow plants to create habitats to help birds thrive\, as well as resources for selections of beautiful native plants that support our local ecosystem. \nGreg Torres is a Florida Master Naturalist and a Nationally Certified Interpretive Guide. Here in Cincinnati\, he’s worked for the Cincinnati Zoo\, Cincinnati Parks and most recently as the Horticulturist at the Civic Garden Center. He is President of Northside Greenspace Inc. and a board member of Preserve Burnet Woods\, volunteer organizations committed to the restoration and long-term care of greenspaces. Greg is a co-host of the podcast Nature Guys and creates educational videos on nature found on YouTube. \n  \nZoom meeting info: \nTopic: Planting for Birds with Greg Torres \nTime: Feb 22\, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85492207910?pwd=Nm5jbko1ckpteEIwaWNxYXFkeGMwQT09 \n  \nMeeting ID: 854 9220 7910 \nPasscode: 821823
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/greg-torres-on-planting-for-birds/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210125T190000
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SUMMARY:Spotted Lanternflies
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Julie Urban has been a member of USDA’s Technical Working Group advising USDA and state governments on issues surrounding the invasive Spotted Lanternfly\, Lycorma delicatula\, since this insect was first detected in the US on Sept. 22\, 2014. She will discuss the timeline of this insect’s invasion and how its range and impacts have expanded from 2014 to the present. Dr. Urban will also give an overview of spotted lanternfly biology and progress on research currently underway to better understand and manage this pest. \nDr. Julie Urban is a Research Associate Professor in the Entomology Department at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University at Albany. She studies planthopper evolution and their co-evolution with multiple bacterial and fungal symbionts. Her recent work involves aspects of basic and applied research on the invasive planthopper\, the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula). She has been a member of USDA’s Technical Working Group of scientists\, advising management and research on the Spotted Lanternfly\, since it was first detected in the US in September\, 2014. Dr. Urban is the lead PI on a regional USDA NIFA Specialty Crops Research Initiative grant studying the biology\, management\, reducing the impact of Spotted Lanternfly in specialty crops in the eastern USA. \nThis will be a Zoom meeting. The meeting can be accessed using the link or meeting info below: \nLink to Zoom Meeting \nMeeting ID: 837 6681 0295\nPasscode: 230730
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/spotted-lanternflies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T190000
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SUMMARY:Zoom Online Meeting - All About eBird
DESCRIPTION:eBird is one of the largest citizen science efforts in the world and usage has exploded this year with the COVID-19 pandemic. For this zoom program\, Brian Wulker will cover the basics including useful features in eBird along with going over submission guidelines. Brian also plans on going over common errors and how to submit good documentation for rarities. This program should be informative for all local eBird users (ASO members and non-members alike) and will be an opportunity to learn a bit about how the review process works. For more information about eBird or to setup an account visit the eBird web site: www.eBird.org \nBrian Wulker is a local birder who found the local birding scene through Ned Keller’s cincinnatibirds website way back when he was 11 or so. Now he works on the ecological restoration team at the Fernald Preserve\, is an eBird regional editor for Ohio and Northern Kentucky\, the Secretary of the Kentucky Bird Records Committee and is a member of the Ohio Bird Records Committee. \nJoin Zoom Meeting using the link below:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88675063978… \nMeeting ID: 886 7506 3978\nPasscode: 917808
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/zoom-online-meeting-all-about-ebird/
LOCATION:OH
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200923T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200923T170000
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SUMMARY:ASO Events
DESCRIPTION:ASO provides educational monthly field trips designed to give hands-on experiences in the natural world. In addition to field trips to birding hot spots\, our field trips also focus on the rest of the natural world\, including trees\, wildflowers\, butterflies\, insects\, salamanders and other amphibians and reptiles\, and much more. We concentrate on exploring local habitats; to minimize driving\, most of our field trips are held in the Greater Cincinnati area. In addition to field trips\, we host nine monthly evening programs per year (skipping July\, August and December)\, devoted to topics relating to natural history and conservation. We also host special events\, such as our annual Birding Class\, a hands-on birding ID series taught by experts to people of all ages in the classroom and the field. The Audubon Society of Ohio actively conserves some key properties in the Hamilton County and Adams County areas. These properties provide beneficial habitat for native flora and fauna. We are also involved in many conservation projects\, working cooperatively with other like-minded groups in the area. \nBecause of restrictions due to Covid-19\, we regret that we are not safely able to hold programs or other events at this time. Please join our mailing list to be alerted for when we resume our activities.
URL:https://cincinnatiaudubon.org/event/test-events/
LOCATION:OH
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