Holliday in the Parks
Exploring NATURE, one step at a time!
Invaders attack!
WLWT 5 News video
Phragmities found in township!
VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO ON PHRAGMITIES
Look what we found!
Dave Lintner Has Done it Again!
Spicebush caterpillars found on Sassafras trees at Cherokee Park nursery and in trees in the field. Also caterpillars were found on the spicebushes in the nursery!
John Burkart took this photo on a kayak trip down the Great Miami River over Labor Day Weekend. He reported that the eagles had constructed a second nest near the old one. No young were spotted!
Planting with natives
Look what we found!
Photo by Jim Walker
What is it?
White Tussock Moth Catepillar
Thanks to Elizabeth Bruggen for the identification
School of Fish
Barry Theil & Kristine Sadler
Jocelyn, Stephenie, & Jeff Brenot
Anthony Gelasi Jayde Hoffman
Sadie & Alexa Wiwi Ashlyn & David Hoffman, Alyssa Jarabek
Awesome Rainbow!
Photo by Carolyn Keehan
Spring Wildflower Walk
Over 34 species of wildflowers identified
Welcome 2011
Sunrise at Cherokee Park Jan 2,2011
Sunrise over Wetlands West Jan 2, 2011
Good Bye 2010,
Sunset on Liberty Twp 12/30/10
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Christmas Bird Count
for Liberty Township Parks, December 18, 2010
New high of 37 species of birds for 2010
New finds for this year-Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, brown creepers, winters
(more details)
Gregory Creek in Dudley Woods
Dave Lintner & Jim Brace in Cherokee Park
Caroline Schaeffer logs in her 2nd year in the CBC
Great Blue Heron Tracks on a frozen Gregory Creek
Thanks for a GREAT year!
Exploring nature one step at a time; attack honeysuckle, plant native for birds and butterflies, GOOD parks!
Chuck
Boundary areas
- o South Hamilton Mason Rd
- o West Liberty Fairfield/ Wayne Madison
- o North Hankins Rd/Kennel Rd & Gravel Pitt
- o East Radius-Springhill Cemetery (Princeton), Lynch Ln (Millikin), Charleston Woods (Kyles Station), Dudley Woods (Hankins),
Frequently asked Questions about the Audubon Christmas Bird Count:
Dec 14- Jan 5
What is the Christmas Bird Count?
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of citizen science involvement. It is an early-winter bird census, where thousands of volunteers across the US, Canada and many countries in the Western Hemisphere, go out over a 24 hour period to count birds.
Why was the Christmas Bird Count started?
The first CBC was done on Christmas Day of 1900 as an alternative activity to an event called the “side hunt” where people chose sides, then went out and shot as many birds as they could. The group that came in with the largest number of dead birds won the event. Frank Chapman, a famed ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History and the editor of Bird-Lore (which became the publication of the National Association of Audubon Societies when that organization formed in 1905) recognized that declining bird populations could not withstand wanton over-hunting, and proposed to count birds on Christmas Day rather than shoot them
How is the Christmas Bird Count conducted?
Count volunteers follow specified routes through a designated 15-mile (24-km) diameter circle, counting every bird they see or hear all day. It’s not just a species tally—all birds are counted all day, giving an indication of the total number of birds in the circle that day. If observers live within a CBC circle, they may arrange in advance to count the birds at their feeders and submit those data to their compiler. All individual CBC’s are conducted in the period from December 14 to January 5 (inclusive dates) each season, and each count is conducted in one calendar day
On the Christmas Bird Count, do I have to join a field party, or can I count the birds at my feeder?
As long as you live within a designated CBC circle, you are welcome to count the birds at your feeder. All you’ll need to do is contact your local Compiler in advance of the count day to arrange to participate. Then you may report your results on the Count Day. Please contac the Compiler before the CBC period, which is 14 December through 5 January every season, by selecting "Get Involved" from the CBC home page
Thanks to all the volunteers that helped clean out the honeysuckle !!!!!
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Daisy Scouts Plant Buttefly Garden
at Cherokee Park
9-11-10
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