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Jack Miner by Laurie White Carolina a Few Months Later, Creating the First Anyone Visiting the Lake Complete Banding Record The Hushwing HERALD Volume 51Number 3 February/March, 2016 Spreading the Love of Nature in Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula Counties UPCOMING EVENTS DATE: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 DATE: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 PROGRAM: Bringing Up Bobcats for the PROGRAM: Why Should You Care About First Time Invasive Plants? SPEAKER: Tammy O'Neil and Traci Keller SPEAKER: Becky Donaldson TIME: 7:00 PM TIME: 7:00 P.M. PLACE: Penitentiary Glen Nature Center PLACE; Penitentiary Glen Nature Center Thousands of orphaned baby animals native to Invasive plants are a bane to biodiversity. In Ohio have been raised in the nursery of the Lake Ohio, about a quarter of the plants found in our state Metroparks Wildlife Center and released back to are not native to our state. Of the more than 700 their natural habitat. The same year the facility plants that are found in our state that are classified celebrated 30 years of wildlife rehabilitation, two as non-native, about 100 of them are “invasive”, very unique youngsters arrived at the door needing meaning that they cause problems to our native the staff's care and expertise. plants and animals. A bobcat kitten was found along a road in Becky will lead us through a virtual tour of Muskingum County with a dead female bobcat woods, fields and wetlands (and backyards) for a nearby. The Ohio Division of Wildlife contacted the primer on these invasive plants and explain how Wildlife Center to arrange care for the three-week- they can be managed. Some of these may not be in old orphan and delivered her on May 14, 2013. The your backyard yet, but this talk will tune your eye to Center's staff consulted with other wildlife the invasions and help you keep a look out for them. professionals and zoos to ascertain "raise for Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve encompasses release" techniques for bobcats. Demand for about 700 acres and the Cleveland Museum of feedings doubled when wildlife officers brought a Natural History is undergoing a large scale second bobcat kitten May 23 from Noble County, restoration of the wetlands found here. Becky will also east of Columbus. She had been found by a give an update on the fight to knock back homeowner mowing his lawn, but no mother bobcat phragmites and restore native plants to Mentor was in sight. Join us as two Wildlife Center staff Marsh. members share what it took to raise these special orphans and prepare them for life back in the forests of southern Ohio. The kittens weighed a little over a pound each upon arrival. They required a specialized milk formula and were fed every two to three hours. They gained weight and were weaned after five to six weeks. LMP staff modified an existing, off- display cage to accommodate cat behavior and to allow feeding of live prey with minimal human interaction. Continued on Page 3. 2 ACTIVITIES February Activity March Activity DATE: Sunday, February 21, 2016 DATE: Saturday, March 12, 2016 ACTIVITY: Lake County Shoreline ACTIVITY: Winter Owls & Raptors of TIME: 9:00 a.m. Killdeer Plains PLACE: Meet at Lake Erie Bluffs TIME: 12:00 noon (Lake Metroparks) PLACE: Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area, 3301 Lane Road Perry Township, Wyandot County Ohio OH 44081 It’s certainly been a strange winter for This expedition is a little further than we birdwatching! The numbers of gulls and ducks have normally travel, especially in the winter, but when been unusually low, but very late songbirds have looking for “wintering” owls and raptors this is the been reported. We’ll keep our eyes and ears open time to go. We will be scouting the area out for for reports of any interesting sightings along Lake owls such as Saw-whet, Long-eared and Barn. Erie’s shoreline in Lake County. Of particular These species have been sighted here during winter interest will be unusual wintering gull and and we hope to see them all. Short-eared Owls also waterfowl species, depending on the ice situation on frequent this area but are best seen at dusk when Lake Erie. We’ll also search for bald eagles and they are out foraging for their “supper.” If the other raptors. Our adventure will stay along the weather holds up we will plan to stay until that shoreline within Lake County – unless we hear of happens. Other raptors that may be seen include something not worth missing closer to Cleveland or Red-tails, Red-shoulders and Cooper’s Hawks. Ashtabula! Possibly Northern Harrier and Rough-legged We will meet at the Lake Erie Bluffs picnic Hawks will be sighted. shelter (Lane Road entrance). If you have not Plan your trip accordingly to the weather and length visited this park, this will be a great opportunity to of our stay. This has been a productive trip in years see the improvements there, including the 3-season past, so why not be “game” for this one? picnic shelter with indoor & outdoor fireplaces, We will meet at the McDonald’s in Upper Sandusky electricity and flush restrooms! at 10 A.M. and travel together to the wildlife area. Please dress for the weather and expect colder and Need more info? Call Jim at 440-257-2507 windier conditions along the lake. Bring your binoculars and spotting scope if you have one. DIRECTIONS: Take your best route to I-71 south For more information, contact Pat at and exit at US 30 Mansfield. Follow US 30 west [email protected]. until it meets with US 23. Take this north to McDonald’s, just off the highway (past OH Rt. 182) on Wyandot Ave. We will meet here at 10A.M. MEETINGS OR HIKES CANCELED GPS users: 1650 E. Wyandot Ave., Upper Sandusky, OH 43351 DUE TO WEATHER This trip is about 145 miles from Mentor and takes about 2 hrs 20 min. How do I know if a meeting or hike is canceled? Blackbrook Audubon is now registered with the I- Alert system that is seen on WKYC-TV 3, wkyc.com; Newsradio WTAM 1100 AM, wtam.com; as well as our website: www.blackbrookaudubon.org 3 Nominating Committee Report For more details on the bobcat as a species in Ohio, go to http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/species-and- habitats/species-guide-index/mammals/bobcat. The Every year, in the spring, we in Blackbrook "Photos and Media" tab has great videos and details Audubon Society have an election for the four most from Dr. Prange on her research. important officers on our Board of Directors. Please attend our April meeting and vote for these fine candidates to show your support for all of the time, effort and work they (as well as the other members of the Board) do on behalf of Blackbrook Audubon Society. The Nominees are: President: Mary Ann Wagner Vice President: Becky Thompson Secretary: Laurie White Treasurer : Debbi Schuster Bringing Up Bobcats Continued from page 1 Did the kittens grow up and get to live on their own? Find out if they were successful when Tammy O'Neil and Traci Keller tell us about the specialized needs of the bobcat pair, the challenges that arose in their upbringing and the plan to release them in collaboration with Division of Wildlife Biologist, Dr. Suzie Prange. Dr. Prange has been studying CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Ohio's bobcat distribution with trail cameras, radio RESULTS collars and genetic analysis. Bobcats were common here prior to European th settlement, but by 1850 were extirpated from the 116 Christmas Bird Count state, meaning they were no longer present. When December 26, 2015 Ohio compiled its first endangered species list in 1974, the bobcat was one of 71 species. Reports of The results of the 116th CBC were somewhat flat sightings trickled in prompting a project in 1997 to considering the nice weather we had this year. We monitor the species with surveys and to confirm had fewer observers this year compared to last in sightings. When the kittens arrived at LMP, bobcats part because of the count date being one day after numbered 169 and were listed as threatened in Christmas. This year we had 39 field counters and 4 Ohio. The bobcat was removed entirely from the list feeder counters. I would like to give a heartfelt in July 2014, but remains protected. thanks to all participants! We were able to count 62 Tammy O'Neil is the Wildlife Care Manager and species with 13,423 individual birds. Last year we has been with Lake Metroparks for 21 years. She found 62 species also in similar weather. The has a Bachelor's Degree in Zoology from Kent State complete results will be published at a later date on University and a Master's in Environmental the CBC web site. Management from Green Mountain College. Traci Once again “thank you” to all who helped with Keller is the Senior Wildlife Care Specialist and has this year’s count. Hope to see you all next year. been with LMP for 16 years. She has a Bachelor's in Regards Dan Donaldson, Jim McConnor, and Biology from Cleveland State University. Anders Fjeldstad 4 The Ohio Lepidopterists spring workshop will be held at Penitentiary Glen on Saturday, April 2, FROM the DESK of the 2016 from 10 AM to 4:30 PM. One session will PRESIDENT include extensive identification training covering every butterfly likely to be seen in Ohio. A By Mary Ann Wagner concurrent session will include topics such as plants [email protected] that butterflies depend on, life cycles and gardening to attract butterflies. Pre-registration is required.
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