We had a blast at North Coast Nature Fest for Cleveland Metroparks. They do a great job of promoting the festival to the city and over 5000 people attended! They had posters all over the place for the festival and it had a photos of the guest speakers–me and photographer Rick Sammon (who gave us [ Read More ]
One of my favorite things to do is banding and they had a great demo at the North Coast Nature Festival. Here is one of my favorite photos of the weekend. That’s master bander Tom Bartlett showing a goldfinch to some awestruck kids. Look at that little boy in sunglasses–that look about says it all! [ Read More ]
Migration was just getting hot and heavy in Cleveland, OH this past weekend. White-throated sparrows (above) covered the ground and we could hear some warblers overhead. Part of my festival duties were to lead a “Birdchick Walk” for families at Rocky Ridge Nature Center on Saturday and Sunday. You have to kind of pick your [ Read More ]
Hey, if you’re hankerin’ for another contest, WildBird on the Fly has a bird call one going on and the prize is the very cool new book Songs of Insects. Now back to this wicked bad white hawk. This is one of the eduction birds for the Medina Raptor Center, they were giving programs at [ Read More ]
