Peak spring bird
migration event includes self-guided tours with experts located at Help
Stations in the nearby Killbuck Marsh, Shreve Lake, Brown's Bog and Funk
Bottoms wildlife areas, Ohio's largest inland natural wetland complex,
covering 5,671 acres. Professional workshops, birding, wildlife and
wetland vendor displays, lunch concessions, as
well as children's programs are held in the Shreve Elementary School.
Downtown Shreve offers you a host of shopping options
including an Amish Style Cooking Restaurant and Bakery "Des Dutch Essenhaus"
and an old fashion hardware "Shreve Hardware and Supply" next door, both
located across the street from the Downtown Parking Lot.
A $10.00 admission
($15.00 per immediate family) includes any or all events and workshops.
Registration will open at 7:00 a.m. at the Shreve Elementary School with
FREE MAPS to the Help Stations (located in the marsh and at three other
sites, all near Shreve). The Help Stations and Birder's Market Place opens at 8:00 a.m.
Dip-Net for marsh creatures with Carrie Elvey of
the Wilderness Center takes place in the marsh just off of State Route
226 on Cemetery Road at the bottom of the hill. Note change in time:
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Six professional workshops are included in
your admission charge held in the school. The first workshop gets underway
at 8:30 a.m. with "Monthly Birds" by Chuck Jakubchak, Ohio Certified
Volunteer Naturalist.
10:30 a.m. with "Flights for Life:
Butterfly Migrations" by Cheryl Harner, Greater Mohican Audubon President
and co-founder of Flora-Quest.
12:30 p.m. with "Muskrat Population at
Killbuck Marsh" by Mike Ervin Supervisor, Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area.
1:30 p.m. with "Rare Bird Sightings in the
Bobolink Area" by Bruce Glick columnist for the local Bargain Hunter.
2:30 p.m. with "30 Years of Bird Research"
by Kimberly Kaufman Executive Director, Black Swamp Bird Observatory.
3:30 p.m. with "Spectacular Sparrows" by
Kenn Kaufman author/editor of the Kaufman Field Guides series. Kenn
is also a field editor for Audubon magazine, a columnist for Bird
Watcher's Digest and Birder's World.
Complete Color Brochure of all activities
is available at: www.ShreveMigration.org
The Shreve Spring
Migration Sensation is sponsored by the ODNR Division of Wildlife;
Friends of the Killbuck Marsh, Inc.; The Wilderness Center; Greater
Mohican Audubon Society; Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists; Triway Local Schools; Shreve Library and Shreve
Business & Community Association.
