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Event will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012.

Shreve Spring Migration Sensation Brochure with photos and schedule of events please visit

www.ShreveMigration.org

 

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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.

 

 

 


 


 

 

We now have maps on-line for you to find the areas we feature during the Shreve Migration Sensation.
 

What are the looking at?  Click here to see a list of sightings from a previous Migration Sensation!

Did you know that Brown's Bog contains prehistoric plants?  Did you know that you can view glow in the dark plants in the Bog? 

 


 

 

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