MIGRATION SENSATION

MIGRATION SENSATION

Shreve Spring Migration Sensation Saturday, March 9, 2024


Registration and Breakfast is 7:30 - 10:30: Breakfast Homestyle by Orchard Land School.  Pick up maps for spotting sites and the other activities listed below.  Registering gets your name in drawing to win a rare opportunity to visit the Big Spring Site which is closed to the public, for a group of four Dennis Solon of ODNR. Location:  Clinton Township Building, 135 E. McConkey St. Shreve 


Spotting Sites throughout the Shreve Marsh area: Cemetery Road, Wright Marsh, Funk Bottoms Wildlife Observation Area.   NEW: The Wilderness Center will be at a new spotting location and will be available to help new birders. 


The traditional spotting board will be back and located at at the Clinton Township Building where Registration, Breakfast, Speaking Area, and Vendors will be located. 


Browns Bog tour lead by the Nature Conservancy: 9:00 - 12:00 pm.  Brown's Lake Bog is a dedicated Ohio state nature preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy. It is one of the few remaining kettle peatlands in the United States. It has a kettle lakekame, and a floating sphagnum moss mat. 


Speakers in the afternoon at Clinton Township Building 


12:00 Aaron Brown with Duck ID 


1:00  Jamey Emmert, Wildlife Specialist, ODNR Division of Wildlife, A 20-year media relations and wildlife conservation education professional with Ohio Division of Wildlife and is a contributor to Wild Ohio magazine.


2:00 Greg Miller - will speak on doing a Big Year and and his experience consulting for the film “The Big Year” which is based on the 2004 non-fiction book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik. The book follows three men, one of whom is Greg Miller, on a quest for a Big Year which is a competition among birders to see who can spot and identify the greatest number of bird species in North America (north of Mexico) in a calendar year.


3:00 Laura Kearns -   is a Wildlife Biologist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, where she oversees projects with wetland and forest birds, in addition to several raptor species. Her research interests include predator-prey interactions, urban ecology, and avian conservation and management.

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- For those who register on-line will get their name in a drawing for a BIG WINTER ADVENTURE. The winner will get to take three friends to Big Spring in the Killbuck Marsh – an amazing opportunity because it never freezes and therefore is a focal point for a large number of wintering waterfowl.


- Sausage Gravy/Biscuit, Hashbrowns, Fruit Cup, and Doughnuts made by Orchard Lane School.


- BBQ Chicken Available Shreve Auto Repair (near the train-tracks) from noon until sold out!

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Kids Activities

Shreve Spring Migration Sensation Saturday, March 9, 2024


10:00 - 12:00 Dip Netting for Marsh Creatures at Wright Marsh , sponsored by United Titanium Bug Zoo 


10:00 - 3:00 Pick up a Passport to stamp or a Scavenger Hunt book and try to find marsh creatures. Get a plush RIVER OTTER for participating. 


10:00 – 11:00 and 12:00 –2:00 pm.  The Wilderness Center will have children's activities at the Shreve Branch of the Wayne County Public Library. 


10:00 - 1:00 pm See live raptors up close with the Medina Raptor Center at the Gathering Place at Hebrews. 


Lunch: Famous Chicken BBQ at 298 N. Market St, Shreve with seating at the Township Building.  HeBrews Coffee House and Das Dutch Essenhaus are lunch opportunities also located on Market Street; both near the stop light!

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Previous Year Sightings


Shreve Lake

Pied-Billed Grebe, Ringed Neck Duck, Lesser Scaup, Canada Geese, Red Tailed Hawk, American Wigeon, Common Merganser, Turkey Vulture, Song Sparrow, Cardinal Hooded Merganser, Double Crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron 


Eagle Area 

Eagle on Nest, Killdeer, Lesser Scaup, Red Winged Blackbirds, Tree Swallow, Eagle flew over, landed in tree for all to see, Great Blue Heron, Sparrows 


Funk Bottoms

Double Crested Cormorant, Greater Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Turkey Vulture, Harrier, Red Tailed Hawk, Rough-Legged Hawk, Bluebirds, Song Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, American Robin, Sand Hill Crane, Carolina Wren, Pileated Woodpecker, Red Bellied Woodpecker


Wright Marsh and KWA

Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Red Winged Blackbirds, Mourning Dove, American Robin, Canada Goose, Tree Swallows, Northern Pintail, Canvasback Coot, American Wigeon Gadwall, N. Harrier, Wood Duck, Ringed Neck Duck, Bufflehead, Sand Hill Crane, American Kestral, Hooded Merganser, Red Tailed Hawk, Green Wing, Teal Blue Wing, Teal Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Redheaded Woodpecker, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, N. Flicker, E. Bluebird, Blue Jay, Crow, Carolina Chickadee, W. B. Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Common Grackle, N. Shoveler, Lesser Scaup, Goldeneye Mallard

Maps

Please Note: Larger and Clearer Maps are available at the Registration Table.

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