Bald Eagles, Peregrines and more than 40 varieties can be seen. Join naturalist Gary Gerrone Saturday to learn what to look for.
Avon Lake is a “hot spot” for winter birds and on Saturday, Jan. 5, bird lovers and watchers can join Recreation Director Gary Gerrone for prime birding activity. The new program is inviting the public our on Saturday from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. to join Gerrone (and a few thousand birds) in Miller Road Park. The timing is right. “As this is the first cold spell of the winter season, Lake Erie is not at all frozen, Gerrone said. “But the water is quite cold and fish do tend to congregate in the hot water discharge of the power plant. A congregation of fish leads to a congregation of fish-eating birds. “If the lake does freeze, this gathering of birds is nothing less than phenomenal, and not just because of the overall number of birds, but …
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We want your bird photos, your bird observations. Heck, we'd even like to see your birding videos!
Seriously, my favorite radio station is any public radio station and I often pester the editors with re-enactments of the stories I hear. So when WCPN featured The Cleveland Natural History Museum's Harvey Webster in a show all about birding I was inspired to reach out to you directly. In the program, Webster mentioned the Audubon Society's weekly bird watching events at parks across the region and several great local bird blogs. But I'll bet Avon and Avon Lake has some undiscovered bird bloggers. And I personally invite you to start your own blog on either Avon Patch or Avon Lake Patch and share your bird photos, observations, heck you can even post a video if you have it. Are you already blogging about birds? You can post your blog …
ramona padilla-dus
4:02 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
enjoy it while you can... once the power plant closes in 2014 there will be no more "hot water".. what will happen to the birding then? more ›