May Bird Quiz - Owls

1. How many species of owl might one find in Ohio

(residents, migrants and irruptive) in a good owl
year? Coming Up Tonight….

2. Where are owls ears located? (select one) Member Meeting & Speaker Series
* Top of the head * Sides of the head
* Front of the face * Owls don’t have ears Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Member Meeting at 7:30 p.m. (EST)
3. What is an owl pellet? Speaker at 8:00 p.m. (EST)
4. Owl eggs hatch … (choose one)
* Asynchronously (on different days - incubation Visit www.wcaudubon.org
started on the day the first egg was laid)
* Synchronously (usually on the same day -
incubation started after the entire clutch was
laid)
Member Meeting &
Speaker Series
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Member Meeting at 7:30 p.m. (EST)
Speaker at 8:00 p.m. (EST)

Visit www.wcaudubon.org
 Nancy Howell
Board Member &
Membership Chair
 ● Welcome!

● Bird Quiz Answers!

● Woodcock Watches

● Institute for Bird Populations’

(IBP) Bird Banding Project

● Spring Warbler Challenge

● Spring Membership Drive

● Ice cream!

Photo: Blackburnian Warbler by Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.

 Bird Quiz Answers
1. How many species of owls might one find in Ohio (residents, migrants and irruptive) in a
good owl year? 8 species are possible - Barn, Eastern Screech, Great Horned, Snowy,
Barred, Long-eared, Short-eared, Northern Saw-whet
2. Where are owls ears located? (select one)
* Top of the head * Sides of the head
* Front of the face * Owls don’t have ears
3. What is an owl pellet? The indigestible items (fur, feathers, bones, teeth, chitinous
exoskeletons of invertebrates) of prey that had been eaten. Pellets are regurgitated
about a day after feeding. Pellets are useful in determining prey species of owls.
4. Owl eggs hatch (choose one)
* Asynchronously (on different days depending on the day they were laid) Perhaps you
recall this term from last month’s program
* Synchronously (generally on the same day)
 Woodcock Watches

Photos: (left to right) Birders by Michelle Brosius and American Woodcock at night by Allan Claybon.
Institute for Bird Populations’ (IBP) Monitoring Overwinter Survival (MoSI) Photo: Indigo Bunting
by Allan Claybon.

● Fund bird banding research in Nicaragua

● WCAS and Ohio Audubon chapters donate funds
● Donations support bird-banding stations
● Stations band resident species and neo-tropical migrants that migrate through or breed in
Ohio
● Includes Indigo Bunting, Wood Thrush, Black-and-White Warbler and Chestnut-sided Warbler
● Distribute funds between banding stations or all funds go to one station
● Donations fund equipment, staff and public education of the local community.
 Fundraising Goal: $500.00
Please Donate Before May 18 😃

● > ‘IBP BIRD BANDING’ navigational button on the

www.WCAudubon.org HOME page
● > Facebook Fundraising page https://bit.ly/2Sp6PAa
● > “Support Bird Banding Stations in Central America” by Nancy
Howell https://bit.ly/2PIIwfH

Photo: Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Unknown.

Photo: Prairie Warbler by Allan Claybon.
Spring Warbler Checklist Completed

Spring Warbler
Checklist Filled In
 Spring Warbler Challenge 2021
● Register for the Spring Warbler Challenge
● Look for warblers during the dates of April 1 through May 31. We will use the
honor system for your sightings.
● Remain in the county in which you live, but you may travel throughout the county.
● Bird on your own or with a couple of others. Follow COVID-19 gathering guidelines -
wear masks, remain at least 6 feet apart, do not gather in large groups, and wash hands
frequently or use hand sanitizer.
● Keep track of warblers using the chart from the link which lists warbler species, as well
as date and place viewed.
● Entries are due no later than June 12, 2021 to info@wcaudubon.org

The entry with the most species will receive a Western Cuyahoga Audubon membership for
the year or if already a member, will have membership extended for another year (a $40.00
value) and an Urban Birding Cleveland t-shirt. If there is a tie, a name will be selected
randomly from the tied entries.
 WCAS Spring
Membership Drive
2021
● Join May 1st - June 20,
2021
● Get up to 3 months for
FREE
● WCAS Store
https://bit.ly/3eXco0q

Photo: Eastern Bluebird by Michelle Brosius.

● Mitchell's Homemade Ice
Cream Gift Card Fundraiser

● Ice cream, frozen yogurt,

sorbet, vegan ice cream - all
delicious!

● Cards $10.00 denominations

● WCAS Store
https://bit.ly/39uvDgH

● Store Locator
mitchellshomemade.com/
 Michelle Brosius
Board Member &
Field Trip Co-Coordinator
 ● Second Saturday Bird
Walk Report

● Tremont Bird Walks

● Virtual Field Trips

● Social Distancing Birding

Guidelines

● Social Media

Photo: Common Loon by Michelle Brosius.

 Second Saturday Bird Walk
Report

Date: April 10, 2021

Location: Rocky River Reservation Important

Bird Area (IBA)

Leaders: Bill Deininger, Dave Graskemper

Results: 44 species

Reports & Photos: News Blog

www.WCAudubon.org

Photo: Barred Owl by Michelle Brosius.

 Towpath Trail Tremont Bird Walks

● 4th Saturdays at 9:00 a.m.

● Meet: Tremont/Abbey Ave./Innerbelt

Bridge Parking Lot

● Bird the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail

toward Scranton Flats.

● Leaders: Nancy Howell & Guest Leaders

● COVID safe walks are free, limited to

groups of 10, masks for 10 years of age
and older, registration is required:
https://bit.ly/3aXAnLw

Photo: Ovenbird
Barred Owl
byby
Chuck
Michelle
Slusarczyk
Brosius.Jr.
 April Virtual Field Trip

Date: April 1-30, 2021

Location: Lucia S. Nash Preserve, 16429

Snow Rd, Burton, OH 44021

Target species: Sandhill Crane and

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Attend the Virtual Meet Up! Wed May 12,

2021, 7:00 p.m. (EST) at
www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/info8415

Photo: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker by Shaun Missig.

 May Virtual Field Trip

Date: May 1 - 31, 2021

Location: Oberlin Preserve, 46785 W

Hamilton St, Oberlin, OH 44074

Target species: American Goldfinch and

Spring Warblers

Register: wcaudubon.org, click the Virtual

Field Trips 2021 tile on the home page.

Attend the Virtual Meet Up! Wednesday, June

9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. (EST) at
www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/info8415

Photo: Yellow Warbler by Michelle Brosius.

 Social Distancing Birding
Guidelines

● Limit group sizes to 10 people

or fewer

● Stay at least 6 feet apart from

others

● Plan to travel separately

● Wear face masks

● Wash hands

Photo: Song Sparrow by Michelle Brosius.

 Follow us on social media!

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● @WCAudubon

● @WCAudubon (use #WCAudubon)

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Photo: Carolina Wren by Michelle Brosius.

 Betsey O’Hagan
Web & Marketing

Western Cuyahoga Audubon

Society
 ● Quarterly Newsletter

● Guardians of Nature

● Photography Contest

● Bird Friendly Coffee

Photo: Song Sparrow by Tom Fishburn.

 ● Western Cuyahoga Audubon
Newsletter Vol.19 Issue 2 May
2021 Digital Edition (PDF)
https://bit.ly/33aX2zJ

● 8 Question Weekly Newsletter

Survey
https://forms.gle/mmgYQFMdM
7er8fzQ8

Photo: Song Sparrow by Tom Fishburn.

Guardians of Nature
New Conversation & Project Workshop

“Woody Plants for Birds”

● Patti Donnellan, Sustainability

Coordinator, Mayor’s Office of
Sustainability – City of Cleveland,
Thursday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m. (EST)
● Thursday, May 27 at 7:00 p.m. (EST)
● Register at Home page Button
www.wcaudubon.org/
● Virtual Conference Center
www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/info8415
 May Photo Contest

● Featured bird: Baltimore Oriole

● Contest opens May 1 closes May 31tst

● Winners announced at June 1st, 2021

Member Meeting & Speaker Series

● Youth & Adult Categories: $5 each photo

● Eligible for yearly contest and additional

prizes

● Donations support chapter conservation

education

● Enter from the Home page Contest

Button www.wcaudubon.org/

Photo: Baltimore Oriole by Tom Fishburn.

Purchase Bird Friendly Coffee

1. Birds & Beans only USA brand

100% certified
2. Smithsonian shade grown Bird
Friendly®
3. USDA Organic & Fair Trade

Order before May 10th at WCAS

Store:
wcaudubon.org/store/c35/Bird_Frie
ndly_Coffee.html
 Kaoru Tsubone
Bird Friendly Native
Plant Sale Committee
 The May 2021 Native Plant
Sale Welcomes Spring!

And Native Plants Are What

Birds Need to Flourish!

Choose from 5 different native

plants during the month of May
at the WCAudubon Store!

Go to: https://bit.ly/3ecy8G8

Photo: Cardinal Flower by Tom Fishburn.

 1. Queen-of the Prairie
(Filipendula rubra)

2. Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)

3. Grey-headed Coneflower
(Ratibida pinnata)

4. Cardinal Flower (Lobelia

cardinalis)

5. Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia

siphilitica)

Plants are locally sourced at

www.noddingoniongardens.com/
Photo: Queen-of-the-Prairie by Tom Fishburn.
Columbia Station, OH
 Volunteer Opportunities

Both online and on site!

Please contact:

Kaoru Tsubone
216-262-0640
kaorutsubone@wcaudubon.org

Photo: Swallowtail by Tom Fishburn.

 Drina Nemes
Book Club

Western Cuyahoga Audubon

Society
 WCAS Book Club
Watch the April WCAS Book Author
Speaker and Q&A --
Katie Fallon, Author, "CERULEAN BLUES: A
Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird"
• YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/c/Wcaud
ubonOrg/

• Check www.WCAudubon.org HOME

page for New Programs

• Book ideas? Email

DrinaNemes@wcaudubon.org
 Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Member Meeting and Speaker Series 2021

“Conservation Through Education: Developing a Bilingual

Education Program to Conserve Little Terns (Sternula
albifrons) in Okinawa, Japan"

Kaori Sunagawa, Assistant Professor

Okinawa International University
Photo: Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), Little
Swanport, Tasmania, Australia by JJ
Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/),
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Register: https://bit.ly/3dLubXN
 Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Member Meeting and Speaker Series 2021

“The Central Ohio Owl

Project”
Blake Mathys, Ohio Dominican University

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

Register: https://bit.ly/2PYa8gg
Photo by Allan Claybon.
Thank You!

Visit www.wcaudubon.org