&nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook Audubon invites nature enthusiasts to witness the arrival of migratory birds from near and far in the annual tradition of the Spring Bird Walk Series. Blackbrook's sponsored hotspot is the north end of <a href="https://www.cmnh.org/discover/nature/conservation/mentor-marsh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve</a> and <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/headlands-beach-state-park" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Headlands Beach State Park</a>. Meet in the parking lot west of Shipman Pond at 9600 Headlands Road by the northern trailhead of Zimmerman Trail. The walks start at 7:30 a.m. on these Sundays: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 12, 19.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Before the trees leaf out, participants should be able to see the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MentorMarsh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bald Eagle nest</a> from the bridge over Shipman Pond during these walks. The eagles began incubation at the nest closest to Rt. 44 on February 10. Nest watchers reported observing feeding by the parents at the end of March. The number of eyases (raptor nestlings) can't be confirmed until they are large enough to be visible over the side of the nest, so the group will scan it each Sunday through a spotting scope.
&nbsp; &nbsp;An Osprey may fly overhead since a pair has returned to the nest on the cell phone tower by the Laketran headquarters on Lakeshore Blvd., about a mile south of the Bald Eagle nest.
&nbsp; &nbsp;For more information on the 6-week, Cleveland-area Spring Bird Walk Series, email blackbrookaud@aol.com or rdonaldson@cmnh.org.
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://blackbrookaudubon.org/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackbrook Audubon</a> started as the Blackbrook Bird Club and has been leading walks in this area since the 1940's. Now Blackbrook Audubon is the local chapter of National Audubon Society covering Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Counties. Follow Blackbrook Audubon Society on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Blackbrook-Audubon-Society/100064551195019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.
Photos, upper left clockwise: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Common Yellowthroat by Deb Schuster

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook Audubon will celebrate <a href="https://www.migratorybirdday.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">World Migratory Bird Day</a> with a stewardship project at Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve starting 6:00 p.m. Thursday, May 9. Audubon welcomes anyone who would like to pull invasive garlic mustard or pick up litter along the route of their Spring Bird Walks, mostly along the eastern end of Headlands Road in Mentor.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Wear clothing and footwear for off-trail walking. Trash grabbers and bags will be provided. Bring garden or work gloves.
&nbsp; &nbsp;For meeting location and more information, email blackbrookaud@aol.com. Blackbrook Audubon is co-sponsoring this clean up and plant pull with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Registration is available at <a href="https://www.cmnh.org/calendar/special-stewardship-workday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cmnh.org/calendar/special-stewardship-workday</a>. 
&nbsp; &nbsp;This year’s World Migratory Bird Day on May 11 focuses on the importance of insects and the alignment of bird migration to the peak of insect abundance.
&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://www.cmnh.org/in-the-news/science-blog/april-2020/pulling-garlic-mustard" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Garlic mustard</a>, Alliaria petiolata, is a biennial herb from Europe. It dominates woodlands by emerging earlier than native plants and producing thousands of seeds on each plant that remain viable in the soil for a decade. In its second year, it grows to 2-4 feet, shading out native plants. It produces chemicals that inhibit the growth of other plants and interfere with fungi under the surface. The West Virginia White butterfly mistakenly lays eggs on garlic mustard instead of the caterpillar's actual host plants of native toothwort species. This is contributing to the decline of this butterfly.
&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="https://blackbrookaudubon.org/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackbrook Audubon</a> covers Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Counties as the local chapter of National Audubon Society. For more information, visit blackbrookaudubon.org. View speaker programs on Blackbrook's YouTube page. Follow Blackbrook Audubon Society on Facebook for updates.
Photo: garlic mustard courtesy of <a href="https://www.oipc.info/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ohio Invasive Plant Council</a>

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&nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook Audubon invites nature enthusiasts to witness the arrival of migratory birds from near and far in the annual tradition of the Cleveland-area Spring Bird Walk Series. Blackbrook's sponsored hotspot is the north end of <a href="https://www.cmnh.org/discover/nature/conservation/mentor-marsh" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve</a> and <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/headlands-beach-state-park" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Headlands Beach State Park</a>. Meet in the parking lot west of Shipman Pond at 9600 Headlands Road by the northern trailhead of Zimmerman Trail. The walks start at 7:30 a.m. on these Sundays: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 12, 19.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Before the trees leaf out, participants should be able to see the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MentorMarsh/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bald Eagle nest</a> from the bridge over Shipman Pond during these walks. The eagles began incubation at the nest closest to Rt. 44 on February 10. Nest watchers reported observing feeding by the parents at the end of March. Now in their 15th year, the eagle pair is raising three eyases (raptor nestlings) in this nest.
&nbsp; &nbsp;An Osprey may fly overhead since a pair has returned to the Osprey nest on the cell phone tower by the Laketran headquarters on Lakeshore Blvd., about a mile south of the Bald Eagle nest.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Beginners are always welcome on Blackbrook bird hikes. The walk leader will have binoculars to loan out.
&nbsp; &nbsp;For more information on the 6-week Spring Bird Walk Series, email blackbrookaud@aol.com or rdonaldson@cmnh.org.
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://blackbrookaudubon.org/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackbrook Audubon</a> started as the Blackbrook Bird Club and has been leading walks in this area since the 1940's. Now Blackbrook Audubon is the local chapter of National Audubon Society covering Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Counties. Follow Blackbrook Audubon Society on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Blackbrook-Audubon-Society/100064551195019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.
Photo, upper left clockwise: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Common Yellowthroat by Deb Schuster

Sunday May 12, 2024: &nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook Audubon invites nature enthusiasts to witness the arrival of migratory birds from near and...

&nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook Audubon invites nature enthusiasts to witness the arrival of migratory birds from near and far in the annual tradition of the Cleveland-area Spring Bird Walk Series. Blackbrook's sponsored hotspot is the north end of <a href="https://www.cmnh.org/discover/nature/conservation/mentor-marsh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve</a> and <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/headlands-beach-state-park" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Headlands Beach State Park</a>. Meet in the parking lot west of Shipman Pond at 9600 Headlands Road by the northern trailhead of Zimmerman Trail. The walks start at 7:30 a.m. on these Sundays: April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 12, 19.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Before the trees leaf out, participants should be able to see the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MentorMarsh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bald Eagle nest</a> from the bridge over Shipman Pond during these walks. The eagles began incubation at the nest closest to Rt. 44 on February 10. Nest watchers reported observing feeding by the parents at the end of March. Now in their 15th year, the eagle pair is raising three eyases (raptor nestlings) in this nest.
&nbsp; &nbsp;An Osprey may fly overhead since a pair has returned to the Osprey nest on the cell phone tower by the Laketran headquarters on Lakeshore Blvd., about a mile south of the Bald Eagle nest.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Beginners are always welcome on Blackbrook bird hikes. The walk leader will have binoculars to loan out.
&nbsp; &nbsp;For more information on the 6-week Spring Bird Walk Series, email blackbrookaud@aol.com or rdonaldson@cmnh.org.
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://blackbrookaudubon.org/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackbrook Audubon</a> started as the Blackbrook Bird Club and has been leading walks in this area since the 1940's. Now Blackbrook Audubon is the local chapter of National Audubon Society covering Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Counties. Follow Blackbrook Audubon Society on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Blackbrook-Audubon-Society/100064551195019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.
Photo, upper left clockwise: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Common Yellowthroat by Deb Schuster

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Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve 600 Headlands Rd., Painesville Twp., OH

&nbsp; &nbsp;On the last Sunday of the Spring Bird Walk Series, May 19, birders can witness migration from a "landing spot" at Blackbrook Audubon's Big Sit in the picnic area by the entrance to <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/headlands-dunes-state-nature-preserve" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve</a>. Bring a chair, a cup or mug and a potluck brunch item to share after 8:30 a.m. to the far eastern side of Headlands Beach State Park at parking area P-1.
&nbsp; &nbsp;The state park and state nature preserve share a common entrance at the northern terminus of State Route 44 (Heisley Road) in Lake County.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook will supply coffee as everyone scans the nearby shrubs and trees for warblers, vireos and other neotropical migrants taking a break before they cross the lake. This is a perfect outing for less mobile folks who enjoy group birding. Public restrooms are nearby and so is the entrance to the handicapped-accessible boardwalk to the beach.
&nbsp; &nbsp;Ohio's Division of Natural Areas and Preserves has blocked a portion of the Dunes beach in hopes of encouraging <a href="https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/news/Efforts-Encourage-Nesting-Piping-Plovers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Piping Plovers to nest here</a>. A pair of Piping Plover, an endangered species, nested at Maumee Bay State Park in 2021, a first for Ohio in 80 years. Park visitors still have access to the lighthouse and breakwall. 
&nbsp; &nbsp;Blackbrook will have a pair or two of binoculars to lend, or those needing binoculars may be able to checkout a pair at the Mentor Public Library.
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="https://blackbrookaudubon.org/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackbrook Audubon</a> covers Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake Counties as the local chapter of National Audubon Society. For more information, email <a href="mailto:blackbrookaud@aol.com">blackbrookaud@aol.com</a>. Follow Blackbrook Audubon Society on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Blackbrook-Audubon-Society/100064551195019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.
Photo: Blackbrook's 2014 Big Sit by Roger Beuck

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