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Nature 101 will be held on Wednesday November 14 at 7pm at the McElroy Environmental Education Center 2355 Ada Rd.
This month's topic is Turtles
If you have always wanted to know more about turtles but just never got around to researching, please don't hesitate to attend this informational program.
Live animals will be present.
Please call to register by noon November 14.
The attached pictures are of a Snapping Turtle and a Painted Turtle, both aquatic turtles and native to our area. Cecil the Loony Toons turtle, eh...not so much.
This is copied from one of our volunteers facebook page. Peter Noyes, retired U.S. Army.
"The freedoms enjoyed by all of us today may be directly attributed to the sacrifices made by the American, soldier, marine, sailor, airman/woman and coastguardsman/woman who was willing to fight for and die for those freedoms. Today should not be a day of sadness, it should be viewed as a day of reflection, a day of commemoration. a day of honor, a day of celebration. Don't allow the political turmoil or unrest present in our country today influence your celebration of Veteran's Day. Our veterans do what their country asks them to do. Today we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, the greatest nation on the face of planet earth because of our veterans. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "Never has so much been owed by so many to so few".
To all of you who have served I thank you very much for your service to our country. May your Veteran's Day be filled with sunshine and good things."
*Thank you to ALL veterans who have sacrificed and served.
Don't forget about the co-sponsored program with Tri-Moraine Audubon Society TONIGHT November 6 at 7:30 at the Visitor Center at the Lima OSU Campus.
"Tom Hissong--A World of Birds"
Tom was Education Manager and Naturalist at Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm. He is a world traveler and an accomplished and award-winning photographer.
Come and see the birds of the world through his eyes.
FREE PROGRAM!
Cue up the drumroll please.......Here are the winners of the 2018 Nature Photography Contest
Congratulations to all winners and many, many thanks to all 186 entries!!
Best of Show overall- Jamie Cunningham
Adult:
Landscape
1st Tammy Smith
2nd Sandra Litton
3rd Sharon King
Nature-Flora
1st Jamie Cunningham
2nd Tom Ramsey
3rd Megan Kennedy
Nature -Fauna
1st Awilda Ortiz-Pastor
2nd Jamie Cunningham
3rd Mandy Roberts
Parks Potpourri
1st Amanda Piper
2nd Danielle Hodges
3rd Amanda Piper
Youth:
Landscape
1st Dylan Hohenbrink
2nd Samantha Peachy
3rd Emalee Cunningham
Nature- Flora
1st Emalee Cunningham
2nd Samantha Peachy
3rd Dylan Hohenbrink
Nature- Fauna
1st Dylan Hoenbrink
2nd Samantha Peachy
3rd Dylan Hohenbrink
Parks Potpourri
1st Samantha Peachy
2nd Dylan Hohenbrink
3rd Dylan Hohenbrink
Did you know Eastern gray squirrels have a discerning palate? They also have shown they're a lot smarter than we think they are. Studies show that gray squirrels favor the following food in descending order of preference:
Top Choice: Hickory Nuts
White Oak acorns
Black Oak acorns
Red Oak acorns
Walnuts
Corn
They are also pretty sneaky when it comes to burying their cache*. They tend to bury their favorite foods in groups, mostly near their nests. They sometimes pretend to bury a nut to fake-out their neighbors. It was commonly thought they used their sense of smell primarily to find their buried nuts, but studies have shown they rely on their memory for most of their cache.
*cache (pronounced cash) is the scientific name for their buried food treasure trove. Gray squirrels bury each nut they save for a winter food source. Red squirrels cache their food in a pile, usually in a hollow tree.
Squirrels are fun to watch but can be nusance at your bird feeders.To help keep your seed for the birds throw them some corn or UNSALTED peanuts.
Keep watching nature!
