tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753Fri, 10 Jan 2025 23:38:13 +0000WildlifeRehabilitationEducationIn The NewsPlanetariumFamily ProgramsSupport UsAstronomyVolunteersFamily Fun FestSummer CampsGreen SceneBirdingAnnual BenefitT-Shirt Art ContestAnimal NewsEventsGirl ScoutsWomen's BoardCenter BusinessExhibitsKids CornerNASAPhotographyBoy ScoutsAdopt An AnimalDike 14FishingMembershipStarLabCleveland MetroparksConservationGiftsGovernor' visitInternational TravelOhio Sea GrantOn the WebOutreachScienceSurveyArtLeap Into Action (LIA)MetaChirp & Chatter is the team blog for Lake Erie Nature & Science Center in Bay Village, Ohio. Get news about our wildlife rehabilitation, live animal exhibits, planetarium star shows and our engaging nature education programs and events for all ages. Summer camps, preschool and school age classes, field trips, birding trips and much more are part of our hands-on line-up.http://lensc.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-7416608063079341715Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:54:00 +00002012-08-26T15:54:31.055-04:00 Back to School For All We recently finished the final week of summer camps and programs at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, and that’s always a little bit sad for us. While we have little ones and preschoolers in class here throughout the school year, summer affords us unique opportunities to experience more time outdoors, just as we did when we were in grades K-12. For the last couple http://lensc.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-school-for-all-we-recently.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-5686764405244963736Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:30:00 +00002011-07-25T13:56:38.584-04:00BirdingWildlifeHave you heard chirping noises in your chimney and wondered what it was? Chances are you have probably heard the chattering of Chimney Swifts, a unique species of bird that nest only in chimneys. Lake Erie Nature & Science Center’s Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation staff receives many calls about these birds at this time of year as it is their primary nesting season.Sometimes called “http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-is-chirping-in-my-chimney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-7180606428621066662Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:46:00 +00002011-07-20T13:07:47.363-04:00BirdingWildlifeHave you ever seen a beautifully colored bird dining on a feast of berries? Then you are likely looking at a Cedar Waxwing, a type of bird typically found in wooded areas and near farms, orchards and suburban homes where berry trees and bushes are plentiful. They have a large head with a short neck and bill and are adorned with a variety of colors. Cedar Waxwings have brown heads that fade to http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/07/be-on-lookout-for-cedar-waxwings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-7844613130793617554Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:08:00 +00002011-07-13T11:33:13.804-04:00Cleveland MetroparksConservationEventsAre you passionate about the health of Huntington Beach and its usability for future generations? If so, be certain to attend the kick-off meeting for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) right here at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center on July 27 at 6:30 p.m.In collaboration with the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Cleveland Metroparks, Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District,http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/07/you-can-make-difference-at-your-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-2807046374519123460Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:45:00 +00002011-06-28T13:25:03.791-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeThree midland painted turtles are in the care of the Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation staff at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center after sustaining shell injuries from getting hit by cars while crossing the road. The repair on a turtle’s shell can take as long as a few years depending on the placement and depth of the crack. The Center’s Wildlife Rehabilitation staff nursed a snapping http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-do-turtles-cross-road-to-get-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-2568709654113706415Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:26:00 +00002011-06-22T10:50:20.005-04:00BirdingWildlifeHave you seen a baby bird on the ground, unable to fly, and wondered if it was injured? Fortunately, Lake Erie Nature & Science Center is here to answer your question!Throughout the month of June especially, the Center receives an abundance of calls asking whether or not young birds that appear to be “stuck” on the ground need human assistance. In most cases, the answer is no.During a baby http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/fear-not-for-fledglings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-3887261473384474410Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:01:00 +00002011-06-20T12:22:55.556-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeOne of rehab’s newest patients is in our care after losing a foul-smelling encounter with its prey. The great horned owl is one of the Striped Skunk’s only natural predators, but this particular owl that was brought in to us was not successful in his attempt to make a skunk his meal.Although great horned owls are incredibly strong and have no natural predators in this area, they are not http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-natures-greatest-hunters-is-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-3558780295196993307Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:11:00 +00002011-06-14T09:55:57.136-04:00RehabilitationWildlife Cheaper By the Dozen - The addition of a twelfth gosling doesn't phase this family.  Lake Erie Nature & Science Center successfully released two young goslings into new "foster families" at Westlake’s Clague Park, following treatment by our rehabilitation staff for leg injuries. One of the goslings was injured by jumping or falling off the roof of Westlake High School wherehttp://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/foster-families-in-nature.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-8779564443002477585Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:26:00 +00002011-06-06T14:26:48.621-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeOur Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program has taken in many patients due to injuries caused by fishing lines and lures left on beaches. During the spring season, we treated a young ring-billed gull for a wing injury caused by fishing line. A concerned citizen brought him in, and we were able to cut the barbs and remove the fishing line from his wing. Fortunately, his wing was only left http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/please-pick-up-your-fishing-lines-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-9055071526737186288Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:38:00 +00002011-06-02T13:40:21.105-04:00EventsWildlifeOur big, beautiful boa is one of many reasons to get wrapped up in a good book this summer! This weekend, the Bay Village Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is launching its “Read Around the World” summer reading game for children, teens and adults with a variety of great prizes and incentives. Readers can earn both individual prizes as well as the collective, long-term “adoption” of http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/get-wrapped-up-in-book-for-our-boa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-4982345877556981351Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:26:00 +00002011-06-02T13:26:53.583-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeOur Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program at Lake Erie Nature & Science is currently treating six baby opossums who were found orphaned in the road without Mom and were too young to live without her milk. Lake Erie Nature & Science Center typically does not take in orphaned babies because they usually have a better chance for survival in the wild. Opossums, however, are http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/06/opossums-exception-to-rule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-6960434359347483872Wed, 25 May 2011 15:32:00 +00002011-05-25T12:04:00.992-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeTwo baby hawks rescued from a tree that came crashing down in Monday night's storm are now in the care of Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. Troy and Marci Anderson, the Berea couple who rescued the nestlings from the fallen nest and tree, brought them to our Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program staff yesterday. After a visit to the vet, the birds are http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/05/injured-baby-hawks-facing-long-rehab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-6861617943760157082Thu, 19 May 2011 18:34:00 +00002011-06-02T13:41:32.824-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeOur Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program has a fascinating and beautiful avian patient in treatment this week—a pileated woodpecker that suffered head trauma, most likely after flying into a window. Pileated woodpeckers are similar in size to a crow and are the largest woodpeckers found in the majority of North America. The call of the pileated woodpecker has a loud and resonant “http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/05/rehabs-pretty-patient-pileated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-6762385648260223527Thu, 19 May 2011 13:06:00 +00002011-05-19T09:06:22.188-04:00WildlifeOur Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program staffers are receiving their first calls of the year about potentially abandoned fawns. We field a ton of calls during the spring from concerned wildlife lovers, asking if a fawn lying down alone is orphaned. Our answer? The fawn usually is NOT abandoned, but rather following its instincts. In order to protect her young, mom http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/05/abandoned-fawn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-2024200686681204285Mon, 16 May 2011 14:58:00 +00002011-05-24T12:12:42.765-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeOur Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program is just starting the busy season right now, so it can be difficult to pause long enough to share cool animal photos and stories. We did manage to photograph three current avian patients during treatment this week. The first is a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak with an injured leg. Grosbeaks live in any type of woods, and have a very distinctive http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/05/birds-on-road-to-recovery-in-rehab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joanna Galysh, Community Relations Intern)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-556249369467130376Thu, 05 May 2011 18:30:00 +00002011-05-05T15:31:55.203-04:00Wildlife Lake Erie Nature & Science Center's honeybee hive is buzzing with activity again! Lorain County beekeeper Scott Danniger set up the new observation hive with approximately 3,000 busy bees today. This larger hive has more trays (20), room and ventilation than our former observation hive which lost its queen and bees over the winter.   Thehttp://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/05/honeybee-hives-buzzes-to-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-1201081912609307551Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:42:00 +00002011-06-28T10:47:00.955-04:00RehabilitationWildlifeOne of our great Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation volunteers has a front row view of spring baby season and was kind enough to share her photos with us! A Red Fox has created a den under the her deck and, at this time of year, the kits are starting to explore with the parents. Wildlife Rehabiltiation Coordinator Amy LeMonds says that it's not uncommon to see a fox family out during http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/04/fox-family-shares-ne-ohio-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-4216059350430023454Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +00002011-04-26T09:03:21.847-04:00EducationGreen Scene Lilly Lowther, Danielle Gaudino and Katherine Knight pose  with the rain barrel and Center Executive Director Catherine Timko. Just in time for Earth Day last week, students in Mrs. Martha Fisher’s third grade class from Westerly Elementary School in Bay Village dropped off a rain barrel, beautifully painted with flowers and insects. Lake Erie Nature & Science Center http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/04/student-rainbarrel-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-6757399857647428807Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:32:00 +00002011-04-20T12:32:57.061-04:00Family Fun FestDo you have a duck in the race yet? The list of Family Fun Fest and Great Duck Race sponsors and prize donors is growing. Cash, sports tickets, museum and zoo passes, certificates for tasty dining and more are already on the list of cool stuff that will make up the prize packs given to first 30 ducks to cross the finish line on Porter Creek. So far, four generous area http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/04/list-of-duck-prizes-and-sponsors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-3435007140575493166Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:28:00 +00002011-04-07T12:28:22.308-04:00WildlifeWe're heading into Mallard nesting season and each year, we expect this question on the other end of our frequently ringing Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation phone line: "A duck started a nest in my yard and laid a couple of eggs, but she's not sitting on the nest! What should I do?" This common question can best be answered through an explanation of how Mallards nest. The female http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/04/nature-nesting-ducks-know-best.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-1487989448284540995Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:55:00 +00002011-03-30T12:56:46.097-04:00BirdingWildlifeA swan sighting prompted another inquiry to our Wildlife Department that’s worth sharing. The Conway family photographed this beautiful bird in Medina and they thought it could be a Trumpeter Swan but were unsure whether Ohio was home to this type of swan. The swan was banded which made the Conways ask if this large bird should be reported to someone? Lake Erie Nature & Science Center has http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/03/swan-confirmed-as-engangered-trumpeter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-3141732540287112005Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:06:00 +00002011-03-29T16:39:27.010-04:00EducationWildlife By Brownstone Day School students - Lakewood A class of students from the Brownstone Day School in Lakewood snapped this terrific photo outside their classroom and wondered if the pint-sized owl was a baby. Luckily, the class had the wildlife staff at Lake Erie Nature & Science Center to give them some insight and information about their backyard discovery. We loved thehttp://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/03/mystery-owl-who-you-gonna-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-1674213118738115353Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:54:00 +00002011-03-11T16:54:52.754-05:00Enjoy movies? Take advantage of Lake Erie Nature & Science Center's special discount for the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF). As a Community Sponsor for the family film, The Ugly Duckling, we are pleased to offer our friends $2 off per ticket for ANY show during the Festival, which runs from March 24 - April 3 at Tower City Cinemas.   To receive http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/03/discount-for-ugly-duckling-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-2319597502585833676Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:15:00 +00002011-03-02T07:53:10.758-05:00 Update  2/28/11 Our pelican is now in the hands of the experts at World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis. Amy drove the bird there over the weekend (starting out in Friday's blizzard) and was impressed with the wildlife hospital that will be overseeing the next phase of this big bird's rehab. Thanks to everyone who supported the care and transfer of this unique patient!http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/02/white-pelican-video-progress-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255660730815450753.post-6401083556935313878Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:08:00 +00002011-02-18T12:13:21.389-05:00RehabilitationWildlifeWe’re caring for an unusual patient in Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Program an American White Pelican. Although a few of these birds wind up in our neck of the woods each year, it’s rarely seen in Ohio because the American White Pelican’s normal breeding range is the Northern Plains and Mountain West and it winters along the southern coasts. The snowy white pelican with black edged http://lensc.blogspot.com/2011/01/american-white-pelican-in-rehab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0