April is a great time to put up feeders for hummingbirds, orioles and bluebirds. These birds are primarily insect eaters in spring and summer, but all love fruit any time of the year – or as in the case of hummingbirds, sugary water. First, the orioles. If you live surrounded by big trees, many of […]
Eastwood Lake. Located in Eastwood MetroPark, Dayton, OH. https://www.metroparks.org/places-to-go/eastwood/. Like Englewood Park, Eastwood Lake is part of the MetroPark system of Dayton. You can download the brochure which states there are resident Bald Eagles. Several people we encountered at the other areas we birded recommended we come here to see the eagles. Unfortunately, […]
Woodman Fen. 2409 Newcastle Drive, Dayton. https://www.metroparks.org/places-to-go/woodman-fen/ Some birding places are easy to find – this one would not be so easy. Luckily its address worked on the GPS in my phone which took us straight to the small parking lot. This fen is part of the city park system of Dayton. […]