The spring is passing so quickly! The temperatures are terrific for a spring hikes! I hope you all have been able to explore some and enjoy just being outside to "play".
I'm really looking forward to our May meeting program! If it's a non-rainy evening, Marvin Smith will take us out on a wildflower walk at TWC. If it's rainy, we'll take a virtual walk via his slides!
Please join us May 13th, and for those of you who don't want to walk far, I was down at TWC last weekend (April17th) and noticed a few things sprouting up around the building. The pond near the offices is coming to life also. It might be just a nice time to spend some time outside! There weren't that many things in bloom on the 17th, but I expect with the rains and 3-4 more weeks time, it will be even more beautiful in the woods as well as around the areas of the parking lots and prairie!
Soon we'll be spotting Lynda Price waving her butterfly net! That's one of my favorite images of summer! I know it's truly summer when I see the butterfly search on! In the following photo Lynda is sharing her love for butterflies with a visitor at TWC.
Our last meeting program was given by Carrie, and she spoke to us about skulls and what they can tell you about the animals' lives. This is what I found most interesting. That you could tell so much by the way the skull was anatomically as to what the animal eats, how it might hunt, and what it may have been struggling with health wise before it's death. There were fascinating things learned by the attendees at this meeting! She passed around skulls of Dear, coyote, bobcat, heron, turtle, rabbit, and a groundhog with severe dental problems!
A special call was given out by Gary Popotnik for us to help with garlic mustard pulls, at:
TWC May 8th
Doughty Gorge May 1
Wiles Woods May 15
So if any of you might like to get outside and do something to keep the wild things as they should be, please call Gary or write him. gary@wildernesscenter.org or at 1-877-359-5235.
On Earth Day, Bob Hopp and I headed out to TWC to do Wilderness Watchers. It was cold and windy and there weren't people just hiking about for pleasure, so we called it a short day. I recommend this for those of us that aren't great presenters but still like to share our enthusiasm with others about the natural world. I'm planning on trying it again some time soon!
Janice Tipton has volunteered to put together a post class dinner for the OCVN graduates of this year. Bob Hopp told me he won't be available to help, so I expect Janice would love to hear from any of you that have a gift in that area. You can write Janice @ jtipton212@yahoo.com or catch her at one of the coming meetings. I'm sure she'd love to have a small committee to help with this!
I know there were many other volunteer opps mentioned at the meeting. If any of you want that on this blog you'll have to write me, zorahh@sssnet.com because I can't remember all the details!
We do miss some of you that haven't been able to come to the meetings lately. We understand it's hard to do everything... but I do hope you will make it back whenever you're able to. Keep reading this blog to keep updated about the meetings and people, until you can make it back!
We'll see you all May 13th!
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