Fernald Preserve Biodiversity's Journal

Winter waterfowl are collecting on the ponds, Still some transients, Winter Raptors are returning.

Fall Migration at Fernald can provide some Vagrant and Unexpected visitors, Help find the usual and the Gems this fall.

Get out and get some spring Warblers, Shore Birds and plants, Dragon flies coming soon!

Here it is September already, Many new species were added this summer. Thanks to every ones help, the project is moving along. Spiders and warblers are starting to increase. The Lodge Pond is beginning to fill with migrating water fowl, there is some shorebird habitat developing in spite of all the rain.
Keep posting!

Get out and enjoy the insects that are flouishing all around the preserve. Lots of activity around the mulberry from the fruit loving birds and rodents.

Thanks to everyone that posted the observations in January.

Keep them coming!

Thanks to every one for the observations and ID's. Keep the observations coming!
Remember the Project is ... MORE... accepting observations Back to July 2008, so, Dust off some of those older finds and upload, while we await the Spring push. We still have many observations to confirm. Take a look and see if you can confirm any observation

Thanks
Happy New Year 2022

Jack

Keep the observations coming! The cover Photo has been updated and the KML file for the boundary updated to reflect updates in Google Maps 2021 Coverage.

Jack

Fall has arrived at Fernald Preserve. The leaves are changing. The winter Waterfowl are beginning to arrive.

Thanks to all the 113 observers and 973 identifiers, Fernald has recorded 5500 observations, 1178 species.

We invite all to join the project,

The Fernald Preserve Ohio boundaries was revised today Sept. 12, 2021. This change will allow observations close or on the actual boundary to be included in the Project. Both Butler and Hamilton County are included in the project "place".

Jack Verdin