http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ The Miami Valley has a diverse collection of wildlife. Five Rivers MetroParks naturalists and conservation staff members give you a glimpse into the lives of these creatures. Use these tips and tricks to discover wildlife at a MetroPark or right in your own backyard. en-us doug.horvath@metroparks.org 2009-11-24T12:00:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/24/reflections_of_an_amateur_bird_9.html Written By Lisa McGurk My co-worker Skip spotted an Eastern Phoebe in Germantown MetroPark. They are among the first birds to arrive in Spring and among the last to leave. They are a small gray flycatcher. I looked up some... 15372703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-11-24T12:00:00-04:00 doug.horvath@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/23/happy_turkey_day.html Blog by Katy Malcolm As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, it is only appropriate to discuss the life history of the wild turkeys of Ohio! It is common knowledge that Benjamin Franklin wanted this noble bird to be the United State’s... 15817203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-11-23T11:33:55-04:00 jyork@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/18/more_flocking_behaviors_to_loo.html Blog By: Katy Malcolm Last week, I mentioned behaviors you could easily pick out while watching mixed flocks feed. A number of studies have looked at vocalizations that are produced while feeding behaviors are occurring. So, the next step to... 15754503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-11-18T11:31:56-04:00 jyork@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/17/reflections_of_an_amateur_bird_11.html Written By Lisa McGurk One of my co-workers was walking the white trail at Germantown MetroPark last week and saw a group of Golden-crowned Kinglets. This is a new bird to me so I did some research on the Cornell... 15607303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-11-17T14:45:33-04:00 doug.horvath@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/13/butterflies_in_space.html When the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on November 16th the astronauts will be joined by Monarch and Painted Lady butterflies. The habitat was designed and built by BioServe Space Technologies at CU-Boulder. The study will compare the development of... 15693403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ Butterflies 2009-11-13T14:09:51-04:00 eburke@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/11/feeding_behaviors_to_look_for.html Blog by Katy Malcolm As we move deeper into our winter season, it is becoming easier to find different species of birds finding food together. A common pairing is the Tufted Titmouse and the Carolina Chickadee. We often see these... 15666403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ Birds 2009-11-11T15:27:05-04:00 jyork@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/11/reflections_of_an_amateur_bird_10.html This Friday night from 8 to 10 we are having a Saw-Whet Owl banding program at Germantown MetroPark, and I’m looking forward to getting a close look at these beautiful birds. The Northern Saw-whet Owl is a small owl that... 15665903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-11-11T14:43:22-04:00 doug.horvath@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/05/darkeyed_juncos_back_at_possum.html Blog By: Katy Malcolm While on our way to check on the American Coots that are still hanging around Argonne Lake, I managed to catch a glimpse of a tiny black tail outlined in white. That was my first official... 15570403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-11-05T17:20:25-04:00 jyork@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/11/05/butterfly_ears_1.html Scientists have discovered ears on the Blue Morpho butterfly. A small membrane discovered at the base of the wing seems to be for the detection of low pitch sound. This may enable the butterfly to hear the approach of a... 15559303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ Butterflies 2009-11-05T08:51:44-04:00 eburke@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/10/31/reflections_of_an_amateur_bird_7.html Written By Lisa McGurk The Window on Wildlife at the Germantown Nature Center has been visited in the last several weeks by several White-throated Sparrows. I had the opportunity to look at several of them through binoculars and was able... 15332503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-10-31T10:06:14-04:00 doug.horvath@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/10/29/visitors_at_possum_creek.html Blog: Katy Malcolm For the last few days, Argonne Lake in Possum Creek MetroPark has been hosting twelve American coots. American coots dive for food, just like ducks. Once they dive, I like to guess where they will re-surface. I... 15451103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ Birds 2009-10-29T08:21:35-04:00 jyork@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/10/24/reflections_of_an_amateur_bird_6.html Written by Lisa McGurk My co-worker and I took a walk on the Blue Trail at Germantown Nature Center in search of Cedar Waxwings. While we struck out on those, we did see a couple of soaring hawks. He helped... 15195703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-10-24T13:30:49-04:00 doug.horvath@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/10/23/reflections_of_an_amateur_bird_8.html Written by Lisa McGurk We were leaving the Germantown Nature Center yesterday when my co-worker Skip stopped and told us to get a pair of binoculars. He said that there were Waxwings in the trees behind our Center. Sure enough... 15370903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ 2009-10-23T11:30:48-04:00 doug.horvath@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/10/22/a_simple_discovery.html By Katy Malcolm It is very difficult not to assume that the end of summer also means the end of butterflies. While walking around Possum Creek MetroPark this past Wednesday, I found a large number of butterflies still fluttering around... 15355103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ Butterflies 2009-10-22T11:52:25-04:00 jyork@metroparks.org http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/entries/2009/10/19/arizona_monarchs_1.html What do you do for the winter if you are a monarch butterfly living in Arizona? Well, that’s what Chris Kline with the Southwest Monarch Study is trying to find out. Tagging the Arizona Monarchs and looking at the recovered... 15301103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/birdsbutterflies/ Butterflies 2009-10-19T10:13:45-04:00 eburke@metroparks.org