Join the UltraWalk or the UltraBird to Support Local Birds!

• Posted at 2:56 pm on May 24, 2012 by Conservation & Science Staff
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Buzzard's Roost in Hinckley Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks is the starting point for the 6th annual 31-mile Ultrawalk. Stan Searles, Tom Romito and several other walkers will step off at 6 a.m. Buzzard's Roost is located at the corner of State Road and West Drive in Hinckley Reservation in Hinckley Township, Ohio. Take I-71 to Route 303. Go east on Route 303. Turn south (right) on State Rd. Watch for West Drive on the right. Turn right on West Drive and follow to Buzzard's Roost. Area map is at: http://www.wcasohio.org/UltraBird-Hinckey.htm

Registration is still open for 31-mile walkers, and for 5-mile walkers who will join in at about 3:30 p.m. by the Metroparks Ranger Headquarters and Park Operations. The Ranger Headquarters is on Valley Parkway at Wooster Road, opposite Big Met Golf Course. The walk will finish at the Emerald Necklace Marina, at around 5:30 p.m.

Registration forms for walkers are at: http://www.wcasohio.org/PDF%20files/UltraWalk_Registration_Pledge_2012.pdf

Support the walkers with a pledge:
http://www.wcasohio.org/PDF%20files/Donation_Form-2012.pdf

Or just for fun, cheer the walkers on at the start or finish of the walk!
Directions to Buzzard's Roost are above. Emerald Necklace Marina is located at the north end of Valley Parkway in Lakewood, Ohio.

Rather be birding?
The Three Day Ultrabird Field Trip is for you. Join Mary Anne Romito on one day or on all three, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 24, 25, and 26, 2012. Take pledges or just come birding. See:
http://www.wcasohio.org/Field_Trips.htm#Western_Cuyahoga_Audubon_Society

Ultrawalk and Ultrabird funds will support publication of the final report of the five-year forest breeding bird survey conducted 2006-2010 in the Rocky River Important Bird Area. Funds will also support ongoing bird surveys in the Rocky River IBA. IBA's (Important Bird Areas) are tracts of land that the National Audubon Society has determined are crucial to the existence of birds and other wildlife. Western Cuyahoga Audubon has adopted the Rocky River Important Bird Area, comprising the East Branch of the Rocky River, from Hinckley to North Olmsted, and north to Lake Erie.