Geauga Park District

February 22, 2018 by Staff Report

For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.

Springtime Phenomenon

Spring is right around the corner, and Nature is gearing up to embrace it.

Call or go online to place one’s name on the Frog Fest & Salamander Call List. Then, on some warm, rainy night between March 1 and April 10, park staff will call earlier in the day to come out to The West Woods that night at 8 p.m. and witness the spring breeding behavior of wood frogs, spring peepers and possibly large salamanders as they move into woodland pools.

Then on March 24, at 9 a.m., no registration is required to accompany field naturalist Tami Gingrich for March of the Salamanders, visiting several vernal pools at Big Creek Park to check preset traps in search of spotted and Jefferson salamanders and other aquatic critters. Learn about the amazing amphibian migration into these important woodland “puddles.

Make a Bluebird House 

March 3, 1-3 p.m.

Build and take home a house that any bluebird would be proud to call home at the Meyer Center at Big Creek Park. Pointers on where and when to place the birdhouse to attract bluebirds (and thwart rivals) will be provided. Fee is $10 to cover supplies; participants should register “per house” rather than “per person.”