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High Flyers: Butterflies in Great Parks

07/26/2022 2PM Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

Over 100 different butterfly species have been observed in the Cincinnati area. How can you tell them apart when they’re flying about? Nature Interpreter Luke shares how to identify butterfly species and where you can spot some in Great Parks.

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Three ropes made of different plant material sit on a table.

Making Rope From Plants: A Craft for the Easily Entertained Nature Lover

07/1/2022 10AM Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups

Try your hand at a different kind of nature craft! Follow along with Conservation & Parks Technician Ethan, who shows that all you need is fibrous plant material to learn this simple rope-making technique.

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A bright yellow Prothonotary Warbler sits on a twig. It has black eyes and a beak. There is black on its wings.

Welcome, Warblers! Identifying Birds & Their Songs

04/14/2022 3PM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups

Do you hear some bird calls in spring that sound unfamiliar? These are small songbirds called Warblers. Warblers hail from the tropics and are visiting Ohio for a short time. Nature Interpreter Lisa lists common warbler species and how you can identify them during their layover in Ohio.

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The Hike by Alison Farrell

6 Books That Celebrate the Earth Every Day

04/5/2022 3PM All, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups

Reading can be a great way of exploring the world around you without ever having to leave your home, especially when you can’t get outside. Nature Interpreter Luke shares his favorite reading recommendations that celebrate our Earth every day.

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A black, yellow and white monarch caterpillar climbs on a leaf.

What’s a Bioblitz? It’s Time to Prepare for the City Nature Challenge!

03/29/2022 2PM Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

If you haven’t heard of a bioblitz, it’s a great way to build your outdoor observation skills while helping biologists. Get outside and explore new places this spring by joining Great Parks in the City Nature Challenge 2022.

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A Cooper's hawk sits on a chain-link fence. It has its prey under one of its feet.

The Cooper’s Hawk: A Stealthy Hunter

03/24/2022 11AM Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

Keep your eyes open on your next birding excursion for the stealthy Cooper’s hawk. Director of Programming Amy continues her birding series by sharing what to keep an eye out for when spotting this surreptitious bird of prey.

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A Cercopia moth rests against wooden rafters. The moth has a bright red body with brown, red, and white wings.

Look on the Bright Side: The Lives of Ohio Moths

03/15/2022 3PM Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups

Moths are often overlooked as butterflies’ uglier, boring relatives, but they’re just as interesting and just as helpful to our environment! Nature Interpreter Maddie shares the bright side of moth lives with these common Ohio moths that you can find in Hamilton County.

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A Carolina Wren uses its feet to grasp onto a tree trunk. The bird is perpendicular to the tree.

Teakettle – Teakettle! The Tale of the Carolina Wren

02/15/2022 2PM Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Kids, Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

If you’ve heard this rapid bird song, then you’ve heard a Carolina wren. Director of Programming Amy shares what you need to keep an eye – and ear! – out for in order to spot this small yet adaptive critter during your next birding excursion.

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