Olmsted Falls River Park and Chestnut Grove Cemeteries
August 20, 2011

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Photos by Mary Anne Romito

The morning was cool and crisp. Just a August morning for a nature walk. One dozen WCAS and Olmsted Falls residents got up early and beat the heat to see the wonderful River Park and surrounding cemetaries. Dan Hill, our Olmsted Falls local cemetary expert told us lots of interesting stories about Olmsted Falls history. This is a very beautiful park. Here's a list of the birds we saw too. A female Scarlet Tanager was a fun surprise at the old Chestnut Grove Cemetary (known as Turkeyfoot to the locals.) Not bad for the dog days of August. A female Tiger Swallowtail was a non-bird highlight. Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby throated Hummingbird Belted Kingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood Pewee Eastern Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch 29 total species

Olmsted Falls birders Where Rocky River and Plumbrook meet. What a view. Turkeyfoot Cemetary What a smile! Happy Nancy the birder. Female Tiger Swallowtail Species number 30?