UltraWalk/UltraBird

Rocky River IBA UltraWalk and UltraBird 2012

 UltraWalk-Saturday, May 26, 2012
Ultra Bird - Thursday, Friday & Saturday, May 24, 25, 26, 2012

Come and show us that you care about WCAS and the Rocky River IBA. Join us as we walk the IBA and bird the IBA. It’s fun and your donation will help support our many events.

  

Our Rocky River IBA breeding bird surveys are continuing this year. We’re going to continue to impress upon the public the importance of the IBA.  This year we hope to produce and publish a final report on the IBA surveys from 2006-2010.  We will also conduct more bird surveys in selected areas of the Cleveland Metroparks in future years.

 

This year, we will conduct our sixth annual UltraWalk on Saturday, May 26.  Stan Searles will lead the 31-mile trek through the IBA.  As in previous years, Stan and several other walkers will begin at 6:00 a.m. at Buzzards Roost in Hinckley Reservation.  The group will pass by Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Headquarters and Park Operations, located on the Valley Parkway in Fairview Park, about 3:30 p.m.  There, people wishing to join in walking the last five miles to Emerald Necklace Marine may do so.  The walk will conclude about 5:30 p.m.  WCAS asks walkers to register for the event using forms on our website.  WCAS will benefit if walkers seek pledges from sponsors for the miles they walk or obtain a flat-rate donation from each sponsor.  Details on how to submit pledges are on the forms.

 

Also this year, a companion event to the UltraWalk called the UltraBird will make its fifth appearance in the IBA. The UltraBird will be a three-day event on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 24-26.  On Thursday starting at 6:00 a.m. at Buzzards Roost, Mary Anne Romito is going to walk portions of Hinckley Reservation and keep a tally of her bird observations.  Mary Anne will do the same thing in Mill Stream Reservation on Friday and in Rocky River Reservation on Saturday.  Anyone who wants to bird any of these areas with Mary Anne should also register using the form on our website.  Walkers may also call Mary Anne for details at 216-741-2352.  Birders should get pledges from sponsors for the number of birds they identify during the event or get a flat-rate donation.

 

Registration forms and donations forms can be found on our website at www.wcasohio.org.

 We are looking forward to seeing you.

  Use the handy registration form found below for either the UltraWalk or UltraBird.