My wife Denise and I would like to put out our annual invitation to the Ohio birding community, to come and visit us at "The Center", this Saturday September 15th. We will be part of the volunteer host staff from 1:00PM to 5:00PM. To those who have not visited "The Center", in reality it is a museum of natural history, with over 375 bird and mammal mounts in natural settings. Everything from a full size Musk Oxen to a Great Gray Owl can be seen, with a Passenger Pigeon thrown in for good measure. In The Ohio Room nearly every bird and mammal you will ever encounter in the state can be found. If you were to take an Ohio Division of Wildlife bird field checklist, 182 of the species on the checklist can be found as mounts at "The Center". This year we have added a new North American Room, which opened in April. Here can be found mammal, bird, and reptile mounts ranging from Alaska to The Southwest, everything from Mountain Goat to Clark's Nutcracker to Gila Monster, all in a continuous natural setting. Our volunteers range from us birders, to a college geologist, to a volunteer from The Pittsburgh Zoo, just to name a few, a very diverse group. BCWEC is located at 12798 Echo Dell Road, East Liverpool, Ohio 43920. There is no fee for the visit. It is also located adjacent to and at the entrance to Beaver Creek State Park. Come on down and see us in the country. You won't be disappointed.


Bob and Denise Lane / Mahoning County

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