The MetroParks parking lot off of Hamilton-Mason Road is closed because
MetroParks hasn't officially opened the park yet. They're running some
underground utilties to the northwest corner of the park to prepare for a
small building or two that they plan to add at some point. I'm not sure when
they plan to open the gates or the park. The new parking lot at the end of
the entrance off of Cox (the one in the Buddhist Peace Tree Grove) is closed
for the winter because they were having problems with people vandalizing the
grounds with their off-road vehicles, but West Chester will open that up in
the spring.

Take care,
---Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Burgess, Lara Askill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 7:51 PM
Subject: VOA Park


Lara and I watched four VOA short eared owls make four kills between 5-6
tonight. During that time a red-tailed hawk flew near where the owls were
hunting. Three of them made dives at it but they weren't too aggressive.
The owls would pull up before they got within 15 ft. of it and the hawk
hardly noticed their antics. Nevertheless, within a few minutes the hawk
flew back to the large tree it had been previously occupying towards the
West end of the Great Pond. By the way, does anybody know if the MetroParks
parking lot is closed due to the sledding hill accidents or if it's because
the just haven't plowed it yet? Eric