Green Creek Wildlife Society
Spring Research Projects
Rail Trapping
It’s not often that one makes history, but that’s exactly what happened last year (2006) on the rail research project. One of the targeted species of our project is the King Rail, an endangered species in Ohio.
Spring 2006 - 112 Rails total (5 kings)
Spring 2007 - 99 Rails total (0 kings)
Spring 2008 - 188 Rails total (1 king)
We are out there every morning checking the traps, if your interested in coming along call Tom Kashmer (419-638-1027).
King Rail Sora Virginia Rail
Neo-Tropical Migrant Bird Banding
This was another of our first projects. Members assist with netting, banding , weighing, measuring and releasing migratory birds at Darby Marsh in Port Clinton, Ohio. This closed marsh is part of the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.
Because of the success of the rail research we no longer run this project every day during the spring and fall, but if you have a group that would be interested in experiencing the beauty of migration, contact Tom Kashmer, greencreekws@gmail.com.
The banding operation at Darby takes place along some beautiful Lake Erie Coastline.
Tom shows a group with the Sandusky County Park District how to extract birds.
Bird are removed from the nets unharmed and brought back to the picnic table for measuring and taking of other data.
To determine a birds age or sex sometimes a closer look has to be taken at the feathers.
Ohio Adopt-A-Highway
GCWS has adopted a two mile stretch of highway east of Gibsonburg, Ohio along State Route 600. Trash Pickup is every spring and fall, watch the newsletter/Upcoming Events page for more details.
West Sister Island Project
West Sister Island is the nesting grounds for many species of heron, egret and cormorant on Lake Erie. The Ohio Division of Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Black Swamp Bird Observatory and GCWS invade the island once a year to count nests and band the young.
Green Creek in the News - In 2007 Mike Rowe from the Discovery Channel Show Dirty Jobs came out to West Sister Island and shot an episode of his show!
For problems or questions regarding this website e-mail Tom Dorobek - tdorobek1@woh.rr.com
Last updated: November 11, 2010