~ Green Creek Wildlife Society ~
~ Green Creek Wildlife Society ~
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Belted Kingfisher ~ Ceryle alcyon ~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to the Green Creek Wildlife Society Website! We are a conservation and research organization based in NW Ohio. Founded by Tom Kashmer over 20 years ago we are highly involved in the area with research projects and educational programs year round.
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Year-Round Research Projects
Small Stream Fish Research - Traps are placed in several creeks in the area to sample of the fish and turtle that live in the streams, as long as the creeks aren't frozen over we will keep putting in the traps.
Update 10/07: It’s been a very strange year for the fish traps. One month the water would be too high to get the traps in and the next few months the water was so low we couldn’t get the traps in. We did catch some outstanding fish in September…..3 Northern Pike….one was 32” long, another 27”, and a 3rd 17” (all captured in the same trap). The number one species was Rock Bass and has been since the project began in 2002. We will be placing the traps in Muddy Creek in October and if you are interested in helping just give me a call at 419-638-1027.
Kestrel Nesting Boxes This is a new project for Green Creek. Tom Kashmer resurrected 10 Kestrel nesting boxes that were found in the attic at White Star Park. They needed to be refurbished to make them accessible for banding purposes. Since they were made out of plywood, we also had to paint them to protect them from the elements. Josh Legg helped Tom mount six of the boxes in appropriate habitat this spring. The remainder will be placed sometime later. Several of the boxes will be located at White Star Park in the prairie grass areas. Look for the large green boxes mounted on power poles.
Bluebird Trail
This was the clubs first project over 20 years ago. We started with about 20 boxes with the idea of repopulating Northwest Ohio with Bluebirds. Many of the Bluebirds were wiped out with the winters of 1977 and 1978. We have done what we set out to do. At this time, we have the largest maintained Bluebird Trail in Ohio with over 600 boxes. Each box is sponsored by an individual or group. Click here for information on sponsoring a box.Update 10/07: One of these summers I’m going to concentrate on banding every Bluebird and Tree Swallow nestling. Over the past few years it’s been difficult because of the timing of Green Creek trips and my employment with the Park District and other research projects. I remember when the bluebird/tree swallow was my only research project and I devoted full time to that effort. The numbers over the years bears out that fact. We are still raising the same numbers of birds but I am not getting out to band near as many. What we need is another me……any takers out there? I could train someone to band birds, show them the locations of all our trails, and, basically, put them in charge of our bluebird/tree swallow project. Let me know……it’s very time consuming but very rewarding. Bluebirds – 101, Tree Swallows – 255.
Wood Duck Boxes
Another of our first projects was construction and posting of Wood Duck Boxes. We now have the largest privately maintained Wood Duck Trail in Ohio with over 100 boxes. Each box is sponsored by an individual or group. Click here for information on sponsoring a box.
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For problems or questions regarding this website contact Auriel Van Der Laar
- aurielvdl@yahoo.com
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