Adventure On Your Own

Aside from being one of the nation’s top urban park systems, Cincinnati Parks also has a number of pollinator gardens that help maintain and sustain the presence of pollinators in our parks. The diversity of trees, flowers and other plants in our parks support many different kinds of pollinators. 

Create your own pollinator house. 

The Ohio Division of Wildlife has lifted its previous recommendation to stop feeding birds. However, caution and vigilance are always necessary to help prevent further spread of diseases at bird feeders. 

While many local species of birds have their own unique behaviors, one that fascinates biologists everywhere is the brown-headed cowbird and its strange mannerisms.

Today we can find mollusk-like creatures such as brachiopods and pelecypods. There are also ancient corals such as bryozoans and horn corals.

One very realistic conservation goal we can attain will have us look no further than our own backyards. Invasive plant species are categorized by their region of origin and ability to spread and reproduce against growth rates of native plants.

A constellation is a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture like a person or animal. They are easily recognizable patterns that help people orient themselves using the night sky. There are 88 “official” constellations. 

Wetlands are areas where standing water covers the soil or an area where the ground is very wet. They can be found along the boundaries of streams, lakes, ponds or even in large shallow depressions that seasonally fill with rainwater. 

Look for these native trees in fall for changing leaves colors.