Sunday
| Sunday April 28, 2013 |
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| Time | Program | Place |
| Dawn-Dusk | Grounds are open dawn to dusk year-round. There are picnic tables (with grills at some locations), a picnic shelter (seats 25-30; first come, first served), and miles of trails through many habitats, meadow, forest, prairie and streams. | Gorman Nature Center |
| 9am, 10:30am, 12pm, 1:30pm and 3pm | Birding Boat Tours. Enjoy a guided pontoon boat ride on the Clearfork Reservoir. Your pilot will glide along the coastline looking for waterfowl and nesting eagles. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased in advance at OBS. Seating is limited to 9 per boat. | Ohio Bird Sanctuary |
| 10am | Vernal Pool Hike. Take aquatic samples and look at them through a microscope. Also will visit wetlands. |
Malabar Farm State Park; lower parking lot near working farm area |
| 10am-11:30am |
Dragonfly Crafts. Create your own dragonfly. These are fun, simple projects to do while enjoying the views. |
Mohican State Park Lodge/Resort Lobby |
| 11am-4pm | Children Activities. A variety of nature crafts and games. Candle making, t-shirt art, necklaces and much more. Some crafts have a nominal material fee. |
Ohio Bird Sanctuary |
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12pm, 2pm, 4pm |
Big House Tours. |
Malabar Farm State Park |
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12pm-4pm |
Mill and Cabin Tours. Come see an 1831 operating grist mill in action. Tour the mill & early 1800s log cabins and get a glimpse of what life was like in pioneer times when Ohio was the new Wild frontier. (A $1.00 donation per day, per person is charged to everyone who enters the Grist Mill grounds, for all activities for the weekend. Age 10 and under are admitted free.) |
Wolf Creek Pine Run Grist Mill |
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12pm-4pm |
Nature Oriented Scavenger Hunt. Hike our 3/4 mile loop trail on the ridge above the mill. Gather items at stations along one of Mohican steepest trails. Relax on the overlook deck and take some great pictures from its view point. Then kids turn in your scavenger items in our Welcome Center for a prize. (A $1.00 donation per day, per person is charged to everyone who enters the Grist Mill grounds, for all activities for the weekend. Age 10 and under are admitted free.) |
Wolf Creek Pine Run Grist Mill |
| 1pm | Hemlock Falls Hike. Meet at the Hemlock Falls Center. | Mohican Outdoor School |
| 1pm | Bird of Prey Show. Come watch, enjoy, and learn about a variety of Ohio's bird species. Weather permitting in outside amphitheater. | Ohio Bird Sanctuary |
| 1pm & 3pm | Wagon Rides. | Malabar Farm State Park |
| 2pm-4pm | Wildflowers & More. This is a two mile hike and will be muddy. A shuttle will take us back to the start. You may want to bring binoculars. | Mohican State Park/Hemlock Gorge; Meet at the end of B Camp |
| 2pm | Children's Program. TBA. | Ohio Bird Sanctuary |
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