Wildflower walks on Elkhart Hill
return in April
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[March 13, 2024]
The
Elkhart Historical Society is once again offering guided wildflower
walks on Elkhart Hill every Saturday in April starting April 6th.
There will be two walks per Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. tickets
are available for the walk only or a combination ticket that
includes lunch at the Wild Hare Café in Elkhart. Discounts will be
offered to children. All tours will leave from the Country Bumpkin,
103 Governor Oglesby Street.
On the morning of Saturday April 27, the Historical Society feature
Biology Professor Tony Rothering, from LLCC who will demonstrate the
banding of both migratory and local songbirds during special tours
at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Rothering is a federally permitted bander, who last year
successfully recorded and released over 120 birds during his annual
Elkhart Hill banding session. The event is done during the spring
migration on Elkhart Hill because of its significance as an
incredibly biodiverse “island” (oasis) to the birds. The hill’s
forest measures approximately 600 acres of mature hardwoods, which
is surrounded primarily by monocultures of corn and soybeans fields
where very few hedge rows or groves of trees remain. For the many
species of migrating warblers Elkhart Hill offers a much-needed rest
and refueling stop, on their journey north to breeding grounds in
the upper Midwest and Canada.
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It is hoped that some of these
travelers banded on Saturday April 27. Rothering’s work helps to
catalog the changes in migration patterns caused, in part by
climate change and loss of habitat.
The April 27th 2 p.m. tour will feature both flowers and birds
with the help of local birders, Dr. Lara Borgerson, Joe Funk and
Rhetta Jack.
Groups of 10 to 20 people may arrange for private tours of the
April wildflowers by calling 217 947 2238. If group tours are
conducted on Wednesday-Friday lunch can be included at an
additional cost.
[Elkhart Historical Society]
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