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Edge of the Farm Conservation Area Photo Album

--VIEW QUICKTIME MOVIES of the Preserve!

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The Edge of the Farm Conservation area (Oxford, Ohio) was placed into a conservation easement with the Three Valley Trust in December, 2007. The total size is ~23.5 acres with ~11 acres of prairie and 5 wetlands, and 12 acres of woods. Funding and inspiration for the prairie restoration were provided by US Fish and Wildlife (thanks Sergio!) in Ohio, Miami Valley Pheasants Forever provided essential technical advice and assistance as well as funding, JFNew ecological consulting firm (thanks Joel & Danielle) provided funding and assistance, and yours truly! Pat Migliozzi, ODNR, graciously ID'd the trees (mistakes are my own).

Edge of the Farm Conservation Area : Table of Contents

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BIRDS on the EDGE
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RESTORATION
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PRAIRIE and WETLANDS
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WOODS
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Edge of the Farm Conservation Area
    BIRDS on the EDGE
    RESTORATION
        --Water Control Oct 2010
        --Plug Planting April 2009
        --Erosion Blankets spring 2008
        --Sedge Planting spring 2008
    PRAIRIE and WETLANDS
        --A February Potpourri 2012
        --Restoration Class Trip Feb 2012
        --Prairies January 2012
        --Prairies December 2011
        --Prairie Mid-April 2011
        --Restoration Class Trip Feb 2011
        --Post ice storm-feb-2011
        --February 1 ice storm 2011
        --January potpourri 2011
        --Bullfrog Removal Sep 2010
        --Late September 2010
        --Early September 2010
        --August Potpourri 2010
        --July Potpourri 2010
        --June Potpourri 2010
        --April Potpourri 2010
        --Snowstorm-Feb 6-2010
        --Prairie Walk Jan-2010
        --Prairie Walk Dec-2009
        --Prairie Walk Oct 7-10-2009
        --Prairie Walk Sep 13-2009
        --Prairie Walk Late-July 2009
        --Prairie Walk Mid-July 2009
        --Prairie Walk June 1 2009
        --Prairie Walk Late April 2009
        --Algae Removal April 2009
        --February 2009
        --Winter 2009
        --September 2008
        --August 2008
        --Prairie Walk July 2008
        --Ice Storm Feb 2008
    WOODS
        --Forest Survey Jan 2012
        --Woods December 2011
        --Woods April 25-2009
        --April 4 Walk 2009
        --Flowers, April 19 2009
        --March Walk 2009
        --Winter Tree Identification-2009
    TRAIL CAMERAS
        --Trail Cameras Oct-Nov 09
        --Trail Cameras Dec 2009
        --Trail Cameras Jan 2010
        --Trail Cameras Feb 2010
        --Trail Cameras March 2010
        --Trail Camera March April 2010
        --Trail Camera Aug-Oct 2010
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Edge of the Farm Conservation Area Seasonal QUICKTIME Movies/Audio

September 2010--Maximillian Sunflower Extravaganza

  • Another view of the Maximillian Sunflowers on the weekend of Sep 18/19, 2010. Taken with the iPhone 4.
  • The Maximillian Sunflowers are in FULL BLOOM! Wonderful! Includes a closeup perspective of a Spotted Sandpiper feeding on the mudflats of Pickerel Weed Pond--Sep 16, 2010
  • A beautiful video, taken Sep 12, 2010, of the tall and short grass prairie. The Maximillian Sunflowers are starting to explode! No narration, just beautiful images.
  • An early September video taken on Sep 11, a cloudy day on the preserve. Excellent photos included! Including narration by yours truly.

    August 2010

  • How low will it go?? A Quicktime video update of Vollmer's Pond demonstrating the rapid loss of water as the summer marches on. The water should be all gone within two weeks!

    July 2010

  • A Quicktime video of Vollmer's Pond. The wetland is rapidly loosing water as the water table drops and the 'heat goes on" in late July, 2010. Drums keep a pounding rythyms to my brain!
  • A Quicktime video featuring Pickerel Weed and Toad Hall Wetlands. Taken with my iPhone 4 July 10 & 11, 2010.
  • A short Quicktime video of Rush Run (formerly Weltland B) taken in early July, 2010. The wetland has shown tremendous growth. Taken with my iPhone 4.

    May 2010

  • An amazing AUDIO of an early May 2010 frog breeding frenzy!! It was so loud that the sounds hurt our ears!

    April 2010

  • A mid-April video of the prairie, wetlands & woods! Spring is exploding on the scene!
  • Spring is here!! An AUDIO of the amazing intensity of leopard frogs, american toads and spring peepers,first week of April, 2010.

    March 2010

  • A March 20 video update! The snows have melted and the landscape is beginning to 'green up.' It's amazing how quickly the landscape is responding to the spring warmth and sunlight! Yeah!!
  • Spring is finally here! Spring Peepers frantically calling on March 17, 2010 at Wetland 4 (Vollmer Pond).

    February 2010

  • A February 2010 Snowstorm video of the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area on a cold, mid- February day! This snowstorm flattened the tall- and short-grass prairie! Snowdrifts were 3.5 feet deep! Spring is just around the corner.

    December 2009

  • A Post-Christmas video of the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area on a clear, cold and late December day! Can't wait for spring!
  • Winter is most definitely here at the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area! All the fields are brown and the sky is gray! This mid-December, 2009 Quicktime Video illustrates the winter colors of the prairie and adajcent forest. Very Nice!

    October 2009

  • Fall is most definitely here at the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area! This mid-October, 2009 Quicktime Video illustrates the fall colors of the prairie and adajcent forest. Very Nice!

    September 2009

  • The last movie of September, 2009 (9/27/09). The seasons are definitely changing and the Maximillians Sunflowers have peaked. The grasses are most definitely changing colors!
  • A beautiful mid-September walk across our prairie and wetlands. The prairie is very dry and the wetlands have been losing water (as expected). Maximillians Sunflowers are at their peak! (Sep 13-2009)
  • I couldn't resist showing you a short video of the beautiful Maximilian Sunflowers blooming (as of Sep 3, 2009). It really is spectacular! The prairie grasses are also turning a potpourri of colors-red, brown and purple.

    August 2009

  • The last weekend of August (08/30/09). A wonderful walk on an unusually cool late August morning. The Maximillian's Sunflowers are really getting ready to pop!! Enjoy!
  • Mid-Aug 2009 UPDATE VIDEO!!! A mid-August 2009 walk across a portion the the Prairie and wetlands. The transformation has been nothing short of spectacular!!
  • Another VIDEO perspective of the prairie, Wetlands and eastern woods on a mid-August 2009 day.

    July 2009

  • Cricket Frogs and Gray Tree Frogs calling in July 2009 at Wetland B (Rush Run).
  • NEW!! Check out a mid-July (2009) UPDATE of the Prairie Development Edge of the Farm Conservation Area. Amazing progress over one year!

    April 2009

  • Algae has exploded on Wetlands 2 and 3. The farmer's fields adjacent to the preserve were recently fertilized and BOOM!! Here, we removed most of the algae from the wetlands. April, 2009
  • Flowers are blooming like crazy. Here are a few 'spring flower scenes' taken on April 19, 2009.

    January 2009

  • A QUICKTIME movie of a January 24, 2009 Walk on the Prairie and Wetlands.

    Extended Time Frame Movies (Birds, Foxes and Spring 2008-Jan 2009 images)

  • A QUICKTIME Slideshow of images taken over the last year (Spring 2008-Jan 2009) from the Edge of the Farm.
  • In the spring, 2007, we had a den of Red Foxes just across from McCummins Creek near McCoy Road. Wow!
  • A QUICKTIME slideshow of BIRDS that we have seen on the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area over the last several years.

    Frog AUDIO on the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area

  • Cricket Frogs and Gray Tree Frogs calling in July 2009 art Wetland B (Rush Run).
  • Spring is finally here! Spring Peepers frantically calling on March 17, 2010 at Wetland 4 (Vollmer Pond).

    Photos Copyright Dr. R. Hays Cummins and Dr. Donna McCollum, Authorization required. For permission, contact haysc@muohio.edu

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