Winter / Spring Annual Contest!












FUN FACT!

Of Birds...
The Blackpoll warbler (Dendroica striata) passes through Ohio in May on its trip northward after spending the winter in South America. Other wood warblers log long migrations as well, but the blackpoll is the endurance migratory champ among these tiny birds. Weighing in at ˝ oz. and only 5 inches long from bill to tail, this bird clocks in a round trip of a little over 12,000 miles! Approximately 85 hours of that trip is non-stop over the Atlantic!. 

...and Bunnies!
Eastern cottontail females (Sylvilagus) spend only about five minutes per day nursing young. Rabbit moms feed the babies very early in the morning and in the evening, and they will not approach the nest if a predator (you) is nearby. Please don’t move them. They are not orphaned!

 

 

 

 

Winter/Spring Photo Contest: Give Us Your Best Shot!

The Friends of Preservation Parks invite you to share your passion for photography and love of the outdoors in our winter/spring photo contest.

Take your camera to one or more of the parks – Big Walnut Community Trail, Blues Creek Preserve, Char-Mar Ridge Preserve, Emily Traphagen Preserve, Gallant Woods Preserve and Hogback Ridge Preserve – and capture an image that reflects something you see or experience.

The contest is open to amateur photographers of any age. Pictures must be taken from December through April; the four categories are landscape, people in the parks, wildlife and artistic expressions.

Winning photos will be displayed at the McCoy Nature Center at Hogback Ridge Preserve, and any of the photos could be used in our annual calendar, on our web site or in printed material. The photographer will receive a photo credit for photos used.

Photos may be submitted as digital files or as prints. Digital files should be in .jpeg format and sized to 8 X 10-12 inches at 300 dpi or greater. Digital files must be put onto a disk, not e-mailed. Prints should be unframed and sized to 8 X 10-12 inches.

Photographs must be accompanied by the photographer’s name, address, phone number, subject category, the name of the park where the photo was taken and the date it was taken. Also include a description of the photo’s subject matter.

If people are in the photo, also provide their written statements and signatures signifying that Preservation Parks may use their images.

Entries become the property of Preservation Parks and will not be returned.

Prints and disks can be mailed or dropped off to:

“Winter/Spring Photo Contest”
Preservation Parks of Delaware County
2656 Hogback Road
Sunbury, OH 43074

Mailed entries must be postmarked by April 25, 2008, and hand-delivered entries are due by noon that day.

For more information on the parks, including location and descriptions, visit   www.preservationparks.com

Questions? Call 740-524-8600.