• Getting close at Gorman Nature Center
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  • This Harris Hawk isn’t indigenous to Ohio; he was raised in captivity for falconing, but his species would be found in the deserts of the southwest. Harris Hawks actually hunt in packs with their families.

  • Jan Ferrell talks to an audience at the Gorman Nature Center about spiders. For example, she said a grandaddy long-leg is not a true spider, though it is an arachnid. 

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  • Black Rat Snake
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  • Midland Painted Turtle
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  • At the 2015 Mohican Wildlife Weekend, Jason Larson tells how this water snakes was found in a window well where it may have survived for months.

  • Gorman Nature Center Director Jason Larson shows young visitors a water snake during the 13th annual Mohican Wildlife Weekend. The park district, which inlcudes the nature center will celebrate its 50th anniverary this weekend.

  • Monty, the Barn Owl, is among a group of owls that is in decline because they truly do live in barns and there aren’t as many barns in the countryside as there once were.

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  • Gorman Nature Center will offer a Birds & Breakfast Bird Walk on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the sanctuary.

  • Warming up for Udder Nonsense
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  • Cows in the pasture are oblivious to the sights and sounds created by people visiting Malabar Farm.

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