Feathered Friend’s Activities

This group meets the first Thursday of the month at area parks where they enjoy the
outdoors and local birds. If interested in joining this group, contact 2024-2025 Chair Robin Somers to be added to their member list.

EACH UNDERLINED IS A PICTURE OF FEATHERED FRIENDS ACTIVITIES

Meeting 11-07-2024 at Blendon Woods Metro Park
4265 E. Dublin Granville Rd, Columbus, OH
Birds at Thoreau Lake, Scenery, Ladies Pausing for Pic

Meeting 09-05-2024 at Darby Creek Metro Park
1775 Darby Creek Drive, Galloway, OH
Naturalist, Jen Moore
September ‘Birders’

Meeting 08-01-2024 at Dublin Kiwannis Park
6745 Riverside Drive, Dublin
In the car trunk fun, listening to guide, Joyce Lohner balancing on branch
Tree trunk carving
Lunch at Kitchen Social in Bridge Park area
Guide. chef, Mary Butterfield

Meeting 06-06-2024 Inniswood Metro Gardens,
940 S Hempstead Rd, Westerville, OH
Feathered Friends Robin Somers Chair

Celebrating 25 Years of Feathered Friends
Meeting 05-02-2024 Highbanks Park with refreshments and memories.
Honoring Mary Keller, who founded the Feathered Friends Interest Group May 6, 1999, for 25 years’ service as Chairman of Feathered Friends. The Group presented Mary with an Album of Memories with each member contributing an Artistic Personalized Page. Kathy Hamer and Jane Moore, both members of the original group are still members. Some of the memories the Group shared included 138 field trips and a number of overnight trips. A luncheon followed at Rodo’s Greek Taverna in Linworth.


Meeting 03-07-2024 River Bluff Area, Highbanks Metro Park,
8400 Olentangy River Rd, Columbus
Feathered Friends Robin Somers & Jody Ort, Co-Chairs

Meeting 02-01-2024 at home of Dorian Norstram
Speaker was Jessica Vaughan, Editor of Bird Watchers Digest

Worthington Municipal Building, ‘Birds of Prey’ 12-07-2023
presented by Carrie Keller an Outreach Naturalist for Senior Programs
Table of Stuffed Birds Carrie Demonstrates Bird Skull Red-tailed Hawk Skull Carrie and Birds

Red Trabue Nature Preserve, 6500 Post Rd., Dublin 11-02-2023.

Blues Creek Park, 9627 Fontanelle Rd., Ostrander 10-5-2023.

Hogback Ridge Park, 2656 Hogback Rd., Sunbury 06-01-2023.

The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio, May 4-5, 2023.
Be Safe or Else, On the Tram, Tour Truck, Peek a Boo Pic

Kiwanis Riverway Park, 6245 Riverside Drive, Dublin (lunch at Cap City) 04-06-2023.
And On The Way Then Lunch

Thaddeus Kosciusko Park, Hard Rd. near Riverside Dr. 03-02-2023 Fungi

Battelle Darby Metro Park, October 6, 2022.

Whetstone Park of Roses, September 1, 2022.