Bernheim Forest Director of Marketing and Communications Lynette Cox says the forest recently saw a special new visitor.
“We’re so excited to introduce Gwaihir, our latest tagged golden eagle at Bernheim Forest and Arboretum,” Cox said. Bernheim’s a great place where we have golden eagles that come and winter with us every year because of the variety of the forest there.”
Gwaihir received his name, taken from J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, after a two-week naming contest.
In tracking Gwaihir, Bernheim saw the golden eagle take an unusual path after his visit to the forest. Cox says previous Bernheim eagles have gone north into Indiana and Illinois and then further on into Canada
“Gwaihir, he took off and he headed to Missouri and went through Kansas City, and the last time we had a check in from him, he was in Wyoming, almost to Yellowstone,” Cox said.
Cox says Bernheim isn’t just for eagles. Spring is an especially exciting time to visit with multiple events coming up including Family Volunteer Day on March 28 and Spring Break Nature Discovery Days April 6 through 10.
“Every day during spring break from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m., bring the kids out and come by the nature center,” Cox said. “We’re going to have nature discovery stations and then we have our 17-acre playground right across from the visitor center where the kids can go and have a little fun.”
Find more information and a full calendar of events at www.bernheim.org.
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