Wildflowers at Bill Yeck Park

Summer Program Registration

Online registration for summer programs begins Monday, May 12 at 10 a.m. for Centerville and Washington Township residents. Online nonresident registration begins Monday, May 19 at 10 a.m. Summer camp registration began in April. You do not need to wait until…

indigo bunting on a branch

Kind of Blue

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue….INDIGO. What is that color, the “I” in ROYGBIV? According to Wikipedia, ”indigo” might refer to a number of hues in the range from blue to violet. But if you look at the jazzy birds singing…

red bat in flight

Bats in the Beech Tree

Bats in the Beech Tree With the arrival of April, lots of animal migrants are returning north to Ohio from their wintering grounds. In the tops of sycamore trees, yellow-throated warblers sing and flash their colors. Out in the wetlands,…

Red-winged blackbird

Blackbirds Announce Spring!

Waiting for this moment: blackbirds announce spring Spring is coming; the signs are all around! Robins have emerged from the forest and are plucking worms from lawns and fields. Back in the woods, the year’s first wildflowers, like harbinger-of-spring and…