Birdblind in Loveland Nature Preserve for all the bird watchers

special thanks to my troop 817

 fellow scouts and scouters

leaders and parents

and

 McCabe Lumber of Loveland Ohio

 for a great help with my lumber and materials

-Ryan Griffin life scout troop 817

 Please take a minute
 to go to the first post
 and check out how it all came about

Eagle Project - Nature Preserve of Loveland Bird-Blind Rebuilt

Come to the Loveland Nature Preserve 

and check out the great Bird Blind on the nature trail in Loveland.

It is located here :

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before construction we had to do a complete tear down
 of the old bird blind that was very neglected and vandelized

Here are the final photos
 from the building of the bird blind

on Saturday September 21st

with the help of my biggest brother, Dave
  my troop with some of the troop dads

what a great job they all did.
Thank you also to McCabe Lumber 
of Loveland Ohio for the help 
with keeping the cost down
 for all the materials used to build the bird-blind. 

 

 

Lunch Break Pizza with niece, Jilly

Ryan's brother Dave and his niece Jilly came to help

now to add the pergola

check the plan

pergola

Bird-Blind foundation is complete -21 bags of cement

Ryan and His crew of troop 817 scouts and dads/moms

Located next to the Moose Lodge parking lot

 

Joe - our S P L

checking for level/plumb

tear down of the old blind with my patrol

August 2013

The old bird blind in Loveland

 has been vandalized and not maintained

 through the years. 

My Eagle Project would be to re construct 

a new form of this bird blind area. 

I have chosen a design

 that  will not be so prone to vandalism

because it is more open to view from the trail.

I plan to replace the  bird-blind with my design

 and add new bird feeders and a bench

With the help of the city of Loveland,

 and local merchants

  for tools and lumber

and the hard work of family and friends

 we will rejuvenate the bird blind this summer/ fall.
click on the sentence below to

 go to a link I have used to learn about bird blinds

 go here to read all about 
wild life viewing and bird-blinds

the OLD Blind is vandalized and falling apart

tearing down the old bird-blind first is complete now

going to redo the feeders too

taking off the old roof

looks better already

this is alll that is left of the old blind structure -it was hard work

August Update Eagle Project plan

These are some pictures of the current 
vandalized and worn out bird blind. 
I have blurred out the graffiti to keep things more nice.
 
 I am planning to tear down the structure 
this Saturday with my patrol.

old worn out bird feeders

time for a tear-down
Ryan

Eagle Project -fundraising mode

Hi All
As soon as I raise my project funds
I will be able to set a definite date to begin the project


Located in the Loveland Nature Preserve 

 on a nice wooded trail there is an old dilapidated bird blind

Once it was new and useful as a way to observe the many bird species up close.

 Taking pictures would be a good way to save the experiences

my Before photos are coming real soon
check back

cooking merit badge...cooking catfish at camp

The bird blind has been vandalized and not maintained through the years. 

My Eagle Project would be to re construct a new form of this bird blind area. 

I have chosen a design that  will not be so prone to vandalism

because it is more open to view from the trail.

I plan to replace the  bird-blind with my design

 and add new bird feeders and a bench

With the help of the city of Loveland, and local merchants

  for tools and lumber

and the hard work of family and friends

 we will rejuvenate the bird blind this summer.


click on the sentence below to go to a link I have used
to learn about bird blinds

 go here to read all about 
wild life viewing and bird-blinds