Aullwood Audubon
Center and Farm

The site is located north of Dayton near the city of Englewood, in Montgomery County. From I-70, exit at Ohio 48, proceed north to Englewood Dam and turn east across the dam, then right to the Center. From I-75, exit at U.S. 40, drive through Vandalia, past Frederick Road to first road on the left, turn left to the Center on Aullwood Road. To get to the farm, take Frederick Road south from U.S. 40.

In 1957 Mrs. John W. Aull gave her 200-acre farm to the National Audubon Society to be used as an outdoor education center. It is now one of Audubon's regional nature centers along with a working farm.

Varied habitats include a prairie, numerous wooded areas, streams, pine plantations, farm fields, marshy areas, and two ponds. Several hiking trails wind through the area. Almost two hundred species of birds have been recorded since the center was established. Of these, eighty-one have nested or were observed during the nesting season. The area is also a refuge for foxes, raccoons, skunks, opossums, and many smaller mammals. Fish, frogs, and turtles inhabit the freshwater ponds and streams. There is a splendid variety of native trees and wildflowers, as well as big bluestem and Indian grasses towering ten feet high.

The two small ponds and bordering marshes attracte Great Blue, and Green-backed herons, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Ospreys, and American Coots. Raptors include Cooper's Hawk, Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned and Barred owls. Many migrants pass through Aullwood in both the spring and fall season. Rare species include Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Golden-winged, Connecticut, and Mourning warblers. Fox and Lincoln's sparrows are found in dense cover at this time. Ovenbirds have nested here.

Winter birding at Aullwood centers around the nature center where well-stocked feeders sometimes attract Purple Finches, Pine Siskin and, during incursion years, Evening Grosbeak. Rarities have included a wide variety of birds including Golden Eagle, and Brewster's Warbler.

Nearby is Aullwood Garden, part of Englewood Reserve, and the Dayton International Airport.