Columbus Audubon Calendar of Events

Holiday Gift ShopNovember 1-December 31Grange Insurance Audubon Center expands their gift shop for the holiday season!  Shop Charley Harper Items, Audubon merchandise, and other one-of-a-kind gifts from local artisans. Items include paintings, framed prints, posters, calendars, t-shirts, puzzles, mugs, ornaments, holiday/winter cards, Audubon plush birds, and more!

Plant and Animal RelationshipsJim McCormac and Juliet MullettNovember 4-December 29Exhibition Reception: November 16, 5:30-8pmThe most recent collaboration between wildlife illustrator Juliet Mullett and wildlife photographer and writer Jim McCormac is called “Plant and Animal Relationships.”  This art and photography exhibit features specialized interactions between some of Ohio’s plants and animals. Juliet illustrates the plant and

Artist Russ Ronat and Project HoloceneOutdoor Illuminated Mural InstallationOn Display November 16-February 28, 2025We’re lighting up the outside entrance to the Grange Insurance Audubon Center this holiday/winter with 5 illuminated murals painted by artist Russ Ronat of birds/wildlife threatened by climate change related hazards.  Visitors can click on the QR codes to learn more about

Join us on a guided bird hike and see what you can find! Come and take a hike with our center educators or Columbus Audubon volunteers on our center grounds and the surrounding Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Meet at the front desk inside Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Each participant is required to pre-register due to

Winter Solstice EventSaturday, December 21, 6;00-8:00pmJoin us for an evening of lights, poetry by the fire, hot chocolate, stories, painting, live music and lantern walks in the park.  More information and registration coming soon.

What: Participants will board The Holiday and venture down the Cuyahoga River and (weather permitting) into Lake Erie for a chance to see some winter birds and other species such as ducks, loons, Snowy Owls, and an array of gulls. When: Dates for this season’s Lake Erie Pelagics are:Saturday, December 14Sunday, December 22Wednesday, January 1 Tickets are $75 for

Help us monitor central Ohio’s winter birdlife in one of the longest-running volunteer censuses in the U.S.: the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The CBCs, as they’re affectionately called, are almost as anticipated by birders as are holiday meals and celebrations. They started in the early 1900s as an alternative to Christmas hunts, and in the

Help us monitor central Ohio’s winter birdlife in one of the longest-running volunteer censuses in the U.S.: the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The CBCs, as they’re affectionately called, are almost as anticipated by birders as are holiday meals and celebrations. They started in the early 1900s as an alternative to Christmas hunts, and in the

What: Participants will board The Holiday and venture down the Cuyahoga River and (weather permitting) into Lake Erie for a chance to see some winter birds and other species such as ducks, loons, Snowy Owls, and an array of gulls. When: Dates for this season’s Lake Erie Pelagics are:Saturday, December 14Sunday, December 22Wednesday, January 1 Tickets are $75 for

Join us on a guided bird hike and see what you can find! Come and take a hike with our center educators or Columbus Audubon volunteers on our center grounds and the surrounding Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Meet at the front desk inside Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Each participant is required to pre-register due to

Details will be announced shortly before the trip. Please check back here or at the Avid Birders pages on the Columbus Audubon website.

For details, see the Service in the Preserves trip page on the Columbus Audubon website.