Most birds fly. So do airplanes. But, while airplanes need airports, birds don’t. So why were we hanging out at The Ohio State University airport (aka Don Scott Field)? Oh sure, it was nice and warm inside the airport building, but we were supposed to be on a birding field trip! It turns out that
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Sunday, August 28, was a beautiful morning: our 9:0 0am start featured moderate late summer temperatures and a brilliant blue sky. James Muller, our leader, managed to corral our largish group of about fifteen birders and started us along the multipurpose path that runs behind Ohio Dominican University’s East Campus Building. Leaving the parking lot
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At 9:00 am on a cold, cloudy Saturday, an intrepid band of nine birders, led by Columbus Audubon board member Kori Gasaway, assembled at the Blendon Woods Metro Park nature center. The skies were cloudy and a cold wind was blowing, making the conditions less than ideal for people or birds – but, as they
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Columbus Audubon has held winter field trips to Killdeer Plains every year for decades. The trips are in January, February, or both. The series was first led by the late Mike Flynn; then by Earl Harrison and Bill Heck; and now, after a one year hiatus due to the pandemic, by James Muller. This year’s
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James Muller led groups of owl watching hopefuls on evening walks at Walnut Woods Metro Park on Monday, October 11; Wednesday, October 13; and Tuesday October 19. This report is based on the Wednesday walk, but the other two were similar. The days are getting shorter this time of year, and the park closes at
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The Avid Birders, those intrepid explorers, find themselves back in the same old same old. How did THAT happen?
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