Chris Lotz

This was a mid-week outing on December 18, 2019, from 3.30–5.30 pm — a perfect date and time to look for wintering owls. The trip was led by Chris Lotz of Birding Ecotours (www.birdingecotours.com). Our thanks to Chris for heading up this trip! It turned out to be a very exciting outing, despite frigid temperatures. […]

Columbus Audubon outing to Battelle Darby – wetlands and woods – April 2, 2019 free morning outing Led by Chris Lotz of Birding Ecotours  A group of ten of us met at the parking for the Wet Prairie (Teal and Harrier Trails), at 6.30 am. We walked onto the mound adjacent to the parking so

There was a great human turnout, as a group of over 15 people met at 3:00 pm at the parking for the Wet Prairie access at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park near Columbus. The birds did not pitch up like they usually do, though, as there were hardly any ducks or other wildfowl (the opposite

Despite a bad weather forecast (which never materialized; the weather was almost perfect!), we had a nice turnout of 26 people. We started at 8:00 am, walking part of the Teal Trail at Battelle Darby Metro Park. A Least Bittern co-operated very well, and we scoped a perched bird before it flew across the open

What a superb day of birding this was! We started early (6:00 am) and, strictly speaking, this was meant to be a morning outing. But we were all so excited about the birding — getting life birds, year birds and just enjoying the good weather — that we only stopped around 3:00 pm! It’s not

What a truly superb outing this proved to be! The birding was even better than expected, and the group of 13 birders who joined were brilliantly fun to spend the morning with. This week, the weather was a real threat, as Columbus was experiencing amazingly late snowfalls as well as lots of rain, along with