While I walked the boardwalk at Magee Marsh in early May, marveling at the beauty of wood warblers, I was struck by the absence of flycatchers. Yeah, there were a few Eastern Kingbirds around and the odd Least Flycatcher, but most of our common flycatchers were conspicuously absent. That’s not that unusual – early May […]
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Count Summary On December 16, 74 observers sponsored by Columbus Audubon spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus. Relatively mild weather reduced the numbers of waterfowl, but a cold November and a torrential rainstorm the prior day suppressed numbers of lingering landbirds. Seventeen teams were still able to push up totals of
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Count Summary On December 17, 74 observers sponsored by CAS spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus. Relatively mild weather reduced the numbers of waterfowl and winter vagrant birds, but still boosted numbers of resident birds. Sixteen teams were able to push up totals of 79 species and 36,130 individual birds, with
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The Columbus Audubon trip to Hoover Reservoir this morning had cold temperatures and not much to show for it. We stopped at the Dam, Walnut Street ramp, Maxtown ramp, and Baldridge ramp, before heading over to Hoover Meadows. The cold south wind whipped up the reservoir, but the only big numbers of waterbirds were around the dam, where
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The Columbus Audubon trip to these two reservoirs north of Columbus found some expected late migrants this morning. At Alum Creek Lake, we stopped at the beach and Visitor’s Center area and the New Galena Boat launch area, but found little in the way of migrant fallout. At Hoover, stops at Plumb Road access and
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The Columbus Audubon trip to parks along this greenbelt in north Columbus and Worthington found a warm, breezy day, with spotty migrant distribution. We stopped at Antrim Lake park and the River Bluff area of Highbanks Metropark, and I visited Whetstone Park before the start, so it was a good representation of the corridor. Notables included: Raptors – Red-shoulders
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