Columbus Audubon

Birding along Lake Erie, especially this time of year, is dominated by the weather. A north wind will aid migrant perching birds and hawks, and may blow interesting gulls and jaegers within sight of shore. A south wind may keep a wave of migrants in place near the shore, and perhaps clear lakeside mudflats that […]

In a deplorable demonstration of indecisiveness and creeping democracy, Avid Birders leaders allowed the assembled multitudes to choose our destination this time. We’d been unable to make up our minds between Michigan—for its hawk-watching and shorebirding possibilities, and a likelier duller but more familiar trip along our side of Lake Erie. Stunned at having a

Everyone having been forewarned by the miracle of electronic mail, only the avidest, or at least the most reckless, of Avids showed up for the pre-dawn briefing on 26 August, for we had announced a trip to Conneaut, the all-but-Pennsylvania destination, reaching which takes as much time as an eleven-inning baseball game or a triple

Due to the lack of shorebird habitat in the state this year, the Avids decided to abbreviate what would normally be a very long day. Instead of driving outrageous distances in an effort to stare at mud and muck, they ventured slightly north to Killdeer Plains WA and Big Island WA. Unfortunately, I was unable

It was no problem making her out in the dim light of the saloon. She was a deep-dish redhead with a figure that just wouldn’t quit, and she left a trail of interrupted conversations and distracted looks behind her. When she passed my barstool, she focused on me for a second, then looked away, smiling