We hope that you enjoy our newly updated website! We made some changes to give the site a more attractive, up-to-date look. We also made some subtle changes to make it easier to read, and reorganized some pages to make it easier for you to find what you need. But the big changes are “under…
My interest in plants began early. Although my mother reports that, as a baby, I would cry when placed barefoot in the grass, I think this was more about my disdain for monocultures than an aversion to plants. All kidding aside, I spent a lot of my childhood outdoors with my photosynthetic friends. Around the…
You probably know that Columbus Audubon shows up at many events around Central Ohio. We work hard to educate and inspire people for conservation! But what’s it like to get out there in the community? How do we prepare? (Hint: there’s a lot of work that no one sees.) How about dealing with social media?…
On September 28, one small bird completed a very long flight. An adult, male Bar-tailed Godwit, known by its tag number 4BBRW, touched down in New South Wales, Australia, after more than 8,100 miles in transit from Alaska —flapping its wings for 239 hours without rest, and setting the world record for the longest continual…
Good news on the owl front! Blake Mathys of the Central Ohio Owl Project will be banding Northern Saw-whet Owls again this fall. His banding station is located on his farm in Union County, and will be open to outside visitors from October 29th through November 21st. Banding attempts begin at dark. Please email him…
The Columbus Audubon “Better-than-a-Bird-Seed-Sale” sale begins on Monday, October 11! Bird seed purchases through Wild Birds Unlimited of Columbus benefit Columbus Audubon.
