In 1975, I enrolled in a summer course, Environmental Interpretation 610, taught by Dr. Gabe Cherem at the Ohio State University. For one of my assignments, I authored the bluebird pamphlet Hit the Trail for Bluebirds, and after the completion of the course, I took my creation to the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s office in […]
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We are happy to announce our 2019 Conservation Grant Recipients and their exciting projects coming up in 2020: Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed (FLOW): Potters’ Creek Riparian Restoration. Columbus Audubon is providing support for containerized native trees, shrubs and forbs. Ohio Wildlife Center (OWC): Lights Out Columbus: Saving our Songbirds through Education, Rescue and
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) recently awarded its highest honor to long-time friend of Columbus Audubon, Duck Tuttle, and his colleague, Dick Phillips. Both were inducted into the ODNR Hall of Fame. Tuttle and Philips were honored for their significant, positive impacts on the wildlife and natural resources in Ohio. ODNR Director Mary
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Ohio’s Governor Mike Dewine, along with governors of other states in our region, recently endorsed the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) in the US House of Representatives. The RAWA would provide funding to states for wildlife conservation and recovery. Audubon enthusiastically endorses this act. You can see the governors’ letter here.
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Maintaining and monitoring nestboxes for Eastern Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, House Wrens, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmice and other species sometimes provides an opportunity to offer a foster home for orphaned nestlings. I, and other bluebirders, are on a list at the Ohio Wildlife Center so when nestbox orphans are presented, the center contacts us to see
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In 2004, my effort to raise Tree Swallows produced a family of Prothonotary Warblers, Protonotaria citrea, that fledged two from a clutch of five eggs. Since that first of sixteen warbler seasons, 333 prothonotaries have added their golden beauty to our world. The 2019 season was the most productive with 39 fledged, which is five more than
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