It’s late November. The leaves are (mostly) down. Fall migration is (mostly) done. Do you pack up your binoculars or book that ticket to Texas? Wait; there’s still plenty of life, and birding, in Ohio. Here’s a shortened list of several things to keep you birding into the cold months. 1.  Waterbirds. As our winters […]
Dick Tuttle tells us how warmer, wetter weather is affecting our nesting Tree Swallows and other birds. Is this our future?
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Do you think that “the fall migration” is finished by early October? Rob Thorn discusses why it might not be — and why it’s not “the” migration.
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Franklinton Farms was awarded a $600 Conservation Grant for Bird Conservation Through Avian Architecture at Franklinton Farms. The project involved building and erecting a Chimney Swift Tower on the farm grounds.
Franklinton Farms: Chimney Swift Tower Read More »
Nesting seasons involve many things such as the arrival of adult birds, courtship, selecting and winning nest sites, laying eggs, feeding nestlings, fledging events, etc., but for most conservationists that offer nestboxes to birds, they describe a nesting season as the period when their nestboxes are active with eggs and young. The Delaware County Health
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It’s early September, do you know where your shorebirds are? Sometimes it seems like the phrases ‘central Ohio’ and ‘shorebirds’ never really belong together. We’ve had such a dearth of decent shorebird spots for the last 5 years, that it’s hard to remember that this hasn’t always been the case. Shorebirds clearly migrate through here,
Muddy Future: Central Ohio Shore-birding Read More »
