We know that birds are attracted to water, especially running water. However, most fountains or small ponds require a 120-V electrical pump, which may be expensive to install, may require permitting, and — if not installed properly — could potentially pose an electrocution danger to humans and wildlife. Mel Hinton of the San Diego Audubon […]
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Dick Tuttle provides us with the latest update on his help for Prothonotary Warblers at Alum Creek.
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“Something isn’t right here,” the woman said with a perplexed look on her face. Our group was birding Greenlawn Cemetery, and we’d just looked through an apparent group of Grackles. Most of us had already moved on, but she looked back at the Grackles, a few of which had dropped to the ground and were tussling with leaves and tree debris. “They don’t sound like Grackles,” she intoned. As it turned out, we had almost been fooled by the Midwest’s stealthiest winter resident, the Rusty Blackbird. Her initial comment was also prophetic about the species as well.
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Common Reed Grass, sometimes called by its scientific name Phragmites, is an invasive plant found throughout the USA. In Ohio it is especially abundant in the wetlands bordering Lake Erie and some large inland reservoirs. Its invasiveness is an enigma because it is apparently a native species that began to dominate and replace other wetland plants only
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How are Chimney Swifts doing in our area? To know the answer, we need to collect data by observation. Dick Tuttle reports on roosts (mostly) in Delaware County.
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As monitors of a fifty-mile-long roadside nestbox project for American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in Delaware County, Dick Phillips and I did not know what to expect after a wet and warm winter, but our determined sparrow hawks fledged a record 77 young falcons in 2012 surpassing 76 raised in 2010.
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